Category Archives: On Stage

GRIEG: PEER GYNT IN CONCERT
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jan. 13-14
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Louis Langrée, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Camilla Tilling, soprano (Solveig)
May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, director
Concert Theatre Works, Bill Barclay, director

Program

DANÍEL BJARNASON: Violin Concerto

EDVARD GRIEG: Peer Gynt [original concert-theatre production]
Music by Edvard Grieg
Written and Directed by Bill Barclay
Adapted from the play by Henrik Ibsen
Produced by Concert Theatre Works

A Norwegian fairy tale comes to life in Music Hall with a concert staging of Grieg’s enchanting score to Ibsen’s play, created and directed by Bill Barclay, former Director of Music at Shakespeare’s Globe. Louis Langrée leads the Orchestra and cast, including soprano Camilla Tilling and the May Festival Chorus. Bjarnason’s Violin Concerto opens the program with whimsical whistling by soloist Pekka Kuusisto, for whom the concerto was written.

• Fri-Sat, Jan. 13-14 at 7:30pm

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SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 2
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jan. 6-7
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin

It’s no surprise to Cincinnati audiences that “the essence of Hadelich’s playing is beauty” (The Washington Post). Experience the inimitable violinist’s return in Britten’s Violin Concerto along with esteemed Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård’s CSO debut. Themes of Sibelius’ Second Symphony coalesce into sparkling waves of sound for the work’s breathtaking finale.

• Fri, Feb. 6 at 11am
• Sat, Jan. 7 at 7:30pm

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