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April (2013) is . . .

Mary Ellyn Hutton
Posted: Apr 1, 2013 - 4:20:03 PM in calendar

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Violinist Sarah Chang opens the month with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto. Concert:nova closes it with a program devoted to another American great, Steve Reich. In between, find Mozart (lots of it) and something called Igudesman & Joo.

Coming up in April:

concert:nova
The Music of Steve Reich
April 29 -- 7 p.m.
Pallet 23
3930 Spring Grove Ave.
Northside


On this program devoted to the music of Steve Reich are Reich's "Tehillim," "Nagoya Marimba," "New York Counterpoint," "Drumming" and "Pendulum Music." Joining clarinetist Jonathan Gunn and percussionist Patrick Schleker of concert:nova will be Baoku Moses and Drummers, the Windrush Singers, Brett Scott, director, and the Scott Belck Jazz Quintet. Admission is $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $10 for students. To order, visit www.concertnova.com

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrüsa, guest conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
April 4 -- 7:30 p.m.
April 6 -- 8 p.m.
Music Hall


The CSO marketeers are calling it "String Fever," with guest artist Sarah Chang in Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto. Also on the program, to be led by guest conductor Jakub Hrüsa, is "Sárka" from "Má Vlast" by Bedrich Smetana and the Symphony No. 6 by fellow Czech composer Antonin Dvorák. Thurday night's concert (April 4) will be preceded by a complimentary buffet dinner in the Music Hall Ballroom. Tickets begin at $10. Call (513) 381-3300, or order online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
"The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
April 4-6 -- 8 p.m.
April 7 -- 2 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium


Mozart's comic masterpiece, "Die Zauberflöte" ("The Magic Flute") will be sung in German with English dialogue and supertitles. Alternating student casts will perform. Steven Goldstein will direct. Mark Gibson will conduct. Tickets are $30, $19 for non-UC students, $17 for UC students. Student rush tickets available for the Sunday matinee beginning one hour before the performance for $12 (limit two per student ID). Call (513) 556-4183, or order online at ccm.uc.edu
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players
April 5 -- 7:30 p.m.
Mayerson Theater
School for Creative and Performing Arts
downtown


The CSO Chamber Players present "Ode to Folk," a program of music inspired by folk idioms. Hear Zoltan Kodály's Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12; the Quartet for Oboe and Strings by Paul Jacob; and Antonin Dvořák's String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, "American." Tickets are $35, $25 and $12 (ages 18-30, week of the concert). Call (513) 381-3300 or order online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org/chamber
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
April 5 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
John Zappa, trumpet
Ingrid Jensen, trumpet
Washington Platform Restaurant
Elm and Court Streets
downtown


The Washington Platform Friday Night Jazz Series presents John Zappa, trumpet, with special guest, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, Chris Barrick on vibes, Michael Sharfe, bass and Marc Wolfly, drums. No cover. $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open 8:30-11 p.m. Bar open until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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Igudesman & Joo
"A Big Nightmare Music"
Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
April 6 -- 8 p.m.
Florence Baptist Church at Mt. Zion
Florence, Kentucky

The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra presents the classical comedic duo Igudesman & Joo in their second performance in the United States. According to the New York Times, "Aleksey Igudesman is Jack Benny and Jascha Heifetz rolled into one, while Hyung-ki Joo is a Chico Marx/Vladimir Horowitz/Jerry Lewis mash-up." Their show, "A Big Nightmare Music," will include music by Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi, Strauss, Beethoven, Igudesman and Joo. Tickets are $40, $32 and $24, with a 50% discount for children 18 and under. Order at (859) 431-6216, or online at www.kyso.org
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The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education
Yom Hashoah Commemoration
April 7 -- 2 p.m.
Mayerson Jewish Community Center
8485 Ridge Rd.


Mayerson Jewish Community Center's annual, community-wide commemoration of the Holocaust will include candle lighting, prayer, music and a keynote address by Eyal Press, author of "Beautiful Souls: The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times." Immediately following the ceremony there will be chamber music by violinist Miriam Kramer, cellist Deborah Kramer Netanel and pianist Steven Aldredge, members of the Tutti Solisti, to include works by Brahms and Shostakovich, as well as traditional Jewish music. For further information, contact the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education at (513) 487-3055, or online at info@holocaustandhumanity.org.

