Series 1
AT THE SUMMIT: Strauss + Dessner
Fri Sep 20, 2019 | 11:00 am
Sat Sep 21, 2019 | 8:00 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Katia & Marielle Labèque, pianos
Richard Strauss’ last orchestral odyssey leads us to the summit of experience and music from Cincinnati native Bryce Dessner takes us home. Learn more.
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R. STRAUSS: Don Juan
BRYCE DESSNER: Concerto for Two Pianos [U.S. Premiere]
STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony
ROUSE WORLD PREMIERE + RAVEL'S BOLERO
Fri Oct 18, 2019 | 11:00 am
Sat Oct 19, 2019 | 8:00 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Guy Braunstein, violin, artist-in-residence
Ravel's Bolero and the birth of a new symphony by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Christopher Rouse. Learn more.
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RAVEL: Bolero
LALO: Symphonie espagnole
ROUSE: Symphony No. 6 [World Premiere, CSO Commission]
AMERICAN LIFE
Fri Nov 15, 2019 | 11:00 am
Sat Nov 16, 2019 | 8:00 pm
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Louis Schwizgebel, piano
The CSO follows the thread of great African American composers. Learn more.
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ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK: An American Port of Call
JAMES LEE III: Sukkot Through Orion’s Nebula
PRICE: Piano Concerto
STILL: Symphony No. 1, Afro-American Symphony
ELLINGTON: Harlem
SCHUBERT'S THE GREAT
Fri Jan 24, 2020 | 11:00 am
Sat Jan 25, 2020 | 8:00 pm
Simone Young, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cello
Encounter Schubert’s once-lost masterpiece, plus a cello concerto by one of today's most exciting composers. Learn more.
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RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante défunte
UNSUK CHIN: Cello Concerto
SCHUBERT: Symphony in C Major, The Great
MANNY AND MOZART
Fri Mar 27, 2020 | 11:00 am
Sat Mar 28, 2020 | 8:00 pm
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Audience favorite Emanuel Ax interprets the music of Mozart, plus hear the 8th Symphony of revolutionary composer Shostakovich. Learn more.
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MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8
RACHMANINOFF AND PROKOFIEV
Fri Apr 17, 2020 | 11:00 am
Sat Apr 18, 2020 | 8:00 pm
Xian Zhang, conductor
Sergio Tiempo, piano
Rachmaninoff’s immensely popular Rhapsody pairs with Prokofiev’s heroic Fifth Symphony. Learn more.
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CAROLINE SHAW: Observatory [CSO Co-Commission]
RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
MOZART'S PARIS
Fri May 8, 2020 | 11:00 am
Sat May 9, 2020 | 8:00 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Philippe Bernold, flute
Emmanual Ceysson, harp
Mozart and Gluck imbibe and reinvent the music of France. Learn more.
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GLUCK: Overture to Iphigénie en Aulide
MOZART: Concerto for Flute and Harp
GLUCK: Overture and Dance of the Furies from Orphée et Eurydice
MOZART: Symphony No. 31, Paris
