New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Steve Mackey at New Jersey Performing Arts Center

XIAN ZHANG conductor ERIC WYRICK violin ANNELLE GREGORY violin STEVEN MACKEY electric guitar NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WEBER Overture to Oberon Exciting and suspenseful; based on a medieval story of an Elf King who must search the globe for one faithful human couple. MACKEY Four Iconoclastic Episodes "Music driven by energy, motion and joy of playing." Mackey's eclectic piece for violin and electric guitar includes hints of Radiohead, Chicago blues and much more. BACH Concerto for Two Violins Riveting and inspiring; its achingly lovely second movement was unforgettably featured in Children of a Lesser God as actress Marlee Matlin "heard" music...

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XIAN ZHANG conductor ERIC WYRICK violin ANNELLE GREGORY violin STEVEN MACKEY electric guitar NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WEBER Overture to Oberon Exciting and suspenseful; based on a medieval story of an Elf King who must search the globe for one faithful human couple. MACKEY Four Iconoclastic Episodes "Music driven by energy, motion and joy of playing." Mackey's eclectic piece for violin and electric guitar includes hints of Radiohead, Chicago blues and much more. BACH Concerto for Two Violins Riveting and inspiring; its achingly lovely second movement was unforgettably featured in Children of a Lesser God as actress Marlee Matlin "heard" music. BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3 Beethoven's heroic and triumphant overture tells the story of his only opera, Fidelio, bringing this palindrome concert to a delightful close.

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