Experience the allure of dances from China, Russia, and Spain, in the season’s final concert. Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin and Stravinsky’s The Firebird, heard in their suite versions, are both balletic stories of seduction and the supernatural. Ravel's ever-popular Boléro, driven by a sultry Spanish dance rhythm, captivates audiences with its masterful, gradual escalation from hushed restraint...
Since its founding in 1980, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra has evolved from a small yet highly respected community-based chamber orchestra into a professional orchestra of the highest artistic quality. Offering orchestral, pops, and chamber music concerts, as well as lecture events, children's programs, and innovative collaborative programming, the orchestra is Princeton's hub for classical music...
Experience the allure of dances from China, Russia, and Spain, in the season’s final concert. Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin and Stravinsky’s The Firebird, heard in their suite versions, are both balletic stories of seduction and the supernatural...
Experience the allure of dances from China, Russia, and Spain, in the season’s final concert. Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin and Stravinsky’s The Firebird, heard in their suite versions, are both balletic stories of seduction and the supernatural. Ravel's ever-popular Boléro, driven by a sultry Spanish dance rhythm, captivates audiences with its masterful, gradual escalation from hushed restraint...
Since its founding in 1980, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra has evolved from a small yet highly respected community-based chamber orchestra into a professional orchestra of the highest artistic quality. Offering orchestral, pops, and chamber music concerts, as well as lecture events, children's programs, and innovative collaborative programming, the orchestra is Princeton's hub for classical music...
The PSO videotapes all Soundtracks and Behind the Music lectures, and records pre-concert talks at Richardson Auditorium. Those videos and sound files are posted here, in addition to any news segments or documentaries about the PSO and its activities.
All events below are from the 2012-2013 season. For media from past seasons, please visit the Video and Audio Archive.
Pre-Concert Talk: Silk Road Dances
May 2013
Discussion with PSO Music Director Rossen Milanov
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Pre-Concert Talk: A Mozart Interlude
January 2013
Discussion with PSO Music Director Rossen Milanov and singers from the Curtis Institute of Music and Westminster Choir College
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Soundtracks
January 2013
“The Two Worlds of Mozart”
Talk by Wendy Heller, professor of music at Princeton University
Pre-Concert Talk: Tales of Transformation
November 2012
Discussion with PSO Music Director Rossen Milanov
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Soundtracks
October 2012
“The Concertmaster’s Role in Orchestral Playing”
Talk by Basia Danilow, PSO concertmaster
Behind the Music
October 2012
Discussion with composer Zhou Tian and PSO Music Director Rossen Milanov
Soundtracks
September 2012
“The Art of China, Past and Present”
Talk by Caroline Harris, curator of education and academic programs at the Princeton University Art Museum
New Jersey Arts News
Coverage of the world-premiere staging of Eugene Onegin with music by Prokofiev
New Jersey Arts News
Coverage of the world-premiere performance of Gabriel Prokofiev’s Bass Drum Concerto
New Jersey News “State of the Arts”
A look at the career of PSO Music Director Rossen Milanov
West Windsor-Plainsboro Cable
Meet PSO musicians who double as teachers in WW-P Schools
