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Philippe Quint
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Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra
Philippe Quint, violin
Oct. 20 -- 2 p.m.
Mayerson Theater, Erich Kunzel Center for Arts and Education
Violinist Philippe Quint performs Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra conducted by music director Mischa Santora in a program entitled "Jefferson in Paris," comprising music of
Thomas Jefferson's time. Also on the program are Corelli's Concerto Grosso Op. 5, "La folia," as arranged by Francesco Geminiani and Haydn's Symphony No. 82 in C Major, "The Bear." Tickets $10 at Chttp://www.constellafestival.org
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Ted Nash
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Ted Nash, saxophone
"Double Deal: String + Jazz Quartets"
Oct. 29 -- 8 p.m.
Bllue Wisp Jazz Club
Jazz saxophonist Ted Nash joins a double quartet (a string quartet and a jazz quartet) in the world premiere of his "Suite Ivette," commissioned by the Constella Festival. Tickets at www.constellafestival.org
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Michael Maniaci
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Catacoustic Consort
Michael Maniaci, male soprano
Oct. 28 -- 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Advent, 2366 Kemper,Lane, Walnut Hills
The glory of baroque opera lives again in the voice of Michael Maniaci, a rare male soprano whose voice unites the power of a man's voice with the range and beauty of a woman's. Maniaci, an international star who is helping revive 17th and 18th-century opera, will perform songs by Purcell, Caccini and Monteverdi and arias by Handel. He will be joined by members of Catacoustic Consort on bass viola da gamba, baroque violin and harpsichord. Admission is $20 at www.catacoustic.com
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Classical Revolution
Oct. 23 -- 8 p.m.
Northside Tavern
Classical Revolution is the chamber music movement that began in San Francisco and has been sweeping the country by bringing music to bars and cafes. The Cincinnati chapter presents the Elysium Saxophone Quartet and the Ohio River Brass Quintet. The Elysium Quartet will perform "Fault Lines" by Perry Goldstein, the premiere of "Ancient Machines" by Matthew Browne, Quartet for Saxophone by Eliot Del Borgio and "Wapango" by Paquito D'Rivera. The Brass Quintet will perform music by Thomas Tallis, Max Bruch and Joaquin Nin-Culnell. Hear also "Nocturne" by Orianna Webb for cello and clarinet and a solo violin performance by Nick Naegele of the Dayton Philharmonic. Playing into the night will be the Revolution Quartet. The performance will take place in the back room of Northside Tavern. Admission is free.
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Constella Festival
Linton Chamber Music
Oct. 23 -- 4 p.m.
First Unitarian Church
Oct. 24 -- 7:30 p.m.
Congregation Beth Adam
10001 Loveland-Madeira Rd.
Loveland, Ohio
The Linton Chamber Music Series opens its 2011-2012 season with pianist Menahem Pressler, violinist Alexander Kerr, violist Paul Neubauer and cellist Eric Kim in Mozart's Quartet for Piano and Strings in G minor, K.478; Joaquin Turina's Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op.67; and Dvorak's Quartet for Piano and Strings in E-flat Major. Admission is $30, $10 for students the day of the performance. Call (513) 381-6868.
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Wynonna Judd
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Wynonna Judd
Bob Bernhardt, conductor
Oct. 22 -- 8 p.m.
Oct. 23 -- 2 p.m.
Music Hall
Kentucky-born country singer Wynonna Judd stars with the Pops led by Bob Bernhardt. Tickets begin at $25. Call (513) 381-3300 or visit www.cincinnatipops.org
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Menahem Pressler
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Menahem Pressler
Oct. 22 -- 7:30 p.m.
Hall Auditorium
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Pianist Menahem Pressler, founder and pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio, will perform a recital on Miami University's Performing Arts Series comprising Mozart's Rondo in A Minor, K.511; Voiles, Les collines d'Anacapri, La fille aux cheveux de lin and Minstrels from Debussy's "Preludes; Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 ("The Tempest") by Beethoven and Franz Schubert's Sonata in B-flat Major, D.960. Tickets are $18, $17 for seniors and $9 for students and young people. Call (513) 529-3200, or order online at www.muohio.edu/PerformingArtsSeries.
Note: Pressler also will perform for the Linton Chamber Music Series/Constella Festival concert at 4 p.m. Oct. 23 at First Unitarian Church in Cincinnati.
