CSO at Wheaton
Across the 2026/27 Season, sweeping Romantic masterworks, electrifying concertos and richly expressive symphonies create evenings packed with momentum, nuance and emotional depth.
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Sleeping Beauty & Dvořák Cello Concerto
OCTOBER 23
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conductor
Jian Wang cello
NIELSEN Overture to Maskarade
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
Jian Wang brings his acclaimed artistry to Dvořák’s soaring Cello Concerto, the crown jewel of Romantic cello repertoire. Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Suite transports you to the Golden Age of ballet.
Rana Plays Tchaikovsky
FEBRUARY 5
Dima Slobodeniouk conductor
Beatrice Rana piano
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
NIELSEN Symphony No. 4 (The Inextinguishable)
Tchaikovsky’s explosive concerto with Beatrice Rana, one of “the finest pianists out there” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), anchors a program steeped in heroic struggle — from Beethoven’s meditation on freedom to Nielsen’s wartime vision of “everything that moves, that desires life.”
A Little Night Music
MARCH 19
James Gaffigan conductor
Alisa Weilerstein cello
PROKOFIEV Symphony-Concerto
MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
Prokofiev’s concerto is a speciality of Alisa Weilerstein, who captures its visceral joy and sardonic humor. Robert Schumann’s Fourth Symphony is a fervent memento of his happy marriage.
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Jian Wang
Beatrice Rana
Alisa Weilerstein
