SAT NOV 16, 2024, 7:30 PM
SUN NOV 17, 2024, 2:00 PM
Music Hall
Marin Alsop, conductor
May Festival Chorus, Matthew Swanson, director
Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918–1990)
Chichester Psalms
No. 1 Psalm 108:2 and Psalm 100
No. 2 Psalm 23 and Psalm 2:1-4
No. 3. Psalm 131, Psalm 133:1
INTERMISSION
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60, Leningrad
Allegretto
Moderato – poco allegretto
Adagio
Allegro non troppo
These performances are approximately 120 minutes long, including intermission.
The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group and Digital Access Partner CVG Airport Authority.
The appearance of the May Festival Chorus is made possible by a generous gift from the Nancy & Steve Donovan Fund for Chorus and Orchestra.
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 February 16, 2025 at 8 pm, followed by 30 days of streaming at cincinnatisymphony.org/replay.