NJSO PRESENTS TCHAIKOVSKY & SIBELIUS WORKS INSPIRED BY ‘THE TEMPEST’

NEWARK, NJ (December 20, 2012)—The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Jacques Lacombe present a Winter Festival program featuring Tchaikovsky and Sibelius works inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The Orchestra augments Sibelius’ music with performances by actors from The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. The program also includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral.”

“There are quite a few scores [that draw inspiration from] Shakespeare’s The Tempest,” Lacombe says. “To perform Sibelius’ music written to accompany the play with live performances by actors is an interesting combination—it is a chance to tell the story with both music and text. I find that, with its rhythms and phrasing patterns, there is a music in the way Shakespeare’s text has to be delivered. To collaborate with a company like The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey brings something special to the Winter Festival.”

Performances take place on Friday, January 25, (8 p.m.) at the Richardson Auditorium in Princeton, Saturday, January 26, (8 p.m.) at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark and Sunday, January 27, (3 p.m.) at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown. A Classical Conversation begins one hour before the January 25 performance in Princeton. A panel discussion, “Taking It All In: Critical Issues Surrounding Air Quality,” moderated by Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President & CEO Christopher Daggett begins one hour before the January 26 and 27 performances in Newark and Morristown, respectively. The Newark performance will also feature an Information Fair & Artisan Marketplace; artisans and environmental organizations will host displays in the Prudential Hall lobby before the concert and during intermission.

Winter Festival partnering organizations include The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Liberty Science Center, Newark Museum and New Jersey Sierra Club. Liberty Science Center and the Newark Museum have crafted special offers for Winter Festival ticketholders.

TICKETS
Tickets start at $20 and are available for purchase online or by phone at 1.800.ALLEGRO (255.3476).