CINCINNATI 4 MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

The big date in the CSO’S calendar is 6 & 7 October, when the new season at the refurbished Music Hall opens with works by Adams, Beethoven, Jonathan Bailey Holland and Scriabin. Pianist Kit Armstrong (above) is the soloist and Louis Langrée conducts.

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Conducted by John Morris Russell, the Pops joins the Music Hall party on 13-15 October, beginning its season with three ‘Music of John Williams – Star Wars and beyond’ concerts.

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Though the May Festival’s title gives a very obvious clue as to roughly when it will take place, exact dates and performers of the 2018 event have yet to be announced. Watch this space.

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Cincinnati Opera will return to Music Hall on 14 June with Verdi’s La traviata. Other productions scheduled for the season include Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman and Another Brick in the Wall – The Opera, based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album.

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