FRI JAN 24, 2025, 11:00 AM
SAT JAN 25, 2025, 7:30 PM
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Christian Reif, conductor
Ilya Finkelshteyn, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791)
Overture to Die Zauberflöte ("The Magic Flute"), K. 620

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)
Concerto No. 1 in A Minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Allegro non troppo
Allegretto con moto
Allegro non troppo; un peu moins vite

Jimmy LÓPEZ (b. 1978)
Symphony No. 5, Fantastica (World Premiere, CSO Co-Commission)
The Book of Books
Atreyu’s Great Quest
Moon Child
Bastian the Savior
AURYN

INTERMISSION 

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)
Symphony No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131
Moderato
Allegretto
Andante espressivo
Vivace

These performances are approximately 125 minutes long, including intermission.

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group and Fort Washington Investment Advisors. 

The appearance of Ilya Finkelshteyn is made possible by a generous gift from Linda and James Miller.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's world premiere commission of Fantastica by Jimmy López is made possible by a generous gift from Kari and Jon Ullman.

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 March 16, 2025 at 8 pm, followed by 30 days of streaming at cincinnatisymphony.org/replay.