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February (2013) is . . .

Mary Ellyn Hutton
Posted: Feb 1, 2013 - 6:08:29 PM in calendar

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February begins and ends with early music and there will be lots in between, with the first Cincinnati Early Music Festival. Hear recorder virtuoso Matthias Maute Feb. 1 and look for the big grand finale Feb. 24 at Christ Church Cathedral with leading early music artists from Cincinnati and elsewhere. In between you'll find Verdi, Kurt Weill and violinist Pinchas Zukerman making his first appearance with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra since 2008.

The February lineup:


Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Robert Porco, conductor
Dwight Parry, oboe
May Festival Chorus
Feb. 1 -- 11 a.m.
Feb. 2 -- 8 p.m.
Music Hall


May Festival Chorus director Robert Porco leads the CSO and Chorus in Haydn's "Lord Nelson" Mass. CSO principal oboist Dwight Parry is soloist in Mozart's Oboe Concerto. The program opens with Mozart's Overture to "Don Giovanni." Tickets begin at $10, available by calling (513) 381-3300, or order online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org.
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Cincinnati Early Music Festival
Feb. 1 -- 7:30 p.m.
Matthias Maute, recorder
Christ Church Cathedral


Recorder virtuoso Matthias Maute opens the first Cincinnati Early Music Festival with Annalisa Pappano on viola da gamba, David Walker on theorbe and Elizabeth Motter on triple strung baroque harp. Hear music from the baroque period including August Kühnel, Johann Schmelzer, Arcangelo Corelli, Tomaso Antonio Vivaldi and George Philip Telemann. Tickets are $20 at the door, or visit catacoustic.com. Students $5 at the door only, children under 12 free.
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Benjamin Carlson Berne Scholarship concert
Terrence Wilson, piano
Feb. 1 -- 7:30 p.m.
Corbett Theater
School for Creative and Performing Arts


Pianist Terrence Wilson performs a benefit concert for the Benjamin Carlson-Berne Scholarship fund, created by Susan Carlson and Philip Berne in honor of their son who died at age 19 in a hiking accident. An aspiring pianist, Benjamin volunteered piano lessons to needy children and helped find pianos for them. The scholarship provides financial aid to students who could not otherwise afford private music lessons. A $35 donation per ticket is suggested. For tickets or donations, contact www.cincinnatisymphony.org/BCBScholarship, or call (513) 744-3457.
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Feb. 1 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Lynne Scott, vocalist
Wayne Yeager Trio
Washington Platform Restaurant
Elm and Court Streets
downtown


The Washington Platform Friday Night Jazz Series presents singer Lynne Scott and the Wayne Yeager Trio, with Wayne Yeager on keyboards, Bob Reotker on guitar and Brett Wamsley on drums.  No cover. $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open until 11 p.m. Call (513) 421-0110.
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Cincinnati Early Music Festival
Awadagin Pratt piano studio
Feb. 3 -- 2 p.m.
Northern Hills Fellowship Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Wyoming

Pianist Awadagin Pratt of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music brings his piano students to Northern Hills Fellowship Unitarian Universalist Congregation for a concert devoted to composers born in 1685 (J.S. Bach, Handel, Scarlatti).Details at https://www.facebook.com/events/279504438843699/  _________________________________________________________________________

CCM Concert Orchestra
Ken Lam, guest conductor
Feb. 6 -- 8 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music


Guest conductor Ken Lam leads the CCM Concert Orchestra in a new work by Charles Peck, winner of the CCM Composition Competition. Soloist in the Viola Concerto by William Walton will be the winner of CCM's Viola Concerto Competition. Also on the program is Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade." Admission is free.
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, piano
Feb. 8 and 9 -- 8 p.m.
Music Hall

Guest conductor Mark Wigglesworth leads the CSO in the Symphony No. 10 by Shostakovich. Guest artist is pianist Simon Trpčeski in Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor. Be sure and coming early (7 p.m. Music Hall auditorium) for CSO associate conductor Robert Trevino's always insightful "Classical Conversation." Tickets begin at $10, available by calling (513) 381-3300, or order online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org.
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Feb. 8 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Phil DeGreg Trio
Washington Platform Restaurant
Elm and Court Streets, downtown
(513) 421-0110

