• About

  CSI concludes its eight Mainstage season with an Earth Day-themed concert celebrating our natural world and calling action to the need for us to care for its future.

• Program

  Aaron Copland Nature, the Gentlest Mother
  Gerald Finzi Oh fair to see / As I lay in the early sun
  Amy Beach The Year’s at the Spring

  Carl Friedrich Zelter Rastlose Liebe
  Franz Schubert Frühlingsglaube
  Robert Schumann Die Lotosblume
  Hugo Wolf Frühling übers Jahr

  Gregory Spears Walden

  Sergei Rachmaninov Lilacs / How fair this spot / Harvest of Sorrow / Spring waters

  Program subject to change without notification

• Pre-Concert Talk (2:15pm)

  Led by Dr. Megan Philpott, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

  The sixth mass extinction is upon us, and challenges like habitat loss, climate change, and disease mean that many common conservation strategies will not be enough. In light of these factors, biotechnology is playing an increasingly important role in the preservation of biodiversity. Cryopreservation is one such cutting-edge technology that we use to ensure that the most vulnerable species will be preserved for generations to come. The threats being faced by plants and animals worldwide are unprecedented, but novel conservation solutions give us a fighting chance of protecting biodiversity.

Meet the Artists

Erin Keesy, soprano

M. Andrew Jones, tenor

Brandon Bell, baritone

Elizabeth Avery, piano

Kelly Kuo, piano