SUN FEB 1, 2 PM

Music Hall

ABOUT ACCESS TO MUSIC: Access to Music is designed for all ages as a sensory-friendly performance 

that celebrates the connection between music and the mind, both of which exist on a vast spectrum. 

Produced in partnership with The Well (thewell.world), and featuring orchestral music from across genres, the program invites you to explore how sound shapes emotions, thoughts and interactions. Much like neurodiversity, music reminds us that there is no single way to experience the world — we hope this concert will inspire you to feel, imagine and connect with music in your own unique way. 

For this sensory-friendly concert, the house lights will be a little brighter; accessible seating and amenities will be available; audience members are free to move around and enter and exit the auditorium as needed; audience member noise is not restricted; trained volunteers, ushers and staff are present to help provide a quality experience for all audience members; and there are designated quiet areas in the hall for audience members to use. Visit cincinnatisymphony.org for more information.

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Duo Shen conductor

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 1

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
“Morning Mood” from Peer Gynt, Op. 46 

Erik Satie (1866–1925)
orch. Debussy
Gymnopédie No. 2

Edvard Grieg
“In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt

Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884)
Vltava (“The Moldau”), No. 2 from Má vlast (“My Country”)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Movement I from Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

Leroy Anderson (1908–1975)
Jazz Pizzicato

Traditional
arr. Li
Mo Li Hua (“Jasmine Flower”) 

Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825–1899)
Unter Donner und Blitz (“Thunder and Lightning”) Polka, Op. 324

Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
orch. Mouton
“Clair de lune” from Suite bergamasque

These performances are approximately 60 minutes long. There is no 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. 

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