Classical Concert Reviews Cinci

What a FABULOUS DMA lecture-recital by @sergey.o.tkachenko this evening exploring the music of perhaps the least-known Russian romantic choral composer active in the first half of the twentieth century, Nikolai Golovanov (1891-1953). The lecture portion of the program was insightful and engaging without being too overbearing in regard to the…

@cincysymphony continued its 2025-26 season with a unique program titled American Voices under music director Cristian Măcelaru, focusing primarily on composers or music that honors the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr, in anticipation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day this coming Monday.The orchestra opened with a recently rediscovered work…

@cincysymphony continued its 2025-26 season with an exciting, yet interesting, program pairing an early piano concerto by Beethoven with the U.S. premiere of a new score by one of the world’s most well-known Icelandic composers.Music director Cristian Mǎcelaru and the orchestra opened with an invigorating performance of Johannes Brahms’ Academic…

@vaecinci continued its 2025-26 season with a uniquely creative program titled An Italian Christmas. While the program was mostly focused around music by Giovanni Gabrieli and other composers of the period like Claudio Monteverdi, it did stray by the end into more modern music but it was a delight nonetheless.What…

@collegium_cincy continued its 2025-26 season with what has become an annual tradition – a thrilling performance of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah, undoubtedly the most frequently-performed choral work in all of Western music. Under the leadership of artistic director Matthew Phelps, sicteeen of the finest local professional singers gathered to…

@qcccincy, headlined by principal artists Sarah Folsom and Matthew Umphreys, brought a wonderful dose of Christmas cheer to @thecarnegie in Covington this evening as they brought back their show A Cozy Christmas, drawing inspiration from Christmas TV specials by artists such as Judy Garland, Andy Williams and Perry Como.Many of…

@cincysymphony and the May Festival Chorus under music director Cristian Mǎcelaru gave a fine performance of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah (albeit an incomplete one) as their Christmas gift to the city of Cincinnati.Composed in the space of only 24 days in August and September 1741, it has become perhaps the…

@cincysymphony continued its 2025-26 season with a program that served as a wonderful Thanksgiving gift to Cincinnati, featuring new works by American composers Carlos Simon and Lisa Bielawa and a lesser-known symphony by Antonín Dvořák.Under Music Director Cristian Mǎcelaru, the orchestra opened with an exciting performance of Simon’s Tales: A…

@cincinnatifusionensemble was in outstanding form as it presented a fine program of old, new and classic choral and organ music in the splendid acoustics of Calvary Episcopal Church, Clifton as its fall Mary Slade Rust Martin and Louis Henry Martin program, joined by guest organist Isabelle Demers, the Winton Woods…

@kentuckysymphony just gave a fabulous performance of what many consider Ludwig van Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, in the architectural splendor of Cincinnati’s Cathedral-Basilica of St. Peter in Chains (@cathedral_basilica_cincinnati). Under music director James R. Cassidy, the orchestra was joined by an outstanding local professional chorus prepared by David Castillo Gocher and…