by Ken Smith
he 2023–24 season is Louis Langrée’s last as CSO Music Director, and he’ll open the season in much the same way he did in 2013, with performances of Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, this time with narrator George Takei. In Part I of a series about Langrée’s tenure, “The History of the Future," you’ll learn about his selection process and his early days with the Orchestra.
Cincinnati Pops conductor John Morris Russell first heard the music of Stephen Schwartz at a production of Godspell he attended in his youth, an experience that opened musical doors for him. In a full circle moment, JMR leads the Pops and pianist/host Stephen Schwartz in “An Evening with Stephen Schwartz and Friends."
Welcome to our 2023–24 season and Louis Langrée’s final season as Music Director of our Orchestra. Although we mark the beginning of each subscription season in the fall, our Orchestra maintains a busy schedule all year long and continues to perform throughout the summer.
This fall, Christian Reif and James Gaffigan explore two juggernauts of the repertoire, with a twist.
On October 6, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and partner organization The Art of the Piano will present a concert featuring the three finalists of the inaugural Nina Simone Piano Competition. At the conclusion of the evening, prizes and medals will be awarded, with the Gold Medalist and Grand Prize Winner receiving $50,000 and performance opportunities.
One challenge that contemporary orchestral composers face is the near-impossibility of fully workshopping their music before its first performance. Enter EarShot, a 25-year-old program of the American Composers Orchestra (ACO), which bills itself as “the first ongoing, systematic program for developing relationships between composers and orchestras on a national level.”
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