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SERIES 1 FRI 11 am SAT 8 pm SERIES 2 FRI 8 pm SAT 8 pm SERIES 3 SAT 8 pm SUN 2 pm

Concert times as listed, unless otherwise noted

Beethoven Revolution Louis Langrée concludes his three-year Beethoven symphony cycle with programs that explore the composer's genius.

CSO Proof A three-concert series featuring elements of theater and dance adding new dimensions of color.

Programs, artists and prices subject to change. The May Festival Chorus is the official chorus of the CSO.

AUG 19 CSO LOOK AROUND AUG 3, 2019 | SAT 7 pm Washington Park + OTR cincinnatisymphony.org/lookaround Co-created by: Shara Nova, Mark De Chiazza Siri Imani, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

SEP 19 AT THE SUMMIT: STRAUSS + DESSNER SEP 20–21, 2019 | FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Katia & Marielle Labèque pianos R. STRAUSS Don Juan Bryce DESSNER Concerto for Two Pianos [U.S. Premiere] R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER PLAYS BEETHOVEN SEP 28–29, 2019 | SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Eun Sun Kim conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Gabriella SMITH New Work [World Premiere, CSO Co-Commission] BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

OCT 19 UNLIMITED COLOR: BOLERO + ROUSE PREMIERE OCT 18–19, 2019 | FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Guy Braunstein violin RAVEL Bolero LALO Symphonie espagnole Christopher ROUSE Symphony No. 6 [World Premiere, CSO Co-Commission]

DEC 19 SCHUMANN'S PARADISE DEC 6–7, 2019 | FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Paolo Bortolameolli conductor May Festival Chorus SCHUMANN Paradise and the Peri

JAN 20 RENÉE FLEMING AND RACHMANINOFF JAN 10–11, 2020 | FRI 8 pm; SAT 7 pm Louis Langrée conductor Renée Fleming soprano Behzod Abduraimov piano JAN 10, 2020 | FRI 8 pm L. BOULANGER Of a Spring Morning RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 HOLMÈS La Nuit et l'Amour R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs JAN 11, 2020 | SAT 7 pm L. BOULANGER D'un matin de printemps R. STRAUSS – Liebeshymnus, Morgen, Cäcilie RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 Additional Works from Broadway & Film 125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION JAN 18–19, 2020 | SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Louis Langrée conductor Aaron Diehl piano Vadym Kholodenko piano May Festival Chorus Tal Rosner video artist William WINSTEAD New Work [World Premiere, CSO Commission] YSAŸE Exil! ELLINGTON New World A-Comin' GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue Daníel BJARNASON Collider [CSO Commission] SCRIABIN Symphony No. 5, Prometheus: Poem of Fire

MAR 20 HANDEL IN ROME: THE DELIRIUM OF LOVE MAR 13–14, 2020 | FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Jonathan Cohen conductor Thomas Dunford lute Joélle Harvey soprano VIVALDI Lute Concerto ZELENKA Sinfonia à 8 HANDEL Delirio Amoroso MANNY AND MOZART MAR 27–28, 2020 | FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Peter Oundjian conductor Emanuel Ax piano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8

APR 20 BEETHOVEN NO. 8 + Sō PERCUSSION APR 3–4, 2020 | FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Sō Percussion LULLY Le Bourgeois gentil homme Suite David LANG man made Sebastian CURRIER New Work [World Premiere] BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 RACHMANINOFF AND PROKOFIEV APR 17–18, 2020 | FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Xian Zhang conductor Sergio Tiempo piano Caroline SHAW New Work [CSO Co-Commission] RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 SURREALIST EL TROPICAL APR 22, 2020 | WED 7:30 pm Rosie Herrera choreographer Clyde Scott video designer Luke Kritzeck lighting designer

DVOŘÁK'S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY OCT 25–26, 2019 | FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Gustavo Gimeno conductor Ingrid Fliter piano Francisco COLL Hidd'n Blue [U.S. Premiere] DE FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World

NOV 19 PETROUCHKA + TCHAIKOVSKY NOV 8–9, 2019 | FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Gil Shaham violin Julia WOLFE New Work [CSO Co-Commission] TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Petrouchka AMERICAN LIFE NOV 15–16, 2019 | FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Thomas Wilkins conductor Louis Schwizgebel piano Adolphus HAILSTORK An American Port of Call James LEE III Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula PRICE Piano Concerto in One Movement STILL Symphony No. 1, Afro-American Symphony ELLINGTON Harlem AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE NOV 22, 2019 | FRI 7:30 pm Andre de Ridder conductor Timo Andres composer, pianist John Heginbotham choreographer Inbal Segev cello WINTER DAYDREAMS: TCHAIKOVSKY AND SCHUMANN NOV 30–DEC 1, 2019 | SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm James Conlon conductor Lise de la Salle piano WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg SCHUMANN Piano Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, Winter Daydreams

SCHUBERT'S THE GREAT JAN 24–25, 2020 | FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Simone Young conductor Alban Gerhardt cello RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte Unsuk CHIN Cello Concerto SCHUBERT Symphony in C Major, The Great SINGULIS ET SIMUL JAN 29, 2020 | WED 7:30 pm Keitaro Harada conductor Frédéric Nauczyciel House of HMU

FEB 20 PLAY OF LIGHT: RAVEL'S ENCHANTMENT FEB 7–8, 2020 | FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano Isabel Leonard the child James Bonas director Additional artists in collaboration with CCM SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian RAVEL L'enfant et les sortilèges Grégoire Pont & James Bonas Production BEETHOVEN AKADEMIE 1808 FEB 29–MAR 1, 2020 SAT 4 pm; SUN 2:30 pm Louis Langrée conductor May Festival Chorus Inon Barnatan piano Dorothea Röschmann soprano BEETHOVEN – Symphony No. 6, Pastoral – Ah! Perfido, Scene and Aria – Gloria from Mass in C – Piano Concerto No. 4 – Symphony No. 5 – Sanctus from Mass in C – Improvised Fantasia – Choral Fantasy

TRANSFIGURED NIGHT APR 25–26, 2020 | SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Guy Braunstein conductor/violin WALKER Lyric for Strings Ohad BEN-ARI Forgiveness and Hope [U.S. Premiere] SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht ("Transfigured Night") MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Scottish

MAY 20 MOZART'S PARIS MAY 8–9, 2020 | FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Philippe Bernold flute Emmanuel Ceysson harp 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 SEASON FINALE: MAHLER 3 + ADOLPHE PREMIERE MAY 16–17, 2020 | SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Louis Langrée conductor Women of the May Festival Chorus Cincinnati Boychoir Kelley O'Connor mezzo-soprano Julia ADOLPHE New Work [World Premiere, CSO Commission] MAHLER Symphony No. 3

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