Vocalist Morgan James joins the Princeton Symphony Orchestra for Holiday POPS! Enjoy soulful renditions of seasonal melodies and a traditional carol sing-along with the Princeton High School Choir. Performances will take place on December 16 at 3pm and 6pm.
(PRINCETON, NJ) The Princeton Symphony Orchestra s 2023-2024 Season opens September 9-10, 2023 with Princeton-based composer Sarah Kirkland Snider s inspirational work Forward Into Light, inspired by women suffragists, and Henri Tomasi s expressive Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, performed by 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner Steven Banks. William Dawson s Negro Folk Symphony, one of the first full-length works by a Black composer to be performed by a major US orchestra, completes the program.
(PRINCETON, NJ) American-born Finnish violinist Elina Vähälä appears for the first time with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) at performances the weekend of October 15-16. She ll play Benjamin Britten s under-performed Violin Concerto, Op. 15 on a largely English program also featuring Edward Elgar s Variations on An Original Theme, Op. 36 “Enigma.” US contemporary composer Jessie Montgomery s Starburst opens the concerts, conducted by Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov on Saturday, October 15 at 8:00pm and Sunday, October 16 at 4:00pm. Performances take place at Richardson Auditorium, on the campus of Princeton University, with a 3:00pm pre-concert talk on Sunday.
(PRINCETON, NJ) The Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO’s) 2022-2023 season opens September 10-11 with the incomparable Anne Akiko Meyers performing Arturo Márquez’ new violin concerto Fandango. The work was commissioned by Ms. Meyers and was premiered by her in 2021 with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Another concert highlight is the PSO’s US Premiere of Spanish composer Marcos Fernandez homage to Leonard Bernstein, America. Rounding out the striking concert program are Joaquín Turina’s Danzas fantásticas, Ruperto Chapí’s Prelude to La Revoltosa, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol.
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO)'s full-length, fully staged production of Benjamin Britten's comic opera Albert Herring takes center stage at the Princeton Festival Friday, June 17 and Sunday, June 19 at 7pm under the 10,000 square-foot performance tent on the grounds of Morven Museum & Garden.