CSO 2009-2010 Season

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra presents its 2009-2010 season, the ninth with Music Director Paavo Järvi. A compelling, critically acclaimed conductor, Järvi leads 12 subscription weeks with 29 concerts. The season brings 11 guest conductors to the podium and features 11 pianists, seven violinists, three cellists, a violist, a bandoneón player and the May Festival Chorus. Fourteen artists make debuts with the orchestra and superstar artists like Lang Lang, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, William Eddins, Janine Jansen,Radu Lupu and Truls Mørk take the Music Hall stage.

WGUC is pleased once again to present broadcasts of the 2009-2010 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra season. Tune in every Sunday at 7:30 pm.

Complete 2009-2010 Season Schedule

September 17, 2009 Paavo Järvi; Conductor Lang Lang, piano COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man BERNSTEIN: Divertimento for Orchestra BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19 BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide A pre-concert dinner and afterparty festivities are planned to ring in the new season.

September 25, 26 & 27, 2009 Paavo Järvi; Conductor Alina Pogostkina, violin; May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, director STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (“Till Eulenspiegels Merry Pranks”), Op. 28 ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR: CSO Commission TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

October 2 & 3, 2009 Kristjan Järvi; Conductor Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon GINASTERA: Four Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a PIAZZOLLA: Aconcagua Concerto for Bandoneon REVUELTAS: La Noche de los Mayas (“The Night of the Mayans”)

October 9 & 10, 2009 William Eddins; Conductor COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring ROBERTO SIERRA: Sphinx Consortium Commission GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F Major

October 15, 16 & 17, 2009 Paavo Järvi; Conductor Sayaka Shoji, violin BARBER: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27

November 20 & 21, 2009 Stéphane Denève; Conductor Henning Kraggerud, violin GUILLAUME CONNESSON: Aleph: Symphonic Dances MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

December 4 & 5, 2009 Tito Muñoz; Conductor Ingrid Fliter, piano COPLAND: El Salón México CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Op. 36

December 17, 19 & 20, 2009 Nicholas McGegan; Conductor HANDEL: Messiah

January 8, 9 & 10, 2010 Paavo Järvi; Conductor Denis Matsuev, piano RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 MESSIAEN: Le tombeau resplendissant MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, Prague

January 15 & 16, 2010 Paavo Järvi; Conductor Measha Brueggergosman, soprano Cincinnati Children’s Choir, Robyn Lana, director May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, director MESSIAEN: Un sourire (“A Smile”) BERLIOZ: Les nuits d'été (“Summer Nights”) ORFF: Carmina burana

January 22 & 23, 2010 Paavo Järvi; Conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor

January 29 & 30, 2010 John Nelson; Conductor Imogen Cooper, piano BEETHOVEN: Suite from The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

February 4 & 6, 2010 Pinchas Steinberg; Conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C Major for Strings, Op. 48 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

February 12 & 13, 2010 Paavo Järvi; Conductor Radu Lupu, piano RAVEL: Five Nursery Songs from Mother Goose BARTÓK: Piano Concerto No. 3 BACH/orch. Webern: Fuga Ricercare in C Minor from The Musical Offering LUTOSLAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra

February 19 & 20, 2010 Paavo Järvi; Conductor Janine Jansen, violin BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 ROTT: Symphony in E Major

March 12, 13 & 14, 2010 Paavo Järvi; Conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano HENRI DUTILLEUX: Symphony No. 1 GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 BIZET: Symphony No. 1 in C Major

March 19 & 20, 2010 Arild Remmereit; Conductor Stefan Jackiw, violin SIBELIUS: Finlandia BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29, Polish

March 25, 26 & 27, 2010 Paavo Järvi; Conductor Truls Mørk, cello MOZART: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384 ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 35

April 9 & 10, 2010 Mikko Franck; Conductor Gabriela Montero, piano RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

April 16 & 17, 2010 Mark Wigglesworth; Conductor Timothy Lees, violin Alisa Weilerstein, cello JOHN PICKARD: The Flight of Icarus BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102 HAYDN: Symphony No. 90 in C Major

April 23, 24 & 25, 2010 Paavo Järvi; Conductor Isabelle van Keulen, viola BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy Symphony, Op. 16 BERLIOZ: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23 RESPIGHI: Pini di Roma (“Pines of Rome”)

April 30 & May 1, 2010 John Storgårds; Conductor Baiba Skride, violin Jan Vogler, cello Lauma Skride, piano BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56 SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43

May 6 & 8, 2010 Paavo Järvi; Conductor Alexander Toradze, piano TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 WAGNER: Music from The Ring (Orchestral Selections)

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