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Franz Welser-Most conducts Beethoven and Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy
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T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R AF R A N Z W E L S E R - MF R A N Z W E L S E R - M ÖÖ S TS T M U S I C D I R E C T O R
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November 8, 9, 10FRANZ WELSER-MÖST CONDUCTS BEETHOVENAND SCRIABIN’S POEM OF ECSTASY
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Table of Contents4 The Cleveland Orchestra
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T H EC L E V E L A N DO R C H E S T R A
WEEK 7
7 In the News
Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Spotlight Photo: A Look Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Orchestra News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8 About the Orchestra Musical Arts Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Cleveland Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Education and Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Meet the Musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Severance Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Guest Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
35 Concert — Week 7 Concert Previews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Program: November 8, 9, 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Introducing the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
PINTSCHER
Chute d’Étoiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
BEETHOVEN
Grosse Fuge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SCRIABIN
Poem of Ecstasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Soloists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-53
48 Support Sound for the Centennial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heritage Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Center for Future Audiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Endowed Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Corporate Annual Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Foundation / Government Annual Support . . . 75
Individual Annual Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
90 Future Concerts Concert Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Upcoming Concerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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7Severance Hall 2012-13 7Severance Hall 2012-13
November 2012
Welcome to Severance Hall! Everyone in The Cleveland Orchestra
family is pleased that you are here with us today.
As you look around at your fellow audience members, there’s an in-
creasing chance that you will see young people, especially students
from some of Northeast Ohio’s many educational institutions.
Two years ago, we established the Center for Future Audiences to fund programs to
develop new generations of audiences for Cleveland Orchestra concerts in Northeast
Ohio. The Center was created with a $20 million lead endowment gift from the Maltz
Family Foundation. Our objective is to have one of youngest audiences of any sym-
phony orchestra in the country.
Since the beginning of this season, we have made huge strides toward that ambitious
goal. In fact, the number of students attending Cleveland Orchestra concerts at Sever-
ance Hall has more than doubled over the same period last year. This year, we’ve had
an average of more than 200 students at every evening subscription concert — on
some nights, students have represented more than 20% of the crowd.
This surge in student attendance is a result of the programs supported by the Center
for Future Audiences, especially those funded by a $5 million endowment gift from
Alexander and Sarah Cutler to encourage student attendance.
We have a number of initiatives and promotions to attract students to Severance Hall.
Two stand out: The introduction this season of a Student Frequent FanCard, which gives
students flexibility and encourages frequency of attendance. Equally important, is our
network of a dozen student ambassadors, representing five area colleges, who vol-
unteer their time promoting student concertgoing and helping to create a vital social
media presence around The Cleveland Orchestra.
Our commitment to student attendance and a younger audience is part of a Cleveland
Orchestra renaissance, as we commit to being ever more relevant to our hometown
and ever more devoted to community service.
Orchestra Gala 2012
Our annual fundraising Gala was held on Saturday, November 3, to raise funds in
support of the Orchestra’s Education and Community Programs. Featuring The Cleve-
land Orchestra and virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the event attracted a full house, including
more than 400 generous donors who enjoyed a pre-concert reception and a wonder-
ful post-concert dinner. The magical evening, which yielded almost $700,000, owes
much to the leadership of Gala Chair Norma Lerner and Corporate Chair Beth Mooney.
Please join me in thanking our chairs, along with the evening’s major sponsors, Key-
Bank, The Lerner Foundation, and Audrey and Albert Ratner.
Gary Hanson
U N D E R T H E L E A D E R S H I P of Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, Th e Cleve-
land Orchestra has become one of the most sought-aft er performing ensem-
bles in the world. In concerts at its winter home at Severance Hall and at each
summer’s Blossom Festival, in residencies from Miami to Vienna, and on tour
around the world, Th e Cleveland Orchestra sets standards of artistic excel-
lence, creative programming, and community engagement. Th e partnership
with Franz Welser-Möst, now in its eleventh season — and with a commit-
ment to the Orchestra’s centennial in 2018 — has moved the ensemble forward
with a series of new and ongoing initiatives, including:
the establishment of residencies around the world, fostering creative artis-
tic growth and an expanded fi nancial base, including an ongoing residency
at the Vienna Musik verein (the fi rst of its kind by an American orchestra);
an ongoing residency in Florida, under the name Cleveland Orch estra Mi-
ami, involving an annual series of concerts and community activities, cou-
pled with an expansive set of educational presentations and collaborations
About the Orchestra8 The Cleveland Orchestra
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
CLEVELAND 1923 — Conductor Nikolai Sokoloff and composer Sergei Rachmaninoffwith Natalia Rachmaninoff (left), Cleveland Orchestra Manager Adella Prentiss Hughes (center), and Lyda Sokoloff (far right).
