New Jersey Symphony presents Holst's The Planets - An HD Odyssey

Thursday, January 30, 2025 @ 7:30pm

State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Xian Zhang conductor

Nancy Zhou violin

Montclair State University Prima Voce | Heather J. Buchanan, director

New Jersey Symphony

Caroline Shaw The Observatory

Shaw’s luminous concert-opener was inspired by scientists who study the night sky’s deepest reaches.

Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending

Hailed by music lovers everywhere year after year as a desert-island necessity, The Lark Ascending is a wonder of flight in sound.

Gustav Holst The Planets—An HD Odyssey

While Holst’s orchestral spectacular works its magic in the ear, a giant screen over the stage becomes a canvas for NASA’s jaw-dropping images. A feast for the soul.