Classical Concert Reviews Cinci

@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…

@cincysymphony continued its 2025-26 season with a fabulous pairing of two of the most innovative yet powerful works of the early 20th century by Samuel Barber and Dimitri Shostakovich.Under the direction of Giancarlo Guerrero (@giancarloguerrero.conductor), Music Director Laureate of the Nashville Symphony, the orchestra was joined by the rising American…

@cincysymphony continued its 2025-26 season with an all-Mozart program led by the legendary Dame Jane Glover, making a welcome return appearance following a sensational run conducting Mozart’s Don Giovanni with @cincinnatiopera in 2024.The orchestra opened with an invigorating reading of the overture to a much earlier Mozart opera, Lucio Silla,…

@uc_ccm concluded its week-long residency with l composer Jennifer Higdon with a concert featuring some of her most unique and innovative chamber and choral works.Members of CCM’s contemporary music ensemble Musica Nova led by student conductor Angelo Anton, opened with an invigorating reading of the sextet Zaka, a 2003 score…