Overview

Xian Zhang conductor
Gregory D. McDaniel conductor
Adam Tendler piano
New Jersey Symphony

Claude Debussy Clair de Lune
Debussy’s original piano solo, Clair de Lune, probably exists in more versions than the Beatles’ “Yesterday” and for good reason, as none before or since have captured in music the true magic of moonlight.

Nico Muhly Sounding for Piano and Orchestra (New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)
New York-based pianist Adam Tendler, “currently the hottest pianist on the American contemporary classical scene” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), makes his New Jersey Symphony debut in this hymn tune-filled concerto by broadly popular contemporary composer Nico Muhly.

Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
Melodies too numerous and beautiful to track—so don’t try. Just let this sweeping Romantic symphony, the inspiration for the song “Never Gonna Fall in Love Again,” work its magic.

Program update: Double bassist Xavier Foley is unable to appear on the program. Pianist Adam Tendler will replace him for these concerts. Gregory D. McDaniel, the New Jersey Symphony’s Colton Conducting Fellow, will conduct Debussy’s Clair de Lune and the New Jersey premiere of Nico Muhly’s Sounding. Music Director Xian Zhang will conduct Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2.