Quite a concert weekend for Classic Ross Amico – perhaps for you too, if you live in Central Jersey – and we won’t even have to drive to New York or Philadelphia!

Yesterday, I posted about George Antheil’s cacophonous masterpiece of the Machine Age, “Ballet Mécanique,” which will be performed in Trenton, with members of the New Jersey Capital Philharmonic Orchestra, Plenty Pepper Steel Band, and Trenton Circus Squad. The concert – nay, event – will be held at Trenton Machine Shop on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

For tickets, visit

https://www.capitalphilharmonic.org/

You’ll find more information in my article in this week’s U.S. 1:

https://www.communitynews.org/princetoninfo/artsandentertainment/george-antheil-and-a-marriage-of-music-industry/article_28e86b32-fbfb-11ee-ad9e-5f434e9d5447.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2sUhzhgk5O1R2mJUyDfgykK9m_h6m4s96NCQqp-8TLnvoXrfbdTdAVuuk_aem_AdMeH761OjYf6QKs7z3oFquKM2prwQNFcqz_3Xr1NduAwJ3_p-lQcXAUYaksC8qHVCEONIwPPSOIzYA4woG4kana

As if the Capital Phil’s industrial vaudeville weren’t enough, the Princeton University Glee Club will also join the Princeton University Orchestra for two performances of Edward Elgar’s monumental “The Dream of Gerontius.” Alongside the “Enigma Variations,” this is the work that cemented Elgar as the foremost English composer of his generation. It’s not something you will encounter live on this side of the pond every day. Dream along with two performances, at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Friday & Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

A link to info for the Friday concert (Saturday is identical):

https://music.princeton.edu/event/the-walter-l-nollner-memorial-concert-dream-of-gerontius/2024-04-19/

Tickets for either night available here:

https://music.princeton.edu/events/

Look for me on Sunday, and you’ll find me swinging my legs on a cloud, half-deaf and wearing a beatific smile.

PHOTOS: Eddie and George, ready to raise the roof in Central Jersey