New Jersey Symphony Presents Xian Conducts Scheherazade

Saturday, November 02, 2024 @ 8:00pm

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

Xian Zhang conductor

Inon Barnatan piano

New Jersey Symphony

Gabriela Ortiz Kauyumari

Mexico’s most celebrated composer today created her Kauyumari based on an ancient rite of her homeland, which starts with a whisper and becomes a whirling, joyous dance.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17

Mozart at his sunniest, and pianist Inon Barnatan turns this elegant piece into poetry with his “penetrating musicianship” (BBC Music).

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Rimsky-Korsakov’s heroine Scheherazade—here in the voice of the solo violin—tells tale after tale of adventure, beginning aboard the pirate Sinbad’s storm-tossed ship.

Presented by New Jersey Symphony