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BARBER & SHOSTAKOVICH
Barber’s lyricism meets Shostakovich’s fire
About the Concert

FRI OCT 24, 2025, 11:00 AM
SAT OCT 25, 2025, 7:30 PM
Music Hall 

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Program

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Stella Chen, violin

Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14
   Allegro
   Andante
   Presto in moto perpetuo

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Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Symphony No. 4 in C Major, Op. 43
   Allegretto poco moderato – Presto
   Moderato con moto
   Largo – Allegro

These performances are approximately 120 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, the Nina Browne Parker Trust, and 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. This concert will air on 90.9 WGUC at a future date. Visit cincinnatisymphony.org/replay for the full details and broadcast schedule.

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

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