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Vocal Arts Ensemble
"American Icons at 100"
Oct. 22 -- 5 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Cincinnati's acclaimed Vocal Arts Ensemble performs under the Constella Umbrella Oct. 22 at Memorial Hall. The 24-voice ensemble, led by music director Donald Nally, will perform works by Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti in honor of their 100th anniversaries. To be heard are Choruses from "The Lovers," "Reincarnations," "Twelfth Night/To be sung on the water" and "Sure on this Shining Night/Heaven haven" by Barber and The Twelfth Madrigal from "The Unicorn," choruses from "Landscapes and Remembrances" and Agnus Dei from "Missa O Pulchritudo" by Menotti. Tickets are $20, $10 for students. Call (513) 559-0000 or visit www.vaecinci.org
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CSO Chamber Players
"Russian Rhapsody"
Oct. 21 -- 7:30 p.m.
Mayerson Theater
Erich Kunzel Center for Arts and Education
The Constella Festival continues with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players in the intimate Mayerson Theater at the Erich Kunzel Center for Arts and Education. On the Russian-themed program are Eight Duos for Violin and Cello, Op.39, by Reinhold Gliere; Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8, Op. 10; and Prokofiev's Quintet, Op. 39. Tickets are $12, $25 and $35 at (513) 381-3300 or visit www.cincinnatisymphony..org
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St. Lawrence String Quartet
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Chamber Music Cincinnati
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Oct. 18 -- 8 p.m.
Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Presenting under the umbrella of the Constella Festival are several of Cincinnati's premier musical organizations. Among them is Chamber Music Cincinnati which continues its season with the St. Lawrence String Quartet. Ensemble in residence at Stanford University, the quartet will perform Mozart's String Quartet in D Minor, K.421, Erich Korngold's String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op.34, and John Adams' String Quartet (2008). Tickets are $25 at www.constellafestival.org and at the door.
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Alexander Toradze
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"Russian Romantic Piano"
Alexander Toradze Piano Studio
Oct. 16 -- 7:30 p.m.
Erich Kunzel Center for Arts and Education
Founded by AlexanderToradze, professor of piano at Indiana University South Bend, the Toradze Piano Studio is a multi-generational touring ensemble of pianists drawn from students and associates of Toradze. Among them are the last two gold medalists of Cincinnati's World Piano Competition, Nikita Abrosimov and Sangwon Kim. Toradze and members of the Studio will perform Rachmaninoff and other music from the Russian romantic repertoire. Prominent artists from 5th Street Gallery will showcase their latest work in an accompanying art show. A post-concert reception with the artists will be held immediately following the performance, free to all ticket holders. Concert tickets are $20 at www.constellafestival.org
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Sergei Polusmiak
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Oct. 16 -- 7 p.m.
Greaves Concert Hall
Northern Kentucky University
Pianist Sergei Polusmiak, artist-in-residence at NKU, performs with principal flutist Randolph Bowman, associate concertmaster Rebecca Culnan and associate principal cellist Daniel Culnan, all of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and pianist Kevin Bao in a program of chamber music to open the new season at NKU. On the program are "Le Flute de Pan" for flute and piano, Op. 15 by Jules Mouuquet, Chopin's Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Trio No. 1 in D Minor for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 32 by Anton Arensky, Mozart's Adagio and Allegro for Flute and Piano, Schumann's Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano, Op. 70, and the first movement of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 for two pianos. Tickets are $10, $7 for students at the door.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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"A Bach Celebration"
Oct. 16 -- 5 p.m.
Calvary Episcopal Church, Clifton
The Bach Collegium Ensemble led by Elliott Smith and Eric Jurenas continue their series of performances of the music of J.S. Bach with the Cantata No. 4, Christ lag in Todes Banden and Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. The program also will include a recitation of poetry by George Herbert and a selection of sacred arias for soprano. Founded in 2010 by Smith, the Bach Collegium Ensemble, consisting of area professional musicians, performs on period instruments. Free.
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Westminster Cathedral Choir
Oct. 16 -- 3 p.m.
St. Peter in Chains Cathedral
St. Peter in Chains Cathedral opens its 2011-2012 concert series with the Westminster Cathedral Choir of men and boys directed by Martin Baker. It will be the Cincinnati debut of the choir, which is known for its recordings and stands at the forefront of English church music. Tickets are $38 in advance, $40 at the door, $15 for students. Call (513) 421-2222 Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or order online at www.stpeterinchainscathedral.org
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Elena Ulyanova
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Elena Ulyanova
Oct. 15 -- 7 p.m.
