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Welcome to the WPRB Classical Concert Calendar! If you want your
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Thursday Sep 23, 2010 | |
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- Alexei Borisov & Olga Nosova / Thomas Buckner & Robert Dick - Roulette in SoHo, 20 Greene St between Canal and Grand, NYC - Two electrifying improvisational duo collaborations from Moscow and New York City. Innovative virtuosos, flutist Robert Dick and baritone Thomas Buckner celebrate the release of their new CD “Flutes and Voices”. Moscow-based improvisers Alexei Borisov and |
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Friday Sep 24, 2010 | |
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08:00:00 - Orchestra 2001 with guest artist Marina Sirtis, narrator - Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA - Guest artist: Marina Sirtis, narrator Osvaldo Golijov: Last Round Osvaldo Golijov: Lullaby and Doina Richard Strauss: Enoch Arden; additional performance on Sept. 26 |
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Saturday Sep 25, 2010 | |
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08:00:00 - Westfield Symphony Orchestra; David Wroe, music director - The Presbyterian Church, Westfield, NJ - Murder- It's No Laughing Matter: Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci |
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Sunday Oct 3, 2010 | |
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04:00:00 - Princeton Symphony; Rossen Milanov, conductor; Leila Josefowicz, violin - Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton, NJ - Power, Passion and Grace: Mozart's Overture to The Magic Flute, Steven Mackey's Beautiful Passing, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 |
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Thursday Oct 7, 2010 | |
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07:30:00 - Curtis Opera Theatre - Curtis Opera Studio at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA - Bizet's La Tragedie de Carmen; additional performances on the 8th, 9th, and 10th |
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Sunday Oct 17, 2010 | |
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08:00:00 - Spano-Coucheron-Rex Trio - Field Concert Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music, Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, PA - Three noted Curtis alumni from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Robert Spano, piano; David Coucheron, violin; Christopher Rex, cello) perform works by Schumann, Kodaly, and others |
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Thursday Oct 21, 2010 | |
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08:00:00 - Jerome Cooper / Min Xiao-Fen - Roulette in SoHo , 20 Greene St between Canal and Grand, NYC - Dynamic solo music from two of New York’s most unique instrumentalists. Min Xiao-Fen performs solo on pipa, Nanyin pipa, children's pipa, sanxian, electronics, and vocals, incorporating her own calligraphy, paintings and other art. Jerome Cooper will perf |
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Monday Oct 25, 2010 | |
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08:00:00 - Curtis Symphony Orchestra; James Judd, conductor; Rinat Shaham, mezzo-soprano - Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA - Elgar's In the South ("Alassio"), Ravel's Sheherazade, and Brahms' Symphony No. 4 |
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08:00:00 - Andre Watts, piano - McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ - 40th Anniversary of his McCarter Theatre Debut. Join Andre Watts for an all Liszt program! |
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Friday Oct 29, 2010 | |
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07:30:00 - Network for New Music - Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College, Haverford, PA - Korean Music & Art Festival at Haverford College: Presented by Haverford College, Network for New Music performs the world premiere of Second Song of the Midnight Battlefield by Hyo-shin Na, written for an ensemble of Western instruments together with th |
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Saturday Oct 30, 2010 | |
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08:00:00 - Westfield Symphony Orchestra; David Wroe, music director - The Presbyterian Church, Westfield, NJ - Monter Music: The Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney 1925 silent film with live symphonic soundtrack by Gabriel Thibaudoux) and Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor |
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Sunday Oct 31, 2010 | |
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03:00:00 - Dennis Schmidt, organ - Grace Lutheran Church, Wyndmoor, PA - Live Ipod of the Complete Organ Works of Bach Concert - on the 325th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach, in a campaign to raise money for new choir chairs at Grace Lutheran Church, 801 E Willow Grove Ave. in Wyndmoor, PA |
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Friday Nov 5, 2010 | |
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08:00:00 - Borromeo String Quartet - Wolfensohn Hall at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ - Featuring guest artists Derek Bermel, clarinet; Paul Neubauer, viola; and Fred Sherry, cello The program is scheduled to include Osvaldo Golijov's The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, Derek Bermel's Soul Garden and Coming Together, and Bartok's Str |
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Saturday Nov 6, 2010 | |
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08:00:00 - Orchestra 2001 with Soloists: Wu Man, pipa; Noel Archambault, soprano - Trinity Center, 22nd & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA - Chinese Visions: Jay Reise: Lunahuana (premiere) Jennifer Barker: Naibh Beags (Nyvaigs) May T-Chi Chen: New Work (premiere) Tan Dun: Circle, with Four Trios, Conductor and Audience Tan Dun: Concerto for Pipa and Strings |
