Dear David,
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http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/06/hobokens_pier_a_park_will_be_s.html
Hope you are doing well.
Martin
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HOBOKEN – June 28, 2012
A special concert this evening will feature a mix of music from stage and screen, and will be a hometown performance for at least one musician.The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Pier A Park, located at Sinatra Drive and First Street. Attendees are invited to bring a blanket or low-back chair, in addition to a picnic for the free performance. And one person looking forward to the performance is Hoboken resident and violist Martin Andersen.
Andersen, playing with the orchestra for the 33rd season, has lived in the Mile Square City since 1981 and thinks performing in the place he calls home is a great idea.
“It reminds me of the setting the symphony did with concerts in Liberty State Park. It’s a beautiful location on Pier A with the skyline in the background and lighting at the end of the day,” he said.
The concert, led by conductor Emil De Cou, will feature music from the movie “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,” Richard Rogers’ “Carousel Waltz,” and the shipboard high jinks of Gilbert and Sullivan’s resoundingly popular “H.M.S Pinafore” along with patriotic favorites.
The program will also feature Tchaikovsky’s “Polonaise” from “Eugene Onegin,” Nicolai’s “Merry Wives of Windsor” overture, Richard Strauss’ “Voices of Spring,” and a salute to the armed forces.
A trio of vocalists from Opera New Jersey soprano Channing Connell, mezzo-soprano Leah Dexter, and baritone Jeremy Moore will join the NJSO.
The City Council recently authorized a $45,000 contract to book the orchestra, which annually provides more than 250 performances and features 60 performers.
Andersen missed last year’s performance in Hoboken, which was only the second here for the symphony since the 1980s, but is looking forward to what will hopefully be a comfortable summer evening filled with music.
“This is a good thing for the symphony to have a presence in Hudson County,” he said.