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MASTERWORKS 12
Includes all 12 Masterworks programs in both the Ohio and Southern Theatres
Subscription packages range from $273–$708.
MASTERWORKS 8
Includes the eight Masterworks programs to be performed in the Ohio Theatre only.
Subscription packages range from $182–$472.
• Masterworks 1, Tchaikovsky & Schubert
• Masterworks 3, Rachmaninoff & Sibelius
• Masterworks 5, Vienna Dances
• Masterworks 7, Mozart & Haydn
• Masterworks 8, Song of the Earth
• Masterworks 10, The Rite of Spring
• Masterworks 11, Brahms’ Requiem
• Masterworks 12, Fantastique Finale
MASTERWORKS 4
Includes the four Masterworks programs to be performed in the Southern Theatre only.
Subscription packages range from $96–$248.
• Masterworks 2, In Nature’s Realm
• Masterworks 4, Cheek & Charm
• Masterworks 6, Four Seasons
• Masterworks 9, Beethoven & Mendelssohn
MASTERWORKS PICK 4
Choose any four Masterworks programs in the Ohio Theatre only.
Subscription packages range from $96–$248.
POPS SERIES
Includes all six Pops programs to be performed at the Ohio Theatre.
Subscription packages range from $137–$354.
Programs and artists are subject to change.
Subscribe today and receive a discount on the season opener!
The season opening special event Beethoven’s Ninth is a stand-alone concert and is not part of any subscription package. However, subscribers will receive a discount for tickets to the one-night-only event.
Subscriptions can be purchased at the Ohio Theatre Ticket Office (39 E. State St.), or by phone at 614-228-8600
For additional subscription, theatre and ticket information, see pages 17–20.
Season Opener
Beethoven's Ninth
Friday, October 5, 8 pm
Ohio Theatre
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
Dominique Labelle, soprano
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
Adam Diegel, tenor
David Pittsinger, bass-baritone
Columbus Symphony Chorus
PROGRAM
HANDEL Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1), HWV258
MOZART Ave verum corpus, K. 618
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, Choral
Jean-Marie Zeitouni gives the season a thrilling launch with Beethoven’s uplifting Ninth Symphony. It concludes with Ode to Joy, a heartening message of global love and hope (“all men shall be brothers”). You’ll hear it performed by a fabulous quartet of solo singers, a massed chorus, and the full Columbus Symphony. Handel’s grand ode for the coronation of England’s King George II and a gentle motet by Mozart complete the program.
Masterworks 1
Tchaikovsky & Schubert
Friday, October 12, 8 pm
Saturday, October 13, 8 pm
Ohio Theatre
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
Nareh Arghamanyan, piano
PROGRAM
GLINKA Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944, The Great
Melody reigns supreme in this enthralling program –from the soaring, folk-flavoured themes of Tchaikovsky’s beloved Piano Concerto No. 1, to Schubert’s expansive and exhilarating final symphony. Armenian-born and Viennatrained Nareh Arghamenyan is one of the finest young pianists of her generation.
Masterworks 2
In Nature’s Realm
Friday, October 19, 8 pm
Saturday, October 20, 8 pm
Sunday, October 21, 3 pm
Southern Theatre
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
PROGRAM
ROSSINI Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell)
REBEL Les élémens
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, Pastoral
Jean-Marie Zeitouni guides you through Beethoven’s enchanting landscapes of the countryside in the refreshing Pastoral Symphony. Even though written in the 1700’s, Jean-Fery Rebel’s surprisingly contemporary tone poem Les élémens (the elements), depicts the creation of the world and all its creatures. The program is completed by Rossini’s William Tell Overture painting a musical picture of a Swiss Alps dawn, storm, pastoral calm, and the famous cavalry charge gallop.
