Cinematic splendour and patriotic fervour

By Dominic Lowe, 29 August 2017

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“the CSO’s brass section proved to be a major highlight of the evening”

Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 27 August 2017

Bernstein, On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite

Copland, Lincoln Portrait

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64

Bernstein, Candide: Overture

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Louis Langrée, Conductor

Charles Dance, Narrator

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

Requiem, eternal light and hummingbirds at Cincinnati May Festival

Sam Jacobson, 25th May

The Cincinnati May Festival pairs a deeply-felt Mozart Requiem with a new work for chorus and orchestra by Julia Adolphe.

****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

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

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