CAPITAL PHILHARMONIC
of NEW JERSEY
the Capital City's Professional Symphony Orchestra
Patriots Theater at the War Memorial ● Trenton, NJ
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
New Year’s Eve Concert
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Gabriela Imreh, pianist · Nano Divina, Thereminist
Greeting from Brian Hughes, Mercer County Executive
Overture to Candide……………………….………........….....Leonard Bernstein
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2………………………..............................Franz Liszt
Polka from the Bartered Bride………………..…........……....Bedrich Smetana
Spellbound Concerto for Solo Piano & Orchestra......................Miklós Rózsa
An American in Paris………………………………….............George Gershwin
The Waltzing Cat……………..……………………...............…..Leroy Anderson
Tales from the Vienna Woods…………..….…..…...…..........Johann Strauss, Jr
Radetzky March...................................................................Johann Strauss, Sr.
Past Productions
Patriots Theater at the War Memorial ● Trenton, NJ
Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Tales of the Arabian nights
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Aisha Dossumova, violin soloist
Greeting from Gloria Teti, President of the Board of Trustees
Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri
(The Italian Girl in Algiers) …………...............…Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Introduction & Rondo capriccioso..….................Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Carmen Fantasie for Violin & Orchestra
(Based on Themes from the Opera of Georges Bizet)..Franz Waxman (1906-1967)
Scheherazade, op. 35………......................…Nikolai Rimsky-Kosakov (1844-1908)
Patriots Theater at the War Memorial ● Trenton, NJ
Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 8:00 PM
OPENING THE 2014-2015 SEASON
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Awadagin Pratt, piano soloist
Savannah River Holiday (1955)..........................................................................Ron Nelson (b. 1929)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, No. 4, Op. 58.....Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 (1937)......................................................Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Patriots Theater at the War Memorial ● Trenton, NJ
Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 3:00 PM
CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Benjamin Bliss, tenor
Princeton Girlchoir, Lynnel Joy Jenkins, Artistic Director
Polonaise from Christmas Eve Suite...........................................................................Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The First Noel..............................................................................................................arranged by Dan Forrest
Panis Angelicus..............................................................................................................................César Franck
Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night).......................................................Adolphe Adam, arranged by Arthur Luck
Tomorrow shall be My Dancing Day................................................................................................John Rutter
White Christmas...................................................................Irving Berlin, arranged by Robert Russell Bennett
Concert Suite from The Polar Express..................Alan Silvestri & Glen Ballard, arranged by Jerry Brubaker
Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker...................................................................Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
This Christmastide.......................................................................................................................Donald Fraser
Jingle Bell Swing............................................................................................................................David Elliott
Fantasia on “Greensleeves” (What Child is This)...........................................................R. Vaughan Williams
Ave Maria.................................................................................. Franz Schubert, orchestrated by Arthur Luck
A Christmas Festival.................................................................................................................Leroy Anderson
Patriots Theater at the War Memorial ● Trenton, NJ
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
New Year’s Eve Concert
Daniel Spalding, conductor
David Osenberg, Host
Starburst……………………….…………..……...........................................................Jonathan Leshnoff
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1………………..….................................................................George Enescu
Bolero………………..……………………………........................................................…...Maurice Ravel
Emperor Waltz……………………………….......................................................……Johann Strauss, Jr.
The Syncopated Clock…..…………………....................................................…..……..Leroy Anderson
Porgy & Bess, A Symphonic Picture for Orchestra…..............................................George Gershwin
Arranged by Robert Russell Bennett
VALENTINE’S DAY WITH SPECIAL GUEST
MAUREEN MCGOVERN
Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton, NJ
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Overture to “Cosi fan tutte” KV 588.............................Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegretto from “Palladio” Concerto grosso for Strings ............... Karl Jenkins
Clair de lune..................................Claude Debussy, arranged by Bernard Morgan
“Love Songs featuring Maureen McGovern”
Jeff Harris, piano, Justin Lee, bass, Michael Sikora, drums
With a Song in My Heart
Stiff Upper Lip
My Funny Valentine
It Might Be You
60’s Silly Syllables
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Love Walked In/Embraceable You
Nobody’s Heart/Just One of Those Things
To Keep My Love Alive
It Never Entered My Mind
Cockeyed Optimist/ Climb Every Mountain/You’ll Never Walk Alone
Poetry Man
A Natural Woman/I Feel the Earth Move
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
MacArthur Park/The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress
Optimistic Voices/Over the Rainbow
Blues in the Night
España!
