(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO)’s all-new Princeton Festival runs June 10-25. Here are photos from the first week of the festival starting with “What Makes It Great” host Rob Kapilow (shown above) who delved into Franz Schubert’s Death and the Maiden quartet during his musical presentation in the opening week of the Princeton Festival. Photo by Carolo Pascale.
The Signum Quartet performed Franz Schubert’s cycle of late string quartets including “Death and the Maiden” with insights by “What Makes It Great” host Rob Kapilow. Photo by Carolo Pascale.
At Wednesday’s Princeton Festival tribute to Stephen Sondheim, Alyssa Giannetti and Jason Forbach read excerpts of Sondheim’s letters between performing songs from his Broadway shows with pianist and Music Director Matthew Stephens. Photo by Carolo Pascale.
Princeton Festival Baroque music lovers were treated to exceptional performances of works by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel and more by the dynamic early music ensemble The Sebastians. Princeton Symphony Orchestra Staff Photo.
Superintendent Budd (Eric Delagrange), Miss Wordsworth (Leah Brzyski), and Lady Billows (Ann Toomey) contemplated the possibility of a male May King at the Princeton Festival’s opening performance of Benjamin Britten’s comedic opera Albert Herring. Photo by Jessi Oliano.
Lady Billows (Ann Toomey) celebrated the crowning of the reluctant May King Albert Herring (Joshua Stewart) during Friday’s opening performance of Benjamin Britten’s comedic opera at the Princeton Festival. Photo by Jessi Oliano.
Tickets for all Princeton Festival performances range from $10 - $130; ticket packages are $18 and up. Call 609-497-0020 or visit princetonsymphony.org/festival.
Founded in 2004, the Princeton Festival has established a strong profile as a multi-faceted, summer performing arts festival attracting people from throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond. The Festival has a reputation for artistic excellence, for growing the number and variety of its offerings, and for serving an audience of up to 8,000. The Festival promotes life-long learning in the arts, from children to seniors, through performance opportunities for children and young people in the piano competition and opportunities for young emerging professionals to perform principal and supporting roles. The Festival has long-standing partnerships with public libraries and local churches to offer its series of free educational lectures to a wide and diverse community.
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is a cultural centerpiece of the Princeton community and one of New Jersey’s finest music organizations, a position established through performances of beloved masterworks, innovative music by living composers, and an extensive network of educational programs offered to area students free of charge. Led by Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov, the PSO presents orchestral, pops, and chamber music programs of the highest artistic quality, supported by lectures and related events that supplement the concert experience. Its flagship summer program The Princeton Festival brings an array of performing arts and artists to Princeton during multiple weeks in June. Through PSO BRAVO!, the orchestra produces wide-reaching and impactful education programs in partnership with local schools and arts organizations that culminate in students attending a live orchestral performance. The PSO receives considerable support from the Princeton community and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, regularly garnering NJSCA’s highest honor. Recognition of engaging residencies and concerts has come from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the PSO’s commitment to new music has been acknowledged with an ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and a Copland Fund Award. The only independent, professional orchestra to make its home in Princeton, the PSO performs at historic Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University.
