The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Louis Langrée in performance. Photo credit: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
“The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra announced today that its fall season concerts in Music Hall are canceled through Jan. 3, 2021, because of the Covid-19 pandemic,” writes Janelle Gelfand in Monday’s (7/27) Cincinnati Business Courier. “In lieu of live, in-person concerts, the orchestra will present seven free performances by the CSO and Pops, to be livestreamed from Music Hall. CSO music director Louis Langrée will conduct four CSO ‘Live From Music Hall’ programs, with the first to be Sept. 26. Pops conductor John Morris Russell will lead three Pops programs, including a digital version of the popular ‘Holiday Pops’ show. In addition, the orchestra has canceled its planned European tour [in November]…. ‘Live From Music Hall’ digital events will present all-new material performed live and recorded by CSO and Pops musicians in accordance with safety protocols…. Officials are exploring the ability to broadcast the livestreamed events on screens on Fountain Square downtown and in Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine…. The full schedule … will be announced at the end of August. The CSO plans to expand its ‘CSO in Your Neighborhood’ pop-up concerts. It will also increase educational content for the virtual learning environment, including free Young People’s Concerts.”
