FRI OCT 4, 2024, 7:30 PM
SAT OCT 5, 2024, 7:30 PM
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Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Béla Fleck, banjo  

Aaron COPLAND (1900–1990)
Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Buckaroo Holiday
Corral Nocturne
Saturday Night Waltz
Hoe-Down

George GERSHWIN (1898–1937)
orch. Grofé, trans. Fleck
Rhapsody in Blue

INTERMISSION 

Florence PRICE (1888–1953)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor
Andante. Allegro
Andante ma non troppo
Juba: Allegro
Scherzo. Finale

These performances are approximately 105 minutes long, including intermission.

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group.

The appearance of Béla Fleck is made possible by a generous gift from Irwin and Melinda Simon.  

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and the Nina Browne Parker Trust, and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign, the region’s primary source for arts funding. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Pre-Concert Talks are made possible by an endowed gift from Melody Sawyer Richardson.

WGUC is the Media Partner for these concerts.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust.

Listen to selections from this program on 90.9 WGUC January 19, 2025 at 8 pm, followed by 30 days of streaming at cincinnatisymphony.org/replay.