Photo:
Photo: Chip Willis
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Rachmaninoff & Sibelius
Friday, November 2, 8 pm
Saturday, November 3, 8 pm
Ohio Theatre
Tito Muñoz, conductor
Elina Vähälä, violin
PROGRAM
COWELL Ancient Desert Drone
SIBELIUS Concerto in D Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 47
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
Praised by the Chicago Tribune as “a musician whose brilliant technique is matched by abundant spirit, sensitivity and imagination,” violinist
Elina Vähälä channels all the fire and poetic atmosphere of the mighty concerto by her fellow native of Finland, Jean Sibelius. Also featured is the sumptuous Romanticism of Rachmaninoff’s melodious Symphony No. 2 and American composer Henry Cowell’s Ancient Desert Drone.
Masterworks 4
Cheek & Charm
Friday, November 16, 8 pm
Saturday, November 17, 8 pm
Sunday, November 18, 3 pm
Southern Theatre
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
Alicia Hui, violin
PROGRAM
STRAVINSKY Octet
PROKOFIEV Concerto No. 1 in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 19
MILHAUD Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58
RAVEL Suite from Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose)
Composers in the Roaring ‘20’s began to break from tradition to compose bright, appealing music, often influenced by jazz and world music. Stravinsky made his conducting debut with this brisk neo-classical chamber piece, a young Prokofiev produced a lyrical and exciting violin concerto, Milhoud created jazz and Brazilianinfluenced ballet, and Ravel reveals his perpetual childlike and game-playing humor in the Mother Goose Suite.
Masterworks 5
Vienna Dances
Friday, January 4, 8 pm
Saturday, January 5, 8 pm
Ohio Theatre
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
PROGRAM
Strauss, Overture to Die Fledermaus
Strauss, Burleske in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra
Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor
Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor
Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D Major
Strauss, Kaiserwalzer (Emperor Waltz)
Mozart, Concert-Rondo in D Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 382
Strauss, Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
Start your new year with dance! This irresistible program consists of composers who were born or worked in Vienna. Piano soloist Marc-André Hamelin, hailed as “one of the most complete musicians of his generation” adds to your enjoyment with playful works by Mozart and Richard Strauss.
Photo: Frank Kaufman
Masterworks 6
Four Seasons
Friday, January 11, 8 pm
Saturday, January 12, 8 pm
Saturday, January 13, 3 pm
Southern Theatre
Monica Huggett, conductor/violin
PROGRAM
VIVALDI La primavera from The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra, R. 269
VIVALDI String Sinfonia alla Rustica
VIVALDI String Sinfonia, RV 157
VIVALDI L’estate from The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra, R. 315
LOCATELLI Lamento in F Minor
VIVALDI L’autunno from The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra, R. 293
LOCKE The Tempest from Suite of Instrumental Music from The Tempest
VIVALDI L’inverno from The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra, R. 297
Celebrate the four seasons with style as world renown Baroque music expert Monica Huggett performs double duty as performer and conductor in this feast of 18th century favorites.
Masterworks 7
Mozart & Haydn
Friday, February 1, 8 pm
Saturday, February 2, 8 pm
Ohio Theatre
Matthew Halls, conductor
Gillian Keith, soprano Columbus Symphony Chorus
PROGRAM
HAYDN Te Deum for the Empress Maria Therese, Hob. XXIIIc:2
MOZART Exsultate jubilate, K. 165
MOZART Regina coeli, K. 108
MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, Jupiter
Treat yourself to this glorious showcase of Mozart from his last and greatest symphony to two gorgeous works for soprano and orchestra. Also featured is the festive choral piece that his great friend, Joseph Haydn, composed expressly for the wife of the Austrian emperor.
Photo:
Photo: Clare Park
Masterworks 8
Song of the Earth
Friday, February 22, 8 pm
Saturday, February 23, 8 pm
Ohio Theatre
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
Sasha Cooke, mezzo
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
PROGRAM
THEOFANIDIS Rainbow Body
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)
The sky, the sea and the earth are explored in this rapturous program anchored by The Song of the Earth, Mahler’s infinitely wise and ingenious combination of song cycle and symphony. Add to that Christopher Theofandis’ Rainbow Body as an intriguing tribute to mystic medieval chant as mortal’s connection to the divine, and Britten’s kaleidoscopic sketches of the sea in its many moods.
