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. The music speaks directly to our current times, performed by distanced artists and ensembles.
Principal Conductor Juanjo Mena and the CSO join the May Festival for a bouquet of heartfelt works. A famous love letter here, some of Schubert’s spellbinding songs there, and the “radiantly sublime” (The Los Angeles Times) soprano Joélle Harvey shining in a mystical work by Britten. We complete the program by featuring the sopranos and altos of the May Festival Chorus singing two ethereal hymns from Holst’s Rig Veda, as well as selections from Los Angeles composer Reena Esmail’s tribute to women who have shaped the world.
Tickets for individual concerts on sale May 3: http://mayfestival.com/concerts-and-events/2021-may-festival-season/hearts-and-voices-soar/
GUSTAV MAHLER: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: The Illuminations
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Selected Songs
GUSTAV HOLST: Selections from Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Group 2, H. 98
REENA ESMAIL: Selections from I Rise: Women in Song
Juanjo Mena, conductor
May Festival Soprano and Alto Ensemble
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
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 on SUN MAY 30 at 2:30 pm. Free for the first 24 hours. Details at mayfestival.com/digital.
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/hearts-and-voices-soar/
Phone: 513.621.1919
Email: contact@mayfestival.com
2021/05/29 - 2021/05/30
Music Hall
1241 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Several parking options surround Music Hall. A 450-space underground garage at Washington Park is located directly across Elm Street from the front doors of venue. This convenient garage also has handicapped parking and elevators. A surface lot between Music Hall and Memorial Hall is accessible from Elm Street and Central Parkway. Convenient parking is also available at the Town Center Parking (CET) Garage on Central Parkway. Pay-on-entry parking is $10-$15 for special events at all nearby lots. For more information about parking at Music Hall, call (513) 744-3344.
Handicapped-Accessible Parking: There are several handicap-designated spots at the Washington Park Garage across the street from Music Hall, as well as at the surface lot located between Music Hall and Memorial Hall and in the Town Center (CET) Garage on Central Parkway. We recommend arriving early for the best parking. You may also drop off patrons in front of Music Hall on Elm Street and then park. If you require wheelchair assistance, please alert a security officer and they will contact a staff member to bring a wheelchair out to the curb and assist you to your seats.