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Dvořák Symphony No 8 Princeton Symphony Orchestra

Chase away the rainy-day blues with Dvořák’s sunniest symphony!

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra continues its “At Home with the PSO” series, as music director Rossen Milanov introduces the Symphony No. 8. Escape into a world of birdsong, uplifting fanfares, and continuous melody, influenced by the Czech countryside. The live performance took place at Richardson Auditorium on March 24, 2019.

“At Home with the PSO” is a gateway to original online content – performance webcasts, musicians’ recipes, photo albums, and more – with fresh material being introduced weekly.

While you’re over there, at the PSO website, check out the new Virtual Gallery. Explore artwork and creative writing by student participants of the PSO Bravo program by navigating a 3-D space. Click on the speakers located throughout the gallery to hear Saad Haddad’s Clarinet Concerto, the PSO co-commission that inspired the works adorning the virtual walls.

Then search under “Cooking with the PSO” to learn how to bake Chunky Chocolate Drops with concertmaster Basia Danilow. Rossen Milanov’s Maple Soy Sauce Glazed Tofu is archived at the bottom of the page. A new recipe on the way on Wednesday!

To hear Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, look online at princetonsymphony.org, search under “At Home with the PSO,” and click on “Play it Forward.”

PHOTO: Dvořák and family, making the most of a lovely day

April 13, 2020
Princeton Concerts Explode With Talent

Okay, so even if it does have the vexing habit of dropping last-minute surprises on those of us who work in print media (most recent example: sending out a press release yesterday about Steve Reich appearing with So Percussion at Richardson Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow), I have to admit Princeton University has really outdone itself for next season. Joyce DiDonato, Marc-André Hamelin, Steven Isserlis, Bobby McFarren, the Takács Quartet, Abigail Washburn, Pinchas Zukerman and more will appear as part of the 125th season of the university’s flagship concert series. An artistic residency by Gustavo Dudamel serves to put the whole enterprise way over the top. Dudamel will bring musicians from the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Berlin Philharmonic. And this is just the series that we KNOW about.

During the intermission of today’s Noontime Concert on The Classical Network, I’ll be joined by the amazing Marna Seltzer, Director of Princeton University Concerts, who will preview next season’s outstanding artist roster. Our on-air conversation will take place around 1:00 p.m.

Prior to that, I hope you’ll join me at 12:00 for a knockout recital given at Richardson Auditorium on November 17 by pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. The concert will include works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy, Alban Berg, Maurice Ravel, and Johannes Brahms, interleaved with musical reflections on Brahms by Brett Dean.

Then, a little after 2:00, with the trees budding but the weather still wildly in flux, we’ll attempt coax spring, with two major works inspired by the season, performed by venerable orchestras located comparatively nearby – John Knowles Paine’s Symphony No. 2 “Im Frühling” (“In Springtime”), with the New York Philharmonic, and Igor Stravinsky’s “Le sacre du printemps” (“The Rite of Spring”), with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

In whatever language, we spring into great music, from 12 to 4 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

April 17, 2018
Teddy Abrams Conducts Princeton Symphony Sunday

Here I am with Teddy Abrams, music director of The Louisville Orchestra, in town to guest conduct the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. On the program will be works by Joan Tower, Beethoven, and Joshua Roman (who will also be the cello soloist). The concert will take place on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the campus of Princeton University. You can find out more at princetonsymphony.org.

For the remainder of my shift, between now and 7 p.m. EDT, I’ll be marking the Ides of March with music inspired by Julius Caesar and Ancient Rome. Ottorino Respighi is tossing Christians to the lions right now, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

March 15, 2018
VOICES Chorale Farewell Concert Princeton

Lyn Ransom will conclude 30 years as artistic director of VOICES Chorale with a concert tomorrow night at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium. On the program will be Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem” and Randall Thompson’s “Frostiana.” Soprano Rochelle Ellis, a longtime VOICES collaborator – she’ll be one of the soloists in the Requiem – will drop by to tell us more about this special event at 10:00 this morning. Then we’ll keep spinning the records until 11, as we continue with Vinyl Week on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com.

June 15, 2017
American Boychoir’s решающий концерт

Is this the The American Boychoir’s most important concert? It might very well be.

“… [W]e are approaching a very important date for us, and that is the date where we are going to be meeting with the bankruptcy judge that is going to look at our finances and our financial model and is going to in essence decide whether we can continue or not,” says the ensemble’s artistic director Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, who nevertheless manages to remain upbeat.

“We are looking great for this,” he says. “For example, in terms of music bookings, we are well ahead of the curve. Next year is all booked, and we are starting to book the following one. In terms of tuition money, we are well ahead of predictions. The only thing where we are not quite there is in our annual fund. That is something that we would really like to get as high as possible so that everything is looking not only as we predicted, but beyond. This benefit concert, hopefully, will help us raise some of the money that we still need to get there. But we are almost there.”

The concert will take place on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium. You can read more about it in my article in today’s Trenton Times.

http://www.nj.com/times-entertainment/index.ssf/2016/06/classical_music_american_boych_1.html

June 3, 2016

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