Requiem, eternal light and hummingbirds at Cincinnati May Festival

Erica Petrocelli, Kate Lindsay, Joshua Blue, Michael Sumuel and James Conlon

The May Festival Chorus and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Von Sam Jacobson, 01 Juni 2023

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Music Hall, Cincinnati, am 25 Mai 2023

Adolphe, Crown of Hummingbirds (World premiere)

Mozart, Requiem in d-Moll, KV626

Erica Petrocelli, Sopran

Kate Lindsey, Mezzosopran

Joshua Blue, Tenor

Michael Sumuel, Bassbariton

May Festival Chorus

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

James Conlon, Musikalische Leitung

Red rocks, interstellar calls, exotic birds... in Cincinnati

Sam Jacobson, 1st March

The Cincinnati Symphony vividly brings to life sprawling vistas of the American West in a stellar performance of Messiaen’s vast Des Canyons aux étoiles…

****1

Cincinnati May Festival closes 150th season with a glorious Mahler 8

Sam Jacobson, 27th May

The May Festival pulls all the stops to close their sesquicentennial season with Mahler’s vast and triumphant Eighth Symphony.

****1

Remarkable survey of 20th-century works by the Cincinnati Symphony

Sam Jacobson, 29th October

The Cincinnati Symphony thoughtfully illuminates a diverse cross-section of 20th-century repertoire with conductor Michael Francis and pianist Behzod Abduraimov.

****1

Death and renewal: Mahler in Cincinnati

Cameron Kelsall, 27th March

Conductor Matthias Pintscher and soloists Michelle DeYoung and Sean Panikker offered a moving but uneven interpretation of Das Lied von der Erde.

***11

Langrée conducts Cincinnati Symphony in folk-inspired concert

Sam Jacobson, 26th February

The CSO packed much excitement into an hour-long program, featuring folk-inspired works of Walker and Kodály, along with the irresistible charm of Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto.

***11

You Have the Right to Remain Silent: Anthony McGill in Cincinnati

Timothy Robson, 21st November

Music Director Louis Langrée leads a program of Schubert, Julia Perry's Homunculus CF and Anthony Davis's You Have the Right to Remain Silent, featuring Anthony McGill as an outstanding clarinet soloist.

***11

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Sam Jacobson

Sam Jacobson has been writing for Bachtrack since 2015 and is currently in Pittsburgh, having previously lived throughout the Midwest. A keen traveler, he endeavors to see all the great orchestras and opera houses across the US and abroad. Outside of music, he works as a software engineer. He also maintains a blog which can be read here.

Requiem, eternal light and crowns of hummingbirds at Cincinnati May Festival