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 director 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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