Strauss Spectacular

Performance Times

• November 21, 2026 7:30PM
• November 22, 2026 2:00PM

Conductor Phillipe Jordan, in his highly-anticipated CSO debut, leads a Strauss spectacular for the senses. Also sprach Zarathustra opens with its world-famous sunrise, sending a radiant surge of sound through Music Hall. Death and Transfiguration, written when the composer was merely 23 years old, captures the essence of life and its beauty. At the end of this life, Strauss said, “Death is as I composed it” referencing the musical motives used in this beautiful tone poem. At the heart of the evening, the Oboe Concerto, featuring CSO Principal Oboe Dwight Parry, offers pure, elegant, Mozart-like lyricism. 

Program

Richard Strauss Tod und Verklärung (“Death and Transfiguration”)
Oboe Concerto
Also sprach Zarathustra (“Thus Spake Zarathustra”)

Artists

Philippe Jordan conductor
Dwight Parry oboe

Info & Ordering

Music Hall Box Office

513-381-3300

1241 Elm Street | Cincinnati, OH 45202
Located in the south entrance of Music Hall on Elm Street; free 10-minute parking is available in front of Music Hall.

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