The 2008-09 Cincinnati Symphony Season at Music Hall
The 2008-09 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra season
All concerts are at Music Hall, 1241 Elm St. Cincinnati, Ohio
(A discussion of the season, including observations by CSO music director Paavo Järvi, to follow.)
Friday, Sept. 12, 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 13, 8 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Andre Watts, piano
Tchaikovsky Festival Coronation March
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
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Paavo's Pick
Friday, September 19, 11 a.m.
Saturday, September 20, 8 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Gautier Capucon, cello
Dvorak Symphonic Variations
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B Minor
Dvorak Symphony No. 8 in G Major
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Friday, October 3, 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 4, 8 p.m.
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Glinka Overture to “Russlan and Ludmilla”
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Shostakovich Symphony No. 8
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Paavo's Pick
Friday, October 17, 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 18, 8 p.m.
Gilbert Kaplan, conductor
Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano
Christianne Stotjn, mezzo-soprano
May Festival Chorus
Robert Porco, director
Mahler Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”)
U.S. premiere, new critical edition by Gilbert Kaplan
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Friday, October 31, 11 a.m.
Saturday, November 1, 8 p.m.
Leonid Grin, conductor
Tai Murray, violin
Dvorak Scherzo capriccioso
Barber Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
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Paavo's Pick
Friday, November 7, 8 p.m.
Saturday, November 8, 8 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Camilla Tilling, soprano
Matthias Goerne, baritone
May Festival Chorus
Robert Porco, director
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
Brahms A German Requiem
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Paavo's Pick
Saturday, November 15, 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 16, 3 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Chloe Hanslip, violin
Stravinsky “Petrouchka” (1947 version)
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis
on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
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Thursday, Nov. 20. 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 21, 11 a.m.
Saturday, November 22, 8 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
Women of the May Festival Chorus
Robert Porco, director
Dvorak Violin Concerto
Holst “The Planets”
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Friday, December 5, 8 p.m.
Saturday, December 6, 8 p.m.
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
Tchaikovsky “Manfred” Symphony
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Thursday, December 18, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 20, 8 p.m.
Xian Zhang, conductor
Gabriel Pegis, violin
Respighi Trittico botticelliano (“Botticelli triptych”)
Beethoven Romance No. 2
Vivaldi “Winter” from “The Four Seasons”
Stravinsky Divertimento from “The Fairy’s Kiss”
Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”)
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Friday, January 9, 8 p.m.
Saturday, January 10, 8 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Haydn Symphony No. 82, “The Bear”
Bartok Piano Concerto No. 1
Schumann Symphony No. 1, “Spring”
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Paavo's Pick
Friday, January 16, 11 a.m.
Saturday, January 17, 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 18, 3 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Denis Matsuev, piano
Erkki-Sven Tüür “The Path and the Traces” (U.S. premiere)
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
Mahler Symphony No. 1, “Titan”
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Friday, January 23, 8 p.m.
Saturday, January 24, 8 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Radu Lupu, piano
Webern Lagsamer Satz (Slow Movement)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Bruckner Symphony No. 2
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Friday, January 30. 11 a.m.
Saturday, January 31, 8 p.m.
Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
Elizabeth Freimuth, French horn
Mozart Symphony No. 33, K.319
Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4, K.495
Mozart “Masonic Funeral Music,” K.477 (479a)
Mozart Symphony No. 36, K.425, “Linz”
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Friday, February 13, 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 14, 8 p.m.
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Mendelssohn Overture, Scherzo, Nocturne and Wedding March
from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Berlioz “Symphonie fantastique”
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Saturday, February 21, 8 p.m.
Sunday, February 22, 3 p.m.
Robert Porco, conductor
Brett Polegato, baritone
Soprano to be announced
May Festival Chorus
Robert Porco, director
Handel “Water Music”
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 1, “A Sea Symphony”
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Thursday, March 5, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 6, 11 a.m.
Saturday, March 7, 8 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Bartok Two Portraits
Bartok Dance Suite
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
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Paavo's Pick
Friday, March 13, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 14, 8 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Louis Lortie, piano
Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21, K.467
Ligeti Concert Romanese (“Romanian Concerto”)
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Friday, March 20, 11 a.m.
Saturday, March 21, 8 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Faure “Dolly”
Poulenc/orch. Berkely Flute Sonata
Marc-Andre Dalbavie Flute Concerto (U.S. premiere)
Debussy “La Mer”
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Friday, March 27, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 28, 8 p.m.
James Gaffigan, conductor
Colin Currie, percussion
Jeffrey Mumford world premiere (commissioned for the CSO by Ann and Harry Santen in honor of their 50th wedding
anniversary)
Jennifer Higdon Percussion Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
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Thursday, April 2, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 4, 8 p.m.
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Ravel Rhapsodie espagnole
Piazzolla “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”
Prokofiev Suite from “Romeo and Juliet”
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Paavo's Pick
Friday, April 17, 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 18, 8 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Mauricio Kagel Etude No. 3
Brahms Violin Concerto
Berlioz Orchestral music from “Romeo et Juliette”
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Friday, April 24, 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 25, 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 26, 3 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Midori, violin
Messiaen Les Offrandes oubliees (“The Forgotten Offerings”)
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3, “Organ Symphony”
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Paavo's Pick
Thursday, April 30, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 1, 11 a.m.
Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m.
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Nicholas Angelich, piano
Britten An American Overture
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev Symphony No. 6
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Subscriptions go on sale March 17, 2008. "Paavo's Picks" are 25 percent off when added to a subscription series. Single tickets available August 11. Information at www.cincinnatisymphony.org, or call (513) 381-3300.
See "Paavo Järvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra: Balanced Season, Special Relationship," Music in Cincinnati, News, March 26, 2007.