Saturday, May 9, 2015
8:00 PM. Patriots Theater, War Memorial
Daniel Spalding, conductor, Liliana Ruiz, Flamenco Dancer
Chabrier .....................................................España Rhapsody
George Antheil...............................Capital of the World Suite
Ravel....................................................Alborada del gracioso
Manuel de Falla............. Suite from the Three-Cornered Hat
The Barracks Green, Trenton, New Jersey
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Vladimir Dyo & Yeseul Ann, violin solists
Bliss Michelson, Speaker and Master of Ceremonies
The Seasons.........................................................Vivaldi
Eine kleine Nachtmusik.......................................Mozart
Double Violin Concerto......................................J.S. Bach
Freedom Fest 2015
Mercer County Park Pavilion
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Daniel Spalding, conductor, Sarah Dash, Guest Artist
Espana.............................................................Chabrier
Hollywood Blockbusters..................................Horner
Duke Ellington Medley....................................arr. Custer
Suite No. 2 from Three Cornered Hat.............Falla
Liberty Bell March..........................................Sousa
Victory at Sea..................................................Rogers
American Salute..............................................Gould
Summertime.....................................................Gershwin
God Bless America.......................................... Berlin
Stars & Stripes Forever...................................Sousa
Saturday, October 24, 2015 7:30 pm
War Memorial Patriots Theater
Jonathan Haas & William Trigg, Timpani
Daniel Spalding, Conductor
Philip Glass..............................Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists & Orchestra
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky..........Symphony No. 5
New Year’s Eve
Thursday, December 31, 2015 8 pm
War Memorial Patriots Theater
David Osenberg, Host
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Shostakovich..........................................................................................Festive Overture
Offenbach-Rosenthal.......................................................Suite from “Gaite Parisienne”
Richard Strauss............................................................Till Eulenspeigel’s Merry Pranks
Johann Strauss, Jr...........................................................................Roses from the South
Leroy Anderson.........................................................Bugler’s Holiday & Fiddle Faddle
George Gershwin.........................Girl Crazy (A Scenario for Orchestra) arr. Don Rose
CPNJ Chamber Players with pianist Gabriela Imreh
Saturday, April 2, 2016 7:30 pm
War Memorial Ballroom
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Gioachino Rossini.......................Overture to Barber of Seville
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.................Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Astor Piazzolla.....................Adios Nonino for piano & strings
Leonard Bernstein...West Side Story Suite for piano & strings (arr. Spalding)
Aaron Copland.................................Hoe Down from “Rodeo"
Cinematic Classics
Saturday, May 14, 2016 7:30 pm
War Memorial Patriots Theater
Odin Rathnam, Violin
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Miklos Rosza..Entry of the Nobels from "El Cid"
Eric Korngold......Volin Concerto
Bernard Herrmann........Prelude from "The Man Who Knew Too Much"
Suite from "Vertigo"
William Walton......Suite from "Henry V"
The Barracks Green, Trenton, New Jersey
Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 7:30
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Sonnerie de St. Genevieve...............................Marais/Spalding
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5......................................J.S. Bach
Divertimento in D, K.136...............................................Mozart
Romanian Folk Dances...................................................Bartok
Czardas.............................................................................Monti
Tonight from "West Side Story"...................Leonard Bernstein
Hoe Down from "Rodeo"..................................Aaron Copland
Stars & Stripes Forever.................John Philip Sousa/Gruselle
The Dream of America
Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 7:30
War Memorial Patriots Theater
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Actors from Passage Theater
Aaron Copland.............Fanfare for the Common Man
Anton Dvorak...............Symphony No. 9 "New World"
Peter Boyer..........Ellis Island: The Dream of America
for 7 Actors, Projected Images, and Orchestra
NEW YEAR'S EVE
Saturday, December 31, 2016 8 pm
War Memorial Patriots Theater
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Leon Bates, piano
Suppe.......................................Light Calvary Overture
Strauss.......................................Tritsch Tratach Polka
Strauss.............................The Beautiful Danube Waltz
Rimsky-Korsakov..........................Capriccio Espagnol
Bernstein..............Three Dances from “On the Town”
Gershwin..........................................Rhapsody in Blue
CPNJ Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, March 11, 2017 7:30 pm
War Memorial George Washington Ballroom
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Ilmar Gavilon, violin
Mozart................................Divertimento in D, K. 136
Fritz Kreisler...Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani
Pablo de Sarasate................................Zigeunerweisen
Tchaikovsky..................................Serenade for Strings
In the Mood
Saturday, April 22, 2017 7:30 pm
War Memorial Patriots Theater
Daniel Spalding, conductor
An Evening of 1940's Swing Music Review with the String of Pearls Big Band, Singers, Dancers and full Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Spalding, conductor
Levitt AMP Concert at Mill Hill Park
Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 5:30 PM
Daniel Spalding Conductor
Vladimir Dyo, violin
Yesuel Ann, violin
Katrina Korminski, cello
Melissa Bohl, oboe
Bob Gravener, trumpet
Gianine Campbell, soprano
Handel....................................Overture to the Royal Fireworks
Vivaldi....................................Concerto grosso in D minor
J.S. Bach.................................Double Concerto for Oboe & Violin
Glinka.....................................Overture to Ruslin and Ludmilla
Copland..................................Quiet City
Andrew Lloyd Webber............Memory from Cats
Dolly Parton...........................I Will Always Love You
Astor Piazzolla.......................Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla.......................Libertango
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Opening Night!
