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Brahms : Double Concerto
Dec 9th
Born May 7, 1833 in Hamburg. Died April 3, 1897 in Vienna.
Brahms and Joachim
Double Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Violoncello, Op. 102Composed: the summer of 1887 near Thun, Switzerland. First Performance: October 18, 1887 at Cologne in the Gürzenich Hall with Brahms conducting, Joseph Joachim and Robert More >

Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
Dec 9th
Born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. Died December 5, 1791 in Vienna.
1783 Lang portrait
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, K.V. 492Composed in 1786. First Performance: May 1, 1786, at the Burgtheater, Vienna with Mozart conducting. Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, More >

Beethoven : Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Dec 9th
Baptized December 17, 1770 in Bonn, Germany. Died March 26, 1827 in Vienna, Austria.
Beethoven portrait by Joseph Mahler 1815
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92Composed: 1811-1812. First Performance: December 8, 1813 at Vienna with Beethoven conducting. Instrumentation, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 More >

The NJ Symphony’s playing is on fire
Jul 22nd
Princeton, July 21, 2011.
Conductor Mark Laycock really knows how to get players fired up. He returned to Princeton this summer to conduct Opera New Jersey’s production of The Barber of Seville as well as leading the New Jersey Symphony in the Third annual William and Judith Scheide Concert: Exploring Mendelssohn and the More >