Hear the Phil DeGreg Trio, featuring Tony Franklin on drums and Mike Sharfe on bass. Special guests will sit in on the second show. No cover. $10 food and drink minimum. $19.95 lobster dinner. Kitchen open until 11 p.m. Call (513) 421-0110.
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Wine Tasting Benefit with Music
Richard Goering, guitar
Suzanne Bona, flute
Feb. 9 -- 5:30 -- 8 p.m.
Plum Court Wine Room
241 W. Court St.
downtown


Guitarist Richard Goering and flutist Suzanne Bona provide the music for this benefit wine tasting for the Seven Hills Sinfonietta. $20 at the door.
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Cincinnati Early Music Festival
Ann Stucky, soprano
Rod Stucky, guitar/lute
Feb. 10 -- 3 p.m.
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Hyde Park


CCM professor of voice Ann Stucky and CCM professor of guitar and lute Rod Stucky present music from the courts of Louis XIII and Louis XIV of France. Details at http://www.redeemer-cincy.org
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Cincinnati Early Music Festival
Classical Revolution
Feb. 10 -- 8 p.m.
Northside Tavern
Northside


Several local groups will perform Classical Revolution's first evening devoted entirely to early music including Catacoustic Consort, Ad Astra, The Noyse Merchants, CCM Early Music Lab, Ubi Caritas and Bill Willits. Admission is free. For information about Classical Revolution, see www.classicalrevolution.org
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Judy Collins, vocalist
Robert
Trevi
no, conductor
Feb. 10 -- 7 p.m.
Music Hall


CSO associate conductor Robert Trev
ino makes his Cincinnati Pops debut with legendary voalist Judy Collins. The first half will be Latin-flavored, with works by Manuel de Falla, Ernesto Lecuona and Leonard Bernstein. Collins will perform music spanning her long and storied career. Tickets begin at $25. Call (513) 381-3300, or order online at  www.cincinnatipops.org
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Great Music in a Great Space
The King's Singers
Feb. 12-- 7:30 p.m.
St. Peter in Chains Cathedral
8th and Plum Streets
downtown


St. Peter in Chains Cathedral's Great Music in a Great Space series presents England's famed male vocal ensemble The King's Singers in this one-time-only performance.Tickets are $38 in advance, 40 at the door, $15 for students. Call (513) 421-2222 or order online at www.stpeterinchainscathedral.org
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Cincinnati Early Music Festival
Melisa Boneti, soprano
Feb. 13 -- 6:45 p.m.
Master Classroom
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music


Soprano Melisa Bonetti presents her graduate recital, featuring 16th-century Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi's "L'Eraclito amoroso," accompanied by Elizabeth Motter on baroque triple harp. Also on the program are selections from Hugo Wolf's Italian Songbook with pianist Robert Blake, "Chanson perpetuelle" by Ernest Chausson with pianist Kseniia Polstiankina and a string quartet, and "Sifting Through the Ruins" by Libby Larsen with violist Joanne Wojtowics and Blake. Admission is free and open to the public. 
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Studio Opera Series
"Le docteur Miracle" by Georges Bizet
Feb. 15 and 16 -- 8 p.m.
Feb. 17 -- 2 p.m.
Cohen Family Studio Theater
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music


Bizet wrote this one-act farce for a competition when he was 19. Famous for its “Omelet Quartet,” it concerns a young lieutenant trying to win the hand of the Mayor’s daughter through various disguises, including that of a chef. Stefano Sarzani will conduct. Omer Ben-Seadia directs. To be sung in French with English supertitles. Admission is free, but reservations are required Call (513) 556-4183.
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"Romeo and Juliet" by Prokofiev
Feb. 14 and 15 -- 8 p.m.
Feb. 16 -- 2 and 8 p.m.
Aronoff Center for the Arts

Shakespeare’s deathless classic as captured in Dmitri Shostakovich’s music, performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carmon DeLeone.  Choreography is by Victoria Morgan. Tickets start at $31, on sale at (513) 621-5282 and online at cballet.org.