War Memorial Patriots Theater
October 21, 2017, 7:30 pm
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Joseph Jackson, organ
Hector Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
Alan Hovhaness - Mysterious Mountain, Opus 132
Camille Saint-Saens - Symphony No. 3, "Organ Symphony", Op. 78
December 31, 2017
New Year's Eve Concert
War Memorial Patriots Theater
Daniel Spalding, Conductor
David Osenberg of WWFM, Host
Peter Boyer - Silver Fanfare
Émile Waldteufel - The Skater's Waltz, Op. 183
Anton Dvorak - Two Slavonic Dances from Op. 72
Paul Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice (Scherzo after the ballad by Goethe)
Otto Nicolai - Overture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Leroy Anderson - Syncopated Clock
John Williams (arr.) - Tango from "Scent of a Woman"
Gershwin/Bennett - Gershwin in Hollywood
March 10, 2018 at 7:30 pm
The Jazz Age
George Washington Ballroom at the War Memorial
Daniel Spalding, Conductor
Gianine Campbell, Soprano
Igor Stravinsky - Ragtime for 11 Instruments (1918)
Darius Milhaud - Creation of the World (1923)
Kurt Weill - Suite from the "Three Penny Opera" (1928)
George Antheil - Jazz Symphony (1925)
April 21, 2018, 7:30 pm
War Memorial Patriots Theater
The Great Rachmaninoff
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Clipper Erickson, piano
Serge Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18
Serge Rachmaninoff- Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
August 23, 2018, 6:30 pm
Mill Hill Park
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Kathleen Schiede, harpsichord
Lauren Yoon, violin
J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Thomas Augustine Arne - Harpischord Concerto No. 5 in G minor
Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 (First Movement)
Leonard Bernstein - Tonight from West Side Story
John Lunn - Downton Abbey
Michel Legrand - The Summer Knows from Summer of 42
Michel Legrand - The Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown Affair
Alexandre Deplat - The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Dmitri Shostakovich - Waltz No. 2 from Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra
Leory Anderson - Fiddle Faddle
John Philip Sousa - Stars and Stripes Forever
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OPENING NIGHT!
Celebrating the Legacy of
Leonard Bernstein
Saturday, October 20, 2018
7:30 pm, Daniel Spalding, conductor
Fancy Free Ballet
Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
Symphonic Suite from “On the Waterfront”
Celebrating the New Year with
coloratura soprano Grace Gilday
Daniel Spalding, Conductor
Monday, December 31, 2018
8:00 pm
John Williams: Overture to the Cowboys
Johann Strauss: Mein Herr Marquis from “Die Fledermaus”
Gioacchino Rossini: La Danza
Jaromir Weinberger: Polka & Fugue
Dmitri Shostakovich: Waltz No.2
Richard Rogers: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Leonard Bernstein: Glitter and be Gay from “Candide”
Victor Herbert: Italian Street Song
George Gershwin: Overture to Funny Face
Celebrating Great African-American Composers with Samuel Thompson, violin
Daniel Spalding, Conductor
Sunday, February 24, 2019
4:00 pm
Adolphus Hailstork: Celebration
Florence Price: Violin Concerto No. 1
[East Coast Premiere]
William Grant Still: Symphony No. 4
“Autochthonous"
Celebrating the most heavenly of all instruments:
The Harp, with Cheryl Cunningham
Daniel Spalding, Conductor
Saturday, March 9, 2019
7:30 pm
George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso, op. 6, no. 1
Ralph Vaughn Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Maurice Ravel: Introduction & Allegro
Claude Debussy: Dances Sacred and Profane
Gustav Holst: St. Paul’s Suite
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Celebrating our Youth with violinist Joseph Hsia
and musicians from area youth orchestras
Daniel Spalding, Conductor
Saturday,May 4, 2019
7:30 pm
Richard Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
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Opening Night! At Your Request
with Maja Rajković, piano
Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 “Elvira Madigan”
Gustav Holst: The Planets (with The College of New Jersey Women's Choir)
New Year's Eve
