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November (2012) is . . .

With the holidays approaching, the musical cornucopia in Cincinnati gets even fuller. Expect the debut of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra music director-designate Louis Langrée, a visit to the CSO by percussionist Evelyn Glennie, James Bond at the Cincinnati Pops, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet at the Constella Festival and Kurt Weill and more at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Here's what's on the November menu:

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestrta
Nov. 30, Dec. 1 -- 8 p.m.
Jacques Lacombe, guest conductor
Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone
Music Hall

Saxophonist and 2012 CSO creative director Branford Marsalis will perform the CSO premiere of Dutch composer Jacob ter Veldhus' 2002 "Tallahatchie" Concerto for Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra.  Also on the program, to be led by guest conductor Jacques Lacombe, are the "Lieutenant Kije Suite" by Sergei Prokofiev and American composer Samuel Barber's "Night Flight" and Symphony No. 1 in One Movement, Op. 9. Tickets begin at $10, available at the Music Hall box office, (513) 381-3300, and online at www.cincinnatisymphony.org
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Nov. 30 -- 9 p.m. -- midnight
Washington Platform restaurant
Elm and Court Streets
downtown

The Washington Platform Friday Night Jazz Series presents vocalist Pam Mallory, with Wayne Yeager, keyboard, Mike Sharfe, bass and Jim Leslie, drums. No cover.  $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open until 11 p.m. Call (513) 421-0110.
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Richard Wesp Memorial Concert
Nov. 2 -- 7 p.m.
Cincinnati Children's Choir
Cincinnati Collaborative Ringing Project
 St. James Episcopal Church
3207 Montana Ave.
Westwood

The Cincinnati Children's Choir performs with the Cincinnati Collaborative Ringing Project and friends and colleagues of the late Richard Wesp in a memorial concert for the long time music teacher and St. James Church choir director. Tickets are $20, proceeds to benefit the Cincinnati Children's Choir. Call the Church at (513) 661-1154, or the CCC at (513) 556-0338. __________________________________________________________________

"Great Music in a Great Space"
Nov. 2 -- 7:30 p.m.
Tenebrae
Nigel Short, director
St. Peter in Chains Cathedral
8th and Plum Streets, downtown

The acclaimed British vocal ensemble Tenebrae, led by founder/director Nigel Short, performs music by Rachmaninoff, Chesnokov, Tchaikovsky, Pärt, Kedrov, Kalinnikov and Paul Mealor (including Mealor's setting of "Ubi caritas," composed for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton). The concert opens St. Peter in Chains Cathedral's "Great Music in a Great Space" series for 2012-2013.  Tickets are $38 in advance, $40 at the door.  Students $15 at the door. Call (513) 421-2222, or visit www.stpeterinchainscathedral.org
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Nov. 2 and 3 -- 8 p.m.
Peter Oundjian, guest conductor
Evelyn  Glennie, percussion
Music Hall

Percussionist Evelyn Glennie, whose audience numbered over one billion when she performed last summer at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in London, returns to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to perform the Percussion Concerto by Jennifer Higdon.  Also on the program, to be led by guest conductor Peter Oundjian, are Ravel's "Alborada del gracioso," Rimsky-Korsakoff's "Capriccio espagnol" and Tchaikovsky's "Francesca da Rimini."  Tickets begin at $10, available at the door, at the Music Hall box office at (513) 381-3300, or visit www.cincinnatisymphony.org. Come at 7 p.m. before the concerts for a "Classical Conversation" with Glennie and Higdon, moderated by CSO associate conductor Robert Trevino. Note: Nov. 2 is College Nite at the CSO, to include a party with the guest artists and CSO musicians following the concert in Corbett Tower at Music Hall. Tickets are $12 and include concert ticket.
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Washington Platform Jazz Series
Nov. 2 -- 9 p.m. -- midnight
Washington Platform restaurant
Elm and Court Streets
downtown

The Washington Platform Friday Night Jazz Series presents John Zappa, trumpet, with Dan Karlsberg on piano, Mike Sharfe on bass and Tony Franklin on drums. No cover.  $10 food and drink minimum. Kitchen open until 11 p.m. Call (513) 421-0110.
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Linton Chamber Music Series
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Miami String Quartet
Nov. 4 -- 4 p.m.
First Unitarian Church, Avondale

The Miami String Quartet -- violinists Benny Kim and Cathy Meng Robinson, violist Scott Lee and cellist Keith Robinson -- perform with pianist Benjamin Hochman and violist Steven Tenenbom in music of Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Brahms. Tickets $30. Call (513) 381-6868, or order online at www.lintonmusic.org
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
"Bond and Beyond"
James Morris Russell, conductor
Nov. 4 -- 7 p.m.
Nov. 11 -- 2 p.m.
Music Hall

JMR and the Pops celebrate the 50th anniversary of 007 with a concert devoted to music from the James Bond films and other espionage favorites.  Special guest willbe the silver Aston Martin driven by Sean Connery in "Goldfinger," live and onstage at Music Hall (courtesy of an anonymous donor). Tickets begin at $20. Call (513) 381-3300 or order online at www.cincinnatipops.org
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Linton Chamber Music Series
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Miami String Quartet
Nov. 4 -- First Unitarian Church
Avondale
Nov. 5 -- 7:30 p.m.
Congregation Beth Adam
1001 Loveland-Madeira Rd., Loveland

The Miami String Quartet -- violinists Benny Kim and Cathy Meng Robinson, violist Scott Lee and cellist Keith Robinson -- pianist Benjamin Hochman and violist Steven Tenenbom perform music of Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Brahms. Tickets $30. Call (513) 381-6868, or order online at www.lintonmusic.org
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Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts
"Constella Presents"
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Nov. 6 -- 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall

French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet closes the 2012 Constella Festival on a Gallic note with an all-Debussy recital in honor of the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth.  On the program are Debussy's Preludes, Book 2;"Suite Bergamasque," "Estampes" and "L'Isle joyeuse." Tickets, including concert and after-party at Memori al Hall with live feed of election night results, are $20-$50, available at tinyurl.com/9df7vr7, or call (513) 621-2787 (ARTS).
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
"Welcome Louis!"
Louis Langrée, conductor/music director-designate
Cédric Tiberghien, piano
Nov. 9 -- 11 a.m.
Nov. 10 -- 8 p.m.
Music Hall

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra welcomes Louis Langrée in his first concerts as CSO music director-designate.  Langrée, who succeeds Paavo Järvi beginning in 2013-2014,  will conduct an all-French program, including César Franck's Symphony in D Minor and "Les Offrandes oubliées" by Olivier Messiaen.  Guest artist Cedric Tiberghien will perform Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No. 2.  Langrée will participate in a pre-concert "Classical Conversation" with CSO associate conductor Robert Trevino one hour before each concert in the Music Hall auditorium.  Tickets begin at $10, available at (513) 381-3300, or visit www.cincinnatisymphony.org. 
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Classical Revolution
Nov. 11 -- 8 p.m.
Northside Tavern,