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Here's what's on the November menu:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestrta
Nov. 30, Dec. 1 -- 8 p.m.
Jacques Lacombe, guest conductor
Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone
Music Hall
Saxophonist and 2012 CSO creative director Branford Marsalis will perform the CSO premiere of Dutch composer Jacob ter Veldhus' 2002 "Tallahatchie" Concerto for Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra. Also on the program, to be led by guest conductor Jacques Lacombe, are the "Lieutenant Kije Suite" by Sergei Prokofiev and American composer Samuel Barber's "Night Flight" and Symphony No. 1 in One Movement, Op. 9. Tickets begin at $10, available at the Music Hall box office, (513) 381-3300, and online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Nov. 30 -- 9 p.m. -- midnight
Washington Platform restaurant
Elm and Court Streets
downtown
The Washington Platform Friday Night Jazz Series presents vocalist Pam Mallory, with Wayne Yeager, keyboard, Mike Sharfe, bass and Jim Leslie, drums. No cover. $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open until 11 p.m. Call (513) 421-0110.
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Richard Wesp Memorial Concert
Nov. 2 -- 7 p.m.
Cincinnati Children's Choir
Cincinnati Collaborative Ringing Project
St. James Episcopal Church
3207 Montana Ave.
Westwood
The Cincinnati Children's Choir performs with the Cincinnati Collaborative Ringing Project and friends and colleagues of the late Richard Wesp in a memorial concert for the long time music teacher and St. James Church choir director. Tickets are $20, proceeds to benefit the Cincinnati Children's Choir. Call the Church at (513) 661-1154, or the CCC at (513) 556-0338. __________________________________________________________________
"Great Music in a Great Space"
Nov. 2 -- 7:30 p.m.
Tenebrae
Nigel Short, director
St. Peter in Chains Cathedral
8th and Plum Streets, downtown
The acclaimed British vocal ensemble Tenebrae, led by founder/director Nigel Short, performs music by Rachmaninoff, Chesnokov, Tchaikovsky, Pärt, Kedrov, Kalinnikov and Paul Mealor (including Mealor's setting of "Ubi caritas," composed for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton). The concert opens St. Peter in Chains Cathedral's "Great Music in a Great Space" series for 2012-2013. Tickets are $38 in advance, $40 at the door. Students $15 at the door. Call (513) 421-2222, or visit www.stpeterinchainscathedral.org
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Nov. 2 and 3 -- 8 p.m.
Peter Oundjian, guest conductor
Evelyn Glennie, percussion
Music Hall
Percussionist Evelyn Glennie, whose audience numbered over one billion when she performed last summer at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in London, returns to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to perform the Percussion Concerto by Jennifer Higdon. Also on the program, to be led by guest conductor Peter Oundjian, are Ravel's "Alborada del gracioso," Rimsky-Korsakoff's "Capriccio espagnol" and Tchaikovsky's "Francesca da Rimini." Tickets begin at $10, available at the door, at the Music Hall box office at (513) 381-3300, or visit www.cincinnatisymphony.org. Come at 7 p.m. before the concerts for a "Classical Conversation" with Glennie and Higdon, moderated by CSO associate conductor Robert Trevino. Note: Nov. 2 is College Nite at the CSO, to include a party with the guest artists and CSO musicians following the concert in Corbett Tower at Music Hall. Tickets are $12 and include concert ticket.
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Nov. 2 -- 9 p.m. -- midnight
Washington Platform restaurant
Elm and Court Streets
downtown
The Washington Platform Friday Night Jazz Series presents John Zappa, trumpet, with Dan Karlsberg on piano, Mike Sharfe on bass and Tony Franklin on drums. No cover. $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open until 11 p.m. Call (513) 421-0110.
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Linton Chamber Music Series
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Miami String Quartet
Nov. 4 -- 4 p.m.
First Unitarian Church, Avondale
The Miami String Quartet -- violinists Benny Kim and Cathy Meng Robinson, violist Scott Lee and cellist Keith Robinson -- perform with pianist Benjamin Hochman and violist Steven Tenenbom in music of Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Brahms. Tickets $30. Call (513) 381-6868, or order online at www.lintonmusic.org
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
"Bond and Beyond"
James Morris Russell, conductor
Nov. 4 -- 7 p.m.
Nov. 11 -- 2 p.m.
Music Hall
JMR and the Pops celebrate the 50th anniversary of 007 with a concert devoted to music from the James Bond films and other espionage favorites. Special guest willbe the silver Aston Martin driven by Sean Connery in "Goldfinger," live and onstage at Music Hall (courtesy of an anonymous donor). Tickets begin at $20. Call (513) 381-3300 or order online at www.cincinnatipops.org
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Linton Chamber Music Series
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Miami String Quartet
Nov. 4 -- First Unitarian Church
Avondale
Nov. 5 -- 7:30 p.m.
