FRI MAR 21, 2025,  7:30 PM
SAT MAR 22, 2025, 7:30 PM
SUN MAR 23, 2025, 2 PM
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John Morris Russell, conductor
Marcus Roberts, The Marcus Roberts Trio and the Modern Jazz Generation
Mykal Kilgore, vocalist
Tatiana Mayfield, vocalist
Asya Little-Graves, dancer

The Mooche — Edward K. (“Duke”) Ellington

Alexander’s Ragtime Band — Irving Berlin

Ain’t Misbehavin’ — Fats Waller

Yamekraw — James P. Johnson

Hellfighters’ Blues  (Cincinnati Pops Co-Commission) — Carlos Simon

Are You Hep to That Jive? — Cab Calloway

INTERMISSION

El manisero (“The Peanut Vendor”) — Moisés Simons

“Lonely House” from Street Scene — Kurt Weill/Langston Hughes

Sophisticated Lady — Edward K. (“Duke”) Ellington

Harlem — Edward K. (“Duke”) Ellington

St. Louis Blues — W.C. Handy

Program subject to change.

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Season Presenter PNC, Concert Sponsors Kelly Dehan and Rick Staudigel and Digital Access Partner CVG Airport Authority. 

The Cincinnati Pops co-commission of Hellfighters’ Blues by Carlos Simon is generously supported by Kathy Grote. 

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.