May Festival Season at a Glance
May Festival Chamber Choir
Sun Oct 6 2024 | 2:30 pm
Matthew Swanson, conductor
Heather MacPhail, piano/organ
Andrew Miller, conductor
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Program
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Robert Nathaniel Dett, Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler
William Byrd, Sing JoyfullyHerbert Howells, Te Deum “Collegium Regale”
John Goss, Praise My Soul The King of Heaven
Jake Runestad, Come To The Woods
Alice Parker, I Will Arise, Amazing Grace, Sing to the Lord
L. Bernstein (arr. Rob Fisher), Take Care of This House/My House
Bernice Johnson Reagon, Come Unto Me
May Festival Chamber Choir
Sun Oct 20 2024 | 4:00 pm
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Program
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Robert Nathaniel Dett, Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler
William Byrd, Sing JoyfullyHerbert Howells, Te Deum “Collegium Regale”
John Goss, Praise My Soul The King of Heaven
Jake Runestad, Come To The Woods
Alice Parker, I Will Arise, Amazing Grace, Sing to the Lord
L. Bernstein (arr. Rob Fisher), Take Care of This House/My House
Bernice Johnson Reagon, Come Unto Me
BERNSTEIN & SHOSTAKOVICH
Sat Nov 16 2024 | 7:30 pm
Sun Nov 17 2024 | 2:00 pm
Marin Alsop, conductor
Conductor Marin Alsop leads the CSO in essential classics by Leonard Bernstein and Dmitri Shostakovich. The May Festival Chorus joins for Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, sacred music that illuminates a path to eternal peace, and which notably includes music cut from the Prologue of West Side Story. Shostakovich’s Leningrad martials every artistic defense, and might of the whole Orchestra, against a merciless and tyrannical siege threatening to consume all.
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Program
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BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7, Leningrad
HOME ALONE
Sat Nov 30 2024 | 7:30 pm
Sun Dec 1 2024 | 2:00 pm
Damon Gupton, conductor
“KEVIN!” Hilarious and heartwarming, Home Alone is holiday fun for the whole family! This Thanksgiving weekend, experience holiday hijinks and mayhem with Kevin, Harry and Marv as John Williams’ charming score is performed live by your Cincinnati Pops with the film projected on a giant screen in stunning high definition above the stage.
BACH'S CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
Fri Dec 6 2024 | 7:30 pm
Sat Dec 7 2024 | 7:30 pm
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio blends the soaring melodies of Baroque music with the joyous spirit of the holiday season. The rich harmonies and intricate counterpoint come together in jubilant choruses and tender arias, narrating and reflecting upon the stories of the Feast of Christmas. Richard Egarr leads the May Festival Chorus and soloists in the timeless glories of music that resonates with the warmth and wonder of Christmas.
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Program
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BACH: Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas I, III & VI)
BACH: “Air” for String Orchestra from Orchestral Suite No. 3
HOLIDAY POPS
Fri Dec 13 2024 | 11:00 am
Fri Dec 13 2024 | 7:30 pm
Sat Dec 14 2024 | 2:00 pm
Sat Dec 14 2024 | 7:30 pm
Sun Dec 15 2024 | 2:00 pm
Sun Dec 15 2024 | 7:00 pm
John Morris Russell, conductor
Norm Lewis, vocalist
There’s nothing quite as magical as the memories made during the holiday season and, thanks to you, Holiday Pops has allowed us to share and create those memories year after year. With sold-out performances in a decked-out Music Hall, we invite you to join us again this year as Broadway star Norm Lewis joins JMR and the Pops with choruses, vocalists and dancers from around the city bringing festive favorites and holiday classics to life!
