SAT FEB 28, 2026 | 7:30 PM
SUN MAR 1, 2026 | 2 PM
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Samuel Lee conductor
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano
Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)
Overture No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 24
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Le tombeau de Couperin
Prélude. Vif
à la memoire du lieutenant Jacques Charlot
Forlane. Allegretto
à la memoire du lieutenant Gabriel Deluc
Menuet. Allegro moderato
à la memoire de Jean Dreyfus
Rigaudon. Assez vif
à la memoire de Pierre et Pascal Gaudin
Concerto in D Major for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra
INTERMISSION
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60
Adagio — Allegro vivace
Adagio
Allegro vivace
Allegro ma non troppo
These performances are approximately 115 minutes, 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 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.
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 May 3, 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.
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