In-Person Concerts
We’re thrilled to welcome audiences back to Music Hall for socially distanced, limited capacity performances, in accordance with all safety protocols.
Join us for an intimate and diverse palette of music, including premieres and rare and well-known gems that are uniquely responsive to our times. Appropriate safety protocols are in place. (Interested in Pops concerts? Browse Pops programs here.)
If you're not ready to come back in person, that's ok—we understand! You can still enjoy the Orchestra at home with our Digital Concert Series.
PINTSCHER CONDUCTS MAHLER'S THE SONG OF THE EARTH
Fri Mar 5, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sat Mar 6, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Sean Panikkar, tenor
CSO Creative Partner Matthias Pintscher conducts Mahler’s introspective examination of life.
This program will also premiere on our Digital Concert Series on MAR 27.
GUSTAV MAHLER (arr. Cortese): Das Lied von der Erde ("The Song of the Earth")
ALPHA & OMEGA
Sat Mar 13, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Sun Mar 14, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Fri Mar 12, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano
Mozart’s first and final symphonies bookend this all-Mozart weekend.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat Major
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, Jupiter
TRAVELING WITH MOZART
Sat Mar 13, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sun Mar 14, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Melissa White, violin
This all-Mozart weekend features violinist Melissa White and Mozart’s European escapades.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 31 in D Major, Paris
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, Strasburg
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, Prague
DIGITAL CONCERT: PINTSCHER CONDUCTS MAHLER'S THE SONG OF THE EARTH
Sat Mar 27, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Sean Panikkar, tenor
Watch this digital concert FREE the night of the premiere, and for 24 hours afterwards, at cincinnatisymphony.org/live. Watch it on demand after the 24 hour period at CSO & Pops On Demand.
MAHLER (arr. Cortese): Das Lied von der Erde ("The Song of the Earth")
CERRONE BRASS PREMIERE & ELLINGTON
Fri Apr 9, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sat Apr 10, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sun Apr 11, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Christopher Pell, clarinet
Robert Sullivan, trumpet
Christopher Olka, tuba
This program will also premiere on our Digital Concert Series on APR 30.
GABRIELLA SMITH: Carrot Revolution
CHRISTOPHER CERRONE: A Body, Moving [CSO Commission, World Premiere]
AARON COPLAND: Concerto for Clarinet
DUKE ELLINGTON: Night Creature
NEW CROWNED HOPE
Sat Apr 24, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Sun Apr 25, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Late works fill an all-Mozart program with notes of love, charity and truth.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major
PORTAL TO ROMANTICISM
Sat Apr 24, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sun Apr 25, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Fri Apr 23, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Christopher Sales, bassoon
With urgency and passion, Mozart opens the door to Romanticism.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 25 in G Minor
WOFLGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor
DIGITAL CONCERT: CERRONE BRASS PREMIERE & ELLINGTON
Fri Apr 30, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Christopher Pell, clarinet
Robert Sullivan, trumpet
Christopher Olka, tuba
Watch this digital concert FREE the night of the premiere, and for 24 hours afterwards, at cincinnatisymphony.org/live. Watch it on demand after the 24 hour period at CSO & Pops On Demand.
GABRIELLA SMITH: Carrot Revolution
CHRISTOPHER CERRONE: A Body, Moving [CSO Commission, World Premiere]
COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto
ELLINGTON: Night Creature
CSO Proof: The Right To Be Forgotten
Sat May 1, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Do you remember your brain before the internet? Learn more.
The Right to Be Forgotten: Volume One
words & music by Gabriel Kahane
Co-commissioned by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Oregon Symphony
CSO PROOF: The Meta Simulacrum Vol. 1
Sun May 2, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Members of the CSO
William Brittelle, composition and creation
Kate Nordstrum, creative producer
Isaac Gale, film director, editor, photography
Patrick Marschke, project and production management
Grounded in retro-futurism of ‘80s culture, we peer into our collective lost future. Learn more.
Watch this digital event FREE the night of the premiere, and for 24 hours afterwards, at cincinnatisymphony.org/live. Watch it on demand after the 24 hour period at CSO & Pops On Demand.
REINHARDT CONDUCTS MENDELSSOHN'S ITALIAN
Fri May 14, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sat May 15, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sun May 16, 2021 | 2:00 pm
SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Classical
GRAƻYNA BACEWICZ: Concerto for String Orchestra
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Italian
We’re thrilled to welcome audiences back to Music Hall for socially distanced, limited capacity performances, in accordance with all safety protocols.
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