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"The hottest artist on the classical music planet." The New York Times on Lang Lang

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SPECIAL CONCERT - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

LANG LANG PLAYS BEETHOVEN

THURS SEPT 17, 7:30 PM

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Lang Lang, piano

COPLAND: Fanfare for the
Common Man
BERNSTEIN: Divertimento
for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2
BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances
from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide

CSO/Lang Lang Presenting Sponsor:        Joseph J. Schott Foundation

The Lang Lang International Music Foundation

The Pianist Who is More Famous Than the Beatles (Scena.org)

Ten Questions for Lang Lang (Time Magazine Video Interview)


“…a natural talent that is rare indeed.” Neue Musik Zeitung on Alina Pogotskina

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Sponsor: USBank


 

 

 
BREATHTAKING FORCES

FRI SEPT 25, 8 PM
SAT SEPT 26, 8 PM
SUN SEPT 27, 3 PM

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Alina Pogostkina, violin
May Festival Chorus
  Robert Porco director

STRAUSS:
  Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
  (“Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks”)
ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR: Symphony No. 7*
  (U.S. premiere)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto*
BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor*
*Sunday Matinee program

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“…a kinetic force on the podium...” The New York Times on Kristjan Jarvi

  

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LATIN NIGHTS

FRI OCT 2, 8 PM
SAT OCT 3, 8 PM

Kristjan Järvi, conductor
Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneón

GINASTERA: Four Dances
from Estancia
PIAZZOLLA: Aconcagua Concerto for Bandoneon
REVUELTAS:
La Noche de los Mayas
(“The Night of the Mayans”)

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Sponsor: Bartlett & Co

 
AMERICAN PROMISE

FRI OCT 9, 8 PM
SAT OCT 10, 8 PM

William Eddins, conductor/piano

COPLAND: Suite from
  Appalachian Spring
ROBERTO SIERRA:
  Sphinx Consortium Commission
GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto

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“She tore into the finale, in a triumph of dazzling technique, warmth and spontaneity.” Cincinnati Enquirer on Sayaka Shoji

  

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Sponsor: The Ladislas & Vilma Segoe Family Foundation
FAN FAVORITES

THURS OCT 15, 7:30 PM
FRI OCT 16, 11 AM
SAT OCT 17, 8 PM

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Sayaka Shoji, violin

BARBER: Adagio for Strings
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2

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“Most refreshing was that [he] played with a genuine sense of joy, even when tossing off technical feats.” Cincinnati Enquirer on Henning Kraggerud

  

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HEAR AND NOW

FRI NOV 20, 8 PM
SAT NOV 21, 8 PM

Stéphane Denève, conductor
Henning Kraggerud, violin

GUILLAUME CONNESSON:
  Aleph: Symphonic Dances
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4,
  K. 218
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2

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“[Ingrid Fliter] made the music sound as though it were being born under her fingers…” Washington Post

  

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Sponsor: Fort Washington Investment Advisors

 
MUSICAL PASSPORT

FRI DEC 4, 8 PM
SAT DEC 5, 8 PM

Tito Muñoz, conductor
Ingrid Fliter, piano

COPLAND: El Salón México
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1
ELGAR: Enigma Variations

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“The Messiah is apparently this ensemble's calling card and one admired its razor-sharp diction, crisp rhythms, and dead-on intonation throughout. It was a splendid night!” Musical America on the May Festival Chorus

 

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MESSIAH

THURS DEC 17, 7:30 PM
SAT DEC 19, 8 PM
SUN DEC 20, 3 PM*
(*special added concert)

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
May Festival Chorus
  Robert Porco, director

HANDEL: Messiah
(with surtitles)

The Thurs performance of Messiah
will be shortened to 2 hours with intermission.

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“Matsuev, winner of the 1998 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, has much in common with Vladimir Horowitz: the flaring virtuosity, the range of sonority going from a golden whisper to a mighty roar.”
Chicago Tribune

  

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PIANO POWER

FRI JAN 8, 11 AM
SAT JAN 9, 8 PM
SUN JAN 10, 3 PM

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Denis Matsuev, piano

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3*
MESSIAEN: Le tombeau resplendissant
  (“The Shining Tomb”)
MOZART: Symphony No. 38, K. 504,Prague*
*Sunday Matinee program

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“…Brueggergosman has a talent for making music sound as soulful and rapturous as possible.”
San Francisco Chronicle

  

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CARMINA BURANA

FRI JAN 15, 8 PM
SAT JAN 16, 8 PM

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
Laura Claycomb, soprano
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Stephen Powell, baritone
May Festival Chorus
  Robert Porco, director
Cincinnati Children’s Choir
  Robyn Lana, director


MESSIAEN: Un sourire (“A Smile”)
BERLIOZ: Les nuits d’été
  (“Summer Nights”) (with surtitles)
ORFF: Carmina burana
(with surtitles)

