2013 Summer Music Festival

Sunday, August 4, 2013, 7:30 PM
Dolan Hall, College of St. Elizabeth
Adults - $35, Seniors - $25, Students - $5

Giuseppe VERDI: Ballet Music from Otello

Robert W. BUTTS:  Bassoon Concerto

Tomaso VITALI:  Chaconne  

David POPPER - Requiem (3 Cellos/Orchestra)

Franz Joseph HAYDN:  Symphony #101 (The Clock)

 

Guest soloists include:

BONJ bassonist Andrew Pecota
Violinist Soyeong Park, winner of the 2013 Pearl and Julius Young Music Competition
Three of New Jersey's favorite cellists - Suji Kim, Min Kyung Lee and Gjiberta Lucaj - who perform as the Monticelli Trio.

Friday, August 9, 2013, 7:30 PM
Grace Church, Madison, NJ
Adults - $20, Seniors - $15, Students - $5

 

Tielman SUSATO:  Renaissance Dances       

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART:  Trio in C

Franz SCHUBERT:  Death and the Maiden Quartet

Special Guest Artists:   Agnes Kwasniewska Quartet, Arioso Consorte, Amitié Trio

Saturday, August 10, 2013, 7:30 PM
Grace Church, Madison, NJ
Adults - $20, Seniors - $15, Students - $5

A cabaret night featuring an original production A Night in the Wilde Wild West

Bring something to drink and some snacks and relax to the musical theater premier of 2013.

Music by Robert Butts and lyrics by Jewel Seehaus-Fisher.

Sunday, August 11, 2013, 3:00 PM
Dolan Hall, College of St. Elizabeth
Adults - $35, Seniors - $25, Students - $5

Guiseppe VERDI and Arrigo BOITO:  Otello

 

BONJ celebrates the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Verdi with a striking semi-concert production of Otello.

Verdi’s late masterpiece based on Shakespeare stars Karole Lewis, Peter Lewis, Miksu Kim, Danielle Horta. 

Conducted by Maestro Butts, the performance is in collaboration with Eastern Opera Company of New Jersey.

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