Masterworks
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Beethoven & Mendelssohn
Friday, March 1, 8 pm
Saturday, March 2, 8 pm
Sunday, March 3, 3 pm
Southern Theatre
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor/piano
PROGRAM
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 4 in G Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
FRAZELLE Elegy for Strings
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, Scottish
The multi-gifted Jeffrey Kahane conducts from the keyboard for the most relaxed and genial of Beethoven’s piano concertos. Switching solely to conducting, he also leads Mendelssohn’s evocative souvenir of Scotland.
Masterworks 10
The Rite of Spring
Friday, March 22, 8 pm
Saturday, March 23, 8 pm
Ohio Theatre
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
BalletMet
PROGRAM
Debussy, Syrinx
Debussy, Prélude à “l’Après-midi d’un faune” (Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”)
Ravel, Rapsodie espagnole
Stravinsky, Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
The Columbus Symphony and BalletMet perform on the same stage to welcome spring with Igor Stravinsky’s earth-shaking, riot-inducing recreation of prehistoric pagan rituals, The Rite of Spring. The work celebrates its 100th anniversary of the premiere in Paris on May 29, 2013. One hundred years later, this masterpiece still thrills and captures our imagination with its revolutionary sounds.
Masterworks 11
Brahms’ Requiem
Friday, April 19, 8 pm
Saturday, April 20, 8 pm
Ohio Theatre
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
Ronald Jenkins, conductor
Dominique Labelle, soprano
Joshua Hopkins, baritone
CSO Chorus
PROGRAM
Paulus, World Premiere (conducted by Ronald Jenkins)
Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op.24
Brahms, Ein Deutches Requiem, Op. 45 (German Requiem)
The soul-stirring A German Requiem by Brahms (named after the language in which it is sung) communicates profound messages of peace, hope, and consolation. You’ll also enjoy Barber’s nostalgic homage to small-town America, and the world premiere of a piece by the widely acclaimed American composer, Stephen Paulus.
Masterworks 12
Fantastique Finale
Friday, May 3, 8 pm
Saturday, May 4, 8 pm
Ohio Theatre
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin
Ohio State University Chorale
PROGRAM
Bach, Es ist Genug Brahms, Three Motets, Op. 110 Berg, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14.
The Classical season comes to an electrifying conclusion as Jean-Marie Zeitouni leads you through the super-colorful, dream-like landscapes of the Symphonie fantastique by Berlioz. Acclaimed violin soloist Vadim Gluzman performs the haunting Concerto by Alban Berg, which quotes the lovely chorale melody by Bach that opens the concert.
Air Supply
Saturday, October 6, 8 pm
Ohio Theatre
Albert-George Schram, conductor
The Australian born duo of guitarist/singer/songwriter Graham Russell and lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock have been making music together as Air Supply for more than 30 years with hits including “Lost in Love,” “All Out of Love,” “The One That You Love,” “Sweet Dreams,” and “Making Love Out of Nothing at All.”
The Fab Four
Saturday, November 10, 8 pm
Ohio Theatre
Michael Berkowitz, conductor
With uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of Beatles’ songs and precise attention to detail, the Fab Four will make you think you’re watching the real thing. This incredible stage show and loving tribute to the Beatles includes three costume changes representing every era of the super group’s career and record-perfect live performances of such classics as “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Yesterday,” “A Day In The Life,” “Twist And Shout,” “Here Comes The Sun,” and “Hey Jude.”
Photo
Photo courtesy of APA New York
Holiday Pops
Friday, November 30, 8 pm
Saturday, December 1, 8 pm
Sunday, December 2, 3 PM
Ohio Theatre
Ronald J. Jenkins, conductor
Columbus Symphony Chorus
Columbus Children’s Choir
BalletMet
A great annual Columbus tradition continues as Ronald J. Jenkins leads the Columbus Symphony and Chorus in some of the season’s most-loved holiday songs and carols. Santa will also be on hand to help spread holiday cheer!
Photo: Randall L. Schieber
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