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It is with joy that we welcome you to May Festival 2021 featuring five, in-person, limited capacity and socially distanced concerts at Music Hall. Enjoy music speaks directly to our current times, performed by distanced artists and ensembles.
The May Festival, led by Principal Conductor Juanjo Mena and joined by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, opens with a prismatic program that brings each voice into light. The CSO strings blossom in Bruckner, and Sara Couden’s “huge and fluid voice” (San Francisco Chronicle) shines in a neglected work by Julia Perry, a composer with Ohio roots. Experience the angst of Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer,
sung by baritone Elliot Madore, before being transported to another plane when members of the May Festival Chorus reunite to perform three of Holst’s hymns on texts from the Rig Veda.
Program:
Anton BRUCKNER, Adagio from String Quintet in F Major
Julia PERRY, Stabat Mater
Gustav MAHLER, Songs of a Wayfarer
Gustav HOLST, Selected Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda
Artists:
Juanjo Mena, conductor
May Festival Tenor and Bass Ensemble
Sara Couden, contralto
Elliot Madore, baritone
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Not ready for in-person concerts?
There is nothing like the experience of a live performance, but if you’re not ready yet, this performance will be livestreamed
SAT MAY 22 at 7:30 pm. FREE for the first 24 hours. Details at mayfestival.com/digital.
ADMISSION INFO
May Festival 2021 season tickets are available now. Browse the full season here. Save 10% when you bundle any 2 or 3 performances and get priority seating, FREE ticket exchanges and access to May Festival On Demand—a digital archive of two of this season's performances to enjoy all year long. You'll also be first in line when we return to full capacity next season!
Tickets to individual performances, if available, go on sale Monday, MAY 3 at 10 am: http://mayfestival.com/concerts-and-events/2021-may-festival-season/opening-weekend/
Phone: 513.381.3300
Email: contact@mayfestival.com
Website: http://www.mayfestival.com/concerts-and-events/2021-may-festival-season/...
LOCATION
1241 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
The health and safety of our audiences, artists and staff is our top priority. We are following all required health and safety protocols set by local and state health officials. These protocols will be strictly enforced. Details at: mayfestival.com/safety. There is nothing like the experience of a live performance, but if you’re not ready yet, the opening weekend will be live-streamed SAT MAY 22 at 7:30 pm. Free for the first 24 hours. Details at mayfestival.com/digital.
