New Jersey Symphony Orchestra To Come To Hoboken

This is your chance to feel cultured, have a picnic and enjoy the skyline of Manhattan by nightfall.

And, it's free.

The City of Hoboken has announced a performance by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at Pier A Park on Aug. 18, 7:30 p.m.

The city's announcements instructs Hobokenites to "bring a blanket or a low back chair & a picnic basket."

The orchestra will play a full set—with intermission—and Gerald Steichen, whose long resume includes being conducter for the Boston Pops, will conduct.

Below is the program for the evening:

Rossini, The Barber of Seville Overture
Strauss, Jr., Thunder and Lightning Polka
Strauss, Jr., Roses from the South
Smetana, Excerpt from The Moldau
Strauss, Radetzky March

 INTERMISSION

Williams, The Cowboys
Berlin, arr. Ades Irving Berlin—A Symphonic Portrait
Gershwin, arr. Steichen “Strike Up the Band”
Rogers, arr. Bennett The Sound of Music Overture
Armstrong, arr. Cionek Suite on “Satchmo”