23/24 SEASON at music hall
Dear Friends,
Our journey together through music will forever hold a special place in my heart. In my last season as CSO Music Director, we celebrate special moments from the previous decade while embracing a future full of possibilities. I am eager to share with you what we have imagined, created, innovated, and generated as fresh experiences for you this season.
The best way to experience orchestral music is to fully come together for live concerts. It can move us, allow us to feel more fully, and embrace one another more wholeheartedly. It can unite people from all backgrounds through shared musical experiences, and we are deeply grateful to you for sharing your time with us over the years. This celebratory season will be one to remember. I can’t wait for you to join us.
Musically Yours,
Louis Langrée, Music Director
THE RITE OF SPRING
SEP 30, 2023 SAT 7:30 pm
OCT 1, 2023 SUN 2 pm
Christian Reif conductor
Clara-Jumi Kang violin
FALLA Interlude and Dance from La vida breve
BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY Le sacre du printemps (“The Rite of Spring”)
The 1913 premiere of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring was perhaps the most famous opening-night scandal in history. Confronted with its primal and untamed nature, its first audience was ignited into a riot, instantly cementing its reputation as a work that, to this day, triggers visceral responses. Conductor Christian Reif sets the stage for our wild encounter with a light and airy dance by Manuel de Falla and violinist Clara-Jumi Kang, bringing her poise to Bartók’s second violin concerto.
Saturday Evening C & Sunday Afternoon Series
Photo credit: Clara Jumi
BERNSTEIN, PRICE & COPLAND
OCT 13 & 14, 2023
FRI 11 am; SAT 7:30 pm
Louis Langrée conductor
George Takei narrator
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
PRICE Symphony No. 1
COPLAND Lincoln Portrait
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
The CSO performs music of American composers representing a variety of perspectives. Bernstein’s optimistic Candide and gripping score to the Oscarwinning film On the Waterfront frame a program including Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, a reprise from Louis Langrée’s first CSO subscription concert as Music Director, and Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1. In 1933, Price’s magnificent, tour de force Symphony No. 1 was the first symphonic work by a Black woman to be played by a major American orchestra.
Saturday Evening C & Sunday Afternoon Series
Photo credit: Chris Lee
RING WITHOUT WORDS
OCT 27 & 28, 2023
FRI & SAT 7:30 pm
James Gaffigan conductor
BACEWICZ Overture
MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade in G Major)
WAGNER Der Ring ohne Worte für Orchester (“The Ring Without Words”)
Fantasy kingdoms, scandalous love affairs, dwarfs, giants, and powerful music. Game of Thrones? Tolkien? Actually, before those came the Ring cycle, Wagner’s master achievement in his quest to create an allencompassing theatrical experience. Conductor James Gaffigan returns to lead the CSO in a concert compilation of Wagner’s four epic operas, on a program that opens with two musical gems: Bacewicz’s delightfully bracing Overture and Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
Friday Evening & Saturday Evening B Series
Photo credit: Vera Hartmann
TETZLAFF & TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIFTH
NOV 10 & 11, 2023
FRI 11 am; SAT 7:30 pm
Gustavo Gimeno conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
Daníel BJARNASON New Work, Part II (CSO Co-Commission, World Premiere)
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
“One of today’s most in-demand violinists” (NPR), Christian Tetzlaff returns to Music Hall after last showcasing his “jaw-dropping virtuosity” (Cincinnati Enquirer) here in the Queen City in 2017. Conductor
Gustavo Gimeno leads Tetzlaff and the CSO in Szymanowski’s sweepingly lyrical Violin Concerto and a world premiere from Daníel Bjarnason’s multipart commissioned work. Tchaikovsky’s wellspring of melodies is on display in his Fifth Symphony— opening with a fateful funeral march, winding through a sonorous solo horn song and lilting waltz, then finishing with bombastic brass.
Bjarnason co-commission is made possible by Ann and Harry Santen.