Congregation Beth Adam
1001 Loveland-Madeira Rd., Loveland
The Miami String Quartet -- violinists Benny Kim and Cathy Meng Robinson, violist Scott Lee and cellist Keith Robinson -- pianist Benjamin Hochman and violist Steven Tenenbom perform music of Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Brahms. Tickets $30. Call (513) 381-6868, or order online at www.lintonmusic.org
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Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts
"Constella Presents"
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Nov. 6 -- 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet closes the 2012 Constella Festival on a Gallic note with an all-Debussy recital in honor of the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. On the program are Debussy's Preludes, Book 2;"Suite Bergamasque," "Estampes" and "L'Isle joyeuse." Tickets, including concert and after-party at Memori al Hall with live feed of election night results, are $20-$50, available at http://tinyurl.com/9df7vr7, or call (513) 621-2787 (ARTS).
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
"Welcome Louis!"
Louis Langrée, conductor/music director-designate
Cédric Tiberghien, piano
Nov. 9 -- 11 a.m.
Nov. 10 -- 8 p.m.
Music Hall
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra welcomes Louis Langrée in his first concerts as CSO music director-designate. Langrée, who succeeds Paavo Järvi beginning in 2013-2014, will conduct an all-French program, including César Franck's Symphony in D Minor and "Les Offrandes oubliées" by Olivier Messiaen. Guest artist Cedric Tiberghien will perform Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No. 2. Langrée will participate in a pre-concert "Classical Conversation" with CSO associate conductor Robert Trevino one hour before each concert in the Music Hall auditorium. Tickets begin at $10, available at (513) 381-3300, or visit www.cincinnatisymphony.org.
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Classical Revolution
Nov. 11 -- 8 p.m.
Northside Tavern,
Northside
Classical Revolution welcomes local flute/oboe and guitar duo Cabernet Cabaret and reed quintet Gramineous5 to the second-Sunday-in-the-month happenings at Northside Tavern. Saxophonist Lindsey Jacobs and cellist Lea Matthys will perform music by Libby Larson and the Revolution Quartet (Revolution's house band) will wrap up the evening. Classical Revolution Cincinnati we will be accepting donations for those devastated by Sandy. Capital One is matching donations up to $200,000 to the American Red Cross right now, and there is no credit card processing fee. Admission is free.
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Eminent Scholar Series
Amernet String Quartet
Nov. 13 -- 8 p.m.
Werner Recital Hall
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
The Amernet String Quartet (former string quartet-in-residence at CCM) will perform as guest artists on CCM's Eminent Scholar Series in a program to be announced. Eminent Scholar in Chamber Music/pianist James Tocco, previously announced, has cancelled. Admission is free.
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players
Nov. 16 -- 7:30
Mayerson Theater
School for Creative and Performing Arts
The CSO Chamber Players will perform Dvorak's String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77, and Brahms' Clarinet Quintet in B Minor. Members of the CSO participating include violinists Stacey Woolley and Chika Kinderman, violist Paul Patterson, cellist Susan Marshall Peterson and bassist Boris Astafiev (Dvorak) and clarinetist Jonathan Gunn, violinists Timothy Lees and Gabriel Pegis, violist Christian Colberg and cellist Ilya Finkelshteyn (Brahms). Tickets are $25 and $35, $12 for members of CSO Ignite (ages 18-30), at the door or call (513) 381-3300. Further information at www.cincinnatisymphony.org/chamber.
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
The Faux Frenchmen
Nov. 16 -- 9 p.m. -- midnight
Washington Platform restaurant
Elm and Court Streets
downtown
The Faux Frenchmen -- acoustic guitarists Brian Lovely and George Cunningham, acoustic bassist Don Aren and violinist Paul Patterson -- have played Hot-Club-derived gypsy jazz in Cincinnati and the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. since 2002. Their style is derived from the Quintette of the Hot Club of Paris, France, which, led by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli, comprised the first generation of European jazz musicians. The Hot Club Quintette blended traditional gypsy and European popular and classical music with American jazz to create "gypsy jazz." The Faux Frenchmen adapted their instrumentation and style to form their own re-Americanized take on gypsy jazz. They will perform in the Canal Room of Washington Platform restaurant. No cover. $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open until 11 p.m. Information at (513) 421-0110.
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"The Secret of Luca"
by Evan Mack
Concert performance
Nov. 17 -- 7 p.m.
St. Anthony Church
6104 Desmond St.
Composer Evan Mack's new opera "The Secret of Luca" will be heard in a concert/workshop performance featuring a cast of University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music graduates, with opera vocal coach/pianist Jennifer Quammen McGuire at the piano. Based on the novel by Ignazio Silone with libretto by Joshua McGuire, the opera is described as "modern American verismo," a fusion of "contemporary rhythmic intensity and Puccinian soundscape. The audience will be surveyed after each act to help improve and enhance the work. "Mack's first opera, "Angel of the Amazon," was given its first public reading in Cincinnati in 2007 and has since been staged and recorded (Albany Records). Admission is free (donations to St. Anthony Church accepted). For further information, call (513) 479-2413.
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Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
"Rushin' Romance"
James R. Cassidy, conductor
Nov. 17 -- 8 p.m.
