Good news for music lovers: Summermusik is back

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Good news for music lovers: after a pandemic silence of nearly two years, Summermusik –  the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra’s brainchild is back.

An interesting lineup of concerts has been announced in its website (www.ccocincinnati.org) and Cincinnati music lovers are encouraged to visit it or call 513 723 1182 (x2) during business hours to learn the what, where, when of it all.

Most notably the indispensable ensemble, led by Eckart Preu is moving its events outdoors – a prudently cautious and innovative change from the much admired organization.

Here are just a few highlights of their summer of 2021 activities:

  • August 6, 8 pm – The young cellist Sujari Britt solos with the full CCO orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme. The musical lineup also includes the Cincinnati premiere of George Walker’s Lyric for Strings. The 90-minute, no intermission program is rounded out with Beethoven’s light-hearted Fourth Symphony.
  • August 20, 8 pm – Violinist Caroline Goulding is the featured soloist in Mozart’s “Turkish” violin concerto in the same program with three premieres by women composers: Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst, Reena Esmail’s Teen Murti, and Gabriella Smith’s Brandenburg interstices.

In addition to the opening and closing full orchestra concerts, the CCO will feature several of its musicians playing everything from the Beatles to Bach in various intimate performances. Under the omnibus titles Chamber Crawls and A Little Afternoon Musik, the out-of-doors festival will feature concerts at the Cincinnati Zoo, at the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, and at Coney Island.

It sounds like a prescription for a healthy and fun out of doors celebration of music.

Rafael de Acha ALL ABOUT THE ARTS

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Rafael de Acha has enjoyed a distinguished career in the arts as a performer, stage director, producer, and educator. He was born and grew up in Cuba. At the age of 17 he moved to the United States to study Drama at the University of Minnesota, and later Languages at L.A. City College, Music at the Juilliard School of Music, at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music, and at the New England Conservatory of Music, from which he received the Master's degree. He has taught courses on the History of Music at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and at Florida International University, and contributed writings and reviews to Seen and Heard International (www.seenandheard-international.com ) and to this blog. He co-founded the award-winning New Theatre in Coral Gables, Florida, where he produced and staged twenty seasons of classical and contemporary theater, including fifty world premieres of plays that went on to have international and national productions on and off Broadway, including Ana in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2002 and Tony Nomination 2003.) In 2006 he was presented with a citation from The Dade County Cultural Affairs Council for “trailblazing contributions to the arts in South Florida.”

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