Friday Evening & Saturday Evening B Series
Photo credit: Giorgia Bertazzi
THOMAS’ HAMLET
NOV 17, 2023 FRI 7:30 pm
NOV 19, 2023 SUN 2 pm
Louis Langrée conductor
Stéphane Degout Hamlet
Jodie Devos Ophélie
Laurent Alvaro Claudius
Béatrice Uria-Monzon Gertrude
Céline Gaudier director
May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco director
THOMAS Hamlet
Presented in collaboration with Ópera Comique
To be or not to be….” French composer Ambroise Thomas’ grand opera is a musical setting of Shakespeare’s tragic story of the melancholic Prince Hamlet, his murderous uncle, ghostly father, and lover driven to madness.
Louis Langrée leads the CSO and May Festival Chorus in this new touring production created in collaboration with Paris’ famed Ópera Comique.
Friday Evening & Saturday Evening B (Sunday Performance) Series
Photo credit: Vincent Pontet
SIBELIUS SYMPHONY
NO. 5
NOV 25 & 26, 2023
SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm
Dalia Stasevska conductor
Davóne Tines bass-baritone
DVOŘÁK Largo from Symphony No. 9, From the New World
Kaija SAARIAHO True Fire
WALKER Lyric for Strings
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
Dalia Stasevska returns to lead a Thanksgiving weekend of music that calls us home. Music drawn from the American heartland opens the program, with the beloved “Goin’ Home” theme from Dvořák’s New World Symphony and George Walker’s Lyric for Strings. Bass-baritone Davóne Tines performs Saariaho’s True Fire, a work based on Native American texts and Emerson’s Spiritual Laws. Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony provides a finale of sweeping and grand themes, evoking the spirit of Stasevska’s own Finnish homeland.
Saturday Evening C & Sunday Afternoon Series
Photo credit: Jenna Pinkard
BACH’S FOURTH & MAHLER’S FIFTH
DEC 1 & 2, 2023
FRI 11 am; SAT 7:30 pm
Case Scaglione conductor
Randolph Bowman flute
Henrik Heide flute
Stefani Matsuo violin
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
Two extremes of orchestral scale combine for a showcase of the CSO that’s both intimate and expansive.Conductor Case Scaglione makes his CSO debut with Bach’s beautifully playful Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, which highlights individual virtuosity within a smaller ensemble, alongside Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. First performed in the U.S. by the CSO, Mahler’s Fifth Symphony employs an orchestra of impressive proportions, from its iconic trumpet opening to the beloved, emotional Adagietto.
Friday Morning & Saturday Evening A Series
Photo credit: Sonja Werner
BRAHMS: RUNNICLES & TRIFONOV
JAN 5, 6 & 7, 2024
FRI 7:30 pm; SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm
Sir Donald Runnicles conductor
Daniil Trifonov piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Sir Donald Runnicles, celebrated for his interpretations of Romantic symphonic repertoire, leads an all-Brahms program, joining forces with powerhouse pianist Daniil Trifonov, following his stunning solo Music Hall performance in 2022. Together, they explore Brahms’ more brooding and emotional side in his Piano Concerto No. 1. Runnicles then conducts the CSO in Brahms’ Symphony No. 2, from its iconic “lullaby” to its cheerfully triumphant and brass-filled finale.
Friday Evening, Saturday Evening B & Saturday Evening C (Sunday Performance) Series
Photo credit: Dario Acosta
RACHMANINOFF & ADAMS
JAN 19 & 20, 2024
FRI 11 am; SAT 7:30 pm
Kevin John Edusei conductor
George Li piano
Samy MOUSSA Elysium
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
John ADAMS Harmonielehre
Kevin John Edusei leads a program that invites you to explore the concept of harmony and its many forms, beginning with Elysium by Samy Moussa, a composer who has a “gleeful sense for …shocking harmony” (Los Angeles Times). John Adams describes his rhythmically and harmonically complex Harmonielehre as a parody “without the intent to ridicule,” with “shades of Mahler, Sibelius and Debussy.” Both pieces frame George Li’s performance of the Second Piano Concerto from Rachmaninoff, arguably the hero of the lush, Romantic style.