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 8:00 pm
Hosted by WWFM’s David Osenberg
Daniel Spalding, Conductor
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (opening)
Offenbach: Voyage to the Moon
J. Strauss: Viennese Blood Waltz
Liszt: Les Preludes
James Bond Medley – arr. Stanley Black
Sing Sing Sing: Louis Prima - arr. Bill Holcomb
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Brothers on Broadway starring Keith Spencer
Saturday, February 22, 2019 at 7:30 pm
War Memorial Patriots Theater
Daniel Spalding, Conductor
Act I
An Abyssinian Overture: Will Marion Cook/ Bert A. Williams/ Jesse A. Shipp/ Alexander Rogers/ Earle C. Jones
Come Right In, Sit Right Down, Make Yourself at Home……..……..Will H. Dixon/
Bob White/ Alfred Anderson
Go Down, Moses ………………………………………..……….Traditional Spiritual
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands………………..……….Traditional Spiritual
Wade in de' Water/Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho …..…………Traditional Spiritual
I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'…………….George Gershwin/ DuBose and Dorothy Heyward/
Ira Gershwin
Come Rain or Come Shine ……………………………….Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer
It Ain't Necessarily So………….... George Gershwin/ DuBose and Dorothy Heyward/
Ira Gershwin
That Old Black Magic……………………………………Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer
West Side Story Medley……………………….Leonard Bernstein/ Stephen Sondheim
What Kind of Fool Am I?...........................................Anthony Newley/ Leslie Bricusse
Caldonia…………………………………………………………………...Louis Jordon
Act II
Ellington Medley…………………………..….Edward “Duke” Ellington/ Irving Mills
Magic to Do…………………………………………………….……Stephen Schwartz
The Point of No Return………...Andrew Lloyd Webber/Charles Hart/ Richard Stilgoe
This is the Life…………………………………………….Charles Strouse/ Lee Adams
Where is the Life That Late I Led?.................................................................Cole Porter
Hamilton Medley………………………………………………....Lin-Manuel Miranda
Make Them Hear You/ The Impossible Dream……….Stephen Flaherty/ Lynn Ahrens
September 11, 2020 at 5:30 pm
Featuring the CPNJ Wind & Percussion sections
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Cobblestone Creek Community (private event)
Francis Scott Key: Star Spangled Banner
Edwin Bagley: National Emblem March
William Schumann: Overture to Chester
Pierre LaPlante: American River Songs
John Philip Sousa: Washington Post March
Morton Gould: American Salute
Leroy Anderson: Buglers Holiday
John Moss (arr.) Golden Age of Broadway
Carmen Dragon (arr.) American the Beautiful
John Philip Sousa: Stars & Stripes Forever
You're a Grand Old Flag (encore)
September 12, 2020
CPNJ Strings recording session at the 1867 Sanctuary in Ewing, NJ.
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Greig: Holberg Suite
Philip Herbert: Elegy in Memoriam of Stephen Lawrence
Vivaldi: Concerto grosso in D minor, Op. 3, No. 11
Lekeu: Adagio
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
The CPNJ String Quartet performs at Trenton's Art All Day Festival.
September 27, 2020 at 4:00 pm
Featuring the CPNJ Wind & Percussion sections
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Caldawalder Park Pavilion, Trenton, NJ
Francis Scott Key: Star Spangled Banner
Edwin Bagley: National Emblem March
William Schumann: Overture to Chester
Pierre LaPlante: American River Songs
John Philip Sousa: Washington Post March
Morton Gould: American Salute
Leroy Anderson: Buglers Holiday
John Moss (arr.) Golden Age of Broadway
Carmen Dragon (arr.) American the Beautiful
John Philip Sousa: Stars & Stripes Forever
You're a Grand Old Flag (encore)
June 5, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Daniel Spalding, conductor
Caldawalder Park Pavilion, Trenton, NJ
A Memorial Day Tribuite
Aaron Copland: Outdoor Overture
Florence Price: Dances in the Canebreaks (orchestrated by William Grant Still)
George Antheil: McKonkey's Ferry - George Washington Crossing the Delaware
John Williams: Hymn to the Fallen
John Philip Sousa: Liberty Bell March
Eric Knight: George M. Cohan Salute
Dudley Buck: The Star Spangled Banner Festival Overture
Kenneth J. Alford: Colonel Bogey March (encore)
