FRI JAN 3, 2025 | 7:30 PM
SAT JAN 4, 2025 | 7:30 PM
SUN JAN 5, 2025 | 2 PM
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A Magical Experience

We solemnly swear… you’re in for a magical experience as Music Hall is transfigured into the grounds of Hogwarts ahead of each performance.

Arrive early (starting at 6:30pm) in your best Hogwarts gear, pick up your own “Marauder’s Map” and head to any or all of our pre-concert activities.

Upon entering the hall, get your photo with your House Banner and from there you can craft your own experience. Venture over to the Broomstick Bar in Wilks Studio pick up some Butterscotch Brew and enjoy a performance from the May Festival Youth Chorus’ “Frog Choir,” fly up to the Owlery in Corbett Tower and see a presentation of owls from our friends at Midwest Falconry or you can wake your “secret swans” and “lordly lions” in the Ballroom with Yule Ball dance lessons from The Ritz Ballroom Dance Studio.

After all the festivities, make your way to your seats and enjoy the performance complete with sorting ceremonies, spellcasting and a trivia competition to see which house will win the Music Hall Cup.

Daniel Wiley, conductor

“Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — John Williams

“Diagon Alley” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — John Williams
Children’s Suite for Orchestra

“Harry’s Wondrous World” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — John Williams

“The Chamber of Secrets” from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — John Williams

“Witches, Wands and Wizards” from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — John Williams

“Buckbeak’s Flight” from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — John Williams

Concert Suite from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — Patrick Doyle
Voldemort!/Hedwig’s Theme
The Quidditch World Cup (The Irish)
Foreign Visitors Arrive
Potter Waltz 
Voldemort!
Hedwig’s Theme/Hogwarts’ Hymn

“Fireworks” from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — Nicholas Hooper

Selections from Harry Potter Symphonic Suite — Various
“Flight of the Order of the Phoenix” from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“Harry and Hermione” from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“Obliviate” from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
“Lily’s Theme” from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
“Courtyard Apocalypse” from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
“Harry’s Wondrous World” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them — James Newton Howard

Program subject to change.
There is no intermission.

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Season Presenter PNC and Presenting Sponsor The Rendigs Foundation.

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. 

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