THE CAPITAL PHILHARMONIC of NEW JERSEY
Flamenco Fire: Music & Dance of Spain
Performance Date
Event Location
Sun, Nov. 8th 2026 at 3:00 PM
Historic Trenton Masonic Temple
100 Barrack St, Trenton, NJ 08608
Flamenco Fire: Music and Dance of Spain brings together the color, passion, and rhythmic energy of Spanish-inspired music in an intimate chamber music setting. Featuring guitar, strings, and live flamenco dance, the program moves from the haunting beauty of Joaquín Rodrigo’s beloved Concierto de Aranjuez to the fiery spirit of Malagueña, Fandango, and flamenco improvisation.
Guitarist David Galvez, one of CPNJ’s distinguished soloists in 2023 is joined by flamenco dancer Liliana Ruiz and CPNJ musicians Dennis Krasnokutsky, Nina Vieru, Nelly Fedorova, and Elina Lang for an afternoon that blends classical tradition with the expressive force of flamenco. Set inside the Historic Trenton Masonic Temple, this concert offers audiences a vibrant and close-up experience of music and dance.
String Quartets in Tribute: Mozart, Dubossarsky & Shostakovich
Performance Date
Event Location
Sun, Jan. 31st 2027 at 3:00 PM
St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church
1746 S. Clinton Ave, Trenton, NJ 08610
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String Quartets in Tribute explores the string quartet as a powerful medium of dedication, artistic lineage, and personal remembrance. Spanning the Classical era through the late Soviet period, this program traces musical connections from Mozart’s tribute to Haydn, to the rarely heard voice of Moldovan composer Boris Dubossarsky, to one of Shostakovich’s most personal chamber works.
Beyond Brahms: Romantic Chamber Music for Winds, Strings & Piano
Performance Date
Event Location
Sun, Feb. 21st 2027 at 3:00 PM
Ellarslie (Trenton City Museum)
299 Parkside Ave., Trenton, NJ 08606​
Beyond Brahms explores the warm, richly blended sound world created when winds, strings, and piano come together. Brahms’s lyrical Clarinet Trio stands at the center of a program that reaches backward and forward through the Romantic tradition. Charles Koechlin’s compact Four Little Pieces offer delicacy, color, and conversational charm, while Ralph Vaughan Williams’s expansive Quintet in D major surrounds the ensemble with youthful lyricism and an English pastoral glow. Performed by five CPNJ musicians in an intimate setting, the concert reveals how later composers absorbed, transformed, and carried forward the expressive legacy associated with Brahms.
Mentor/Mentee: A Musical Family Tree
Performance Date
Event Location
Sun, Apr. 25th 2027 at 3:00 PM
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
140 N Warren St, Trenton, NJ 08608
Mentor/Mentee follows a musical family tree linking composers, teachers, students, and artistic traditions on both sides of the Atlantic. Flutist Katherine McClure, oboist and English horn player Melissa Bohl, and pianist Clipper Erickson bring together works by French, British, Canadian-American, and African American composers, ranging from elegant chamber trios to vivid solo miniatures. Music by Jean-Michel Damase and Nadia Boulanger shares the program with Katherine Hoover’s evocative Kokopelli, selections by R. Nathaniel Dett, Rebecca Clarke’s trio writing, and works by CPNJ composer Joel Phillips. The result is an intimate exploration of influence, mentorship, migration, and musical ideas passed from one generation to the next.