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CSO PROOF: From the Canyons to the Stars
Utah's Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park
About the Concert

Friday, March 1, 2024, 8 pm
Saturday, March 2, 2024, 8 pm
Cincinnati Music Hall

Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

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Program

Olivier MESSIAEN  Des canyons aux étoiles... ("From the Canyons to the Stars...")
(1908-1992)

     PART ONE
      Le désert
      Les orioles 
      Ce qui est écrit sur les étoiles 
      Le cossyphe d'Heuglin 
      Cedar Breaks et le don de crainte
 
      PART TWO
      Appel interstellaire 
      Bryce Canyon et les rochers rouge-orange
 
      PART THREE
      Les ressuscités et le chant de l'étoile Aldébaran 
      Le moqueur polyglotte 
      La grive des bois 
      Omao, Leiothrix, Elepaio, Shama 
      Zion Park et la Cité Céleste

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Elizabeth Freimuth, horn
David Fishlock, glockenspiel
Michael Culligan, xylorimba

These performances are approximately 100 minutes long. There is no intermission.

CSO Proof is generously made possible by Irwin and Melinda Simon

Presenting Sponsors: Procter & Gamble Company and Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis.

From the "Canyons to the Stars" is made possible by a generous gift from James and Linda Miller. 

Digital Access Partner: CVG Airport Authority

ArtsWave

ArtsWave, Greater Cincinnati’s primary way to fund the arts. Thanks to Jon Moeller and Lisa Sauer for their leadership of ArtsWave’s 2024 Community Campaign.

Cincinnati Public Library

A special thank you to Cincinnati Public Library for providing high resolution scans of John James Audubon's The Birds of America and the Founders Room Exhibit of Genevieve Estelle Jones' Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio.