Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey

The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey (BONJ) returns to the Bickford Theatre for the next installment of the Music Box Series. Inspired by the Morris Museum’s Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments & Automata, BONJ’s Maestro Robert Butts has selected music boxes from the collection with which to celebrate the work of Johann Strauss.

Featuring soloists Timothy Maureen Cole, Teresa Giardina, and Jason Adamo.

Program

All music composed by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), except when noted.

Die Fledermaus (1873-1874)
–Overture

–The York (Ein Herz, ein Sinn!) (1868)
Played by “Mira”, Disc Musical Box

–Ein Herz, ein Sinn (1868)

–Chacon a son gout (1874), vocals by Teresa Giardina

–Pizzicato Polka (1869)

Die Fledermaus (1873-1874)
–Watch Duet, vocals by Timothy Maureen Cole and Jason Adamo

–Voices of Spring Waltz (1882)

Intermission

–Le Bleu Danube, Op.314 (1866)
Played by B. A. Bremond “Orchestre Complet”

Franz Lehár (1870–1948)
The Merry Widow (1905)
–Danilo’s Aria, vocals by Jason Adamo

Die Fledermaus (1873-1874)
–Czardas from Flederamus, vocals by Timothy Maureen Cole

Thunder and Lightning Polka (1868)

Franz Lehár (1870–1948)
The Merry Widow (1905)
Played by “Mira”, Disc Musical Box

Franz Lehár (1870–1948)
The Merry Widow (1905)
–Merry Widow Waltz, vocals by Timothy Maureen Cole and Jason Adamo

Radetzky March (1848)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Don Giovanni (1787)
–Champagne Aria , vocals by Timothy Maureen Cole, Teresa Giardina, and Jason Adamo

Ticket & Visitor Information

For assistance and to make purchases by phone, call the box office at 973-971-3706. The ticket price includes a non-refundable $3.00 service fee. Programs are subject to change.