The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has many reasons to launch its 2022–23 season with Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 on September 24 and 25. “Frankly, I don’t know anyone who doesn’t deeply love this music,” says Music Director Louis Langrée. “Anytime you hear this piece, it becomes a celebration.”
All three concerts this month live up to Russell’s oft-repeated mantra to “give the audience the good stuff.”
Welcome to the 2022–23 season! The cover of this issue of Fanfare Magazine is symbolic, as we have taken to heart the all-encompassing themes of resurrection and renewal.
“This is music that really resonates with me,” says conductor John Morris Russell. Now, JMR loves LOTS of music. But when he talks about these concerts—“Hear Me Roar: A Celebration of Women in Song”—he sounds more pensive than usual.
In celebration and honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we hear directly from those in our organization with Hispanic/Latin heritage: Christian Colberg, the Orchestra’s Principal Viola (Louise D. & Louis Nippert Chair), who is from San Juan, Puerto Rico; CSO Board of Directors member Dr. Maria Espinola, whose heritage is Argentinian; and staff payroll specialist Natalia Lerzundi, who was born in Peru.
En celebración y honor del Mes de la Herencia Hispana, escuchamos directamente a aquellos en nuestra organización con herencia hispana/latina: Christian Colberg, la viola principal de la orquesta (auspiciado por Louise D. y Louis Nippert), quien es de San Juan, Puerto Rico; la Dra. María Espínola, miembro de la Junta de Directores de la OSC, de ascendencia argentina; y la contable a cargo de la nómina Natalia Lerzundi, nacida en Perú.
Spurred on by their participation in the 2020 Fanfare Project, Hurford and Gilbertson began to consider their legacy and how they could support the work of the CSO for decades into the future.
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