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(based on successful educational programs pioneered over the past nine decades
at home in Cleveland);
concert tours from coast to coast in the United States, including annual appear-
ances at Carnegie Hall;
regular concert tours to Europe (including biennial residencies at the Lucerne
Festival) and Asia (including a residency at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall in 2010);
ongoing recording activities, including new releases under the direction of
Franz Welser-Möst, Mitsuko Uchida, and Pierre Boulez, as well as a series of
DVD concert presentations of symphonies by Anton Bruckner;
additional new residencies at Indiana University and at New York’s Lincoln
Center Festival;
an expanded off ering of education and community programs in Northeast
Ohio, designed to make music an integral and regular part of everyday life; the
2012-13 season includes a new neighborhood residency program that will feature a
week of activities and performances in Cleveland’s Gordon Square Arts District;
creative new artistic collaborations, including staged works and chamber music
performances, with arts institutions in Northeast Ohio and in Miami;
an array of new concert off erings (including Fridays@7 and Celebrity Series at
Severance Hall as well as movie, themed, and family presentations at Blossom) to
make a wider variety of concerts more available and aff ordable;
a concentrated and ongoing eff ort to develop future generations of audiences
for Cleveland Orchestra concerts in Northeast Ohio, through research, targeted
discounts, social media off ers and promotion, and student ticket programs;
continuing and expanded educational partnerships with schools, colleges, and
universities from across Northeast Ohio and in the Miami-Dade community;
the return of ballet as a regular part of the Orchestra’s presentations, featuring
performances by Th e Joff rey Ballet; the 2012-13 season includes the Orchestra’s
fi rst fully staged performances of Tchaikovsky’s Th e Nutcracker.
Th e Cleveland Orchestra was founded in 1918 by a group of local citizens in-
tent on creating an ensemble worthy of joining America’s ranks of major sympho-
ny orchestras. Over the ensuing decades, the Orchestra quickly grew from a fi ne
regional organization to being one of the most admired symphony orchestras in
the world. Th e opening in 1931 of Severance Hall as the Orchestra’s home brought
a special pride to the ensemble and its hometown, as well as providing an enviable
and intimate acoustic environment in which to develop and refi ne the Orchestra’s
artistry. Year-round performances became a reality in 1968 with the opening of
Blossom Music Center, one of the most beautiful and acoustically admired outdoor
concert facilities in the United States.
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THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director Gary Hanson, Executive Director
NON-RESIDENT TRUSTEES Virginia Nord Barbato (NY) Wolfgang C. Berndt (Austria) Laurel Blossom (SC)
Richard C. Gridley (SC) George Gund III (CA) Loren W. Hershey (DC)
Herbert Kloiber (Germany)Ludwig Scharinger (Austria)
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Ruth Ann Krutz, State Chair, Blossom Women’s Committee
Carolyn Dessin, Chair, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Operating Committee
Dr. Lester Lefton, President, Kent State University
Barbara R. Snyder, President, Case Western Reserve University
PAST PRESIDENTS D. Z. Norton 1915-21
John L. Severance 1921-36
Dudley S. Blossom 1936-38
Thomas L. Sidlo 1939-53
Percy W. Brown 1953-55
Frank E. Taplin, Jr. 1955-57
Frank E. Joseph 1957-68
Alfred M. Rankin 1968-83
Ward Smith 1983-95
Richard J. Bogomolny 1995-2002, 2008-09
James D. Ireland III 2002-08
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Beth E. Mooney, Treasurer
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Franz Welser-Möst Music Director Kelvin Smith Family Endowed Chair The Cleveland Orchestra
T H E 2 01 2 -1 3 S E A S O N marks Franz Welser-Möst’s
eleventh year as music director of Th e Cleveland
Orchestra, with a long-term commitment extend-
ing to the Orchestra’s centennial in 2018. Under his
direction, the Orchestra is acclaimed for its continu-
ing artistic excellence, is enlarging and enhancing its
community programming at home, is presented in a
series of ongoing residencies in the United States and
Europe, continues its historic championship of new
composers through commissions and premieres, and
has re-established itself as an important operatic en-
semble. Concurrently with his post in Cleveland, Mr. Welser-Möst became
general music director of the Vienna State Opera in September 2010.
