Concert season opens with masterpieces by Tchaikovsky and Mozart
The Bay Atlantic Symphony will open its 2016-17 subscription concert season with a Red Carpet Evening, starting a new chapter in its new Cumberland County performance home, Vineland's historic Landis Theater. The concert, featuring masterpieces by Tchaikovsky and Mozart, takes place on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. The theater is located at 830 E. Landis Ave., in the heart of Vineland's downtown district.
Under the direction of Music Director Jed Gaylin, the concert will be one of contrasts. Tchaikovsky's suave, charming, spirited Serenade for Strings comes from a composer known for works full of passion and brooding. Mozart's Requiem, his last work, is fierce and intense in contrast to the transparency and verve of many of his works. The Requiem will feature soprano Natalie Conte, mezzo-soprano Jessica Renfro, tenor Gran Wilson, and bass-baritone Robert Cantrell, with Choral Arts of South Jersey and Stockton Chorale.
The concert will also be presented at the Stockton University Performing Arts Center, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway Township, on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m.
For this season's subscription concert series, reduced ticket prices -- $30 per concert plus service charges -- will be for all seats in both venues, subsidized by the generosity of sponsorship by Woodruff Energy. Group and student rates are also available.
Tickets for the Landis Theater performance may be ordered by calling 866-811-4111, or by visiting the SPOT marketplace located at 618 E. Landis Ave. in Vineland, 856-839-2825. For the Stockton performance, call the Stockton University Performing Arts Center box office at 609-652-9000.
All Bay Atlantic Symphony performances will be preceded one hour prior to starting time with a "Pre-Concert Conversation with the Maestro." The Symphony's pre-concert lectures are free and open to the public.
"We are so excited about inaugurating this new relationship with the Landis Theater and this new partnership with the City of Vineland," Gaylin said. "The Landis Theater is an icon of downtown Vineland and we're proud to be part of what will be the theater's 80th anniversary next year. Some wonderful initiatives are resulting from this collaboration."
These concerts are also made possible through funding from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
This item submitted by Samuel Levy for Bay Atlantic Symphony.