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New Jersey Symphony: Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony

New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony

Mayo Performing Arts Center

Alexander Hall

Richard Wagner composed his Siegfried Idyll as a birthday present for his wife, Cosima, following the birth of their son Siegfried. The dazzling violinist Bella Hristova joins The Phoenix Symphony to play a violin concerto that her husband, composer David Ludwig, wrote especially for her as a wedding present. Music Director Tito Muñoz ends the program with Tchaikovsky’s passionate Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”, an epic tale about the power of fate in life and death which premiered just nine days before the 53-year-old composer’s untimely death.

Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique”

Symphony Hall

Mesa Arts Center

Go behind the scenes as our 2023 Young Composers hear their compositions played for the first time by our festival artists. This interactive session, hosted by our Resident Composer, David Ludwig, will give a glimpse into the creative process of bringing a new composition to life.

Festival Tuesday

Cathedral Church of St. Paul

Saint Michael's College

CONCERT PROGRAM VI: Chamber Music Now

Menlo School Campus

Moderated by Performance Today host Fred Child, this enlightening Café Conversation looks at the challenges and trends as classical music flourishes in the twenty-first century. Entrance is free and reservations are not required.

Café Conversation: Composing Classical Music In The Twenty-first Century

In the final Encounter of the season, composer and dean of the Juilliard School David Serkin Ludwig reveals how Beethoven's work and life changed the world and shaped the art of music.

The Beethoven Effect With David Serkin Ludwig

Violinist Bella Hristova and pianist Shai Wosner present a recital program anchored by two violin sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whom Haydn proclaimed to be “much my superior.” The program also features two fantasies that highlight the celestial quality of these sonatas: Mozart’s Fantasy in C minor, completed by Robert Levin, and David Serkin Ludwig’s haunting Swan Song, the latter an homage to the fantasies of Franz Schubert.

David Serkin Ludwig

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14 - 16 Mar, 2024

New Jersey Symphony: Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony · New Jersey Symphony

14 - 17 Mar, 2024

Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony · New Jersey Symphony

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