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Louis Conducts Petrushka
A sonic journey through a sacred space
About the Concert

FRI NOV 21, 2025, 7:30 PM
SAT NOV 22, 2025, 7:30 PM
Music Hall

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Program

Louis Langrée conductor
Dwight Parry oboe
Christopher Pell clarinet
Christopher Sales bassoon
Elizabeth Freimuth horn

Jennifer Higon (1841–1904)
blue cathedral

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn and Orchestra, K. 297b
Allegro
Adagio
Andantino con variationi

INTERMISSION 

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Petrushka
The Shrove-Tide Fair; The Magic Trick; Russian Dance
Petrushka’s Room
The Moor’s Room; Dance of the Ballerina
The Shrove-Tide Fair (Towards Evening)

These performances are approximately 110 minutes long, including intermission.


The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group and Fort Washington Investment Advisors.

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 on January 25, 2026, followed by 30 days of streaming at cincinnatisymphony.org/replay.

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

Fanfare Magazine

Back at the Podium: Louis Langrée’s Return in Harmony with Mozart at the CSO 

November & December 2025 Fanfare Magazine

Louis Langrée returns to the CSO as Music Director Laureate. Read Ken Smith's article about the reunion, and what musicians Chris Pell, Dwight Parry and Elizabeth Freimuth have to say about the homecoming.

Explore this story in Fanfare Magazine

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