Yue Bao conductor Li Huanzhi Spring Festival Overture The Symphony’s 2024 Lunar New Year Celebration continues our tradition, first developed by Music Director Xian Zhang, of blending music from East and West in a celebration of cultural collaboration. This year, under the baton of conductor Yue Bao, the Symphony will perform selections from Huang Ruo’s Folk Songs for Orchestra and Zhou Tian’s Gift plus tried-and-true favorites like Spring Festival Overture. Rising star Tony Siqi Yun joins at the piano to perform selections from the Yellow River Concerto and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G. You won’t want to miss this celebration to ring in the Year of the Dragon!
Tony Siqi Yun piano
Peking University Alumni Chorus
Edison Chinese School Lion Dance Team
New Jersey Symphony
Xinghai “Yellow River Boatmen’s Song” from Yellow River Concerto
Ravel “Allegramente” from Piano Concerto in G
Huang Ruo Selections from Folk Songs for Orchestra
I. Flower Drum Song from Feng Yang
IV. Girl from the Da Ban City
Dvořák Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46
Verdi “Va Pensiero” from Nabucco
Traditional Jasmine Flower Song
Zhou Tian Gift
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel (1/9/25-1/9/25)
2025 Lunar New Year Celebration with Xian Zhang (1/25/25-1/25/25)
Holst’s The Planets—An HD Odyssey (1/31/25-1/31/25)
Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes (2/2/25-2/2/25)
Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony (2/15/25-2/15/25)
Brahms and Chopin (2/20/25-2/20/25)
The Firebird with Xian Zhang (3/7/25-3/7/25)
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 (3/13/25-3/13/25)
Vadim Gluzman Plays Brahms (3/23/25-3/23/25)
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Xian Zhang (4/3/25-4/3/25)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Concert (4/12/25-4/12/25)
Discover Mozart & Bach (5/17/25-5/17/25)
Xian Conducts Mozart (5/17/25-5/17/25)
Season Finale: Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich (6/8/25-6/8/25)
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The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert (12/7/24-12/7/24)
Dorado Schmitt and Sons: Django Festival All-Stars (11/23/24-11/23/24)
Paquito D'Rivera with New Jersey Symphony (11/8/24-11/8/24)
Opening Weekend: Xian Conducts Scheherazade (11/3/24-11/3/24)
Social Justice through Spoken Word (10/19/24-10/19/24)
Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene with Renée Fleming (10/6/24-10/6/24)
Notes from America with Kai Wright (9/29/24-9/29/24)
Hillary Rodham Clinton Tour (9/17/24-9/17/24)
The Godfather Live in Concert (8/16/24-8/16/24)
Videos
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Ladies of Laughter
Bergen PAC (2/3 - 2/3) | |
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Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (2/2 - 2/2) | |
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Sutton Foster
State Theatre New Jersey (1/31 - 1/31) | |
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Holst’s The Planets—An HD Odyssey
Mayo Performing Arts Center (2/2 - 2/2) | |
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The Hook
Warner Theater (7/21 - 12/31) | |
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Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
South Hunterdon Regional HS (2/27 - 3/1) | |
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Wooden Ships – The music of Crosby, Stills & Nash
Sieminski Theater (1/25 - 1/25) | |
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Harry Chapin’s Greatest Stories LIVE featuring The Chapin Family
Wilkins Theatre (1/24 - 1/24) | |
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Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
South Hunterdon Regional HS (2/27 - 3/1) | |
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