Tag Archives: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO. 5
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
April 7-8
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Artists
Louis Langrée, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano

Program
DANÍEL BJARNASON: New Work, Part I [US Premiere, CSO Co-Commission]
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5

If there is any symphony that operates like a “double agent,” it is Shostakovich’s Fifth. Having found himself targeted by Stalin, Shostakovich composed himself out of a dangerous situation−with immensely gripping results. Stephen Hough returns for Rachmaninoff and Louis Langrée conducts the first part of a new multi-year work by Icelandic composer Daníel Bjarnason.

We believe that great music is for everyone, regardless of your budget. This concert is eligible for Pay What You Wish Pricing, as well as other discounts. To learn more visit Music for All.

• Fri-Sat, April 7-8 at 7:30pm

Official page | Facebook event |

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
March 24-26
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Program
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto
RICHARD AYRES: No. 52 I. Saying Goodbye
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5

Artists
Anna Rakitina, conductor
Sterling Elliott, cello

Russian conductor Anna Rakitina leads works by two composers who have lived with hearing loss—Beethoven, whose hearing struggle began a decade before the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, and British composer Richard Ayres, whose No. 52 explores, in the composer’s words, “one specific subject: Ludwig van Beethoven’s hearing loss and its effect on him.” Soloist Sterling Elliott, in his CSO debut, brings “impeccable technique and musicality” to Dvořák’s Cello Concerto.

We believe that great music is for everyone, regardless of your budget. This concert is eligible for Pay What You Wish Pricing, as well as other discounts. To learn more visit Music for All.

• Fri, March 24 at 11am
• Sat, March 25 at 7:30pm
• Sun, March 26 at 2pm

Official page |

THE MERMAID
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
March 17-18
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Program

• FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Die schöne Melusine (“The Fair Melusine”)
• ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto
• ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY: Die Seejungfrau (“The Mermaid”)

Artists
Kevin John Edusei, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin

Mermaid tales inspired thrilling musical adventures from Mendelssohn and Zemlinsky. Mendelssohn’s work is brief but fiery, while Zemlinsky’s Die Seejungfrau takes us through the dramas of Hans Christian Andersen’s original Little Mermaid. Kevin John Edusei leads the CSO, and Simone Lamsma, whose playing is “absolutely stunning” (Chicago Tribune), returns to perform Korngold’s gorgeously cinematic Violin Concerto.

We believe that great music is for everyone, regardless of your budget. This concert is eligible for Pay What You Wish Pricing, as well as other discounts. To learn more visit Music for All.

• Fri-Sat, March 17-18 at 7:30pm

Official page | Facebook event |

DEATH & TRANSFIGURATION
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
March 4-5
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Artists
Louis Langrée, conductor
Elizabeth Freimuth, horn

Program
RICHARD STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No. 1
SAMUEL ADAMS: Variations [World Premiere, CSO Co-Commission]
RICHARD STRAUSS: Death and Transfiguration

Richard Strauss conducted Death and Transfiguration at Music Hall in 1904. More than a century later, Louis Langrée and the CSO once again bring Strauss’ vivid musical image of the infinite to Music Hall. The program features Elizabeth Freimuth, the CSO’s Principal Horn, and an expansive world premiere by ascendant American composer Samuel Adams.

We believe that great music is for everyone, regardless of your budget. This concert is eligible for Pay What You Wish Pricing, as well as other discounts. To learn more visit Music for All.

• Sat, March 4 at 7:30pm
• Sun, March 5 at 2pm

Official page | Facebook event |