New Jersey Symphony presents Schumann’s Cello Concerto

Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 8:00pm

Count Basie Center for the Arts
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Joseph Young conductor

Sterling Elliott cello

New Jersey Symphony

Jessie Montgomery New Work (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)

The BBC called Jessie Montgomery “one of the most distinctive and communicative voices in the U.S.,” and the New Jersey Symphony gives the East Coast debut of her new work.

Schumann Cello Concerto

Heart-on-sleeve music, one gorgeous melody after another soaring from Sterling Elliott’s cello. The New Jersey Symphony backs him up with Schumann’s richest Romantic harmonies.

Elgar Enigma Variations

Edward Elgar loved to spend his evenings bashing away at his upright piano, chomping on a cigar, making up tunes. This is how he created a kaleidoscopic set of variations on a mysterious melody—all of which made him a household name across the land.

Presented by New Jersey Symphony