Sponsored by Peter Landgren and Judith Schonbach Landgren
Friday Morning & Saturday Evening A Series
Photo credit: Paul Marc Mitchell
SYMPHONIC MOZART
JAN 27 & 28, 2024
SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm
Dame Jane Glover conductor
Stefani Matsuo violin
Christian Colberg viola
MOZART Symphony No. 13
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante
MOZART Symphony No. 36, Linz
Dame Jane Glover is widely regarded as a preeminent conductor of Mozart’s music. She leads an “all-Amadeus” program, showcasing CSO Concertmaster Stefani Matsuo and Principal Viola Christian Colberg in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. Their performance is folded between works illustrating Mozart’s evolution of the symphony from the lighter style of early composers such as Haydn to the more emotionallyinfused music of Beethoven, to its cheerfully triumphant and brass-filled finale.
Saturday Evening C & Sunday Afternoon Series
SHOSTAKOVICH: 1905
FEB 2 & 3, 2024
FRI 11 am; SAT 7:30 pm
Cristian Măcelaru conductor Kian Soltani cello
LUTOSŁAWSKI Cello Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905
Grammy-winning conductor Cristian Măcelaru joins the CSO for music of two Slavic luminaries. Cellist Kian Soltani brings his expressive and charismatic presence to Lutosławski’s Cello Concerto, frequently interpreted as an escalating struggle between the seemingly heroic soloist and the orchestra representing totalitarian authority. The acclaim and popularity of his Symphony No. 11 helped Shostakovich, who had weathered criticism and persecution from the Soviet regime, win back State approval. It offers a depiction of the 1905 Russian Revolution, from the first shots of Bloody Sunday to funeral marches lamenting those who were lost.
Friday Morning & Saturday Evening A Series
Photo credit: Juventino-Mateo
BRAHMS’ REQUIEM
FEB 9, 10 & 11, 2024
FRI 7:30 pm; SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm
Louis Langrée conductor
Joélle Harvey soprano
Will Liverman baritone
May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco director
BRAHMS Ein Deutsches Requiem
With prayerful music for both the living and the dead, the source of comfort in Brahms’ A German Requiem is as much human as it is divine. Louis Langrée leads the CSO and the May Festival Chorus in Brahms’ large-scale masterpiece. Though Brahms was often discreet in nature, his Requiem is a deeply personal work. Spurred by the loss of his mother, and influenced by lingering emotions of self-doubt, he turned to his true religion — music — as a way to console not only himself, but others as well.
Friday Evening, Saturday Evening B & Saturday Evening C (Sunday Performance) Series
Photo credit: Roger Mastroianni
SPRINGS OF COPLAND & SCHUMANN
MAR 8, 9 & 10, 2024
FRI 7:30 pm; SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm
Matthias Pintscher conductor
Conrad Tao piano
COPLAND Appalachian Spring inti figgis-vizueta New Work
(CSO Commission, World Premiere)
R. SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1, Spring
As the winter winds quell and the flowers of spring begin to blossom, CSO Creative Partner Matthias Pintscher conducts the Orchestra in works capturing the feeling of life beginning anew. Copland’s Appalachian Spring shines with the “Simple Gifts” of the season. After wowing CSO audiences in 2021 and 2022, pianist Conrad Tao returns for the world premiere of a CSO-commissioned work from composer inti figgis-vizueta, whose music “feels sprouted between structures” (The Washington Post). Then, Schumann’s Symphony No. 1 triumphantly ushers in the spring season.