With a committed focus on music education in Northeast Ohio, Franz
Welser-Möst has taken Th e Cleveland Orchestra back into public schools with
performances in collaboration with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
Th e initiative continues and expands upon Mr. Welser-Möst’s active participation
in community concerts and educational programs, including the Cleveland Orches-
tra Youth Orchestra and partnerships with music conservatories and universities
across Northeast Ohio.
Under Mr. Welser-Möst’s leadership, Th e Cleveland Orchestra has established
an ongoing biennial residency in Vienna at the famed Musikverein concert hall and
another at Switzerland’s Lucerne Festival. Together, they have appeared in residence
at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Japan, and at the Salzburg Festival, where a 2008 residency
included fi ve sold-out performances of a staged production of Dvořák’s opera Rusalka.
In the United States, Mr. Welser-Möst has established an annual multi-week Cleveland
Orch estra residency in Florida under the name Cleveland Orchestra Miami and, in
2011, launched a new biennial residency at New York’s Lincoln Center Festival.
To the start of this season, Th e Cleveland Orchestra has performed fourteen
world and fi ft een United States premieres under Franz Welser-Möst’s direction.
Th rough the Roche Commissions project, he and the Orchestra have premiered
works by Harrison Birtwistle, Chen Yi, Hanspeter Kyburz, George Benjamin,
Toshio Hosokawa, and Matthias Pintscher in partnership with the Lucerne Festi-
val and Carnegie Hall. In addition, the Daniel R. Lewis Young Composer Fellow
program has brought new voices to the repertoire, including Pintscher, Marc-An-
dré Dalbavie, Susan Botti, Julian Anderson, Johannes Maria Staud, Jörg Widmann,
and Sean Shepherd.
Franz Welser-Möst has led a series of opera performances during his tenure
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Music Director
in Cleveland, re-establishing the Orchestra as an important oper-
atic ensemble. Following six seasons of opera-in-concert presen-
tations, he brought fully staged opera back to Severance Hall with
a three-season cycle of Zurich Opera productions of the Mozart-
Da Ponte operas. He led concert performances of Strauss’s Sa-
lome at Severance Hall and at Carnegie Hall in May 2012.
Franz Welser-Möst became general music director of the
Vienna State Opera in 2010. His long partnership with the com-
pany has included acclaimed performances of Tristan and Isolde,
a new production of Wagner’s Ring cycle with stage director Sven-
Eric Bechtolf, and critically praised new productions of Hin-
demith’s Cardillac and Janáček’s Katya Kabanova and From the
House of the Dead. During the 2012-13 season, his Vienna performances include
Wagner’s Parsifal, Strauss’s Arabella and Ariadne auf Naxos, Puccini’s La Bohème,
and Berg’s Wozzeck.
Mr. Welser-Möst also maintains an ongoing relationship with the Vienna Phil-
harmonic. Recent performances with the Philharmonic include appearances at the
Lucerne Festival and Salzburg Festival, in Tokyo, and in concert at La Scala Milan,
as well as leading the Philharmonic’s 2011 New Year’s Day concert, viewed by telecast
in seventy countries worldwide; he will conduct the New Year’s Day concert again in
2013 and will also lead the Philharmonic in a series of concerts at New York’s Carne-
gie Hall in March 2013. Across a decade-long tenure with the Zurich Opera, culmi-
nating in three seasons as general music director (2005-08), Mr. Welser-Möst led the
company in more than 40 new productions and numerous revivals.
