Hear something old and something new on Cincinnati stages in March, with music from Shakespeare's plays and a new Saxophone Concerto by Cincinnati composer Frank Proto, commissioned by the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. The Chieftains will help the Cincinnati Pops celebrate St. Patrick's Day and to open the month, the Philharmonia and Concert Orchestras at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music perform a Mahler marathon, with two of his symphonies in one day.
Ahead in March:
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Juanjo Mena, guest conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
March 1 and 2 -- 8 p.m.
Music Hall
Guest artist, violinist Leila Josefowicz joins the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, led by guest conductor Juanjo Mena in the Cincinnati premiere of British composer Thomas Ades' Violin Concerto, "Concentric Paths." Also on the program are Ravel's "Pavane for a Dead Princess" and Symphony No. 9, "The Great," by Schubert. Tickets begin at $10 at (513) 381-3300, or order online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
March 1-- 9 p.m. to midnight
The Dan Faehnie Trio
Washington Platform Restaurant
Elm and Court Streets
downtown
The Washington Platform Friday Night Jazz Series
presents the Dan Faehnie Trio -- Dan Faehnie with Tony Franklin on drums, Michael Sharfe on bass and surprise guests. 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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Macy's Arts Sampler
"Heroes and Villains"
March 2 -- 1 p.m.
Music Hall
This joint concert features the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and the May Festival Chorus in a 40-minute program featuring selections from "Aida," "Don Giovanni,""Romeo and Juliet," "Swan Lake" and more. CSO associate conductor Robert Trevino
will conduct. Free and open to the public. Prior to the concert there
will be sword fights, superheroes and circus acts in Washington Park
directly across from Music Hall.
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Mahler Marathon
Concert Orchestra
Mark Gibson, conductor
March 2 -- 4 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
Part one of CCM's Mahler Marathon begins with his Symphony No. 4 performed by the CCM Concert Orchestra, led by Mark Gibson. The concert opens with selections from Mahler's "Des knaben Wunderhorn."
Admission is $12, $6 for non-UC students, UC students free. Call (513)
556-4183. Note: The concert will be recorded by CET, Cincinnati Public
Television for future broadcast on the CET Arts Channel.
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Mahler Marathon
CCM Philharmonia Orchestra
Mark Gibson, conductor
March 2 -- 8 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
CCM's Mahler Marathon concludes with the Symphony No. 3 performed by the CCM
Philharmonia Orchestra, the U.C. Women's Chorus, Xavier University
Women's Chorus and Cincinnati Children's Choir Con Brio. Mark Gibson
will conduct. Admission is $12, $6 for non-UC students, UC
students free. Call (513) 556-4183. Note: The concert will be recorded
by CET, Cincinnati Public Television for future broadcast on the CET
Arts Channel.
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Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra
"Queen City Conductors/Composers"
Mischa Santora, conductor
March 3 -- 2 p.m.
Corbett Theater
School for Creative and Performing Arts
The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra celebrates Cincinnati composer/conductors with music by former Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra music directors Leopold Stokowski ("Reverie for Strings") and Eugene Ysaye ("Exil!")and guest conductor Igor Stravinsky ("Danses concertantes"). The program will also feature the world premiere of former CSO double bassist Frank Proto's Saxophone Concerto, a CCO commission, to be performed by Rick van Matre
of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Admission is $15. Tickets available at (513) 723-1182 x 102 or order
online at www.ccocincinnati.org
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Cincinnati Chamber Opera
Handel, "Acis and Galatea"
March 1 and 2 -- 8 p.m.
Immanuel United Church of Christ
210 Jefferson St., St. Bernard
March 3 -- 2 p.m.
Westwood First Presbyterian Church
3011 Harrison Ave., Westwood
Newly-formed Cincinnati Chamber Opera makes its debut with Handel's "Acis and Galatea" about a pair of lovers whose love is threatened by the jealousy and rage of the monster Polyphemus. It will be sung in English, with a modern staging by Sarah Hutchings. Michael Wheatley will conduct. Tickets are $13, $11 for students and seniors, available at the door, or order at http://cincinnatichamberopera.eventbrite.com/#
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Taft Museum of Art
Cello duets and quartets
March 3 -- 2:30 p.m.
Taft Museum
Enjoy an afternoon of cello duets and quartets with cellists Alan Rafferty, Sarah Kim, Ted Nelson and Andra Lunde Padricell in the gracious surroundings of Cincinnati's historic Taft Museum of Art. Free and open to the public.
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Great Music in a Great Space
Choir of St. Peter in Chains Cathedral
March 3 -- 3 p.m.
St . Peter in Chains Cathedral
8th and Plum Streets
downtown
The Choir of St. Peter in Chains, organist Blake Callahan and the Cathedral Brass Ensemble will perform Messe en l'honneur du Saint-Sacrement (1945) for chorus, brass and organ by Joseph Jongen and works by Benjamin Britten in honor of his centenary year, including Jubilate, Ted Deum in C and "Hymn to Saint Cecilia." Tickets are $20, $10 for students at the door, or order by telephone at (513) 421-2222, and online at www.stpeterinchainscathedral.org
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Cincinnati Civic Orchestra
Winter Concert
Laurence Bonhaus, conductor
March 3 -- 3 p.m.
Tylersville Road Christian Church
6771 Tylersville Rd., Mason
The Cincinnati Civic Orchestra performs music of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, including Mendelssohn's "Hebrides Overture," Arthur Sullivan's "Irish Symphony" and "London Everyday Suite" by Eric Coats, plus "Londonderry Air," Rhosymedre" and "O Waly Waly. Music director Laurence Bonhaus will conduct. Admission is free. Information at (513) 861-9978.
