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The summer heat might still be lingering, but the fall Classical music season is already providing a tang in the air. As always, the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops orchestras are leading the procession with some spectacular programs to close out the calendar year and begin their 2006-07 seasons at Music Hall. The CSO kicks off its season with an all-Brahms program on Sept. 15 and 16, conducted by Maestro Paavo Jarvi and featuring renowned violinist Gil Shaham performing the “Violin Concerto in D Minor.” Maestro Jarvi also conducts the remaining September programs featuring works by Mozart, Schumann and Tubin, joined by bassoonist William Winstead (Sept. 22-23) and cellist Truls Mork (Sept. 29-30). October’s programs will offer a variety of guest conductors, including James DePriest (Oct. 6-7), Andrey Boreyko (joined by violin superstar Hilary Hahn, Oct. 13-14) and assistant conductor Robert Porco (Oct. 27-28) directing the CSO’s performances of works by Mendelssohn, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Britten and Schubert. Maestro Jarvi returns in November to conduct Bernstein’s “Slava!” (Nov. 3-4) and an all-orchestral program of Messiaen’s “L’ Ascension” and Mahler’s “Symphony No. 9 in D Major” (Nov. 10-11). The CSO’s 2006 season closes with guest conductors Gianandrea Noseda (Nov. 16 and 18, with pianist Leon McCawley) and Kwame Ryan (Dec. 2-3, with percussionist Colin Currie).
The Pops opens its season next weekend (Sept. 8-10) with “The Essential Sinatra,” as maestro Erich Kunzel conducts a program featuring the Chairman’s signature tunes as interpreted by local vocalist Jefferey Berger and featuring Lindy Hop dancers Steven Bailey and Nathalie Gomes and Latin/Ballroom steppers Alex Lazo and Co. Maestro Kunzel and the Pops offer a tribute to Hollywood with “Go to the Movies” (Oct. 20-22), renowned composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch returns to lead the Pops through his hits for a pair of performances (Nov. 12 and 19) and the great-grandchildren of Georg and Maria Von Trapp, whose family drama was portrayed in The Sound of Music, will join Kunzel and the Pops for a special holiday program (Dec. 8-10).
The Chamber Music Network of Greater Cincinnati will sponsor “Chamber Palooza!,” the first ever Chamber music festival on Sept. 9 at the Cincinnati Art Museum’s Great Hall and Miro Hall. Featured performers include the Azmari Quartet, the Cincinnati Klezmer Duo, Apollo’s Cabinet, Conundrum with pianist Phil Amalong, among many others.
The summer heat might still be lingering, but the fall Classical music season is already providing a tang in the air. As always, the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops orchestras are leading the procession with some spectacular programs to close out the calendar year and begin their 2006-07 seasons at Music Hall. The CSO kicks off its season with an all-Brahms program on Sept. 15 and 16, conducted by Maestro Paavo Jarvi and featuring renowned violinist Gil Shaham performing the “Violin Concerto in D Minor.” Maestro Jarvi also conducts the remaining September programs featuring works by Mozart, Schumann and Tubin, joined by bassoonist William Winstead (Sept. 22-23) and cellist Truls Mork (Sept. 29-30). October’s programs will offer a variety of guest conductors, including James DePriest (Oct. 6-7), Andrey Boreyko (joined by violin superstar Hilary Hahn, Oct. 13-14) and assistant conductor Robert Porco (Oct. 27-28) directing the CSO’s performances of works by Mendelssohn, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Britten and Schubert. Maestro Jarvi returns in November to conduct Bernstein’s “Slava!” (Nov. 3-4) and an all-orchestral program of Messiaen’s “L’ Ascension” and Mahler’s “Symphony No. 9 in D Major” (Nov. 10-11). The CSO’s 2006 season closes with guest conductors Gianandrea Noseda (Nov. 16 and 18, with pianist Leon McCawley) and Kwame Ryan (Dec. 2-3, with percussionist Colin Currie). …
The Pops opens its season next weekend (Sept. 8-10) with “The Essential Sinatra,” as maestro Erich Kunzel conducts a program featuring the Chairman’s signature tunes as interpreted by local vocalist Jefferey Berger and featuring Lindy Hop dancers Steven Bailey and Nathalie Gomes and Latin/Ballroom steppers Alex Lazo and Co. Maestro Kunzel and the Pops offer a tribute to Hollywood with “Go to the Movies” (Oct. 20-22), renowned composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch returns to lead the Pops through his hits for a pair of performances (Nov. 12 and 19) and the great-grandchildren of Georg and Maria Von Trapp, whose family drama was portrayed in The Sound of Music, will join Kunzel and the Pops for a special holiday program (Dec. 8-10). …
The Chamber Music Network of Greater Cincinnati will sponsor “Chamber Palooza!,” the first ever Chamber music festival on Sept. 9 at the Cincinnati Art Museum’s Great Hall and Miro Hall. Featured performers include the Azmari Quartet, the Cincinnati Klezmer Duo, Apollo’s Cabinet, Conundrum with pianist Phil Amalong, among many others. The event is free and open to the public. …
The Azmari Quartet, the Corbett String Quartet-in-Residence at Northern Kentucky University since 2003, will return to inaugurate the Linton Chamber Music Series on Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church in Avondale. The performance will also feature Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. …
And for those who don’t mind a Classical road trip, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra has the distinct honor of hosting the incomparable Itzhak Perlman, perhaps the world’s premier violin virtuoso, for a program featuring Brahms, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Kreisler at Dayton’s Schuster Center on Oct. 12. The DPO will also celebrate the 100th anniversary of Shostokovich’s birthday on Nov. 19.
This article appears in Aug 30 – Sep 5, 2006.