Friday Evening, Saturday Evening B & Sunday Afternoon Series
Photo credit: Brantley Gutierrez
HEROIC STRAUSS & MELODIC MOZART
MAR 23 & 24, 2024
SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Pavel Kolesnikov piano
WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17
R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”)
Stories of glory, chivalry and adventure abound as conductor Sir Mark Elder leads the CSO. Wagner’s Tannhäuser is a musical story of lust, love, and deliverance, as the opera’s title character makes a pilgrimage from the magical realm of Venus to his final redemption in Rome. Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben is an epic portrayal of the hero that exists in all of us, along with the accompanying joys and struggles, depicted through battling brass and tender string melodies. Pianist Pavel Kolesnikov brings his “fluid, fine-toned” (Gramophone) playing to Mozart’s melodic Piano Concerto No. 17.
Saturday Evening C & Sunday Afternoon Series
Photo credit: B. Ealovega
THE INEXTINGUISHABLE
MAR 29 & 30, 2024
FRI 11 am; SAT 7:30 pm
Ryan Bancroft conductor
Inon Barnatan piano
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade for Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
NIELSEN Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable
“Music is life, and like it, it is inextinguishable.” With this declaration written at the top of his score, Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4 pits the everlasting spirit of life against the horror of World War I with dramatic music leading to, what else, but a battle between two timpani! Making his CSO debut, conductor Ryan Bancroft opens this program with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade for Orchestra, and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, displaying the virtuosity of guest pianist Inon Barnatan, heralded by The New York Times as “one of the most admired pianists of his generation.”
Friday Morning & Saturday Evening A Series
Photo credit: Per Morton
HADELICH PERFORMS BRAHMS
APR 20 & 21, 2024
SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm
Louis Langrée conductor
Augustin Hadelich violin
Jonathan Bailey HOLLAND New Work (CSO Co-Commission, CSO Premiere)
SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht (“Transfigured Night”)
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
Schoenberg’s music, before he became known as a father of 20th-century 12-tone composition, developed from the harmonic bedrock of Romantics like Brahms, Mahler and Richard Strauss. His “Transfigured Night” was further heightened when Schoenberg met the love of his life and found inspiration in poetry of hope and acceptance. Led by Louis Langrée, the CSO performs this, along with Brahms’ Violin Concerto, which features the return of Grammy-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich, and a cocommission from former CSO Composer-in-Residence Jonathan Bailey Holland. Holland co-commission is made possible by Irwin and Melinda Simon.
Saturday Evening C & Sunday Afternoon Series
Photo credit: Charlie Balcom
DVOŘÁK SYMPHONY
NO. 8
APR 26 & 27, 2024
FRI 7:30 pm; SAT 7:30 pm
Katharina Wincor conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 is filled with optimistic and lyrical music, leading to a finale of fanfares and dances. Conductor Katharina Wincor, who led the May Festival’s 2022 production of Candide, returns to Music Hall and welcomes cellist Sheku KannehMason for Shostakovich’s raw and rhythmic first Cello Concerto.
Friday Evening & Saturday Evening B Series
Photo credit: Jenny Stewart
BEETHOVEN 7 & DESSNER PREMIERES
MAY 3 & 4, 2024
FRI 11 am; SAT 7:30 pm
Louis Langrée conductor
Alice Sara Ott piano
Bryce DESSNER Mari
Bryce DESSNER Piano Concerto
(Co-Commission, US Premiere)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
If Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is known as a musical embodiment of fate, his Seventh carries the spirit of freedom and liberation, with catchy, dance-like melodies woven throughout. Bryce Dessner, founder of Cincinnati’s MusicNOW Festival and a member of the Grammy-winning band The National, shares two of his works for orchestra.
Dessner co-commission made possible by Kari and Jon Ullman.
