2024-2025 Concerts
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Friday, September 27, 2024 at 7pm
St. Helen's Church,
1600 Rahway Ave, Westfield, NJ
Hollywood fantasy meets Bruckner’s dream world. Internationally acclaimed virtuoso cellist Mo Mo joins NJFO to present Tan's Dun’s award-winning cello concerto from Ang Lee's Oscar-winning mystical martial arts film, Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner’s birth.
Meet our soloist: Mo Mo began his cello studies with Professor Song Tao at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing at the age of 6, and later with the legendary Brazilian-American cellist Aldo Parisot at Yale School of Music. His accolades include top prizes at international competitions such as the 2016 Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China, and the 2017 Koussevitzky Young Artist Award in New York. His other mentors includes Mula Na, Laurence Lesser, and Philippe Muller.
Program
Tan Dun
The Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon Concerto
Featuring Mo Mo, cello
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No.7 in E major
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Artists
Mo Mo Soloist
David Wroe Conductor
New Jersey Festival Orchestra
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 2:30pm
The Sieminski Theater
8000 Fellowship Road, Basking Ridge NJ
NJ Festival Orchestra leaps into life with music based on pictures, emotions, mythical creatures and stories. Internationally acclaimed cellist Mo Mo joins NJFO to present Tan's Dun’s award-winning cello concerto from Ang Lee's Oscar-winning mystical martial arts film, Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon that took the movie industry by storm in 2000. NJFO then brings Mussorgsky’s iconic musical sketches to life with vibrant western and Chinese orchestral effects by Chinese/Australian composer Julian Yu.
Meet our soloist: Mo Mo began his cello studies with Professor Song Tao at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing at the age of 6, and later with the legendary Brazilian-American cellist Aldo Parisot at Yale School of Music. His accolades include top prizes at international competitions such as the 2016 Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China, and the 2017 Koussevitzky Young Artist Award in New York. His other mentors includes Mula Na, Laurence Lesser, and Philippe Muller.
Program
Tan Dun
The Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon Concerto
Featuring Mo Mo, cello
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. Yu)
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Artists
Mo Mo Soloist
David Wroe Conductor
New Jersey Festival Orchestra
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Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 7pm
The Presbyterian Church,
Westfield, NJ
Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 3pm
Drew University
Madison, NJ
Encore! Award-winning tenors, guests and choruses join NJFO to celebrate and captivate with a dazzling selection of renowned tenor and holiday fare. A family festival of symphonic pops and wintertime favorites guaranteed to make the season merry.
Artists
Guest Soloists
David Wroe Conductor
Holiday Choruses
New Jersey Festival Orchestra
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 5pm
Westfield High School Auditorium
Westfield, NJ
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 2:30pm
Sieminski Theater
Basking Ridge, NJ
NJFO’s quintessential New Year’s celebration returns with a superb revue of Broadway classics in glorious symphonic splendor. Come join the festivities as Maestro David Wroe, NJ Festival Orchestra and soloists direct from the Broadway stage swing to favorites from America’s Great Songbook.
Artists
David Wroe Conductor
Broadway Guest Vocalists
New Jersey Festival Orchestra
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