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Famed pianist Robert Taub, who studied at the French School, will be soloist with the Plainfield Symphony Saturday. |
The fledgling Plainfield Arts Council continues the first weekend of its debut Music Festival with performances by the Plainfield Symphony (Saturday) and the Plainfield Music Club (Sunday).
PLAINFIELD SYMPHONY (SATURDAY)The Music Festival will continue throughout October with performances highlighting Hispanic heritage, Jazz, Hip-Hop/R&B, and Rock and Blues on the following October weekends.
The Plainfield Symphony opens its 98th season under the baton of its music director Charles Prince, with a program featuring "Brahms and Schumann: Best Friends", which indeed they were.
The Brahms portion is Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, with guest soloist Robert Taub.
The Schumann work is his Symphony No. 2.
Robert Taub is a world-renowned pianist, educator and author, a native of Metuchen, who began his studies in piano at the Queen City's renowned French School of Music. He is renowned for having played the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven, and subsequently publishing a complete edition in two volumes.
The PSO concert is at 7:00 PM sharp at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Watchung Avenue and East 7th Street.
Tickets are $30/person general seating and are available at the door. For more information about the PSO, visit their website here.
PLAINFIELD MUSIC CLUB (SUNDAY)
The Plainfield Music Club brings the weekend to a close with a program on Sunday, October 8, starting at 6:00 PM at the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield (FUSP), at which the Club will mark its 125th anniversary.
The Club, which is composed of amateur and professional musicians from the Plainfield area, has been playing for their own enjoyment and also concertizing for the public (often raising money for various Plainfield organizations and causes) since 1892.
Sunday's program will include the following members --
The First Unitarian Society is at 724 Park Avenue, just off 7th Street. Parking available across the street from the church. A free will offering will be taken.
- Victoria Griswold, piano
- Robert Romano, clarinet
- Wendy Romano, bassoon
- Lorne Graham, trumpet
- Susan Graham, flute
- Carol-Ann Mochernuk, piano
- Ron Thayer, piano
- Edwin Lopez, piano
- Sheila Jackson, soprano
- Beverly Weber, piano, and
- Visiting chamber group Ambalo, from Ecuador
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