Franz Welser-Möst’s recordings and videos have won major awards, including
the Gramophone Award, Diapason d’Or, Japanese Record Academy Award, and
two Grammy nominations. With Th e Cleveland Orchestra, he has created DVD
recordings of live performances of Bruckner symphonies, presented in three ac-
coustically distinctive venues (the Abbey of St. Florian in Austria, Vienna’s Musik-
verein, and Severance Hall). With Cleveland, he has also released a recording of
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as well as an all-Wagner album featuring soprano
Measha Brueggergosman. DVD releases on the EMI label have included Mr. Wels-
er-Möst leading Zurich Opera productions of Th e Marriage of Figaro, Così fan tutte,
Don Giovanni, Der Rosenkavalier, Fierrabras, and Peter Grimes.
For his talents and dedication, Mr. Welser-Möst has received honors that
include recognition from the Western Law Center for Disability Rights, honor-
ary membership in the Vienna Singverein, appointment as an Academician of the
European Academy of Yuste, a Gold Medal from the Upper Austrian government
for his work as a cultural ambassador, a Decoration of Honor from the Republic of
Austria for his artistic achievements, and the Kilenyi Medal from the Bruckner So-
ciety of America. He is the co-author of Cadences: Observations and Conversations,
published in a German edition in 2007.
16 The Cleveland Orchestra
W EL I G H T
T H EW A Y
S t . V i n c e n t C h a r i t y M e d i c a l C e n t e r , S t . J o h n M e d i c a l C e n t e r*, S i s t e r s o f C h a r i t y F o un d a t i o n o f C l e v e l a n d , B u i l d i n g H e a l t h y C o m m un i t i e s , R e g i n a H e a l t h C e n t e r , J o s e p h ’s H o m e , L i g h t o f H e a r t s V i l l a*,C a t h o l i c C o m m un i t y C o n n e c t i o n*, I n d e p e n d e n t P h y s i c i a n S o l u t i o n s *
T H EC L E V E L A N DO R C H E S T R AFranz Welser-Möst M U S I C D I R E C T O R Kelvin Smith Family Chair
Christoph von DohnányiMUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE
Giancarlo GuerreroPRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR,
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA MIAMI
James FeddeckASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair
MUSIC DIRECTOR, CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Robert PorcoDIRECTOR OF CHORUSES
Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair
Lisa WongASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CHORUSES
DIRECTOR, CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH CHORUS
Ann UsherDIRECTOR, CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHILDREN’S CHORUSES
Daniel SingerASSISTANT DIRECTOR,
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH CHORUS
Suzanne WaltersASSISTANT DIRECTOR,
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHILDREN’S CHORUSES
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Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra,
performing Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony in concert
at Severance Hall in April 2012.
FIRST VIOLINSWilliam PreucilCONCERTMASTER
Blossom-Lee Chair
Yoko MooreASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair
Peter OttoFIRST ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
Jung-Min Amy LeeASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair
Lev PolyakinASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brownand Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair
Takako MasamePaul and Lucille Jones Chair
Wei-Fang GuDrs. Paul M. and Renate H. Duchesneau Chair
Kim GomezElizabeth and Leslie Kondorossy Chair
Chul-In ParkHarriet T. and David L.Simon Chair
Miho HashizumeTh eodore Rautenberg Chair
Jeanne Preucil RoseDr. Larry J.B. and Barbara S. Robinson Chair
Alicia KoelzOswald and Phyllis Lerner Gilroy Chair
Yu YuanPatty and John Collinson Chair
Isabel TrautweinTrevor and Jennie Jones Chair
Mark DummGladys B. Goetz Chair
Alexandra PreucilKatherine BormannYing Fu
SECOND VIOLINSStephen Rose*
Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair
Emilio Llinas 2
James and Donna Reid Chair
Eli Matthews 1
Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair
Elayna DuitmanIoana MissitsCarolyn Gadiel WarnerStephen WarnerSae ShiragamiVladimir DeninzonSonja Braaten MolloyScott WeberKathleen CollinsBeth WoodsideEmma ShookJeffrey Zehngut
