Classical Concert Reviews Cinci

A fabulous masters recital tonight by @rachaelmbell at CCM this evening, featuring songs by Berlioz, Arnold Schoenberg and Melissa Dunphy (@mormolyke) and a solo madrigal by Francesca Caccini. Accompanied by collaborative pianist Parker Konkle and theorbo player Christopher Wilkie, Bell’s voice was full of glowing resonance, emotive strength and supple…

@uc_ccm’s Concert Orchestra and @ccm_choralstudies graced the stage of Cincinnati Music Hall this evening with players and singers from no fewer than 10 additional ensembles from throughout the Cincinnati area for a fantastic performance of Carl Orff’s cantata Carmina Burana. Under the direction of the CCM orchestra’s principal conductor Aik…

@uc_ccm concluded its official season of opera performances in its 2023-24 academic year with an emotionally stirring and enthralling performance of Daniel Catán’s Rappaccini’s Daughter (La hija de Rappaccini). Based on a play by the Spanish writer Octavio Paz, itself based on a short story written in 1844 by Nathaniel…

It’s always a treat to see Krista Cornish Scott (@crunchy.kj) conduct as part of the regular concert season for Collegium Cincinnati (@collegium_cincy) but it is equally exciting to see her and her husband, Brett Scott, conduct together for the first time in a program of Baroque music for Lent and…

@cincysymphony continued the its 2023-24 season with electrifying performances of two late-romantic German masterworks paired with a bouncy and fun piano concerto by Mozart. Under the direction of guest conductor Sir Mark Elder, outgoing music director of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England, the CSO opened with the overture to…

@cincysymphony welcomed the start of spring at Music Hall with a program spanning three centuries built on celebrating the season. Under guest conductor Matthias Pintscher, a former creative partner with the CSO, the orchestra began with an emorice, bouncy and strong reading of the orchestral suite from Aaron Copland’s ballet…

@vaecinci concluded its 2023-24 concert season at Christ Church Cathedral Cincinnati with an absolutely gorgeous performance of what may be considered Johann Sebastian Bach’s masterpiece, his Mass in B Minor. Among the most performed works in all of Western choral literature, it is not a wholly original composition by Bach…

@uc_ccm concluded its 2023-24 MainStage opera series with a gorgeous new production of what is perhaps Leoš Janáček’s most lighthearted opera, The Cunning Little Vixen (Příhody lišky Bystroušky). Based on a novella by Rudolf Těsnohlídek first published as a newspaper comic strip in 1920, the opera tells of the antics…

@cincysymphony continued its Proof series of concerts as part of the 2023-24 season with a rare performance of Des Canyons aux étoiles.. (From the Canyons to the Stars), one of Olivier Messiaen’s most significant large-scale orchestral works. Commissioned by the American philanthropist Alice Tully in 1971 to celebrate the United…

@uc_ccm’s Undergratuate Opera Program presented its spring 2024 offering of a fun, wonderfully zany production of Mozart’s comic masterpiece The Marriage of Figaro. Under the direction of Brett Scott, the student cast featured in this evening’s performance was a wonderful demonstration of all the rising young talents that CCM has…