Overview
Celebrating its 80th anniversary this season, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra returns to NJPAC. Virtuoso dynamo Ray Chen is the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s blazing Violin Concerto. The Washington Post raves: “Ray Chen can do pretty much anything he wants on the violin.” Under the baton of the brilliant Vasily Petrenko, hear this legendary ensemble also performs the bracing Second Symphony of Sibelius.
program
Helios Overture, Op.17
Carl Nielsen
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.43
Jean Sibelius
Vasily Petrenko, Conductor
Ray Chen, Violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Join us for the Classical Overtures, held an hour prior to each classical concert. These interactive presentations are hosted by Maestro George Marriner Maull of New Jersey’s Discovery Orchestra and are free to ticket holders.