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SUN APR 6, 2025, 2:00 PM
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Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor
Maria Ioudenitch, violin 

Hamish MacCUNN (1868–1916)
The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Op. 3

Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
Concerto in E Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64
Allegro molto appassionato
Andante
Allegretto non troppo. Allegro molto vivace

INTERMISSION 

Richard STRAUSS (1864–1949)
Eine Alpensinfonie ("An Alpine Symphony"), Op. 64
Night
Sunrise
The Ascent
Entering the Forest
Wandering near the Stream
At the Waterfall
Apparition
On Blooming Meadows
On the Alpine Pasture
Going Astray in Thicket and Underbrush
On the Glacier
Dangerous Moments
At the Summit
View
Fog Arises
The Sun Gradually Darkens
Elegy
Calm Before the Storm
Thunder and Storm
Sunset
Vanishing Sound
Night

These performances are approximately 106 minutes long, including intermission.

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

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 May 25, 2025 at 8 pm, followed by 30 days of streaming at cincinnatisymphony.org/replay.