20/21 CSO Full Season

COVID update: Limited-capacity concerts resume at Music Hall

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.)

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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.

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

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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.

Program: 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

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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.

Program: 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

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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.

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

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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.

Program: GABRIELLA SMITH: Carrot Revolution

CHRISTOPHER CERRONE: A Body, Moving [CSO Commission, World Premiere]

AARON COPLAND: Concerto for Clarinet

DUKE ELLINGTON: Night Creature

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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.

Program: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major

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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.

Program: 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

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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.

Program: GABRIELLA SMITH: Carrot Revolution

CHRISTOPHER CERRONE: A Body, Moving [CSO Commission, World Premiere]
COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto

ELLINGTON: Night Creature

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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.

Program: 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

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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.

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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

Ruth Reinhardt, conductor

Conductor Ruth Reinhardt leads the CSO in a colorful season finale.

Program: SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Classical

GRAŻYNA BACEWICZ: Concerto for String Orchestra

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Italian

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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.

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