Artist-in-residence Guy Braunstein both conducts and performs as violin soloist in a program that pulls music from thin air.
Program
WALKER: Lyric for Strings
OHAD BEN-ARI: Forgiveness and Hope [U.S. Premiere]
SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3, Scottish
Artists
Guy Braunstein, conductor, violin, artist-in-residence
Venue
Music HallTicket Prices
$14-$130Concert Duration
About 2 hours with intermissionSeries
This concert is part of Series 3
What's Interesting
- Composer and Pianist George Walker was the first African American to attend the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996.
- Verklärte Nacht ("Transfigured Night"), sublime early music from 20th musical radical Arnold Schoenberg, is utterly lush and romantic and follows a relationship in despair transformed by love.
- Mendelssohn had a fondness for travel. In the ruins of Holyrood Palace, he wrote, “Everything around is broken and moldering, and the bright sky shines in. I believe I found the beginning of my [Scottish] symphony.”
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What Critics Are Saying
“Braunstein’s technical polish could only be that of a truly world-class musician. Every note, every phrase was as close to perfect as can be.”
—Kansas City Star
“[Braunstein's] playing revealed the soul of a poet...”
—Birmingham Post
Sponsors
CSO Season Sponsor
CSO Artist-in-Residence, Guy Braunstein, is supported by The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati.
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