Princeton Pro Musica 2019-2020 Season
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Sunday, November 3, 2019
4 PM Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University Mozart – Great Mass in C Minor
PPM returns to the music of Mozart and performs his magestic setting of the mass text, which combines towering movements for double chorus with gorgeous duets for two sopranos: Clara Rottsolk and Molly Netter. This program also includes Mozart’s sparkling Clarinet Concerto.
Sunday, December 15, 2019
3 PM Patriots Theater in the War Memorial, Trenton, NJ Messiah and More arranged by Ryan James Brandau
This warm and joyous holiday concert features the “Christmas portion” of Messiah by George Frederic Handel alongside Joy to the World, our own maestro’s stirring suite of carols and holiday songs.
Cookies and Caroling: immediately post-concert December 15
Join singers of Princeton Pro Musica and Trenton Children’s Chorus for a brief reception in the “green room” behind the stage of Patriot’s Theater in the Trenton War Memorial. Simply walk toward the stage in the hallway on either side of the auditorium. Singers will direct you to the brief reception featuring home-made cookies, varieties of sparkling water, and sing-along caroling accompanied by piano.
Dinner after Caroling!
Make your visit to Trenton part of a larger, fun experience for the entire family. Click here to view eleven tantalizing options for dinner after the concert at restaurants located not far from the Trenton War Memorial that are dining partners of the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey. Make your reservation and bring your ticket or the Princeton Pro Musica concert program to the restaurant of your choice to take advantage of specials offered to concert-goers. Princeton Pro Musica is pleased to participate in the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey’s Dining Partners program.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
4 PM Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University James Whitbourn – Annelies
Featuring Lily Arbisser, soprano, PPM honors the life and legacy of Anne Frank, seventy-five years after her death. James Whitbourn’s haunting, moving music sets the words of her diary for chorus, soprano, and chamber ensemble.
Saturday, May 9, 2020
4 PM Princeton University Chapel Power and Peace – Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem and the Te Deum
Featuring the brilliant Eric Plutz on the mighty Mander-Skinner organ of the Princeton University Chapel, PPM presents Duruflé’s exquisite Requiem, with powerful, festive settings of the Te Deum for choir, organ, and brass.
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Trenton Children’s Choir to Highlight Holiday Concert
Concert – 3 p.m. Sunday, December 15
Cookies & Caroling – immediately post-concert Sunday, December 15
Dining Special Offers – post-post-concert
At 3 pm on Sunday, December 15, Princeton Pro Musica will perform our own maestro’s stirring suite of carols and holiday music. Richly orchestrated, including dazzling choral favorites from the Messiah by George Frederic Handel, the concert will fill audience members with the joy and warmth of the holiday season. Following the performance, concert-goers are cordially invited to join PPM singers backstage for Cookies and (sing-along) Carols. To enjoy specials/discounts for dinner afterwards, audience members may make reservations and present their tickets or concert programs at eleven area restaurants identified as Dining Partners of the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey.
Trenton Children’s Chorus empowers the academic, social, and spiritual lives of children through artistry in music. The chorus directors believe that every child’s voice has a place in the world and serve Trenton’s youth so that they are heard. The chorus strengthens confidence, builds character, and broadens horizons through the challenges and opportunities that are integral to musical excellence. Together with academic resources and a joyful community, the chorus transforms lives through the power of choral singing.
To learn more about these wonderful choristers, click HERE.
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You’re invited! Cookies and Caroling immediately following
the Holiday Concert Sunday, December 15
Plan now to join singers of Princeton Pro Musica and Trenton Children’s Chorus backstage immediately following the holiday concert, Messiah and More, Sunday afternoon December 15 in the Patriots Theater of the Trenton War Memorial. Treat yourself to delectable cookies made by members of Princeton Pro Musica, and quench your thirst with varieties of sparkling water. When the concert concludes, simply walk toward the stage in the hallway on either side of the auditorium. Singers will direct you to the “green room” behind the stage and invite you to join them and members of Trenton Children’s Chorus for an informal sing-along. Lyrics of traditional Christmas Carols and holiday songs will be provided, and a pianist will accompany us. We look forward to singing with you!
Program Notes
Mozart Great Mass in C-minor – November 3, 2019
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University
©Ryan James Brandau, Artistic Director, Princeton Pro Musica
Musicologist Scott Burnham opens his book Mozart’s Grace with a caveat from theologian Karl Barth: Whoever has discovered Mozart even to a small degree and then tries to speak about him falls quickly into what seems rapturous stammering,” Indeed, it’s difficult to find words on par with music that, in Burnham’s estimation, “seems somehow pre-made which glows with a self-sufficiency that has less to do with unity and more with apartness: untouched, untouchable.” But, I shall try.
Programs made possible in part by funds from Church & Dwight Employee Giving Fund, The Edward T. Cone Foundation, The New Jersey State Council on the Arts – Department of State – a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and The New Jersey Cultural Trust.
