Events for Thursday March 26, 2026
Morven's Grand Homes and Gardens: 'Freedom at Home' Series
Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden with Peter Hatch The third program in the 2026 Grand Homes and Gardens series, Freedom at Home: Telling the Full Story of America’s Founding Homes & Gardens, featuring gardens of Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia with speaker Peter Hatch, Gardener, Historian, and Emeritus Director of Gardens and Grounds for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Dies Irae - Princeton University Concerts
On Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 7:30PM in the Princeton University Chapel, Princeton University Concerts (PUC) presents a special event conceived of and led by world-renowned violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Described by The New York Times ?as "a player of rare expressive energy and disarming informality, of whimsy and theatrical ambition," Kopatchinskaja mines the essence of each artistic work, whether a fresh interpretation of a violin classic or an original staged production that crosses musical, theatrical, and interdisciplinary boundaries. At Princeton, Kopatchinskaja will collaborate with artists from around the world and across campus for the East Coast premiere of a one-of-a-kind dramatic event, Dies Irae. In this soulful performance, Kopatchinskaja, on violin and percussion, along with eight double bassists, pianist Conrad Tao, the Princeton University Choir and Princeton University students and performance faculty comprising the Richardson Chamber Players will present the East Coast premiere of her Dies Irae project at the iconic Princeton University Chapel. This provocative, semi-staged performance offers a moving musical reflection on the challenges we face in our times: the devastation of global warming, resource wars, and the refugee crisis, to name a few.
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja's Dies Irae, Princeton University Concerts
Part concert, part installation, this multimedia work conceived by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja merges a fierce musical enactment of the day of judgment with a sharp critique of war and the climate crisis as drivers of our self-destruction, weaving together the compositions of Giacinto Scelsi, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, George Crumb, Jimi Hendrix, Antonio Lotti, John Dowland, and Galina Ustvolskaya to evoke a haunting final "day of wrath." A Princeton University Concerts special event.
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