VIOLASRobert Vernon*
Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair
Lynne Ramsey1
Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair
Stanley Konopka 2
Mark JackobsJean Wall Bennett Chair
Arthur KlimaRichard WaughLisa BoykoLembi VeskimetsEliesha NelsonJoanna Patterson ZakanyPatrick Connolly
CELLOSMark Kosower*
Louis D. Beaumont Chair
Richard Weiss1
Th e GAR Foundation Chair
Charles Bernard2
Helen Weil Ross Chair
Bryan Dumm Muriel and Noah Butkin Chair
Tanya EllRalph CurryBrian ThorntonDavid Alan HarrellPaul KushiousMartha BaldwinThomas Mansbacher
BASSESMaximilian Dimoff *
Clarence T. Reinberger Chair
Kevin Switalski 2
Scott Haigh1
Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair
Mark AthertonThomas SperlHenry Peyrebrune
Charles Barr Memorial Chair
Charles CarletonScott DixonDerek Zadinsky
HARPTrina Struble*
Alice Chalifoux Chair
F R A N Z W E L S E R - M Ö S T M U S I C D I R E C TO R Kelvin Smith Family Chair
The Orchestra
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* Principal § Associate Principal 1 First Assistant Principal 2 Assistant Principal
FLUTESJoshua Smith*
Elizabeth M. andWilliam C. Treuhaft Chair
Saeran St. ChristopherMarisela Sager 2
Austin B. and Ellen W. Chinn Chair
Mary Kay Fink
PICCOLOMary Kay Fink
Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair
OBOESFrank Rosenwein*
Edith S. Taplin Chair
Mary LynchJeffrey Rathbun 2
Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair
Robert Walters
ENGLISH HORNRobert Walters
Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaff e Chair
CLARINETSFranklin Cohen*
Robert Marcellus Chair
Robert WoolfreyDaniel McKelway 2
Robert R. and Vilma L. Kohn Chair
Linnea Nereim
E-FLAT CLARINETDaniel McKelway
Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair
BASS CLARINETLinnea Nereim
BASSOONSJohn Clouser *
Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair
Barrick Stees2
Sandra L. Haslinger Chair
Jonathan Sherwin
CONTRABASSOONJonathan Sherwin
HORNSRichard King *
George Szell Memorial Chair
Michael Mayhew §
Knight Foundation Chair
Jesse McCormickHans ClebschRichard SolisAlan DeMattia
TRUMPETSMichael Sachs*
Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair
Jack SutteLyle Steelman2
James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair
Michael Miller
CORNETSMichael Sachs*
Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair
Michael Miller
TROMBONESMassimo La Rosa*
Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair
Richard StoutAlexander andMarianna C. McAfee Chair
Shachar Israel2
BASS TROMBONEThomas Klaber
EUPHONIUM AND BASS TRUMPETRichard Stout
TUBAYasuhito Sugiyama*
Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair
TIMPANIPaul Yancich*
Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair
Tom Freer 2
PERCUSSIONJacob Nissly*
Margaret Allen Ireland Chair
Donald MillerTom FreerMarc Damoulakis
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTSJoela Jones*
Rudolf Serkin Chair
Carolyn Gadiel WarnerMarjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair
LIBRARIANSRobert O’BrienDonald Miller
ORCHESTRA PERSONNELCarol Lee IottDIRECTOR
ENDOWED CHAIRS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIEDASSISTANT PRINCIPAL HARP
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2012 European Festivals Tour draws praise for Welser-Möst and Cleveland Orchestra The following are excerpted from press reviews of the Orchestra’s performances
during its European Festivals Tour August 18 to September 3:
“If the strings are the heart and soul of the symphony orchestra, then The Cleve-
land Orchestra is essentially in terrifi c shape. . . . It was the full-bodied attack of
the strings in the gutsy opening bars, and their brilliantly delicate and muted
virtuosity in the second movement, that were the icing on the cake.”
—The Scotsman, August 22, 2012
“The Cleveland Orchestra is often described as the aristocrat among American
orchestras. If ‘aristocratic’ means spellbinding fi nesse in sound and style, then their fi rst Ed-
inburgh Festival concert certainly came up trumps. . . . The music we heard gave a lot of pleasure,
largely because it was shrewdly chosen to show off the Clevelanders’ fabulous sheen and warmth.
—Telegraph, August 22, 2012
“In this one heard a courageous Bruckner, unafraid of dissonances, magnifi cently brought alive
by Franz Welser-Möst and his Cleveland Orchestra.”