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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Feb. 15 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Washington Platform Restaurant
Elm and Court Streets
downtown

The Washington Platform Friday Night Jazz Series presents trumpeter John Zappa, with Mike Darrah on piano, Mike Sharfe on bass and Jim Leslie on drums. No cover. $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open until 11 p.m. Call (513) 421-0110.
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Greater Cincinnati Chinese Music Society
CCM Philharmonia Orchestra
Mark Gibson and HBu Yongyan, conductors
Feb. 16 -- 7:30 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

This concert is presented in celebration of the Chinese New Year. Guest artists include Jiang Kemei, huqin; Guo Yazhi, suona; and Alvin Zhu, piano. Admission is $15-$25, $50 for patrons. Order tickets at (513) 254-9402 or (513) 328-8921.

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Cincinnati Early Music Festival
Xavier University Guitar Series
David Russell, guitar
Feb. 17 -- 2:30 p.m.
Gallagher Student Center Theater.

Classical guitarist David Russell performs two sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti and Francois Couperin's Vingt-sexième Ordre. Tickets are $15. Call (513) 745-3161 or (513) 745-3162. Information and details at http://xavier.edu/musicseries/
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Cincinnati Early Music Festival
Bach Vespers at St. Thomas
Feb. 17 -- 4 p.m.
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Terrace Park


The Cincinnati Bach Ensemble and Choir led by Carlton Monroe will perform Thomas Tallis' "Lamentations of Jeremiah." Admission is free. Information at http://bachvespers.wordpress.com/schedule-2/
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Cincinnati Early Music Festival
Ubi Caritas
Feb. 19 -- 12 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral
downtown

The "Music Live at Lunch" series at Christ Church Cathedral presents Ubi Caritas, The Band of the Baroque, in music by Georg Philip Telemann. Admission is free. Details at http://christchurchcincinnati.org./music/musicliveatlunch
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Matinee Musicale
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Feb. 21 -- 11 a.m.
Anderson Center Theater
7850 Five Mile Rd.
Anderson


Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor returns to Matinee Musicale for the second season in a row with a program of Beethoven (Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 7), Chopin (Polonaise in F-sharp Minor, Op. 44) and Johann Strauss, Jr. ("Blue Danube"). Admission $15, students $3 at the door.
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Cincinnati Early Music Festival
"Thinking About Music Lecture Series"
Craig Monson
Feb. 22 -- 2:30 p.m.
Baur Room
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music


Craig Monson
, author of "Disembodied Voices: Music and Culture in an Early Modern Italian Convent," will discuss 17th-century composer Chiara Margarita Cozzolani. Live musicians will demonstrate aspects of her work. Admission is free.
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Feb. 22 -- 9 p.m. to midnight
Gary Winters, trumpet
Washington Platform Restaurant
Elm and Court Streets
downtown

Appearing with trumpeter Gary Winters will be the Contemporary Latin Jazz group PaPa Loves Mambo.
No cover. $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open until 11 p.m. Call (513) 421-0110.
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Cincinnati Early Music Festival
Symposium on the Music of Tomas Luis de Victoria
Feb. 23 -- 10 a.m.
Baur Room
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music


This day long symposium on the music of Spanish Renaissance composer Tomas Luis de Victoria will include six student presentations and keynote lectures by Kyle Adams of Indiana University and Miguel Roig-Francoli of CCM. Free.
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, violin, conductor
Feb. 22 -- 11 a.m.
Feb. 23 -- 8 p.m.
Feb. 24 -- 2 p.m.
Music Hall


Pinchas Zukerman  returns to the CSO to conduct and perform Beethoven's Romances No. 1 and 2 for Violin. Also on the program are "Verklärte Nacht" ("Transfigured Night") by Schoenberg and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4, "Italian." Tickets begin at $10. Call (513) 381-3300, or order online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org
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Dayton Opera
"The Glory of Wagner"
Neal Gittleman, conductor
Feb. 22 -- 8 p.m.
Feb. 24 -- 3 p.m.
Schuster Center
Dayton, Ohio


