Concert Films On Demand

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Opulent

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The QUEEN of Opera, Monét X Change, joins the New Jersey Symphony for a unique opera film experience! Opulent explores three famous arias through the perspective of Monét’s journey to combine drag and opera. The art of Rafael Cuello compliments Monét’s performance by illustrating the journey many go through to find their true colors.

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The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Free On Demand! Presented in English and Spanish.

Meet each instrument of the orchestra through Benjamin Britten’s delightful The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra! Explore all the different sounds that an orchestra can make in this special New Jersey Symphony presentation, perfect for young music lovers and their grownups.

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Art Is Essential

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Art Is Essential showcases the New Jersey Symphony’s 2021–22 opening-weekend concert at NJPAC on October 10, 2021. Music Director Xian Zhang conducts a celebratory program that features the world premiere of Michael Abels’ Emerge and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. Resident Artistic Catalyst Daniel Bernard Roumain also joins the orchestra as featured soloist of his own Voodoo Violin Concerto.

The film won a Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Award for Arts – Long Form Content (single program).

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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467 feat. Terrence Wilson

Terrence Wilson—“one of the biggest pianistic talents to have emerged in this country in the last 25 years” (Baltimore Sun)—plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467, with the New Jersey Symphony and conductor José Luis Domínguez in a special performance produced by 7 Wonders Cinema.

The film won a Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Award for Entertainment – Long Form Content (single story or program).

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Renée Fleming with the New Jersey Symphony

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Among the greatest sopranos ever to grace the stage, the extraordinary Renée Fleming returns to the New Jersey Symphony for Wagner’s heartfelt and poignant Wesendonck Lieder, paired with brand new poems by young New Jersey-born poets. And, get swept up by Xian and your New Jersey Symphony as they play one of music’s most perfect love songs, Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll.

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Peter and the Wolf

Free On Demand! Presented in English and Spanish.

Experience Prokofiev’s classic tale about an adventurous boy and a hapless wolf. This special presentation blends animation with on-stage performances as instruments portray the duck, bird, cat, wolf, hunters, Peter and his Grandfather. The whole family will love this charming story and wonderful introduction to the orchestra.

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EMERGE

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Music Director Xian Zhang leads the New Jersey Symphony back on the main stage to masterfully conduct a striking selection of orchestral works, showcased in a uniquely intimate style by maverick filmmaker Yuri Alves, who complements the live performances with mesmerizing visuals beyond the stage. The EMERGE concert film trilogy expands the universe of orchestral music through a mix of live stage performance, stunning visuals, mesmerizing dance sequences and format-bending elements on and off stage.

The film trilogy won a Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Award for Arts – Long Form Content (single program).

Please note: EMERGE Part 2 is available for on demand streaming. EMERGE Parts 1 and 3 are no longer available on demand.

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TRANSCEND

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Arising from a pandemic shutdown, world-renowned conductor and star music director Xian Zhang leads the illustrious New Jersey Symphony in a concert film directed by award-winning filmmaker Yuri Alves, who expands the magnetic soundscape with evocative visual meditations on a world in turmoil.

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Still & Dvořák

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The New Jersey Symphony performs one of Dvořák’s most popular works, Senerade for Strings, while Music Director Xian Zhang performs on the piano in Coleridge-Taylor’s arrangement of the spiritual Deep River alongside Concertmaster Eric Wyrick. Captivating performances of Still’s Mother and Child and Puccini’s I Crisantemi also grace this program.

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Daniel Bernard Roumain & Mozart

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The New Jersey Symphony performs the world premiere of Daniel Bernard Roumain’s i am a white person who ____ Black people, while soloists from the Sphinx Organization take center stage for Michael Abels’ Delights & Dances. The program also includes audience favorites Adagietto from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and Mozart’s Divertimento in D Major, K. 136.

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