Ascension Lutheran Church, Montgomery
Music at Ascension presents piano virtuoso Elena Ulyanova in her Cincinnati debut. Ulyanova was born in Ukraine and moved to Russia at age 12 to study at the Moscow Conservatory. She immigrated to the U.S. in 2005. For further information, see www.elena-ulyanova.com Free will collection.
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"Piazzolla, Prokofiev and Pointe Shoes"
Oct. 15 -- 7 p.m.
Mickey Jarson Kaplan Performance Studio, Cincinnati Ballet Center
The chamber ensemble concert:nova collaborates with Cincinnati Ballet in two world premiere choreographies, Astor Piazzolla's "Histoire du Tango" and Prokofiev's Quintet, Op. 39 (for violin, viola, oboe, clarinet and double bass). Also on the program is Rodgers' and Hart's "My Funny Valentine" for a duet of dancers. Choreographers include Heather Britt, James Cunningham, Andrew Hubbard, Stephen Jacobsen and Missy Lay Zimmer. Tickets ($30) at www.constellafestival.org.
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Gaetano Donizetti, "Anna Bolena"
Oct. 15 -- 12:55 p.m.
Area movie theaters*
The Metropolitan Opera opens the new season of its extremely successful live in high definition transmissions to movie theaters with the Met premiere of Donizetti's bel canto masterpiece "Anna Bolena," based on the last days of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Tudor King Henry VIII. Singing the title role will be famed coloratura soprano Anna Netrebko. .Also in the cast are mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova as Giovanna (Jane) Seymour and bass Ildar Abdrazakov as King Enrico (Henry) VIII. Conductor Marco Armilliato leads the MET Orchestra. Approx. 213 minutes, counting intermission. Tickets at participating theaters.
*AMC Newport, Springdale Cinema De Lux, Rave Western Hills, Rave Milford, Rave Florence, Regal Deerfield Towne Center. Springdale, Regal Deerfield and AMC Newport will present "Encore" (pre-recorded) performances of "Anna Bolena" at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 2.
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Giancarlo Guerrero
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Oct. 14, 15 -- 8 p.m.
Music Hall
Guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero leads the CSO in its third subscription concert of the season with guest artist, soprano Nicole Cabell in Ravel's "Sheherazade." Also on the program, a musical travelogue, is Astor Piazzolla's "Sinfonia Buenos Aires," Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" and Ravel's "Bolero." Guerrero, music director of the Nashville Symphony and principal guest conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency, will participate in "Classical Conversations" one hour before each concert in the Music Hall auditorium. Tickets begin at $10, available bycalling (513) 381-3300 or visit www.cincinnatisymphony.org.
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Liang Wang
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"Queen City Connections"
Oct. 14 -- 6:30 p.m.
Fifth-Third Bank Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts
New York Philharmonic principal oboist Liang Wang returns to Cincinnati for an intimate evening of chamber music with some of his former colleagues from the Cincinnati Symphony (where he served as principal oboist in 2005-2006). The concert, which takes place in the Black Box Theater at the Aronoff Center, will be candlelit. Joining Wang will be violinist Tatiana Berman, cellist Nathaniel Chaitkin, flutist Jasmine Choi, oboist Dwight Parry and violist Yael Senamaud-Cohen in music by Tommaso Albinoni, Amy Beach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Matthew Arnold. Post-concert reception in the Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery. Tickets ($22) at www.constellafestival.org
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Annunziata Tomaro
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Concert Orchestra
Oct. 13 -- 8 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
The fourth concert in CCM's Prokofiev and Shostakovich Festival features the CCM Concert Orchestra led by conductor Annunziata Tomaro in the March from Prokofiev's "Love for Three Organges," Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1, with Wan Lin Tsai, winner of the CCM Violin Concerto Competition, and Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony. Free.
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Hilary Hahn
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"Classic Gems and Contemporary Miniatures"
Oct. 13 -- 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
The Constella Festival, Cincinnati's new music and fine arts festival, opens at7:30 p.m. October 13 in Memorial Hall with violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Valentina Lisitsa in sonatas by Bach and Beethoven and 13 pieces from Hahn's newly commissioned "In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores." An art show by artists from Brazee Street Studios follows the concert. The show, curated by Sandra Gross and Lisa Merida-Paytes, echoes the theme of the concert with miniature art works (no larger than 6 by 6 inches inches). Tickets ($35-$75) at www.constellafestival.org
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Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
"Of Rings and Myths"
Oct. 8 -- 8 p.m.