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Linton Music Series
Anna Polonsky, piano
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Eric Kim, cello
March 3 -- 4 p.m.
First Unitarian Church
536 Linton St.
Avondale
Good things come in three for this Linton concert featuring violinist Anna Polonsky, clarinetist Anthony McGill and cellist Eric Kim. Hear Schumann's "Arabesque in C Major, Op. 19; Bernstein's Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Beethoven's Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello in B-flat Major, Op. 11; Hindemith's Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 25, No. 3; and Zemlinsky's Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello, Op. 3. Tickets are $30 at (513) 381-6868 and online at www.lintonmusic.org
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"Shake It Up"
concert:nova
Catacoustic Consort
March 6 -- 5:30 p.m.
Carnegie Center Library
3738 Eastern Ave.
Columbia-Tusculum
They're calling this "Hamlet with your happy hour," i.e. a cocktail party-plus, with music based on Shakespeare's plays by members of concert:nova and Catacoustic Consort.
Proceeds go toward "A Common Thread," a collaboration by concert:nova
and Catacoustic, to take place March 17 and 18 at the Mercantile
Library. Tickets are $60, $25 for young professionals, at
http://cnshakeitup.eventbrite.com/?access=ypshakeitup#http://cnshakeitup.eventbrite.com/?access=ypshakeitup#
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Chamber Music Cincinnati
ATOS Trio
March 8 -- 7:30 p.m.
Werner Recital Hall
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Chamber Music Cincinnati presents the ATOS Piano Trio, an award-winning German ensemble founded in 2003 by violinist Annette von Hehn, cellist Stefan Heinemeyer and pianist Thomas Hoppe. Tickets are $25. Call (513) 342-6870, or order online at www.cincychamber.org
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
March 8-- 9 p.m. to midnight
Mike Wade, trumpet
Washington Platform Restaurant
Elm and Court Streets
downtown
The Washington Platform Friday Night Jazz Series
presents trumpeter Mike Wade, with Melvin Broach on Drums, William Menifeild on piano and Michael Sharfe on bass. 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 Children's Choir
20th Anniversary Concert
Robyn Lana, conductor
March 9 -- 5 p.m. Corbett Auditorium
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
The 300--plus members of the Cincinnati Children's Choir led by
conductor Robyn Lana celebrate the Choir's 20th anniversary with
selections from classical, folk and world music to works premiered for
the occasion. Special guest will be the Cincinnati Collaborative Ringing
Project. Tickets are $12, $6 for non-UC students, UC students free.
Call (513) 556-4183 or order online at ccm.uc.edu
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Cincinnati Boychoir
Christopher Eanes, artistic director
Benjamin Britten, "Saint Nicholas"
March 9 -- 7 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral
318 E. Fourth St.
downtown
In observance of the centenary of British composer Benjamin Britten's birth, the Cincinnati Boychoir will perform his cantata "Saint Nicholas." This collaborative performance will also feature members of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra, Vocal Arts Ensemble and Collegium Cincinnati. Tenor Nathan Bick will sing the title role, Narrator will be Thom Mariner. Admission is $10, $7 for students and seniors, available online at www.cincinnatiboychoir.org/concerts
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
John Morris Russell. conductor
The Chieftains
March 8 and 10 -- 8 p.m.
March 10 -- 2 p.m.
Music Hall
Ireland's official "musical ambassadors" return to Cincinnati just in time for St. Patrick's Day with Irish and Celtic favorites, plus popular songs from around the world. Pops conductor John Morris Russell (JMR) leads the Pops in music of the Emerald Isle, with guest appearances by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Glee Club, General Anthony Wayne Pipe Band and McGing Irish Dancers. Tickets begin at $25. Call (513) 381-3300, or order online at www.cincychamber.org
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Seven Hills Sinfonietta
March 10 – 3 p.m.
William White, conductor
Christina Nam, violin
B’nai Tzedek
6280 Kugler Mill Rd.
Ten-year-old violinist Christina Nam will perform Mozart’s
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K.216, on this concert by the Seven Hills
Sinfonietta led by music director/conductor William White. Also on the program
are Mozart’s Overture to “The Magic Flute” and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2 in
C Minor, the “Little Russian.” Admission is free, but a donation of $12 for
adults and $5 for students is suggested. Information at 7hs.org
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CSO associate conductor Robert Trevino leads this concert featuring pianist Yefim Bronfman in Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on the program is the Symphony No. 2 by Robert Schumann. Tickets begin at $10. Admission to the March 14 concert includes complimentary buffet dinner in the Music Hall
Musica Sacra
Helmut Roehrig, conductor
March 17 -- 4 p.m.
St. Francis De Sales Church
1600 Madison Rd.
East Walnut Hills
The Musica Sacra Chorus observes the Lenten season
with works by Charles Gounod (Requiem) and Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (Tribulationes, Eripe Me). Admission is
free. Donations accepted. Information at www.musica-sacra.org
Cincinnati's early music ensemble Catacoustic Consort joins with the innovative chamber ensemble concert:nova in a salute to William Shakespeare. Hear music composed for his plays on early instruments and music inspired by them on contemporary ones. From Shakespeare's day hear selections by Robert Johnson, Thomas Morley and Anthony Holborne. From the 19th and 20th centuries, hear music by Amy Beach, Sir Henry Bishop, Igor Stravinsky, Eric Wolfgang Korngold, Ned Rorem and Paul Moravec. Soprano soloist will be Youngmi Kim. Jennifer Joplin of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company will provide a narrative thread for the program with excerpts from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $10 for students. Get them at cncatacoustic.eventbrite.com ___________________________________________________