Mida oli,* 4.29.08
Remember the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s Stravinsky
Festival?
Music director
Paavo Järvi focused on some of Stravinsky’s less often heard works on two CSO
concerts in November (including his Symphony of Psalms and Symphony for Three
Movements). The CSO Chamber Players
followed up with “Histoire du Soldat,” also in November.
Well, here comes
the big one
To close the CSO’s 2007-08 season, Järvi will
lead the orchestra in Igor Stravinsky’s fabled “Rite of Spring” at 8 p.m. May 4
and 5 at Music Hall.
Arguably the most
famous composition of the 20th-century -- and certainly a
revolutionary one – the 1913 shocker re-directed music toward its elemental
roots, i.e. rhythm.
Stravinsky’s music was so stimulating that
it caused a near riot at its premiere with Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe in
Paired with it is
the world premiere of “Prairyerth” by
The CSO will host its own rite of spring at a
“Spring Fever” post-concert party in the Music Hall lobby immediately after the
performance.
Johnson will
introduce his work, described as “evocative of the
Tickets are $12-$79.25,
$10 for students, half-price for seniors, at the Music Hall Box Office,
Joining Vogt will
be violinist Alexander Kerr, violist Michael Strauss and cellist Eric Kim in a
program comprising Schubert’s Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major for Violin, Viola and
Cello, Janacek’s Sonata for Violin and Piano and Brahms’ Quartet in G Minor for
Piano and Strings.
Kerr, former
concertmaster of both the CSO and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of
Tickets are $30, $10 for students, the
day of the performance. Call (513)
381-6868.
Following the concert, there will be a wine-tasting and silent auction with dance music by Lagniappe.
Suggested donation is $12. Information at (859) 491-2362, or visit http://home.fuse.net/cincinnaticamerata.com.
Natania, 16, winner of the CSYO Concerto Competition,
will be featured soloist in the first movement of Lalo's Cello Concerto in D Minor. Her brother Benjamin, 18, is CSYO concertmaster
and will perform the violin solos in selections from Rimsky-Korsakov's tone poem "Scheherazade."
The Hoffmans are children of Joel and Dorotea Hoffman. Joel Hoffman heads the composition department at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Dorotea is a violist, teacher and director of CCM's summer Accent program for young instrumentalists.
Also on the program are Weber's Overture to "Der Freischütz" and Wagner's Prelude to "Die Meistersinger." Sharing conducting duties will be CSO music director Paavo Järvi (Prelude to "Die Meistersinger"), CSYO conductor Eric Dudley (Weber, Lalo) and CSYO guest conductor Bradley Thachuck ("Scheherazade").