TRANSCEND
An NJ Symphony Concert Film
Directed by Yuri Alves
Arising from a pandemic shutdown, world-renowned conductor and star music director Xian Zhang leads the illustrious New Jersey Symphony in a powerful concert film directed by award-winning filmmaker Yuri Alves, who expands the magnetic soundscape with evocative visual meditations on a world in turmoil.
Runtime: 88 min.
Presented in Remastered 4K Ultra HD
Featuring
XIAN ZHANG conductor & piano
ERIC WYRICK violin
RUBÉN RENGEL violin
JANNINA NORPOTH violin
DANA KELLEY viola
THOMAS MESA cello
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Part I
DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN i am a white person who _____ Black people
MAHLER Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
MOZART Divertimento in D Major, K. 136
MICHAEL ABELS Delights & Dances
Part II
STILL Mother and Child
PUCCINI I Crisantemi
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Deep River
DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings
TRANSCEND, a two-part concert film, directed by Yuri Alves, features the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Xian Zhang, Music Director, performing a world-class program that includes a World Premiere, NJSO Commission from Daniel Bernard Roumain, music by Academy Award-winning composer Michael Abels, with guest soloists from the Sphinx Organization, as well as paramount works from Mozart, Mahler, Puccini, Dvorak, William Grant Still, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.