NJPAC Announces Winter Classical Music Schedule
Yo-Yo Ma
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark has announced its 2025-2026 winter season of classical music. San Francisco’s Chanticleer, “The World’s Reigning Male Chorus” (according to The New Yorker magazine), kicks it off December 6 at 3:00 p.m. with its “Chanticleer Christmas” presentation. The New York Times called their vocals “precise, pure and deeply felt.” The acapella vocal troupe will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary soon. They sing everything from Renaissance Madrigals, Jazz, Contemporary Pop, Folk and, on this particular afternoon at NJPAC’s Victoria Theater, holiday carols.
On January 25, the 80-year old British Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with guest violinist Ray Chen, will be conducted by Vasily Petrenko at 3:00 p.m. (with a pre-show talk at 2:00). Classical music website Bachtrack called their show “a shattering performance of volcanic power.” They will be performing “Symphony #2,” written by Finland’s Jean Sibelius in 1902, as well as a Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and 1903’s Helios by Denmark’s Carl Nielsen.
On February 5, the superstar of the cello, Yo-Yo Ma, who the Washington Post called “the greatest cellist ever,” will command a solo performance at 7:30 p.m. Dude’s recorded 121 albums, won 19 Grammy Awards and serenaded nine American Presidents. For more information, visit https://www.njpac.org/.