—Deutschland Radio, August 25, 2012
“Representing the ruins of a demolished tower of concrete and lead, Matthias
Pintscher orchestrates a catastrophic destruction in his Chute d’Étoiles (‘Falling
Stars’). Metallic explosions of sound run into the calm of a post-apocalyptic ‘sea of
lead,’ and it is left to two solo trumpets to drive this cycle of destruction and new
creation forward. . . . Michael Sachs and Jack Sutte performed with great verve
and in a mirage-like whisper, using idioms not far removed from free jazz; they
gradually soar to a state of golden splendor.”
—Die Südotschweiz, August 27, 2012
“The host of strings (eight double basses, an unusual complement of twelve violas
seated on the conductor’s right, etc.) was amazing — a sound mass with a lot of
fi ghting power. . . . This string section can clearly do anything perfectly, and Welser-
Möst was able to demonstrate that fact with brio.”
—Südwest Presse, August 29, 2012
“[In Smetana’s Má Vlast] Welser-Möst had the harpist touch the strings with great subtlety, and
the wiry immediacy of the strings (with William Preucil as concertmaster) was striking.”
—Stuttgart Nachrichten, August 29, 2012
“[In Smetana’s The Moldau] the coloring was precise, almost pointillistic, the tempo fl owing and
animated, with furious explosive power and dramatic brio in the passage of the cataracts, and with
silky sparkle in the violins for the scene of the mermaids in the silvery moonlight. The conductor
thoroughly cleansed this earworm from all the patina of spa concerts. The familiar sounded excit-
ingly new — this was defi nitely worth listening to carefully.”
—Esslinger Zeitung, August 29, 2012
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In the 2012-13 season, The Cleveland Or-
chestra continues its innovations in program-
ming and community engagement, seeking to
build on the success of recent initiatives. The
coming season’s innovations include new pro-
gram and audience development activities at
Severance Hall, alongside expanded activities
outside the concert hall.
The Orchestra will venture even farther
outside its University Circle home with new
programs downtown and on Cleveland’s West
Side. At PlayhouseSquare, the Orchestra will col-
laborate with The Joff rey Ballet, while the orga-
nization’s ground-breaking residency program,
developed and refi ned by the Orchestra in cities
including Vienna and Miami, will come home
to Northeast Ohio with the launch of a new
program of Neighborhood Residencies. The
fi rst annual Cleveland Orchestra Neighborhood
Residency will take place in Gordon Square the
week of May 13-19, 2013. Also this season, the ini-
tiative that brought the full Orchestra back into
the schools in 2009 will continue and become a
permanent part of the annual schedule thanks
to a newly-created endowment fund, and a new
partnership with Breakthrough Charter Schools
begins in October 2012.
Meanwhile, “Under 18s Free,” a program
fi rst established for the 2011 Blossom Festival,
will come inside Severance Hall for selected
concerts, and as the unique Fridays@7 Series
enters its fourth season, a bold repertoire move
sees world music migrating from the @fter-party
entertainment to the main-stage concert with
the Orchestra. The KeyBank Fridays@7 series
opened on October 5 featuring the music of
Stewart Copeland, founder and drummer of The
Police, and a collaboration with the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame & Museum.
In announcing the new initiatives in Au-
gust, Gary Hanson, executive director of The
Cleveland Orchestra, said, “We want to build on
the success of our many recent community en-
gagement initiatives, and in the coming season
we are further diversifying our schedule and
programs. Our goal is to be even more relevant
to our community.”
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENCY
The Cleveland Orchestra Neighborhood
Residency is a new program to immerse the
Orchestra in local communities with an intense
schedule of performances and activities. The
fi rst of these annual residencies in Northeast Ohio
takes place the week of May 13-19, 2013, in Gor-
don Square. The centerpieces of the Residency
will be free Cleveland Orchestra concerts at St.
Colman Church for neighborhood residents and
students, and musicians will perform as soloists
and in ensembles in non-traditional locations and
in local schools. The Cleveland Orchestra Neigh-
borhood Residency at Gordon Square is funded
in part by the Machaskee Fund for Community
Programming, an endowed fund created by Alex
and Carol Machaskee.
Sean Watterson, co-owner of the Happy Dog
bar, restaurant, and music venue in Gordon Square,
said, “We’re incredibly enthusiastic about the Or-
chestra coming to Gordon Square. We’re thrilled
that people in our community will be able to expe-
rience their world-class performances at a series of
events for all ages throughout the neighborhood.
