Reading the Runes at the CSO

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's 2006-07 season, its sixth with music director Paavo Järvi, will include the return of Estonian guest conductor Olari Elts to the Music Hall podium and the Cincinnati premiere of John Harbison's Double Bass Concerto featuring CSO principal bassist Owen Lee.  (For full details, see the online edition of the Cincinnati Post March 11 and the Post Living section March 12.)  Challenges and questions also face the orchestra as it enters a new season.  Music Hall, the largest concert hall in the U.S. (3,516 seats) and whether it should be "downsized" is one of them. Another is Järvi himself, whose CSO contract expires at the end of the 2008-09 season.
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