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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
The Music of Michael Jackson
James Delisco, vocalist
Brent Havens, conductor
April 7 -- 7 p.m.
Music Hall


The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra celebrates the music of Michael Jackson with vocalist James Delisco. The show, to be conducted by Brent Havens, will visit each era of Jackson's career from the Jackson 5 to his mega-hit album "Thriller." Tickets begin at $25. Call (513) 381-3300, or order at
www.cincinnatipops.org
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Chamber Music Series
Ariel String Quartet
David Geringas, cello
April 9 -- 8 p.m.
Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

The Ariel String Quartet, CCM's string quartet in residence, is joined by international artist David Geringas, cello, to bring their first season to a close. On the program are Beethoven's Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1; "David's Song" for Cello and String Quartet by Anatolijus Senderova; and the String Quintet in A Major, Op. 39, by Alexander Glazunov. Admission is $20, $15 for non-UC students, UC students free one hour before the concert. Call (513) 556-4183, or order online at www.ccm.uc.edu
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
David Geringas, cello
Itamar Zorman, violin
April 11 -- 8 p.m.
Werner Recital Hall

Cellist David Geringas, who is visiting CCM this week, performs a recital with guest artist Itamar Zorman, violin, and pianist James Tocco of the CCM faculty. On the program are
Hindemith’s Violin Sonata, Op. 31, Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 63, and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50. Admission is free.
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Abbado, guest conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
April 12 -- 11 a.m.
April 13 -- 8 p.m.
Music Hall


Guest conductor Roberto Abbado leads the CSO in Richard Strauss' "Alpine Symphony. Guest artist Inon Barnatan will perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24. Tickets begin at $10 at (513) 381-3300 or online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org
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Chamber Music Cincinnati
MusicNOW
April 12-14
Memorial Hall

   April 12 -- 7 p.m.
   Tinariwen
   Richard Reed Parry
   Buke & Gase
  

   April 13 -- 7 p.m.
  
Glen Hansard
   Brooklyn Youth Chorus

   Ariel Quartet
  

   April 14 -- 7 p.m.
   Steve Reich
   So Percussion
performing the 2012 Esme Kenney
      Commission by Daniel Bjarnason

  
Tickets and information at www.musicnowfestival.org
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"Great Music in a Great Space"
Chanticleer
April 12 -- 7:30 p.m.


St. Peter in Chains' "Great Music in a Great Space" series presents the award-winning male vocal ensemble Chanticleer, celebrating its 35th anniversary this season. Expect a wide-ranging program of old and new music, classical to popular. Call (513) 421-2222 or order online at www.stpeterinchainscathedral.org
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
April 12 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Mark Fields, trombone
Washington Platform Restaurant
Elm and Court Streets
downtown


The Washington Platform Friday Night Jazz Series presents Mark Fields, trombone, with William Meinifield on piano, Michael Sharfe on bass and Marc Wolfly, drums. No cover. $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open 8:30-11 p.m. Bar open until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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The Bach Vespers at St. Thomas
Bach Vespers for Easter
April 14 -- 4 p.m.
St. Thomas Episcopal Church


Bach Vespers at St. Thomas closes for the season with "Falsche Welt, ich trau dich nicht," BWV 52, by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by the Cincinnati Bach Ensemble led by director Carlton Monroe. Prelude to the service will be a concerto for oboe and orchestra by Antonio Vivaldi, featuring oboist Dwight Parry.
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Cincinnati Opera
Opera Raps
"Vienna, City of Dreams"
April 16 -- 7 p.m.
Corbett Opera Center at Music Hall


Cincinnati Opera artistic directo
r Evans Mirageas leads a discussion of Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier." Free. For reservations, call (513) 241-2742.
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concert:nova
"Music at an Exhibition": a retrospective of art work by Dick Waller
April 18 -- 6-9 p.m., reception, viewing art in the galleries
                 7:30-8:30 p.m., concert in the gallery
Clifton Cultural Arts Center
3711 Clifton Ave.