Friday Morning & Saturday Evening A Series
Photo credit: Jonas Becker
STRAVINSKY’S FIREBIRD
MAY 10, 11 & 12, 2024
FRI 7:30 pm; SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm
Louis Langrée conductor
Latonia Moore soprano
Janni Younge director
Anthony DAVIS New Orchestral Song Cycle (CSO Commission, World Premiere)
STRAVINSKY The Firebird [complete]
This is a Firebird unlike any you’ve experienced before. Louis Langrée, in his final program as Music Director, leads the CSO in the premiere of a new song cycle by Anthony Davis, whose 2007 You Have the Right to Remain Silent made a poignant impression on CSO livestream audiences in 2020. Then, Langrée concludes his tenure in collaboration with South African director Janni Younge of Janni Younge Productions, which is critically acclaimed for imaginative designs including their Tony Award-winning puppetry in War Horse. The result is a visually stunning performance of Stravinsky’s score with music of enchantment, infernal dance, and a finale featuring the Firebird making a glorious appearance inside Music Hall.
Presenting Sponsor: HORAN
Friday Evening, Saturday Evening B & Sunday Afternoon Series
Photo credit: Jordan August
EL NIÑO: NATIVITY RECONSIDERED
NOV 30, 2023
THU 8 pm
Christian Reif conductor
Julia Bullock soprano
Jasmin White mezzo-soprano
Anthony Roth Costanzo countertenor
Davóne Tines bass-baritone
John ADAMS El Niño
In a new arrangement created by conductor Christian Reif, John Adams’ massive revisionist opera-oratorio is transformed into an intimate setting for chamber orchestra. Interweaving biblical verse with poetry by Latin American writers, El Niño considers the Nativity story from Mary’s perspective and explores in Adams’ words, “what is meant by a miracle.”
The CSO is grateful for support from CSO Presenting Sponsors Irwin and Melinda Simon.
FROM THE CANYONS TO THE STARS
MAR 1 & 2, 2024
FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm
Matthias Pintscher conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano
Hicham Berrada video art
MESSIAEN Des canyons aux étoiles
Inspired by his visits to Utah’s Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park, Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles (“From the Canyons to the Stars”) depicts the birdsong and red rock hues he experienced during his time in the desert. Messiaen – who was also synesthetic – heard colors and saw sounds. Accompanied by immersive video-art from Hicham Berrada, Springer Auditorium will be transformed, allowing listeners to escape into the southwestern landscape and experience a synesthesia of their own.
The CSO is grateful for support from CSO Presenting Sponsors Irwin and Melinda Simon.
RÉPONSE
MAY 3, 2024
FRI 8 pm
Louis Langrée conductor
LUTOSŁAWSKI Musique funèbre “Music of Mourning”
Bryce DESSNER Réponse Lutosławski
Bryce DESSNER Tenebre
Lutosławski’s interpretation of music for a funeral, and Bryce Dessner’s Réponse, which was inspired by the Musique funèbre, open this enlightening program. In his Tenebre, Dessner shares his take on the typical music for a Tenebrae service, where the extinguishing of candles symbolizes Christ’s death. But unlike the service’s descent into darkness, Dessner inverts it and takes listeners on a journey from darkness to light.
The CSO is grateful for support from CSO Presenting Sponsors Irwin and Melinda Simon.
SPECIALS
NINA SIMONE PIANO CONCERTO COMPETITION FINALS
OCT 6, 2023 FRI 7:30 pm
Louis Langrée conductor
Created to give a platform to talented young African American pianists, the Competition will take place this summer in Cincinnati on the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music campus. The Competition aims to get more African American artists on concert stages, to commission new works, and to add more African American pianistic voices to the classical canon. Join the competition’s three finalists as they come together with Louis Langrée and the CSO to compete for the grand prize on Music Hall’s stage.
CSO
SPECIALS CLASSICAL ROOTS
APR 19, 2024 FRI 7:30 pm
John Morris Russell conductor
Love and fellowship ring throughout Music Hall for one of Cincinnati’s most anticipated musical traditions of each year! JMR leads the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Classical Roots Community Choir and Nouveau Players in an evening of powerful and inspirational music.
