(NEWARK, NJ) -- The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Xian Zhang present Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, November 2–5 in Newark, Princeton and New Brunswick. Conrad Tao, a 22-year-old rising star The Philadelphia Inquirer calls “a stunning soloist,” joins the Orchestra for Bartók’s energizing Third Piano Concerto. The program opens with Beethoven’s Overture to Coriolan.
Performances take place on Thursday, November 2, at 1:30pm and Saturday, November 4, at 8:00pm at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark; Friday, November 3, at 8:00pm at the Richardson Auditorium in Princeton; and Sunday, November 5, at 3:00pm at the State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick.
November 4 is College Night; $10 tickets for college students include the concert and a post-concert party with live entertainment. More information on College Night is available at www.njsymphony.org/college.
NJSO Accent events also include a singalong one hour before the November 2 performance and Classical Conversations one hour before the November 3 and November 5 performances.
Concert tickets start at $20 and are available for purchase at www.njsymphony.org or 1.800.ALLEGRO (255.3476).
CONCERT PROGRAM: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Xian Zhang, conductor; Conrad Tao, piano; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Overture to Coriolan
Ferocious and turbulent, inspired by Shakespeare's tragedy set in ancient Rome.
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3
By turns bustling and lyrical; Bartók intended the concerto as a surprise birthday present for his wife, a pianist.
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Four indelible notes ignite one explosive masterwork.
