Tag Archives: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

SIBELIUS & BARTOK CONCERTOS
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Nov. 18-19
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Esther Yoo, violin

The talents of CSO musicians are on full display in Bartók’s Concerto, the epitome of an orchestra showpiece. Similarly, it’s “easy to see what all the fuss is about” (The Guardian) when guest soloist Esther Yoo performs Sibelius’ Violin Concerto. Principal Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Dalia Stasevska leads the program, beginning with inventive music that composer Missy Mazzoli says is “in the shape of a solar system.”

• Fri, Nov. 18 at 11am
• Sat, Nov. 19 at 7:30pm

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RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Oct. 29-30
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Michael Francis, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano

Michael Francis leads Vaughan Williams’ war-torn Sixth Symphony 150 years after the English composer’s birth. Pianist Behzod Abduraimov shares his “prodigious technique and rhapsodic flair” (The New York Times) in Rachmaninoff’s variations on an iconic melody by legendary violinist-composer Paganini—a brilliant showcase of stunning moments and orchestral thrills. Panufnik’s trumpet fanfare signals the start of the program, while Ives’ somber trumpet ponders the “perennial question of existence.” 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, Oct. 29 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Oct. 30 at 2pm

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LANGREE CONDUCTS ALSO SPRACH ZARATHSTRA
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Oct. 21-23
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Louis Langrée, conductor
Hélène Grimaud, piano

The famous ascending brass passage that opens Zarathustra is just the tip of this orchestral iceberg. Prepare yourself for a wild ride of big moments that show the range of the CSO musicians’ virtuosity. French pianist Hélène Grimaud—a virtuoso in her own right whose “performances attempt, whenever possible, to shake up conventional pianistic wisdom” (The New Yorker)—reunites with Louis Langrée for Schumann’s Piano Concerto.

• Fri-Sat, Oct. 21-22 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Oct. 23 at 2pm

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CSO PROOF: SUN DOGS
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Oct. 14-16
Music Hall – Springer Auditorium [Over-the-Rhine]

Inspired composer and filmmaker pairs create short-format films with new music performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with conductor and CSO Creative Partner, Matthias Pintscher. Produced in collaboration with Liquid Music as part of the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial: World Record, Sun Dogs seeks to understand the natural world that can’t be touched or measured. Typically a composer responds to a director’s ideas in a film scoring capacity, or a filmmaker is given music to respond to visually, but Sun Dogs explores how stories can be told with music and film from equal footing.

• Fri-Sat, Oct. 14-15 at 6:30pm & 8:30pm
• Sun, Oct. 16 at 6:30pm

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TCHAIKOVSKY & ROUSE: FINAL SYMPHONIES
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Sept. 30-Oct. 2
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

Louis Langrée, conductor

Louis Langrée leads powerful farewells by two great symphonists. “I have put my whole soul into this,” Tchaikovsky said of his Sixth, a work full of drama and beauty. Christopher Rouse’s Sixth, which he knew would be his last, was commissioned by the CSO and posthumously premiered in 2019. Like Tchaikovsky’s Sixth, this is music that is highly personal and opts for intimacy, finishing in darkness. Said Rouse: “great forms and great concepts always have something new to offer.”

• Fri, Sept. 30 at 11am
• Sun, Oct. 2 at 2pm

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