WED DEC 31, 2025 | 8:00 PM
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John Morris Russell, conductor
Mikaela Bennett, vocalist
Blaine Krauss, vocalist
"Wilkommen" from Cabaret — John Kander
"Mack the Knife" from Threepenny Orchestra — Kurt Weill
Bei Mir Bist du Schoen ("To Me You Are Beautiful") — Sholom Secunda
Take the "A" Train — Billy Strayhorn
Are You Hep to that Jive? — Cab Calloway
"I'm Just Wild About Harry" from Shuffle Along — Eubie Blake
"Can-Can" from Gaîté Parisienne — Jacques Offenbach
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien ("No, I regret Nothign") — Charles Gaston Dumont
INTERMISSION
The Mooche — Edward K. ("Duke") Ellington
Por una cabeza ("By a Head") — Carlos Gardel/Alfredo Le Pera
Quizás, Quizás, Quizás ("Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps") — Osvaldo Farrés/Joe Davis
Danzón No. 2 — Arturo Márquez
"September Song" from Knickerbocker Holiday — Kurt Weill
La Vie en Rose ("Life in Pink") — Louis Guglielmi
"Cabaret" from Cabaret — John Kander/Fred Ebb
Auld Lang Syne ("Old Long Since") — Traditional
Program subject to change.
The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Season Presenter PNC and Leadership Sponsor the Dr. John & Louise Mulford Fund for the CSO.
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 CSO in-orchestra Seinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust.
November & December 2025
Welcome to the second issue of the 2025-26 Season! Read about how Cristian Măcelaru's legacy intertwines with that of George Enescu, the health benefits of live music and the newest additions to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