Florence Baptist Church at Mt. Zion
642 Mt. Zion Rd Florence, Kentucky
The KSO recalls its inaugural concert in 1992 with an all-Russian program comprising Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances and the Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky. With its emphasis on romance, this is a concert to take your date to, says the KSO. Tickets are $19-$35. Call (859) 431-6216, or order online at www.kyso.org.
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
"Welcome Louis!"
Louis Langrée, conductor/music director-designate
Nov. 15 -- 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 17 -- 8 p.m.
Nov. 18 -- 2 p.m.
Music Hall
Louis Langrée, music director-designate of the CSO, conducts Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the May Festival Chorus directed by Robert Porco and soloists Twyla Robinson (soprano), Kelley O'Connor (mezzo-soprano), Dimitri Pittas (tenor) and Morris Robinson (bass). The concert climaxes Langrée's first visit to Cincinnati since being appointed 13th music director of the CSO in April, 2012 (he will begin his tenure with the orchestra in September, 2013). Also on the program is "A Survivor from Warsaw" by Arnold Schoenberg. Tickets begin at $10 and are available by calling (513) 381-3300, or visit the CSO web site at www.cincinnatisymphony.org. Note: Admission is $5 for children (17 and under) on Sunday. Thursday's concert will be preceded by a complimentary buffet dinner in the Music Hall Ballroom, beginning at 6:15 p.m. (free to concert ticket holders). Come one hour early Saturday and Sunday for a pre-concert "Classical Conversation" with Langrée, led by CSO associate conductor Robert Trevino.
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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Mainstage Opera Series
"Street Scene" by Kurt Weill
Mark Gibson, conductor
Steven Goldstein, director
Nov. 15, 16 and 17 -- 8 p.m.
Nov. 18 -- 2 p.m.
Patricia Corbett Theater
As part of its year-long Kurt Weill Festival, CCM presents his1946, Tony Award-winning "Street Scene." Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Elmer Rice, with lyrics by Langston Hughes, the opera/music theater piece combines the talents of over 200 students from multiple disciplines at CCM. Conducted by Mark Gibson and directed by Steven Goldstein, it will be the work's CCM premiere. The performance is dedicated to the memory Malcolm Fraser, former J. Ralph Corbett Distinguished Chair in Opera, who passed away earlier this year. Tickets are $30, $19 for non-UC students, $17 for UC students, $12 for UC students beginning at 1 p.m. Nov. 18. Get them at the CCM box office, by phone at (513) 556-4183, or online at ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice. For further information about CCM's Kurt Weill Festival, visit www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=16709. Note: The Nov. 15 performance will be preceded by a lecture by Kurt Weill Foundation President Kim Kowalke at 7:15 p.m. in the Baur Room at CCM.
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Xavier University Classical Piano Series
Spencer Myer, piano
Nov. 18 -- 2:30 p.m.
Gallagher Student Center Theater
Pianist/Juilliard graduate Spencer Myer performs on his third visit to the Xavier series. Tickets are $19 (left/keyboard side) and $17 (right side), $16 and $14 for seniors (60 and older), $3 for students. Call (513) 745-3161. Further information at heim@xavier.edu or visit www.xavier.edu/musicseries.
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Matinee Musicale
Nov. 28 -- 11 a.m.
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Mayerson Jewish Community Center
8485 Ridge Rd., Amberley Village
Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein performs for Cincinnati's Matinee Musicale recital series. Fiterstein, 34, a native of Belarus, comes splendidly recommended, with a 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant and top prizes in the Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition and Young Clarinet Artists International Competition. Admission is $15, $3 for students, at the door.
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Monteverdi Project
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Nov. 28 -- 8 p.m.
CCM Chamber Choir
CCM Early Music faculty
Michael Leopold, theorbo
Earl Rivers, conductor
Corbett Auditorium
As the culmination of its Monteverdi Project, begun in November, 2010 with the composer's Vespers of 1610, CCM presents selections from his "Madrigals of Love and War" and his sacred collection Selve Morale e Spirituale. Earl Rivers, director of choral studies, will conduct, with the CCM Chamber Choir, members of CCM's early music faculty and guest artist Michael Leopold (theorbo). The concert will be recorded for future broadcast by Cincinnati public television station CET. Tickets are $12, $6 for non-UC students, UC students free, available at the CCM box office, (513) 556-4183, or order online at ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.
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"American Voices XV -- Celebrating John Cage at 100"
Nov. 29 -- 8 p.m.
Philharmonia Orchestra, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Percussion Group Cincinnati
Kris Rucinski, piano
Neal Gittelman, guest conductor
Corbett Auditorium
As part of its celebration of composer John Cage's 100th birthday, the CCM Philharmonia Orchestra and Percussion Group Cincinnati, ensemble-in-residence at CCM, will perform a special concert to include his "Renga for 75 Musicians" and, of course, his (in)famous "4'33." Also on the program, to be led by guest conductor Neal Gittelman, will be Charles Ives' "Three Places in New England" and Lou Harrison's Piano Concerto, with pianist Kris Rucinski. Tickets are $12, $6 for non-UC students, UC students free, available at the CCM box office, (513) 556-4183, or order online at ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.
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