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“Her performance…literally tore the audience from their seats…” Basler Zeitung

  

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ASCENDING BEAUTY
FRI JAN 22. 8 PM
SAT JAN 23, 8 PM

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Alice Sara Ott, piano

LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8

 


“…an elegant, forthright and sensitive musician.” Boston Globe on Imogen Cooper

  

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BRILLIANT BEETHOVEN

FRI JAN 29, 11 AM
SAT JAN 30, 8 PM

John Nelson, conductor
Imogen Cooper, piano

BEETHOVEN:
  Suite from The Creatures
   of Prometheus
  Piano Concerto No. 3
  Symphony No. 7

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“…he is a big romantic at heart, which was evident from the opening notes of the concert’s curtain-raiser…” The Cleveland Plain-Dealer on Pinchas Steinberg

  

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I LIKE TCHAIK

THURS FEB 4, 7:30 PM
SAT FEB 6, 8 PM

Pinchas Steinberg, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY:
  Serenade for Strings
  Symphony No. 4

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“If one could be any pianist today who else could one choose to be than Radu Lupu?” Chicago Sun-Times

 

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PICASSO FOR
THE EARS

FRI FEB 12, 8 PM
SAT FEB 13, 8 PM

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Radu Lupu, piano

RAVEL: Five Nursery Songs
  from Mother Goose
BARTÓK: Piano Concerto No. 3
BACH/orch.Webern: Fuga Ricercare
  from The Musical Offering
LUTOSLAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra

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"Janine Jansen is the most exciting violinist of her generation..."  Der Spiegel		  

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STRING FEVER

FRI FEB 19, 8 PM
SAT FEB 20, 8 PM

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto
ROTT: Symphony in E Major

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“Jean-Yves Thibaudet…managed to combine swooning tenderness with majestic proclamation, songful sweetness with grand virtuosic sheen.” Washington Post

  

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MAGNIFIQUE!

FRI MAR 12, 8 PM

SAT MAR 13, 8 PM
SUN MAR 14, 3 PM

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

HENRI DUTILLEUX: Symphony No. 1*
GRIEG: Piano Concerto*
BIZET: Symphony No. 1
 *Sunday Matinee program

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“Such soaring beauty of tone, such strength and purity of feeling, that this hardened listener burst into tears.” Boston Globe on Stefan Jackiw

  

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INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE

FRI MAR 19, 11 AM
SAT MAR 20, 8 PM

Arild Remmereit, conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin

SIBELIUS: Finlandia
BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 3, Polish

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"Stylistically unfettered, technically polished and musically uncompromising, Mørk lets nothing come between us and the music except his artistry." The Independent

  

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Sponsor: Macy's Foundation (Thu only)

Sponsor: Horan (Fri and Sat only)
MUSICAL SEDUCTION

THURS MAR 25, 7:30 PM
FRI MAR 26, 11 AM
SAT MAR 27, 8 PM

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Truls Mørk, cello

MOZART: Overture to
The Abduction from
the Seraglio, K. 384
ELGAR: Cello Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade

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“Now the classical music scene can claim the prodigiously gifted Venezuelan-born pianist Gabriela Montero, who has made free improvisation a major element of her artistry.” The New York Times

  

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RUSSIAN GIANTS

FRI APR 9, 11 AM
SAT APR 10, 8 PM

Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Gabriela Montero, piano

RACHMANINOFF:
  Piano Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5

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 “…an ecstasy and a generosity that lift performance into the realm of pure happiness.” The New York Times on Alisa Weilerstein

  

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LEAPS & BOUNDS

FRI APR 16, 8 PM
SAT APR 17, 8 PM

Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
Timothy Lees, violin
Alisa Weilerstein, cello

JOHN PICKARD:
The Flight of Icarus
BRAHMS: Double Concerto
HAYDN: Symphony No. 90

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“…the sun shone out of every bar.” Leipziger Volkszeitung on Isabelle van Keulen

  

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ROMAN HOLIDAY

FRI APR 23, 11 AM
SAT APR 24, 8 PM
SUN APR 25, 3 PM

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Isabelle van Keulen, viola

BERLIOZ:
  Roman Carnival Overture
  Harold in Italy Symphony*
  Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
RESPIGHI: Pini di Roma*
(“Pines of Rome”)
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“The Finnish conductor John Storgårds ensured that every phrase had atmosphere and idiomatic colour…” Daily Telegraph

  

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THREE’S A CHARM

FRI APR 30, 8 PM

SAT MAY 1, 8 PM

John Storgårds, conductor
Baiba Skride, violin
Jan Vogler, cello
Lauma Skride, piano

BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2

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“...bursts of focused energy and a silver-edged timbre..." The New York Times 		 

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COME FULL CIRCLE

THURS MAY 6, 7:30 PM

SAT MAY 8, 8 PM

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Alexander Toradze, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
WAGNER: Music from The Ring
  (Orchestral Selections)

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