'The Spirit Lives On:' Tragedy and Triumph* Sunday, November 2 at 4:00 pm Anshe Emeth Temple                 222 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick. 

Cantor Anna West Ott and the Anshe Emeth Choir join the NBCO in a program of choral and orchestral works by Jewish composers that marks the amazing journey from this year's 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht to the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. The newly restored Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple near downtown New Brunswick will be the setting for works by Leonard Bernstein, Paval Haas, Max Janowski, Gideon Klein, Erich Korngold, Kurt Weill, Viktor Ullmann, and more.   More...

Hungarian Arias*                                                Sunday, March 8, 2009                                                  Hungarian American Athletic Club                                          233 Somerset Avenue, New Brunswick.

Our third program in this location will include excerpts from Hungarian operettas by Franz Lehar and others along with Brahms’ popular Hungarian Dances.  Immerse yourself in an afternoon of Hungarian culture: enjoy a pre-concert lunch or Hungarian food and wine after the concert. Parking is available at the Plum Street Parking Deck.

Handel’s Messiah
Sunday, December 13, 2008 at 8 pm                                                          

State Theatre, Livingston Ave in downtown New Brunswick               

Our Fifth annual presentation of this seasonal favorite combines the orchestra and soloists with a number of choirs in the New Brunswick area including the choirs of Christ Church, First Reformed Church and Emanuel Lutheran Church.  This year we will augment our chrous and orchestra for a special performance at the State Theatre. Our solists include Diana Whitener, soprano, Giulia Utz, alto, Jack Zamboni, tenor, and John-Andrew Fernandez, bass. Mark Our Artistic Director, Trautman, will conduct.

AN ANNIVERSARY CONCERT:                                                                                                        Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) and Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)                                                          Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 6 PM                                                                                                               Historic Christ Church, 5 Paterson Street, New Brunswick

This spring concert features festive music for Christ Church Choir and the orchestra including Joseph Haydn's Heiligemesse, and his beloved Trumpet Concerto in E-flat. Felix Mendelssohn's Hear My Prayer in its rarely heard version for soprano, chorus, and orchestra and Organ Sonata II will also be included. This concert will feature Gary Fienburg, trumpet, John Sheridan, organ and the choir and soloists of Christ Church. A reception follows. Free parking next to the church at the Lower Church Street Parking deck.

All programs subject to change.   Tickets at the door are $17 adults and $15 seniors and students except for the Messiah concert.  Tickets for the Messiah concert at the State Theatre are $25 for all seats.  Standard group rates, student and senior discounts apply

* These programs are part of the "Our Musical Heritage" series.