Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to Present LUMENOCITY Concerts Feat. Music Director Louis Langree This Weekend

Anticipation is building for LumenoCity, -two free outdoor concerts at Washington Park, right across the street from Music Hall in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. The program will be presented today, August 3, and Sunday, August 4, and both performances start at 8:30 p.m. This highly anticipated, first of its kind project marries a live orchestral concert experience with mind-blowing visual elements. LumenoCity kicks off a community wide celebration of Louis Langrée's arrival as the next CSO Music Director.

For the second half of the program, Mr. Langrée leads the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in a riveting 40 minute program incorporating a diverse array of visual elements never before presented with a live orchestra in Cincinnati or anywhere in the world. The diverse program consists of Strauss' Fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra, the fourth movement from Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, Copland's Variations on a Shaker Melody from Appalachian Spring, the fourth movement from Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, and Ravel's Bolero. The Orchestra is partnering with Landor Associates, one of the world's preeminent brand consulting firms, to create the visual elements.

The first half of the concert features John Morris Russell leading the Orchestra as the Cincinnati Pops, along with members of the May Festival Chorus, dancers from Cincinnati Ballet's CBII, and singers from Cincinnati Opera. Selections from Broadway and film hits and Gershwin's An American in Paris celebrates American music and provides a welcome to Mr. Langrée to his new American orchestra.