FRI MAY 9, 2025, 11:00 AM
SAT MAY 10, 2025, 7:30 PM
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Damon Gupton, conductor
Michelle Cann, piano

Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
The Noon Witch, Op. 108

Edvard GRIEG (1843–1907)
Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
Allegro molto moderato
Adagio—
Allegro moderato molto e marcato

INTERMISSION 

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882–1971)
Scherzo à la russe

Arthur HONEGGER (1892–1955)
Pastorale d'été

Edward K. ("Duke") ELLINGTON (1899–1974)
arr. Peress
Black, Brown and Beige
Work Song—
Come Sunday—
Light

These performances are approximately 97 minutes long, including intermission.

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group and Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Performance Sponsor Pyro-technical Investigations, Inc., Show Sponsor Thompson Hine and Digital Access Partner CVG Airport Authority.

This concert is made possible by the Vicky and Rick Reynolds Fund for Diverse Artists.

The appearance of Michelle Cann is made possible by a generous gift from the William Hurford and Lesley Gilbertson Family Fund for Guest Pianists.

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 July 6, 2025 at 8 pm, followed by 30 days of streaming at cincinnatisymphony.org/replay.