What’s happening in the Central Jersey area this weekend and beyond (April 30-May 6)
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WHAT’S GOING ON?
Here is a small sample of area happenings some in-person, others online you may want to check out in the coming days.
Princeton Symphony Orchestra will present Curious Creatures and a Heavenly Harp online April 30-May 2.Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Art/Museums
APRIL 30
CLINTON “The Hunterdon Art Tour,” self-guided tour of area art studios and exhibit spaces Saturday and Sunday, with virtual opening on Twitch for special museum exhibit featuring THAT artists on Friday. Hunterdon Art Museum, 7 Lower Center St. thehunterdonarttour.com, info@thehunterdonarttour.com.
Elegy: Snow in June. View here.
Friday, April 30
12 pm ET: Princeton Symphony presents
Buskaid: Curious Creatures & a Heavenly Harp. Rosemary Nalden, Music conducts the Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble with Jude Harpstar, guest harpist and Mzwandile Twala, violin in Carlo Farina’s
Capriccio Stravagante, Debussy’s
Reverie, and Kreisler’s
1 pm ET: Wiener Staatsoper presents
Mozart’s
Die Zauberflöte. Conductor: Adam Fischer, directors: Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier. With Jörg Schneider, Olga Bezsmertna, Hila Fahima, Thomas Tatzl, and René Pape. Production from December 2017. Register for free and view here.
2 pm ET: Concertgebouworkest presents
Daniel Harding Conducts. Daniel Harding conducts the Concertgebouworkest in Stravinsky’s
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Presents 4th Concert In Online Buskaid
(PRINCETON, NJ) The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) will present the fourth concert in its online
Buskaid – A Musical Miracle series showcasing South Africa’s renowned Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble. Curious Creatures and a Heavenly Harp will be available on demand Friday, April 30 - Sunday, May 2. Performed works include
Capriccio Stravagante by Carlo Farina, Claude Debussy’s
Danse sacrée et danse profane with guest harpist Jude Harpstar, and Felix Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No. 10. Buskaid-trained violinist Mzwandile Twala performs Fritz Kreisler’s Praeludium and Allegro. Completing the musical array are beloved pop songs and dynamic kwela music. Buskaid founder Rosemary Nalden conducts.