Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra celebrates America the beautiful

By Cameron Kelsall, 27 September 2020

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“Langrée wove together the work’s narrative with clarity and precision”

Reviewed at Music Hall, Cincinnati on 26 September 2020

Montgomery, Banner!

Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915

Copland, Appalachian Spring: Suite

Still, Summerland

Angel Blue, Soprano

Awadagin Pratt, Piano

Catalyst Quartet

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Louis Langrée, Conductor

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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Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall is a classical music critic and cultural reporter. He has written for Bachtrack since 2019, and his byline has appeared in many national and international classical music publications. Based in Philadelphia, he regularly travels around the United States for musical events. In addition to his career in journalism, Cameron also teaches in the Theatre Arts program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a certified sommelier and avid home cook. His favorite composer is Mahler. Twitter: @CameronPKelsall.