The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops have unveiled the schedule for the return of their free digital concert series, Live from Music Hall.
The 2024-25 season lineup features six full-length, full-orchestra concerts, beginning Nov. 17. Each show will stream through the CSO’s YouTube channel.
The complete schedule is below.
“We’re excited to unveil the fifth season of our “Live from Music Hall” digital concert series,” said Jonathan Martin, CSO’s president and CEO. He said the continuation of the series reflects the orchestra’s mission to “seek and share inspiration” as it enters its 130th season.
The orchestra created the digital series during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to connect with audiences while in-person shows were either canceled or extremely limited. Since then, the livestreams have surpassed 2 million views from music fans across the globe.
As has been the case in the past, most concerts will be free to the public for seven days after each digital premiere. Subscribers and donors receive extended access via the CSO and Pops On Demand portal. After that, the organization will release, select excerpts from each livestream as digital singles, available to watch for free on the orchestra’s website and social media channels.
“As a proud ambassador of Cincinnati, our goal is to bring inspiring performances to our local community and a global audience through engaging and accessible formats,” Martin said.
2024-25 Live from Music Hall Lineup
- Bernstein & Shostakovich – Sunday, Nov. 17, 2 p.m.
Marin Alsop conducts the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, “Leningrad,” written during the Nazi siege of Leningrad during World War II. The May Festival Chorus(Matthew Swanson, director) joins the CSO for Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms.” Sung in Hebrew, “Chichester Psalms” is an ecumenical plea for peace.
- Holiday Pops – Saturday, Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Broadway star Norm Lewis joins John Morris Russell, the Cincinnati Pops, choruses, vocalists and dancers from around the city for this hallmark of Cincinnati’s holiday season.
- Dvořák New World Symphony – Sunday, Feb. 9, 2 p.m.
CSO Music Director Designate Cristian Măcelaru returns for the first time since his appointment as the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s next music director. The program includes Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World;” Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 2 and Ernest Chausson’s “Poème,” featuring Randall Goosby; and Wynton Marsalis’ “Southwestern Shakedown” from “Blues Symphony.”
- Classical Roots – Saturday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.
John Morris Russell, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Classical Roots Community Choir come together for this celebration of the African American musical experience.
- American Originals: Harlem Renaissance – Sunday, March 23, 2 p.m.
John Morris Russell, the Cincinnati Pops and special guests celebrate the centennial anniversary of the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance, with the music, dance and poetry of this all-American movement.
- Grieg & Ellington – Saturday, May 10, 7:30 p.m.
Damon Gupton makes his Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra debut in a program that includes Antonín Dvořák’s “The Noon Witch;” Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto, featuring pianist and former MAC Music Innovator Michelle Cann; Igor Stravinsky’s “Scherzo à la russe,” Arthur Honegger’s “Pastorale d’été” and Edward “Duke” Ellington’s “Black, Brown and Beige.”
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