Cincinnati May Festival
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Songs Of Destiny
Cincinnati Music Hall · Cincinnati
17 Oct 2026
15 $ – 176 $
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Production
Orchestral Symphony Concert
Songs Of Destiny – Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati
- Date
- Saturday, 17 October 2026
- Time
- 19:30
- Venue
- Cincinnati Music Hall
- Address
- 1241 Elm St, Cincinnati, OH 45202, USA
- City
- Cincinnati
- Organisation
- Cincinnati May Festival
- Price range
- 15 $ – 176 $
About this event
SONGS OF DESTINY is a concert production presented in Springer Auditorium at Cincinnati Music Hall on 17 and 18 October 2026. The programme combines Dorothy Howell's orchestral tone poem Lamia, Aram Khachaturian's Violin Concerto, and Johannes Brahms's choral-orchestral works Nänie and Schicksalslied. Cristian Măcelaru conducts, Alexandra Conunova appears as violin soloist, the May Festival Chorus performs, and Matthew Swanson is credited as director. The programme moves from myth and destiny to mortality, fate, and human consolation. The production is presented as a concert without scenic, costume, lighting, or video staging. Conunova's appearance is identified as her Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra debut.
Cast & creative
Violin
Alexandra Conunova
Conductor
Cristian MăcelaruConductor
Cristian MăcelaruConductor
Cristian MăcelaruConductor
Cristian Măcelaru- M
Stage director
Matthew Swanson - M
Stage director
Matthew Swanson - D
Composer
Dorothy Howell - A
Composer
Aram Khachaturian - J
Composer
Johannes Brahms - J
Librettist
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller - J
Composer
Johannes Brahms - F
Librettist
Friedrich Hölderlin
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