It’s wonderful news when Cincinnati’s two largest professional musical ensembles, the Cincinnati Symphony and cincinnati pops orchestras, announce their new seasons.
In fact, that was the case on Monday, when the bands announced a full roster of performances for the 2021-2022 season spanning October through July next year. Unsurprisingly, the season is packed with a generous roster of new and familiar guest soloists and conductors, as well as a dozen world premieres and an encyclopedic repertoire ranging from Beethoven to Ravel and a couple of recitals. ‘special events; the pianist Daniil Trifonov (November 10) and the violinist Itzhak Perlman (April 10).
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But somehow, the biggest novelty is that when they come back in the fall, the orchestras will perform in a Music Hall running at full capacity, that’s a massive jump from the three hundred seats you have since the orchestra has become one. of the few in the country to resume live performances last fall. Even then, the orchestra betting with only a portion of its musicians level at one point. In the fall, it will also be a return to a full orchestra.
“This upcoming season will be special,” music director Louis Langree said in a prepared statement. “Celebrate our return to life and one with music and performances filled with excitement and power that have been repressed for so long. . . musicians and I can’t wait!
In addition to a full subscription concert program, the orchestras announced the classic “Red, White and Boom!”of the Pops. July concert at the Riverbend Music Center and several “Classical Roots” concerts in August:
Despite the inclusion of many notable guest conductors, Roderick Cox, James Conlon and Karina Canellakis, Langree is expected to conduct 8 of the CSO’s 15 subscription concerts. He will also conduct the world and U. S. premieres of 8 of the CSO’s 10 commissions and co-commissions and 1 of the 2 CSO Proof programs, the Orchestra’s experimental experiment incubator.
On the pop side, the season celebrates director John Morris Russell’s tenth anniversary with systems including a return of the “Circus of the Symphony” and singers Tamika Lawrence, CoCo Smith and CCM graduate Blaine Krauss in tribute to Aretha Franklin.
Damon Gupton, guest conductor of Pops, will return to pay tribute to John Williams at the time of the composer’s birthday.
For a full list of seasons, as well as ticket prices and venues, stop by CSO’s website, cincinnatisymphony. org. Subscription packages are on sale now, while singles tickets will be available starting September 27.
7-8 October; “CSO Proof – Anno: The Four Seasons”, Anna Meredith and Antonio Vivaldi, composers; Louis Langree, conductor; with electronics through Anna Meredith, video through Eleanor Meredith and sound design through Simon Hendry.
29-30 October; Brahms “F-A-E Sonata, Scherzo”, Andrew Norman “Suspend”, a for piano and orchestra, Brahms “Symphony No. 3»; Louis Langree, conductor, Drew Petersen, piano, Stefani Matsuo, violin.
19-20 November; Beethoven “Symphony No. 8”, Haydn “Concerto in D major”, Sebastian Currier “Track 8” (CSO Commission, world premiere) “with pianist Emanuel Axe; Louis Langrée, director.
26-27 November; Debussy “Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune”, Ravel “Piano Concerto in G”, Mendelssohn “Symphonie n ° 3” (“Scots”); Conrad Tao, piano; Roderick Cox, conductor.
28-29 January; Matthias Pintscher “Violin Concerto” (CSO Commission, world premiere), Rachmaninoff “Symphonic Dances”; Leila Josefowicz, violin; Matthias Pintscher, conductor.
29-30 April; “JMR’s Greatest Hits,” which celebrates pop director John Morris Russell’s decade at the helm of the Cincinnati Pops, with special visitors and new paintings commissioned through Grammy Award-winning composer Eric Whitacre.
6-8 May; Guillaume Connesson “Concerto for oboe” (CSO Commission, world premiere), Rachmaninoff “Symphony No. 2”; Dwight Parry, oboe; Louis Langrée, conductor.
14-15 May; Gabriela Ortiz “Obra nueva” (CSO Commission, World Premiere), Symphony n. Bruckner°7; Louis Langrée, director.