The four members of the clarinet section of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Ronald Aufmann, Ixi Chen, Ben Freimuth and Jonathan Gunn – perform music featuring clarinet in a special concert celebrating paintings by Dick Waller, former principal clarinet of the CSO. Hear Steve Reich’s “New York Counterpoint” and trios and quartets by Mozart and John Harbison. Admission is free. To view Waller’s work, visit www.dickwaller.com

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MYCincinnati
"Kids Helping Kids: Making Music to Fight Measles"
MYCincinnati Youth Orchestra
Price Hill String Quartet
April 19 -- 7 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Over-the-Rhine


Cincinnati's own "El Sistema," MYCincinnati (Music for Youth in Cincinnati), presents the MYCincinnati Youth Orchestra and the Price Hill String Quartet in a program to benefit the American Red Cross Measles and Rubella Initiative and MYCincinnati. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra associate conductor Robert Trevino will conduct the Youth Orchestra, which comprises students ages 7-13 who meet after school to learn to play stringed instruments (compare the pioneering Venezuelan program which produced classical music superstar Gustavo Dudamel). Tickets are $35 (orchestra) and $25 (balcony), at the door, or at www.brownpapertickets.com. Information at www.mycincinnatiorchestra.org
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
April 19 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Tim McChord, saxophone
Washington Platform Restaurant
1000 Elm Street
downtown


The Washington Platform Friday Night Jazz Series presents saxophonist Tim McChord. Appearing with him will be Chris Barrick on vibes, Michael Sharfe on bass and Tony Franklin on drums. No cover. $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open 8:30-11 p.m. Bar open until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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Cincinnati Opera
Opera Raps
April 20 -- 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Corbett Opera Center at Music Hall

In observance of World Voice Day, vocal experts Dr. Sid Khosia and Dr. Eva van Lee discuss speaking, singing technique, vocal problems and overall voice care. Presented in partnership with the University of Cincinnati Health Performance and Professional Voice Center. Admission is free, but reservations are required. Call (513) 475-8255 by April 17, or contact Angie Keith at angie.keith@ucphysicians.com
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Lollipops Family Concert
"Waiting for Wings"
April 20 -- 10:30 a.m.
Music Hall


Cincinnati Pops conductor John Morris Russell leads the final Lollipops Family Concert of the season. Featured work is "Waiting for Wings" by Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt, a Cincinnati Pops commission based on the children's book of the same name by Lois Ehlert about the life cycle of a butterfly. Illustrations from the book will be projected onto a screen above the stage during the concert. Tickets are $12 for adults, $7 for children. Call (513) 381-3300, or order at www.cincinnatipops.org
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Mandy Patinkin, vocalist
April 19 and 20 -- 8 p.m.
April 21 -- 2 p.m.
Music Hall


Cincinnati Pops conductor John Morris Russell leads the Pops with guest artist Mandy Patinkin in Broadway tunes and popular favorites. Tickets begin at $25. Call (513) 381-3300, or visit www.cincinnatipops.org
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Ohio Mozart Festival
Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra and Chorale
Bryan Wallick, piano
April 20 -- 7:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church
 1501 Pyramid Hill Blvd., Hamilton, Ohio


Noted pianist Bryan Wallick, a native of Hamilton, Ohio, returns to his hometown to perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major with the Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra, led by music director Paul Stanbery. Also on the program, which closes the 2013 Ohio Mozart Festival, are Mozart's "Solemn Vespers" and "Ave Verum Corpus," featuring the HFSO Chorale, and the Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro." Admission is free.
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Catacoustic Consort
"Lachrimae"
April 20 -- 7:30 p.m.
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
100 Miami Ave.
Terrace Park


Cincinnati's early music ensemble Catacoustic Consort closes its season with John Dowland's "Lachrimae." The concert will be performed by candle light and a member of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company will present poetry of the period. Tickets are $20 at the door, call (513) 772-3242, or visit www.catacoustic.com. Students $5 at the door only. Children under 12 free.
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Choral Series
Thomas Baresel, tenor
April 20 -- 8 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium


The CCM Chorale, U.C. Men's Chorus, Miami University Men's Glee Club, Xavier University Concert Choir, Cincinnati Children's Choir and CCM Concert Orchestra close out the season for the CCM Choral Series. On the program are Brah
ms' "Rinaldo" for tenor, men's chorus and orchestra, and Benjamin Britten's "Spring Symphony" for soloists, mixed chorus, children's choir and orchestra. Tickets are $12, $6 for non-UC students, UC students free.
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Linton Music Series
April 21 -- 4 p.m.
First Unitarian Church, Avondale
April 22 -- 7:30
Congregation Beth Adam
10001 Loveland Madeira Rd., Loveland


The Linton series closes its 2012-13 season with special guest, pianist Leon Fleischer. Joining him will be violinists Jaime Laredo and Bela Hristova, violist Ida Kavafian, and cellist Sharon Robinson. One the program are Beethoven's Serenade for Violin, Viola and Cello in D Major, Op. 8; Dvorak's Miniatures for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 75a; "The Red Violin Caprices" by John Corigliano; and Brahms' Quintet for Piano, Two Violins, Viola and Cello in F Minor, Op. 34. Tickets are $30. Call (513) 381-6868 or visit www.lintonmusic.org
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Cincinnati Boychoir
Benjamin Britten, "The Golden Vanity"
April 21 -- 4 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Over-the-Rhine


In anticipation of their trip to London, Canterbury and Cambridge in June, the Cincinnati Boychoir will present  a program of British folksongs and Benjamin Britten's opera "The Golden Vanity." The opera is being presented in collaboration with the CCM opera department and will be directed by Omer Ben Seadia. Tickets are $10 and $7, available at brittenbritain.eventbrite.com. Further information at  www.cincinnatiboychoir.org
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Chamber Music Cincinnati
Parker String Quartet
April 23 -- 8 p.m.
Werner Recital Hall
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music


The Parker String Quartet closes Chamber Music Cincinnati's 2012-13 season with Debussy's String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10, the String Quartet No. 2 by Gyorgy Ligeti and Dvorak's String Quartet in C Major, Op. 61. Tickets are $25 at the door, call (513) 342-6870 or visit www.CincyChamber.org
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, guest conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin
April 26 and 27 -- 8 p.m.
Music Hall


The CSO welcomes popular guest conductor Carlos Kalmar, who will lead the orchestra in Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable." Guest artist is violinist Simone Lamsma, who will perform the Violin Concerto by Benjamin Britten. The concert will open with Beethoven's "Leonore" Overture No. 2. Tickets begin at $10. Call (513) 381-3300, or visit www.cincinnatisymphony.org
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
April 26 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Mike Wade, trumpet
Washington Platform Restaurant
1000 Elm Street
downtown


The Washington Platform Friday Night Jazz Series presents trumpeter Mike Wade and his Quartet, featuring Melvin Broach on drums, Michael Sharfe, bass and William Menefield, piano. No cover. $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open 8:30-11 p.m. Bar open until midnight. Call (513) 421-0110 for reservations.
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Linton Music Peanut Butter and Jam Sessions
Madcap Puppets
April 27 -- 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Wyoming Fine Arts Center


Linton Music Series' "Peanut Butter and Jam Sessions" welcomes the Madcap Puppets in the story of Jack and the Beanstalk told through music. Tickets are $5 at the door, call (513) 381-6868, or order online at www.lintonmusic.org. Children under 2 free. 
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Cincinnati Camerata
Brett Scott, director
April 28 -- 4 p.m.
Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church
103 William Howard Taft Rd.


Cincinnati Camerata led by director Brett Scott performs music by American composers, including Eric Whitacre, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Norman Dello Joio, Morten Lauridsen and Ellen Harrison. Featured will be the winner of the 2012 Camerata Composition Contest, Costas Dafnis. Participate also in Cincinnati Camerata's annual silent auction. Suggested donation is $15, at the door. For more information, call (513) 941-5088 or visit www.cincinnaticamerata.com
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Xavier University Classical Piano Series
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
April 28 -- 2:30 p.m.
Gallagher Student Center Theater

Gilles Vonsattel, professor of piano at the University of Massachusetts, performs for Xavier's Classical Piano Series. Tickets are $19 (keyboard side), $17 (right side), $16 and $14 for seniors, $3 for students. For further information, call (513) 745-3161 or visit www.xavier.edu/musicseries
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