SAT JAN 10, 2026, 7:30 PM
SUN JAN 11, 2026, 2:00 PM
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Cristian Măcelaru conductor 
Daniil Trifonov piano

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19
   Allegro con brio
   Adagio
   Rondo: Molto allegro

INTERMISSION

Daníel Bjarnason (b. 1979)
I Want to Be Alive – Trilogy for Orchestra (U.S. Premiere, CSO Co-Commission)
   Echo (Man Needs Man)
   Narcissus (We Need Mirrors)
   Pandora’s Box

This performance is approximately 120 minutes long, including intermission.

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group.

This concert is lovingly donated to the memory of Laura Gamble Thomson from the Thomson Family Foundation.

These concerts are endowed by Martha Anness, Priscilla Haffner & Sally Skidmore in loving memory of their mother, LaVaughn Scholl Garrison, a long-time patron of the Orchestra. 

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra co-commission and U.S. premiere of I Want to Be Alive — Trilogy for Orchestra by Daníel Bjarnason is made possible by a generous gift from Ann and Harry Santen.

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. 

WGUC is the Media Partner for these concerts. Selections from this concert will air on 90.9 WGUC on February 15, 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.