SAT OCT 3, 2026 | 7:30 PM
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Cristian Măcelaru conductor
Nicola Benedetti violin
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis (b. 1961)
Violin Concerto
Rhapsody
Rondo Burlesque
Blues
Hootenanny
INTERMISSION
Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition
orch. Ravel,
concept by Cristian Măcelaru,
arr. for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra by Sherman Irby
Introduction: Promenade
Gnomus
Promenade
Il vecchio castello
Promenade
Tuileries
Bydło
Promenade
Ballet of Little Chicks in Their Shells
Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle
Limoges—Le Marché
Catacombs—Roman Tombs
Cum mortuis in lingua mortua (“With the Dead in a Dead Language”)
Baba-Yaga
The Great Gate of Kiev
These performances are approximately 125 minutes, including intermission
The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group, Encore Sponsor HORAN Wealth and Presenting Sponsor Taft Law.
These appearance of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis was financially assisted by Carl M. Jacobs Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, N.A., Trustee.
The appearance of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis was made possible by a generous gift from the Friedlander Family.
The Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, concept by Cristian Măcelaru and arranged for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra by Sherman Irby, is generously supported by Irwin and Melinda Simon.
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 and support from Marjorie C. Davies.
Selections from CSO concerts are regularly broadcast by our media partner, 90.9 WGUC. Visit cincinnatisymphony.org/replay for the full broadcast and streaming schedule.
The CSO in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust.
Măcelaru and Marsalis: ‘Brothers from a Different Mother’
September & October 2026 Fanfare Magazine
Explore Cristian Măcelaru’s views on his collaborations and friendship with composer and trumpet player Wynton Marsalis, and read about how the CSO’s season-opening festival embodies their decade-long artistic partnership.
