(PLAINFIELD, NJ) -- The Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of its acclaimed music director Charles Prince, has announced its 106th season filled with many timeless classics. Maestro Prince is entering his 17th season as Music Director.
The season opening concert, on October 11, 2025 at 7:00pm is “Happy Birthday Maurice Ravel.” They will celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth with several seminal works. The orchestral version of his Pavane for a Dead Princess, the well-known Bolero as well as Ravel’s famous orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky’s suite for piano, Pictures at an Exhibition will be performed.
“A Vienna New Year’s Celebration” will be presented on November 22, 2025 at 7:00pm. A smorgasbord of pieces by Johann Strauss II will feature: Overtures to Gypsy Baron and Die Fledermaus, Blue Danube and Tales from the Vienna Woods waltzes and Pizzicato and Thunder and Lightning polkas.
The Annual Free Family Concert: “Swinging Valentines” will be held on January 31, 2026 at 3:00pm. Jazz hits will include notable works by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, William Grant Still and more.
On March 14, 2026 at 7:00pm, “Your Favorite Melodies” will include the enduringly popular Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 by Sergei Rachmaninov with returning piano soloist Itay Goren. The ever-popular Symphony No. 9 in E minor (“From the New World”) by Antonin Dvorak will conclude this concert.
The final concert of the season will be a “Tchaikovsky Festival” on April 18, 2026 at 7:00pm. His Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 will feature PSO’s concertmaster Evelyn Estava. Paired with this epic concerto is the emotional roller-coaster filled Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (“Pathétique”).
Join us for this upcoming season to experience the power and familiarity of these iconic works. Tickets are now on sale online at www.plainfieldsymphony.org.
