Ma and CSO Brilliant in Dvorak and Brahms
Guest artist Yo-Yo Ma, cello, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Brahms Second Symphony, led by music director Louis Langrée, filled the Taft Theatre in downtown Cincinnati with beauty in Dvorak's Cello Concerto and the Second Symphony by Johannes Brahms Oct. 28. Leading the CSO with beauty and command was CSO music director Louis Langrée
CSO's Debussy and Fauré Shine
Saturday night’s Cincinnati Symphony concert at the Taft Theatre had a French accent. There was music by Debussy, his Prelude à l'apres-midi d’un faune (Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”) and “Nocturnes” plus, the centerpiece of the program, Gabriel Fauré’s Incidental Music for Pelleas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (1898, orchestrated by Charles Koechlin).
Cincinnati Symphony on the Road Again
See this article by Janelle Gelfand of the Cincinnati Enquirer about 2017 tours by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Chamber Orchestra's Summermusik 2014 Opens on a High Note
Check out this review of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra's opening concert of Summermusik 2014 by the Cincinnati Enquirer's Janelle Gelfand. http://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2016/08/28/saxophone-sensation-heats-up-chamber-orchestra/89500928/
Conlon Closes His Final May Festival as Music Director
It was with joy -- and not a little sadness -- that James Conlon, music director of the Cincinnati May Festival for 37 years, led his final May Festival May 28 at Music Hall. He chose Mendelssohn's "Elijah," a fixture through the Festival's 143 years, as his summary event.
May Festival's "Otello" Soars
If the performers and the venue are right, concert opera can be as compelling as the staged variety. So it was at Music Hall in Cincinnati with Verdi's "Otello," performed May 21 at the Cincinnati May Festival. James Conlon, in his final season as music director of the annual event, led a sterling cast with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, May Festival Chorus and Cincinnati Children's Choir.
Mozart Bright Beginning for 2016 Cincinnati May Festival
The 2016 Cincinnati May Festival opened with Mozart in what will be an... all-Mozart festival. On the podium was May Festival music director James Conlon.
James Conlon and the Cincinnati May Festival
James Conlon has been music director of the Cincinnati May Festival for 37 years, the longest tenure in the festival's 143-yeat history. Conlon, who retires from the post this year, leaves a distinguished legacy marked by many festival highlights and numerous firsts.
Langrée, CSO Go All-American
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra led by music director Louis Langrée presented an all-American program Feb. 20 at Music Hall. Soloist in her CSO debut was violinist Simone Porter.
Fleischer Masters Prokofiev, CSO Impresses with Strauss
Pianist Leon Fleischer returned to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Feb. 5 at Music Hall with a splendid performance of Prokofiev's Piano Concero No. 4 for the Left Hand Alone. Guest conductor Christof Perick led a fine performance of Richard Strauss lengthy (45 minutes) "Symphonia domestrica" that was nevertheless fully engrossing
