Experience the grandeur and tradition of Messiah, Handel’s exultant masterpiece, featuring the Columbus Symphony Chorus. The iconic ‘Hallelujah’ chorus is a highlight of this beloved oratorio.

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Handel’s Messiah

Ohio Theatre

Mozart’s sublime Mass in C minor was, like his Requiem, left unfinished at the time of his death. Numerous scholars have published reconstructions of the work. The edition used for these concerts is a new completion by German musicologist Ulrich Leisinger, premiered in Germany in 2019.

Mozart’s Mass in C minor

Originally titled by the composer as "Recollections of Country Life,” Beethoven’s beloved “Pastoral” symphony musically depicts an idyllic landscape. Gabriela Lena Frank’s Conquest Requiem is inspired by the true story of Malinche, a Nahua woman from the Gulf Coast of Mexico who was given to the Spaniards as a young slave, with text by Pulitzer-Prize winning author Nilo Cruz.

Beethoven Pastoral Symphony

Celebrate the end of an era as Ronald Jenkins takes the podium for his last concert as Chorus Director of the Columbus Symphony Chorus. For 41 years, Mr. Jenkins built the all-volunteer chorus to become a mainstay of Columbus Symphony programming. The closing concert of the Masterworks season will feature music from Great Britain, with favorites such as "Nimrod" from Elgar’s Enigma Variations. The program will also honor Memorial Day with Vaughan Williams’s powerful cantata, Dona Nobis Pacem.

Welcome to Spring

“Extravagantly talented… the audience’s response was raucous… everything he touches turns fantastical and memorable.”

Mighty Morton Organ Festival with Cameron Carpenter

 A tour de force opens the new season. Carl Orff’s iconic and scandalous Carmina Burana will come alive in full splendor and opulence with a grand orchestra and the angelic voices of the Columbus Symphony Chorus and the Columbus Children’s Choir.

Carmina Burana

Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, the transcendent ‘Resurrection,’ features the return of radiant soprano Jessica Rivera and the CSO debut of mezzo-soprano Ronnita Miller. Colossal in both length and orchestration, Mahler’s second symphony offers a profound reflection on life and redemption.

Columbus Symphony Chorus

24 - 25 Jan, 2025

Mahler 2

15 - 17 Nov, 2024

Handel’s Messiah

Mar 25 - May 24, 2024

Mozart’s Mass in C minor

Columbus Symphony Chorus