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08:00:00 - Plainfield Symphony, Conductor: Charles Prince Soloist: Evelyn Estava - Crescent Ave. Presbyterian Church, Plainfield, NJ - Mahler Symphony No. 1 Mozart Violion Concerto #5 |
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Sunday Nov 14, 2010 | |
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04:00:00 - Princeton Symphony; Rossen Milanov, conductor; The Women of the Westminster Williamson Voices; Disella Larusdottir, soprano - Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton, NJ - The Eternal Feminine, a collaboration with the Princeton University Art Museum: Wagner's Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhauser, Sibelius' Luonnotar, Strauss' Morgen, op. 27, no. 4 and Amor op. 68, no. 5, and Debussy's Nocturnes |
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Monday Nov 15, 2010 | |
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08:00:00 - JOINT RECITAL: PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, VIOLIN & VIOLA YEFIM BRONFMAN, PIANO - Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ - Sonatas for both violin and viola by Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms |
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Thursday Nov 18, 2010 | |
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07:30:00 - Curtis Opera Theatre - Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, PA - Rossini's Il Signor Bruschino and Poulenc's Les Mamelles de Tiresias; additional performances on the 19th, 20th, and 21st |
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Sunday Nov 21, 2010 | |
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07:30:00 - Network for New Music - Philadelphia Ethical Society 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia - Trade Winds from Tibet: Philadelphia composer Andrea Clearfield returned to the Lo Monthang region of Nepal and collected field recordings of Tibetan sacred and folk music. Performance includes a reprise of Clearfield’s popular Lung-ta, the Windhorse, and |
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Thursday Dec 2, 2010 | |
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08:00:00 - Muhal Richard Abrams 80th Birthday Celebration - Roulette in SoHo, 20 Greene St between Canal and Grand, NYC - World-renowned pianist and composer Muhal Richard Abrams has been in the forefront of the contemporary music scene for half a century. A co-founder of The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Abrams celebrates his 80th birthday th |
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Saturday Dec 4, 2010 | |
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08:00:00 - Westfield Symphony Orchestra; David Wroe, music director - The Presbyterian Church, Westfield, NJ - Home for the Holidays |
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Friday Dec 10, 2010 | |
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08:00:00 - Mallet Madness Featuring Joe Locke, vibraphone; Lisa Pegher, marimba; and Bernard Woma, Dagara gyil (African xylophone) - Wolfensohn Hall at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ - The program is scheduled to include the music of Joe Locke and more; additional performance on Dec. 11 |
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Sunday Jan 23, 2011 | |
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04:00:00 - Princeton Symphony; Alasdair Neale, guest conductor; Svet Stoyanov, marimba - Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton, NJ - Beethoven's Overture to Prometheus, Jalbert's Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" |
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03:00:00 - Meredith Arwady and Mikael Eliasen - Field Concert Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music, Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, PA - Lauded by the Chicago Sun Times as "remarkably rich of voice," contralto Meredith Arwady performs a vocal recital with pianist Mikael Eliasen, the artistic director of the Curtis Opera Theatre |
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Friday Feb 4, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - Brooklyn Rider - Wolfensohn Hall at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ - The program is scheduled to include Dvořák's String Quartet No.12 in F, called the American |
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Saturday Feb 5, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - Westfield Symphony Orchestra; David Wroe, music director - Union County PAC, Rahway, NJ - Shall We Dance! A ballroom spectacular with Carolina Jaurena; Stravinsky's Firebird Suite and Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings |
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Monday Feb 14, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - Curtis Symphony Orchestra; Juanjo Mena, conductor; Hilary Hahn, violin - Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA - Hindemith's Konzertmusik for Strings and Brass; Higdon's Violin Concerto; Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 |
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Thursday Feb 17, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - JOINT RECITAL: ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER, MEZZO-SOPRANO BRAD MEHLDAU, PIANO - Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ - When one of the world’s most admired singers collaborates with a master jazz pianist, how can the result be other than very special—as their Carnegie Hall audience discovered last season. Their program will include songs ranging from Fauré, Brahms, and St |
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Sunday Feb 20, 2011 | |
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03:00:00 - Michael Tree and Friends - Field Concert Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music, Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, PA - Violist Michael Tree, a founding member of the Guarneri Quartet and consummate chamber musician, joins Curtis students for a program of duets for varied combinations |
