Louis Langrée, conductor
Christopher Pell, clarinet
Robert Sullivan, trumpet
Christopher Olka, tuba

GABRIELLA SMITH: Carrot Revolution
CHRISTOPHER CERRONE: A Body, Moving [CSO Commission, World Premiere]
COPLAND: Concerto for Clarinet
ELLINGTON: Night Creature

Juxtaposing newly composed songs for an electro-acoustic ensemble of dynamic musical polymaths—drawn from alternative classical, jazz, neo-soul and experimental rock worlds—with re-contextualized elements of the '80s sound, The Meta Simulacrum Vol. 1 uses the symbology of our shared past to look forward into our uncertain future.

Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
William Brittelle, composition and creation
Kate Nordstrum, creative producer
Isaac Gale, film director, editor, photography
Patrick Marschke, project and production management

Performances & Additional Composition:

Holland Andrews, Channy Leaneagh, Will Johnson, lead vocals
Roomful of Teeth, additional vocals
Immanuel Wilkins, sax
Ian Chang, percussion
Erika Dohi, synth
Chris Fishman, keys
Rafiq Bhatia, guitar
Jackson Hill, bass

A Liquid Music production commissioned and premiered by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

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Damon Gupton, conductor

Grab your popcorn and settle in for a program of celebrated film scores, played with power and passion by the Cincinnati Pops led by Pops Principal Guest Conductor Damon Gupton. Enjoy music from cinematic favorites including Forrest Gump, Schindler’s List, Lincoln, The Mission and more.

Note: This program does not contain film clips.

John Morris Russell, conductor
Mandy Gaines, vocalist
Darius de Haas, vocalist

Nobody swings like the Pops! Join JMR and the Pops for a program filled with favorites from the Great American Songbook, including standards at the heart of mid-century American culture from icons like Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Sam Cooke, and more.

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Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Sean Panikkar, tenor

MAHLER (arr. Cortese): Das Lied von der Erde ("The Song of the Earth")

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John Morris Russell, conductor
Michael Chertock, piano
Julie Spangler, piano

Camille Saint-Saëns’s beloved Carnival of the Animals is a merry, musical menagerie filled with Lions, Donkeys, Elephants and more. This is the wildest way to introduce even the littlest listeners to the sounds of the orchestra.

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Louis Langrée, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano

WALKER: Folk Songs for Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 2
KODÁLY: Galántai táncok (Dances of Galánta)

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John Morris Russell, conductor
Jessica Hendy, vocalist
Melvin Tunstall III, vocalist
Veronica Stern, vocalist

While the lights on Broadway may be dark for the moment, JMR and the Pops light up Music Hall’s stage with memorable music from some of Broadway’s greatest shows including Chicago, Wicked, and Les Misérables, as well as Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from On the Town.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s Nate Bachhuber and composer William Brittelle explore the creation of the The Meta Simulacrum Vol. 1.

The Meta Simulacrum Vol. 1 was commissioned by Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. This talk is a co-presentation of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Walker Art Center and The Great Northern Festival.

The CSO will livestream the full performance of The Meta Simulacrum Vol. 1 free to the public, on May 2, 2021 at 8 pm EST at cincinnatisymphony.org/live.