The trumpets soared and the May Festival Chamber Choir lifted jubilant voices. The Cincinnati May Festival opened its 150th season on Saturday on a celebratory note with Handel’s “Dettingen Te Deum,” a work that was performed on its very first concert in May of 1873.
Conducted by longtime director of choruses Robert Porco, the performance was an inspiring prelude to the main event of the sesquicentennial, which takes place May 19-27 in Cincinnati Music Hall. For this concert, the Hyde Park…
