Symphony In C Announces Its Season of Guest Conductors for 2022-23

Symphony In C Announces Its Season of Guest Conductors for 2022-23

COLLINGSWOOD, NJ – The nationally-recognized Symphony in C announces its Season of Guest Conductors for 2022-23. Each of five symphonic concerts will be led by a talented young conductor who is at the beginning of their career. Originally scheduled for the 2020-21 season and postponed by the pandemic, Symphony in C has selected five finalists for the position of Music Director, which has remained unfilled since 2020. Each will bring his or her own personality and perspective to the podium. The season concerts reflect this diversity with wide-ranging repertoire and exciting soloists. The five finalists are Jacob Joyce, Joshua Hong, Noam Aviel, Ankush Kumar Bahl, and Joseph Young.

Symphony in C also presents the Virtuosi Series, three chamber concerts on Sunday afternoons at Haddonfield United Methodist Church. On October 8, 2022, Symphony in C, co-conducted by Kenneth Bean and Paul Bryan will perform at Macy’s Philadelphia in a concert with Peter Richard Conte on the famous Wanamaker Organ. The concert is presented by The Friends of the Wanamaker Organ.

Tickets for all concerts are on sale now at SymphonyinC.org.

Symphony in C’s symphonic series at the Gordon Theater, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts opens on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. The concert opens with the lovely Ballade in A minor by Afro-British composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Next, 19 year old pianist, Maxim Lando will perform Tchaikovsky’s iconic Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor - one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire and a favorite of concert pianists around the world. Rounding out the evening is Carl Nielsen’s dramatic Symphony No, 4, Op. 29 "The Inextinguishable." Guest Conductor Jacob Joyce will lead the orchestra in this thrilling concert.

On Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. This “All Mozart” concert opens with the well-known motet for soprano and orchestra, Exsultate Jubilate, K. 165. Mozart composed it for the Italian castrato, Venanzio Rauzzini in 1773 while in Milan. In modern times, the motet is usually sung by a female soprano. Soprano Alexandra Nowakowski, a recent graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts, is appearing courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera, where she is covering roles in Verdi’s Don Carlo and Puts’ The Hours. Pianist Clayton Stephenson performs the Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, a passionate yet intimate concerto where orchestra and piano are equal partners. Completing the program is Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, which foreshadows the incipient Romantic movement and has influenced many future composers. Guest conductor is Joshua Hong

On Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 8:00 p.m., Israeli conductor, Noam Aviel will conduct Symphony in C in a program of French music. The concert opens with Franz Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 110/2 which depicts the “Dance in the Village Inn” from Lenau’s Faust and conjures demonic revelry and seduction. Composer and violinist Henri Vieuxtemps’ Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor was written in 1861 as a “contest piece” for the Brussels Conservatory. Violinist Stella Chen is the soloist. Symphonie Fantastique Opus 14 by Hector Berlioz has been called “a musical expedition into psychedelia because of its hallucinatory and dream-like nature.” Berlioz wrote the symphony as a way to express his unrequited love for an Irish actress.

On Saturday, March 4, 2023, at 8:00 p.m., Guest conductor Ankush Kumar Bahl opens the program with Entr’acte by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Caroline Shaw. The piece was written in 2011 and inspired by Haydn’s string quartet Op. 77. The composer wrote that it is “structured like a minuet and trio, riffing on that classical form but suddenly takes you to the other side of Alice’s looking glass, in a kind of absurd, subtle, technicolor transition.” Symphony in C welcomes the return of former Principal Trumpet and member of the world-renowned Canadian Brass, Caleb Hudson who performs the iconic Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major by Johann Nepomuk Hummel. The concert concludes with one of Beethoven’s most famous works, the Symphony No. 3 in E♭ major, Op. 55, “Eroica”.

Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. Symphony in C concludes the 2022-23 Season with guest conductor Joseph Young. The concert opens with Antonin Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds, Op. 44, B.77, D Minor. The Serenade evokes the lighter, delicate style of the Rococo period. Dvôrák’s influence can be heard in the Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, by Florence Price, the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. Soloist TBA. Mendelssohn’s evocative Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, “Italian,” brings the composer’s musical memories of the color and atmosphere of 1830 Italy to us today, as fresh and alive as it was then.

Tickets for the Symphonic Series at Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts and the Virtuosi Series are currently available and range in price from $25 - $52. All tickets may be purchased online at www.SymphonyinC.org or by calling 856-963-6683.


Symphony in C performances and programs are made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the William G. Rohrer Charitable Foundation, The Presser Foundation, Holman Automotive Group, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, South Jersey Charitable Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, and Subaru of America. Symphony in C is a member of the South Jersey Cultural Alliance (SJCA).

Symphony in C concerts are wheelchair accessible. Large print programs and brochures and assistive listening devices are available at all season concerts.

About Symphony in C: Symphony in C is the Mid-Atlantic region’s only orchestra for talented young musicians as they transition from student to professional. Members are selected by competitive annual auditions in New York and Philadelphia. Over 100 Symphony in C alumni can be found in the world’s great orchestras. Others have embarked on careers as conductors or solo artists. Performing at the Gordon Theater at Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts in Camden, New Jersey, Symphony in C serves the Greater Delaware Valley through its critically-acclaimed concert series, educational outreach programs and radio broadcasts. Symphony in C has been designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and strives to continue making artistic, educational, and economic impact on a regional, national and global scale.

Symphony in C 2022-23 Season
Symphonic Series at Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto
September 24, 2022 at 8 pm.
Jacob Joyce, conductor
Program
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A minor, Op. 33
Piotr Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Maxim Lando, piano
Carl Nielsen: Symphony No, 4, Op. 29 "The Inextinguishable"

Totally Mozart
December 3, 2022 at 8 pm.
Joshua Hong, conductor
Program
W. A. Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate, K. 165
Alexandra Nowakowski, soprano (appearing courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera)
W. A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
Clayton Stephenson, piano
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

Fantastic French
January 21, 2023 at 8 pm.
Noam Aviel, conductor
Program
Franz Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S.110/2
Henri Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5, Op. 37, A minor
Stella Chen, violin
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

Beethoven Eroica
March 4, 2023 at 8 pm.
Ankush Kumar Bahl, conductor
Program
Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major
Caleb Hudson, trumpet
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 "Eroica"

Mendelssohn Italian Symphony
May 6, 2023 at 8 pm.
Joseph Young, conductor
Program
Antonin Dvorak: Serenade for Winds, Op. 44, B.77, D Minor
Florence Price: Violin Concerto No. 1, D Major
TBA, violin
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 "Italian"

The 2022-23 Virtuosi Series
Chamber Concerts at Haddonfield United Methodist Church
Sponsored by TD Bank


(artists TBA)
Haydn & Brahms Piano Trios
November 13, 2022 @ 4 pm
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob. XV/25 "Gypsy"
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8

Goldberg Variations
February 12, 2023 @ 4 pm
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 for String Trio
(arr. Dmitry Sitkovetski)

Schubert Favorites
March 26, 2023 @ 4 pm
Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Shepherd on the Rock) D. 965
Soprano, Clarinet, and Piano
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "The Trout"

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