Jan-May 2021 Event Schedule
We’re thrilled to welcome audiences into Music Hall starting Jan 2021 for socially distanced, limited capacity performances, in accordance with all safety protocols. Tickets on sale now via our website or by phone: 513.381.3300 (M-F, 10-2). Below is a comprehensive, all-new schedule of events, including free Digital Concerts and in-person live performances.
LANGRÉE & GERSTEIN: IMPRESSIONS OF FOLK
Fri Jan 29, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sat Jan 30, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sun Jan 31, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
This program will also premiere on our Digital Concert Series on FEB 26.
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WALKER: Folksongs for Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH: Concerto No. 2 in F Major for Piano and Orchestra
KODÁLY: Galántai táncok (Dances of Galánta)
BIZET & RODRIGO'S CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ
Thu Feb 4, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sat Feb 6, 2021 | 7:30 pm
François López-Ferrer, conductor
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitar
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KAREEM ROUSTOM: Dabke
RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra
BIZET: Symphony No. 1 in C Major
CSO PROOF: Creative Conversations
Fri Feb 5, 2021 | 8:30 pm
LIVESTREAM EVENT: Enjoy music and video shared from the Meta Simulacrum featuring some of the project’s collaborators: Will Johnson, Erika Dohi, and Channy Leaneagh followed by a Q&A. The full performance of this project will be streamed on May 2, 2021.
Watch this digital event FREE at cincinnatisymphony.org/live.
SPIRITED RIFFS
Fri Feb 19, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sat Feb 20, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sun Feb 21, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
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MILHAUD: La création du monde ("The Creation of the World")
ANTHONY DAVIS: Litany of Sins
BERNSTEIN: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
JOHN ADAMS: Chamber Symphony
DIGITAL CONCERT: LANGRÉE & GERNSTEIN: IMPRESSIONS OF FOLK
Fri Feb 26, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Watch this digital concert FREE the night of the premiere, and for 24 hours afterwards, at cincinnatisymphony.org/live.
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WALKER: Folk Songs for Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 2
KODÁLY: Galántai táncok (Dances of Galánta)
CARNAVAL!
Sat Feb 27, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sun Feb 28, 2021 | 2:00 pm
John Morris Russell, conductor
Héctor Del Curto, Bandoneón
Camille Zamora, soprano
Take a trip with JMR and the Pops to the sunny shores of Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, and beyond in this celebration of sophisticated sounds and romantic rhythms from the southern hemisphere.
DIGITAL CONCERT: CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
Sat Feb 27, 2021 | 10:30 am
Look out, Fiona! A musical zoo comes to Music Hall. Learn more.
Watch this digital concert FREE the day of the premiere, and for 24 hours afterwards, at cincinnatisymphony.org/live.
PINTSCHER CONDUCTS MAHLER'S DAS LIED
Fri Mar 5, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sat Mar 6, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Sean Panikkar, tenor
This program will also premiere on our Digital Concert Series on MAR 27.
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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
Louis Langrée, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano
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MOZART: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat Major
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major
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
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MOZART: Symphony No. 31 in D Major, Paris
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, Strasburg
MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, Prague
DIGITAL CONCERT: PINTSCHER CONDUCTS MAHLER'S DAS LIED
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.
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MAHLER (arr. Cortese): Das Lied von der Erde ("The Song of the Earth")
MID-CENTURY SONGBOOK: ELLA, NAT & MORE
Fri Apr 2, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sat Apr 3, 2021 | 7:30 pm
John Morris Russell, conductor
Mandy Gaines, vocalist
Darius de Haas, vocalist
Join JMR and the Pops for a program filled with favorites from the Great American Songbook, including standards icons like Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, Nat King Cole and more.
This program will also premiere on our Digital Concert Series on APR 2.
DIGITAL CONCERT: MID-CENTURY SONGBOOK
Fri Apr 2, 2021 | 7:30 pm
John Morris Russell, conductor
Join JMR and the Pops for a program filled with favorites from the Great American Songbook, including standards icons like Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, Nat King Cole and more.
Watch this digital concert FREE the night of the premiere, and for 24 hours afterwards, at cincinnatisymphony.org/live.
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.
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GABRIELLA SMITH: Carrot Revolution
CHRISTOPHER CERRONE: Concerto for Trumpet, Tuba and Orchestra [CSO Commission, World Premiere]
COPLAND: Concerto for Clarinet
ELLINGTON: Night Creature
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MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute
MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music
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
Louis Langrée, conductor
Christopher Sales, bassoon
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MOZART: Symphony No. 25 in G Minor
MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major
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.
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GABRIELLA SMITH: Carrot Revolution
CHRISTOPHER CERRONE: Concerto for Trumpet, Tuba and Orchestra [CSO Commission, World Premiere]
COPLAND: Clarinet ConcertoELLINGTON: 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.
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The Right to Be Forgotten: Volume One
words & music by Gabriel KahaneCo-commissioned by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Oregon Symphony
DIGITAL CONCERT: CSO PROOF: The MetaSimulacrum Vol. 1
Sun May 2, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Members of the CSO
William Britelle, composition and creation
Kate Nordstrum, creative producer
Andrea Hyde, art director
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.
THE GREAT FILM SCORES
Fri May 7, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sat May 8, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Sun May 9, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Damon Gupton, conductor
Grab your popcorn and go! Pops Principal Guest Conductor Damon Gupton leads in a collection of celebrated film scores.
This program will also premiere on our Digital Concert Series on MAY 8.
DIGITAL CONCERT: THE GREAT FILM SCORES
Sat May 8, 2021 | 7:30 pm
Damon Gupton, conductor
Grab your popcorn and go! Pops Principal Guest Conductor Damon Gupton leads in a collection of celebrated film scores.
Watch this digital concert FREE the night of the premiere, and for 24 hours afterwards, at cincinnatisymphony.org/live.
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
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PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Classical
GRAŻYNA BACEWICZ: Concerto for String Orchestra
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Italian
