New Jersey Symphony: Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances

Eric Jacobsen conductor Christian McBride double bass Chris Komer horn New Jersey Symphony Jazz and classical meet in this genre-defying program full of color, rhythm, and fun. Montclair’s own jazz legend and nine-time GRAMMY Award-winner Christian McBride debuts with your New Jersey Symphony in a concerto tailor-made for him. Eric Jacobsen, hailed by The New York Times as “an interpretive dynamo” returns with the perfumed hues of Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Rachmaninoff’s final orchestral work, written in New York City and full of longing for his Russian home. Claude Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun George Duke Dark Wood: Bass Concerto for McBride Christian McBride Fried Bacon Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Tickets for this event go on sale June 29. You can add this concert to a subscription now at njsymphony.org/subscribe