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Sun 10.06
@ 3:00 p.m. Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene with Renée
Fleming
Xian Zhang - conductor
Renée Fleming - soprano
New Jersey Symphony
Presented in collaboration with New Jersey Symphony, NJPAC
kick-starts the season with a breathtaking multi-media concert
featuring international superstar Renée Fleming (pictured above).
As fall colors flare, America’s most celebrated soprano adds the exquisite
hues of her own voice to this concert, inspired by her 2023 Grammy
Award-winning album, Voice
of Nature: the Anthropocene. This special performance
spans Classical, Romantic and contemporary music, exploring nature
as both inspiration and victim of humanity. Accompanying the
onstage performers will be a stunning film by the National
Geographic Society.
Sat 11.23 @ 8:00 p.m.
Kronos Quartet
David
Harrington – violin
Gabriela
Diaz – violin
Ayane
Kozasa – viola
Paul
Wiancko - cello
Two events
took place during NJPAC’s inaugural season (1997-98) that boldly
announced what the vision of this new arts center would be. The
first, a performance by the boundary-pushing chamber group Kronos
Quartet. The second, a tribute to gospel singer and activist
Mahalia Jackson. Now, the Kronos Quartet returns to NJPAC to
explore the inspiring voice of Mahalia Jackson, refracted through
today’s foremost composers. Mahalia Jackson was the voice of the civil rights movement. She
sang her truth across the south: at Selma, the March on Washington
and the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. She won the first-ever
GRAMMY® for gospel music, and was honored with a posthumous
lifetime achievement award in 1972.
For 50 years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet has challenged and
reimagined what a string quartet can be. Kronos has been at the
forefront of revolutionizing chamber music into a living art form
that responds to the people and issues of our time. This marks the
NJPAC debut of the latest iteration of Kronos Quartet featuring its
two newest members: violinist Gabriela Diaz and cellist Paul
Wiancko.
Sat 3.08 @ 3:00 p.m. (pre-show talk @ 2:00 p.m.)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Bruce Liu
Bruce Liu
– piano
Academy of
St. Martin in the Fields
The
Academy of St Martin in the Fields returns to NJPAC after its May
2024 concert with Joshua Bell. The chamber orchestra is beloved
around the world for its fresh, brilliant interpretations of
classical music. This performance features Bruce Liu, first-prize
winner of the 2021 Chopin Piano Competition. The piano virtuoso is
hailed as one of the most exciting talents of his generation, with
a “rock-star status in the classical music world” (The Globe and Mail).
NJPAC hosts a pre-show talk @ 2:00 p.m. Free for
ticketholders, Classical
Overtures, held
an hour prior to the show in the Chase Room, is an interactive
presentation hosted by Maestro George Marriner Maull of New
Jersey’s Discovery Orchestra.
About
NJPAC
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown
Newark, New Jersey, is among the largest performing arts centers in
the United States. It is the artistic, cultural,
educational and civic center of New Jersey — where great performances
and events enhance and transform lives every day. As New
Jersey’s anchor cultural institution, NJPAC brings diverse
communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the
State’s and the world’s best artists, while acting as a leading
catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through
its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next
generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has
attracted more than 11 million visitors (including more than two
million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures
meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its
constituents. Visit www.njpac.org for more
information.
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