Jeffrey & Jody Lazarow and Janie & Peter Schwartz Family Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
CSO SERIES PACKAGES
FRIDAY MORNING
7 Concerts at 11 AM
BERNSTEIN, PRICE & COPLAND
OCT 13, 2023 | FRI 11 AM
Louis Langrée conductor
George Takei narrator
TETZLAFF & TCHAIKOVSKY'S FIFTH
NOV 10, 2023 | FRI 11 AM
Gustavo Gimeno conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
BACH'S FOURTH & MAHLER'S FIFTH
DEC 1, 2023 | FRI 11 AM
Case Scaglione conductor
Randolph Bowman flute
Henrick Heide flute
Stefani Matsuo violin
RACHMANINOFF & ADAMS
JAN 19, 2024 | FRI 11 AM
Kevin John Edusei conductor
George Li piano
SHOSTAKOVICH: 1905
FEB 2, 2024 | FRI 11 AM
Cristian Măcelaru conductor
Kian Soltani cello
THE INEXTINGUISHABLE
MAR 29, 2024 | FRI 11 AM
Ryan Bancroft conductor
Inon Barnatan piano
BEETHOVEN 7 & DESSNER PREMIERES
MAY 3, 2024 | FRI 11 AM
Louis Langrée conductor
Alice Sara Ott piano
Programs, dates, times and artists subject to change.
FRIDAY EVENING
7 Concerts at 7:30 PM
RING WITHOUT WORDS
OCT 27, 2023 | FRI 7:30 PM
James Gaffigan conductor
THOMAS’ HAMLET
NOV 17, 2023 | FRI 7:30 PM
Louis Langrée conductor
Stéphane Degout Hamlet
Jodie Devos Ophélie
May Festival Chorus
BRAHMS: RUNNICLES & TRIFONOV
JAN 5, 2024 | FRI 7:30 PM
Sir Donald Runnicles conductor
Daniil Trifonov piano
BRAHMS’ REQUIEM
FEB 9, 2024 | FRI 7:30 PM
Louis Langrée conductor
Joélle Harvey soprano
Will Liverman baritone
May Festival Chorus
SPRINGS OF COPLAND & SCHUMANN
MAR 8, 2024 | FRI 7:30 PM
Matthias Pintscher conductor
Conrad Tao piano
DVOŘÁK SYMPHONY NO. 8
APR 26, 2024 | FRI 7:30 PM
Katharina Wincor conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
STRAVINSKY’S FIREBIRD
MAY 10, 2024 | FRI 7:30 PM
Louis Langrée conductor
Latonia Moore soprano
Janni Younge director
SATURDAY EVENING A
7 Concerts at 7:30 PM
BERNSTEIN, PRICE & COPLAND
OCT 14, 2023 | SAT 7:30 PM
Louis Langrée conductor
George Takei narrator
TETZLAFF & TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIFTH
NOV 11, 2023 | SAT 7:30 PM
Gustavo Gimeno conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
BACH’S FOURTH & MAHLER’S FIFTH
DEC 2, 2023 | SAT 7:30 PM
Case Scaglione conductor
Randolph Bowman flute
Henrick Heide flute
Stefani Matsuo violin
RACHMANINOFF & ADAMS
JAN 20, 2024 | SAT 7:30 PM
Kevin John Edusei conductor
George Li piano
SHOSTAKOVICH: 1905
FEB 3, 2024 | SAT 7:30 PM
Cristian Măcelaru conductor
Kian Soltani cello
THE INEXTINGUISHABLE
MAR 30, 2024 | SAT 7:30 PM
Ryan Bancroft conductor
Inon Barnatan piano
BEETHOVEN 7 & DESSNER PREMIERES
MAY 4, 2024 | SAT 7:30 PM
Louis Langrée conductor
Alice Sara Ott piano
SATURDAY EVENING B
7 Concerts at 7:30 PM
*Dates & times unless otherwise noted
RING WITHOUT WORDS
OCT 28, 2023 | SAT 7:30 PM
James Gaffigan conductor
THOMAS’ HAMLET*
OCT 28, 2023 | SAT 7:30 PM
Louis Langrée conductor
Stéphane Degout Hamlet
Jodie Devos Ophélie
May Festival Chorus
BRAHMS: RUNNICLES & TRIFONOV
JAN 6, 2024 | SAT 7:30 PM
Sir Donald Runnicles conductor
Daniil Trifonov piano
BRAHMS’ REQUIEM