Florence Baptist Church of Mt. Zion, Florence, Kentucky
Music director James R. Cassidy leads the KSO and sopranos Kara Shay Thompson and Jennifer Cherest, tenor Ric Furman and the KSO Chorale in excerpts from Wagner's four-opera "Ring of the Niebelung" and Howard Shore's music for "The Lord of the Rings" films. "Lord of the Rings"/film music expert Doug Adams will provide narrative on both ring stories as they unfold. Tickets are $28 and $23, $18 for seniors, $10 for students. Call (859) 431-6216 or visit www.kyso.org
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Dmitri Shostakovich
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Sergei Prokofiev
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Philharmonia Orchestra
October 6 -- 8 p.m.
Corbett Auditorium
The CCM Philharmonia Orchestra led by music director Mark Gibson opens CCM's Prokofiev and Shostakovich Festival at 8 p.m. Oct. 6 in Corbett Auditorium. They will perform Shostakovich's "Festival Overture" and the Shostakovich Piano Concerto featuring the winner of the CCM Piano Concerto Competition and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5. Tickets are $12, $5 for non-UC students, UC students free.
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Bach, Beethoven, Brahms Club
World Piano Competition
October 3 -- 10 a.m.
Jarson Kaplan Theater
Aronoff Center for the Arts
The gold medalist of the 2011 World Piano Competition, Nikita Abrosimov, and young area pianists will perform a recital. Host of the event is Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra associate conductor Robert Trevino. Admission is free.
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
"Baltic Portraits"
The CSO has released "Baltic Portraits," the second recording on its in-house label CSO Media, manufactured and distributed by Naxos of America, Inc. The repertoire comprises works by contemporary Baltic composers. All were recorded in concert at Music Hall by the CSO led by former music director Paavo Järvi between 2002 and 2011.
Tracks on the CD are: Erkki-Sven Tüür, "Fireflower"; Aulis Sallinen, "Symphony No. 8 ("Autumnal Fragments"); Esa-Pekka Salonen, "Gambit"; Arvo Pärt, "Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten"; and Lepo Sumera, Symphony No. 6. The recording will be available on popular digital download sites beginning Oct. 4. The CD will be in stores throughout North America on Oct. 25.
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digital dowloads
Beginning Sept. 25 on its web site, the CSO will make available free digital downloads of the five "Anniversary Fanfares" commissioned last season by Ann and Harry Santen in honor of Paavo Järvi's tenth and final season as CSO music director and the 50th anniversary of radio station WGUC. The fanfares were premiered by Järvi and the CSO between January and May, 2011 at Music Hall and the performances were recorded by WGUC.
They are Jonathan Bailey Holland's "The Party Starter," Jörg Widmann's "Souvenir bavarois" ("Remembering Bavaria"), Stewart Goodyear's "Count Up," Charles Coleman's "P.J. Fanfare" and Erkki-Sven Tüür's "Fireflower." They will be introduced one per week for five weeks as follows:
Jonathan Bailey Holland "The Party Starter" Sept. 25
Jörg Widmann "Souvenir bavarois" Oct. 2
Stewart Goodyear "Count Up" Oct. 9
Charles Coleman "P.J. Fanfare" Oct. 16
Erkki-Sven Tüür "Fireflower" Oct. 23
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Sept. 30 -- 8 p.m.
Oct. 1 -- 8 p.m.
Music Hall
The opening concert of the CSO’s “Boundless” series is curated by Philip Glass, one of three co-creative directors for the orchestra’s 2011-2012 season ((the others are conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and pianist Lang Lang). The program features Glass’ 2000 Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra. CSO principal timpanist Patrick Schleker and associate principal timpanist Richard Jensen will perform on (count ‘em) 14 timpani (seven each) arrayed in front of the orchestra along the front of the stage. Also on the program are Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” Rachmaninoff’s “Isle of the Dead” and Stravinsky’s “Firebird” Suite (1919).
Guest conductor is Julian Kuerti, who made an overwhelmingly positive impression when he filled in for former music director Paavo Järvi at CSO concerts in April, 2010. A native of Canada, Kuerti, 34, is former assistant conductor to James Levine at the Boston Symphony. He returned to conduct the CSO at Greenacres in August, 2010. Glass and Kuerti will be guests for “Classical Conversations,” a casual discussion held one hour before each concert in the Music Hall auditorium. Moderator will be the CSO’s new associate conductor Robert Trevino. Tickets start at $10 and are available by calling (513) 381-3300 or on the web at www.cincinnatisymphony.org Sept. 30 is also College Nite. College students are admitted for $12, including concert ticket and an after-party in Corbett Tower at Music Hall, which will be attended by Glass.