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Wednesday Feb 23, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - Itzakh Perlman and the Perlman Music Program - Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ - Itzhak Perlman returns for another evening of chamber music joined by string players from The Perlman Music Program, which the violinist and his wife founded in 1995 to provide coaching and performance opportunities to talented string players of college a |
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Saturday Mar 5, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - Plainfield Symphony, Conductor: Charles Prince Soloist: Seth Blumer (Gold Prize Winner, Young Pianist Competition of NJ) - Crescent Ave. Presbyterian Church, Plainfield, NJ - Rossini La Gazza Ladra Overture Bach Piano Concerto in D minor Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 |
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Friday Mar 11, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - The End of Time Featuring Edward Aaron, cello; Derek Bermel, clarinet; and Steven Copes, violin - Wolfensohn Hall at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ - The program is scheduled to include Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time; additional performance on March 12 |
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08:00:00 - Yuja Wang - Field Concert Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music, Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, PA - Local favorite Yuja Wang, piano, has impressed and charmed audiences worldwide with what the San Francisco Chronicle called "a practically superhuman keyboard technique with artistic eloquence that is second to none." |
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Sunday Mar 20, 2011 | |
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04:00:00 - Princeton Symphony; Rossen Milanov, conductor; Jennifer Koh, violin - Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton, NJ - Ethnic Explorations: Bermel's Thracian Echoes, Dvorak's Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 53, and Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra |
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Friday Apr 1, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - Cameron Carpenter, organ - Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ - Carpenter concert is an experience; his astounding technique (both hands and feet) will amaze you, and so will what he plays—not just Bach, but everything from Chopin and the Beatles to Bob Dylan and John Williams. Cameron is a true original: unorthodox, |
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Friday Apr 8, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - Orchestra 2001 with Madeleine Blood, harp - Trinity Center, 22nd & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA - THE GENIUS OF 20th CENTURY PARIS & 21st CENTURY PHILADELPHIA: Igor Stravinsky: Concerto in D for String Orchestra Sarah DuBois: New Work for String Orchestra (premiere) Claude Debussy: Danses, sacreé et profane Gerald Levinson: New Work for String Orc |
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Tuesday Apr 12, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - Curtis Symphony Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor; Di Wu, piano - Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA - Messiaen's Turangalila-symphonie |
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Wednesday Apr 27, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA with Arabella Steinbacher, violin - Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ - In its first McCarter concert since 2004, the program will include Strauss’ Serenade in E-flat for Thirteen Winds and Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 (“London”), plus works for violin by Hartman and Schubert with soloist Arabella Steinbacher. |
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Saturday Apr 30, 2011 | |
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07:00:00 - Plainfield Symphony, Conductor: Charles Prince Soloists to be announced - Crescent Ave. Presbyterian Church, Plainfield, NJ - Highlights from Bizet's Carmen and Saint-Saëns’ Samson and Delilah |
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Tuesday May 3, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - Pierre-Laurent Aimard - Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ - French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard is a celebrated performer on concert stages around the globe, a champion of contemporary music as well as the classic repertoire, whose mix of interpretive insight and easy virtuosity are almost unrivalled. He discover |
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Thursday May 5, 2011 | |
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07:30:00 - Curtis Opera Theatre - Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, PA - Mozart's Idomeneo; additional performances on the 6th, 7th, and 8th |
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Saturday May 14, 2011 | |
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08:00:00 - Westfield Symphony Orchestra; David Wroe, music director - The Presbyterian Church, Westfield, NJ - To Russia with Love: Tchaikovsky- Symphony No. 5 in E minor & a world premier celebrating acclaimed NJ poet BJ Ward |
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Sunday May 15, 2011 | |
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04:00:00 - Princeton Symphony; Rossen Milanov, conductor; Di Wu, piano - Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton, NJ - Russian Night: Mussorgsky's Dawn on the Moskva River, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, and Scriabin's Symphony No. 2 in C Minor |
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