A staged performance of Act I of Richard Wagner's "Die Walkure" is the centerpiece of this observance of the 200th anniversary of Wagner's birth by Dayton Opera with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. Hear also excerpts from "Lohengrin," "Tannhauser," "Der Fliegende Hollander," "Rienzi," "Parsifal" and "Die Meistersinger," with soloists Kara Shay Thomson (soprano), Erik Nelson Werner (tenor) and Nathan Stark and Gustav Andreassen (basses). Dayton Philharmonic music director Neal Gittleman will conduct, with stage direction by Kathleen Clawson. Tickets $36-$94. Group, senior and student discounts available. Call (888) 228-3630, or order online at daytonperformingarts.org
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Hamilton Fairfield Symphony Orchestra
2013 David L. Belew American Masters Concert
Paul Stanbery, conductor
Feb. 23 -- 7:30 p.m.
New Life Vineyard
2470 Princeton Rd.
Hamilton


Music of American composer Michael Daugherty will be featured on this annual concert, including his "Mount Rushmore" for chorus and large orchestra, "Lost Vegas" and "Route 66." Participating will be the Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, the Great Miami Youth Symphony, Orchestra, Winton Woods High School Varsity Ensemble, Mason Chorale and members of the Voices of the Commonwealth. Tickets are $10, children 6-12 $5, children under 5 free. Order online at www.hfso.org or call (513) 895-5151.
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Xavier University Music Series
Thomas Tirino, piano
 Feb. 24 -- 2:30 p.m.
Gallagher Student Center Theater

Pianist Thomas Tirino performs South American and Caribbean music for Xavier's Classical Piano Series.
Tickets are $19 (keyboard side), $17 (right side), $16 and $14 for seniors, $3 for students. Call (513) -745-3161. Information at www.xavier.edu/musicseries
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Cincinnati Early Music Festival

Catacoustic Consort
Cincinnati Bach Ensemble
Michael Maniaci, countertenor
Kerrie Caldwell, soprano
Feb. 24 -- 3 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral
downtown


This benefit concert for the Cincinnati Early Music Festival features countertenor Michael Maniaci, soprano Kerrie Caldwell and members of Cincinnati's early music ensemble Catacoustic Consort and the Cincinnati Bach Ensemble, led by Carlton Monroe. Hear music spanning the Renaissance and baroque eras performed by Rob Turner (baroque flute), Jennifer Roig-Francoli (baroque violin), Rod Stucky (baroque guitar), Elizabeth Motter (baroque harp) and Catacoustic artistic director Annalisa Pappano (viola da gamba). Tickets are $15 at the door. Donations to the Cincinnati Early Music Festival accepted. Information at http://www.catacoustic.blogspot.com/

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Knox Music Series
Earl Rivers, conductor
Feb. 24 -- 4 p.m.
Knox Presbyterian Church
3400 Michigan Ave.
Hyde Park


Hear Arthur Honegger's "King David" performed by the Knox Choir, soloists and orchestra, led by Earl Rivers. Mark Perzel of radio station WGUC-FM will narrate. Organist Christina Haan will perform Paul Hindemith's Kammermusik No. 7, Concerto for Organ and Orchestra. Admission is free.
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Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra
Nouveau Chamber Players

Winter Recital
Feb. 24 -- 5 p.m.
Allen Temple A.M.E. Church
Bond Hill


Enjoy this 45-minute "mosaic" by the CSYO Nouveau Chamber Players, to comprise music by Telemann, Mozart, Pachelbel and Vivaldi. Presented by the Church and by the Cincinnati Symphony Volunteer Association Multicultural Awareness Council. Members of the Nouveau Chamber Players for 2012-2013 are violinists Alyssa Early-McCullom, age 15; Christopher Huggins, 13; Edna Pierce, 15; Olivia Richardson, 16; Alexandria Sloan-Harper, 16; and Tamaiya Wilson, 16. They represent the School for Creative and Performing Arts, Mason Middle School, Fairfield High School, Wyoming High School and Princeton High School. Admission is free and open to the public.
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
"The Threepenny Opera" by Kurt Weill
Robin Guarino, director
Roger Grodsky, musical director
Patti James, choreographer
Feb. 28 -- 8 p.m.
March 1-3 and 7-10 -- weekdays, 8 p.m.,
   Saturdays, 2 and 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m.
Patricia Corbett Theater


Kurt Weill's "Threepenny Opera" climaxes CCM's season-long focus on the composer. Tickets are $30, $19 for non-UC students, $17 for UC students. Student rush tickets available for the Saturday matinees beginning at 1 p.m. (limit two per student).