FEB 10, 2024 | SAT 7:30 PM
Louis Langrée conductor
Joélle Harvey soprano
Will Liverman baritone
May Festival Chorus
SPRINGS OF COPLAND & SCHUMANN
MAR 9, 2024 | SAT 7:30 PM
Matthias Pintscher conductor
Conrad Tao piano
DVOŘÁK SYMPHONY NO. 8
APR 27, 2024 | SAT 7:30 PM
Katharina Wincor conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
STRAVINSKY’S FIREBIRD
MAY 11, 2024 | SAT 7:30 PM
Louis Langrée conductor
Latonia Moore soprano
Janni Younge director
SATURDAY EVENING C
7 Concerts at 7:30 PM
* Dates & times unless otherwise noted
THE RITE OF SPRING
SEP 30, 2023 | SAT 7:30 PM
Christian Reif conductor
Clara-Jumi Kang violin
SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 5
NOV 25, 2023 | SAT 7:30 PM
Dalia Stasevska conductor
Davóne Tines bass-baritone
BRAHMS: RUNNICLES & TRIFONOV*
JAN 7, 2024 | SUN 2 PM*
Sir Donald Runnicles conductor
Daniil Trifonov piano
SYMPHONIC MOZART*
JAN 27, 2024 | SAT 7:30 PM
Dame Jane Glover conductor
Stefani Matsuo violin
Christian Colberg viola
BRAHMS’ REQUIEM
FEB 11, 2024 | SUN 2 PM*
Louis Langrée conductor
Joélle Harvey soprano
Will Liverman baritone
May Festival Chorus
HEROIC STRAUSS & MELODIC MOZART
MAR 23, 2024 | SAT 7:30 PM
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Pavel Kolesnikov piano
HADELICH PERFORMS BRAHMS
APR 20, 2024 | SAT 7:30 PM
Louis Langrée conductor
Augustin Hadelich violin
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
7 Concerts at 2 PM
THE RITE OF SPRING
OCT 1, 2023 | SUN 2 PM
Christian Reif conductor
Clara-Jumi Kang violin
SIBELIUS SYMPHONY NO. 5
NOV 26, 2023 | SUN 2 PM
Dalia Stasevska conductor
Davóne Tines bass-baritone
SYMPHONIC MOZART
JAN 28, 2024 | SUN 2 PM
Dame Jane Glover conductor
Stefani Matsuo violin
Christian Colberg viola
SPRINGS OF COPLAND & SCHUMANN
MAR 10, 2024 | SUN 2 PM
Matthias Pintscher conductor
Conrad Tao piano
HEROIC STRAUSS & MELODIC MOZART
MAR 24, 2024 | SUN 2 PM
Sir Mark Elder conductor
Pavel Kolesnikov piano
HADELICH PERFORMS BRAHMS
APR 21, 2024 | SUN 2 PM
Louis Langrée conductor
Augustin Hadelich violin
STRAVINSKY’S FIREBIRD
MAY 12, 2024 | SUN 2 PM
Louis Langrée conductor
Latonia Moore soprano
Janni Younge director
Programs, dates, times and artists subject to change.
Season Support
Platinum Baton Circle | $50,000+
ArtsWave • Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation • Ohio Arts Council • National Endowment for the Arts
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Gold Baton Circle | $25,000-$49,999
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HORAN • Johnson Investment Council • Wodecroft Foundation
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Schonbach Landgren • The Daniel & Susan Pfau Foundation
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Commission Underwriters
Ann and Harry Santen • Irwin and Melinda Simon • Connie Bergstein Dow and Buzz Dow Kari and Jon Ullman, Paul and Anna Isaacs, Kelly and Rick Staudigel
The Nina Browne Parker Trust
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The Nina Browne Parker Trust
