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        Sept. 13-14, 2002 — Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Eroica Trio, guest artists. Brahms, Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80; Beethoven, Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 56, “Triple”; Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, From the New World. 8 p.m.

        Sept. 20-21 — Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Lars Vogt, piano. Lepo Sumera, Symphony No. 6; Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58; Carl Nielsen, Symphony No. 5, Op. 50. 8 p.m.

        Sept. 27-28 — Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Christian Tetzlaff, violin. Mozart, Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620; Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77; Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, Pathetique. 11 a.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday.

        Oct. 4-5 — John Adams, conductor; Jeffrey Kahane, piano. Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man; “Party Scene” from The Tender Land; Adams, Century Rolls; Verdi, Prelude to La Traviata; Respighi, Roman Festivals (Feste romane). 8 p.m.

        Oct. 11-12 — Robert Spano, conductor; Steven Isserlis, cello. Sibelius, The Oceanides, Op. 73; Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85; Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances, Op. 45. 8 p.m.

        Oct. 25-26 — Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Tabea Zimmermann, viola; Owen Lee, double bass. R. Strauss, Don Juan, Op. 20; Bartok, Viola Concerto; Eduard Tubin, Double Bass Concerto; R. Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28. 11 a.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday.

        Nov. 2-3 — Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Leila Josefowicz, violin. Janacek, Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen; Bartok, Violin Concerto No. 2; Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73. 8 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday.

        Nov. 8-9 — Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Alexander Toradze, piano. Ravel, La Valse; Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30; Sibelius, Lemminkainen Legends, Op. 22. 11 a.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday.

        Nov. 14-15 — Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Anne Akiko Meyers, violin. Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 3, Op. 101; Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19; Ravel, Pavane for a Dead Princess; Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

        Nov. 22-23 — Robert Porco, conductor; Janice Chandler and Audrey Luna, sopranos; Lawrence Brownlee, tenor; Randolph Bowman and Kyril Magg, flutes; Timothy Lees, violin; May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, Director. J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049; Magnificat, BWV 243; Poulenc, Gloria. 8 p.m.

        Dec. 6-7 — James DePreist, conductor; Denis Matsuev, piano. Menotti, Apocalypse; Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major; Shostakovich, Symphony No. 12 in D Minor, Op. 112, The Year 1917. 11 a.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday.

        Jan. 11-12, 2003 — William Eddins, conductor; John Browning, piano. John Alden Carpenter, Suite from the ballet Skyscrapers; Barber, Piano Concerto, Op. 38; Copland, Symphony No. 3. 8 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday.

        Jan. 16-18 — Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Radu Lupu, piano. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54; Mahler, Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, Tragic. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

        Jan. 24-25 — Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Christine Brewer, soprano; Jon Fredric West, tenor; Donnie Ray Albert, baritone; Eric Owens, bass; May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, Director. Beethoven, Fidelio, Op. 72. 8 p.m.

        Jan. 31-Feb. 1 — Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Christian Lindberg, trombone. Carter Pann, Slalom; Michael Haydn, Trombone Concerto; Jan Sandstrom, Short Ride on a Motorbike; Mozart, Symphony No. 41 in C Major, Jupiter, K. 551. 11 a.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday.

        Feb. 6, 8 — Paavo Jarvi, conductor. Ravel, Five Nursery Songs from Mother Goose; Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2, Op. 64b. Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1, Op. 64a; Ravel, Bolero. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Saturday (no concert Friday).

        Feb. 14-15 — Yakov Kreizberg, conductor; Jennifer Koh, violin. Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35; Schmidt, Symphony No. 4. 8 p.m.

        Feb. 27-March 1 — Jahja Ling, conductor; Lang Lang, piano. Bernard Rands, Tre canzoni senza parole (Three Songs Without Words); Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18; Dvorak, Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday.

        March 8-9 — Eri Klas, conductor; Peter Serkin, piano.

        Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15; R. Strauss, Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40. 8 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday.

        March 14-15 — Mark Wigglesworth, conductor; Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano. Webern, Passacaglia, Op. 1; Mahler, Kindertotenlieder; Blumine from Symphony No. 1 in D Major; Elgar, Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma. 8 p.m.

        March 20-22 — Gustav Kuhn, conductor; Piotr Anderszewski, piano. Beethoven, Egmont Overture, Op. 84; Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15; Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, Pastoral. 7:30 p.m., Thursday; 11 a.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday.

        March 28-29 — Paavo Jarvi, conductor; Vadim Repin, violin. Carnegie Hall Program. Erkki-Sven Tuur, Exodus; Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47; Shostakovich, Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93. 8 p.m.

        April 25-27 — Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor; Los Romeros, guest artists. Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Lorenzo Palomo, Concierto de Cienfuegos (Concerto of a Hundred Fires); Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Op. 35. 11 a.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday.

        May 2-3 — Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin. Franck, Morceau symphonique from Redemption; Stravinsky, Violin Concerto in D Major; Ravel, Tzigane Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra; Dvorak, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 10. 8 p.m.

        The CSO will offer packages of four (starting at $45) to 24 concerts (starting at $210). The Thursday “musical banquets” series will continue, as will the new series of four Sunday afternoon concerts.

        Subscribers may also create their own series using Classic Choice vouchers, starting at $135.

        Subscriptions go on sale Monday. Single tickets go on sale Aug. 8.

        For series ticket information call 381-3300 or visit www.cincinnatisymphony.org.

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