"Creative direction" continues for CSO in 2012-13
The 2012-2013 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra season.
Still without a music director since the departure of Paavo Järvi in
May, 2011, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra will pursue its 2012-2013
season as it has in 2011-2012, under the guidance of three Creative
Directors. Returning to oversee the orchestra's "Masterworks" series is
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, who will conduct two of the series' ten
concerts. Taking charge of the "Ascent" and "Boundless" series, with
five concerts each, will be saxophonist-conductor Branford Marsalis and
composer Jennifer Higdon. Meanwhile the search for Järvi's successor
continues. Season details are being announced today. (to be continued)
Sept. 18. Season opening gala (non subscription). Program to be announced. Renée Fleming, soprano. Rafael Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor.
***Sept. 21 and 22. Reznicek, Overture to “Donna Diana.” Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor. Ravel, Valses nobles et sentimentales. Ravel, Tzigane (Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra). Ravel, Rapsodie espagnole. Joshua Bell, violin. William Eddins, conductor.
*Sept. 28 and 29. Falla, Suite from El amor brujo. Falla, “Nights in the Gardens of Spain” for Piano and Orchestra. Respighi, “Fountains of Rome. Respighi, “Pines of Rome.” Jorge Federico Osorio, piano. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor.
**Oct. 4 and 6. Mahler, Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (1906 revision). Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano. Cincinnati Boychoir. Women of the May Festival Chorus.
Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor.
****Nov. 2 and 3. Ravel, Alborada del gracioso. Higdon, Percussion Concerto. Rimsky-Korsakoff, Capriccio espagnol. Tchaikovsky, Francesca da Rimini. Evelyn Glennie, percussion. Peter Oundjian, conductor.
*Nov. 9 and 10. Messiaen, Les Offrandes Oubliées (“The Forgotten Offerings”). Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor. Franck, Symphony in D Minor. Cédric Tiberghien, piano. Louis Langrée, conductor.
**Nov. 15, 17 and 18. Schoenberg, “A Survivor from Warsaw.” Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (“Choral”). Twyla Robinson, soprano. Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano. Dimitri Pittas, tenor. Morris Robinson, bass. May Festival Chorus. Men of the May Festival Chorus. Louis Langrée, conductor.
*Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Prokofiev, “Lieutenant Kijé” Suite. Ter Veldhuis, “Tallahatchie” Concerto for Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra. Barber, “Night Flight,” Op. 19A. Scriabin, Symphony No. 4 (“Poem of Ecstasy”). Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone. Andrey Boreyko, conductor.
Dec. 16 (non-subscription). Handel, “Messiah.” May Festival Chorus. Jane Glover, conductor.
Dec. 31 (non-subscription). New Year’s Eve 2012. “A Night at the Moulin Rouge.” John Morris Russell, conductor.
*Jan. 4 and 5. Britten, Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20. Ravel, Piano Concerto in G Major. Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances, Op. 45. Ingrid Fliter, piano. Justin Brown, conductor.
**Jan. 10 and 12. Schumann, Overture to “Genoveva,” Op. 81. Lutoslawski, Piano Concerto. Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D Major. Stewart Goodyear, piano. Paavo Järvi, conductor.
****Jan. 25 and 26. George Walker, Sinfonia No. 4, “Strands.” Brahms, Violin Concerto in D Major. Sibelius, Symphony No. 1 in E Minor. Gil Shaham, violin. Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor.
*Feb. 1 and 2. Mozart, Overture to “Don Giovanni.” Mozart, Oboe Concerto in C Major, K.285d [314]. Haydn, Mass in D Minor, H. XXII:11 (“Lord Nelson Mass”). Dwight Parry, oboe. Mary Wilson, soprano. Laura Thoreson, mezzo-soprano. Michael Porter, tenor. Andrew Kroes, bass-baritone. May Festival Chorus. Robert Porco, conductor.
***Feb. 8 and 9. Grieg, Piano Concerto in A Minor. Shostakovich, Symphony No. 10 in E Minor. Simon Trpceski, piano. Mark Wigglesworth, conductor.
*Feb. 22, 23 and 24. Beethoven, Romance No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 40. Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht (“Transfigured Night”). Beethoven, Romance No. 2 in F Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 50. Pinchas Zukerman, violin/conductor.
****March 1 and 2. Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte (“Pavane for a Dead Princess”). Adès, Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra, “Concentric Paths.” Schubert, Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 (“The Great”). Leila Josefowicz, violin. Juanjo Mena, conductor.
**March 14 and 16. Delius, “The Walk to the Paradise Garden” from “A Village Romeo and Juliet.” Elgar, “Falstaff, Op. 68. Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major. Yefim Bronfman, piano. Sir Andrew Davis, conductor.
****March 22, 23 and 24. Zhou Tian, world premiere commission. Higdon, Concerto for Orchestra. Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major (“Emperor”). André Watts, piano. Mei-Ann Chen, conductor.
**April 4 and 6. Smetana, Sárka from Má vlast. Barber, Violin Concerto. Dvorak, Symphony No. 6 in D Major. Sarah Chang, violin. Jakub Hrusa, conductor.
*April 12 and 13. Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491. Strauss, Eine Alpensinfonie (”Alpine Symphony”), Op. 64. Lars Vogt, piano. Roberto Abbado, conductor.
***April 26 and 27. Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 2 in C Major, Op. 72a. Britten, Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 15. Nielsen, Symphony No. 4 (“The Inextinguishable”). Simone Lamsma, violin. Carlos Kalmar, conductor.
****May 3 and 4. Higdon, “All Things Majestic.” Barber, Piano Concerto, Op. 38. Copland, Symphony No. 3.
*Masterworks A (5 concerts)
**Masterworks B (5 concerts)
***Ascent (5 concerts)
****Boundless (5 concerts)
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