We’re proud to welcome the world to Gordon
Square to join us for this unique experience.”
HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCES PERMANENTLY ENDOWED
The Cleveland Orchestra returned to per-
forming in Cleveland high schools in 2009, after
an absence of more than three decades. On
Thursday, October 11, 2012, the Orchestra’s per-
formance at Shaker Heights High School is the
fi rst to be supported by a newly established fund
that permanently endows annual Cleveland Or-
chestra performances in area high schools. The
Alfred Lerner In-School Performance Fund, a gift
of $1 million from Mrs. Norma Lerner and The
Lerner Foundation, will support concerts in high
schools in perpetuity. Performances are being
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planned for Cleveland Metropolitan School Dis-
trict High Schools in 2013 and 2014.
NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH BREAKTHROUGH CHARTER SCHOOLS
The Cleveland Orchestra begins an educa-
tional partnership with Breakthrough Charter
Schools in October 2012. All of the students
from participating schools will attend a Cleve-
land Orchestra concert at Severance Hall, and
their teachers will participate in professional de-
velopment workshops and concert preparation.
The Orchestra’s award-winning Learning Through
Music program includes ongoing visits from
Cleveland Orchestra musicians in the schools.
The pilot partnership will eventually expand to
incorporate all nine Breakthrough Schools.
The Cleveland Orchestra partnership with
Breakthrough Schools is funded in part by
Cliff s Natural Resources. Breakthrough Charter
Schools are a nationally-recognized network of
high-performing, free, public charter schools
operating in partnership with the Cleveland
Metropolitan School District.
“UNDER 18s FREE” EXPANDSFROM BLOSSOM TO SEVERANCE HALL
The Cleveland Orchestra’s “Under 18s Free”
at Blossom program is expanding to Severance
Hall. This follows the unprecedented success
of the program for Blossom Festival concerts,
where, since its inception in 2011, more than
23,000 young people have attended Cleveland
Orchestra concerts. “Under 18s Free” at Sever-
ance Hall tickets are available for all KeyBank
Fridays@7 concerts, as well as for the Orchestra’s
two regular matinee series: Friday Mornings at
11 and Sundays at 3. Free tickets are off ered for
young people ages 7-17
on a one-for-one basis
with paid adult admis-
sions. “Under 18s Free”
tickets are available by
contacting the Severance
Hall Ticket Offi ce.
“Under 18s Free” is
supported in part by The
Cleveland Orchestra’s
Center for Future Audi-
ences. The Center, created
with a lead endowment
gift from the Maltz Family
Foundation, was estab-
lished to fund programs to
develop new generations
of audiences for Cleveland
Orch estra concerts in
Northeast Ohio.
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Channel 25 WVIZ/PBS ideastream® broad-
cast the world premiere of The Cleveland Orch-
estra in Performance: Bruckner Symphony No. 4
on Monday evening, October 29. Conducted
by Franz Welser-Möst, the performance was
filmed earlier this year at the beautiful 17th-
century baroque Abbey of St. Florian in Aus-
tria. Emmy Award-winner Brian Large directed
the video recording. This is the first video
produced of the recent critical edition of the
1888 version of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony,
edited by Benjamin Korstvedt and published
in the Bruckner Collected Works edition (Vienna,
2004). The recording will be available for pur-
chase as a DVD in the future.
Nicknamed “Romantic” by Bruckner him-
self, the Fourth Symphony is Bruckner’s most
popular and most-performed work. Composer
Anton Bruckner was a choirboy at the monas-
tery of St. Florian, and later served as organist
there.
Internationally recognized for his presen-
tation and interpretation of Bruckner’s sym-
phonies, Cleveland Orchestra Music Director
Franz Welser-Möst has conducted Bruckner
symphonies with The Cleveland Orchestra at
Severance Hall in Cleveland, the Musikverein
in Vienna, Suntory Hall in Japan, Seoul Arts
Center in South Korea, Lincoln Center in New
York, and the Abbey of St. Florian in Austria.
This recording of Bruckner’s Symphony No.
4, which is the fifth in a series of recordings
that includes Bruckner Symphonies Nos. 5,
7, 8, and 9, will be released commercially by
Clasart. These Cleveland Orchestra recordings
were made possible in part by support from
Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich and Tele
München Group for electronic media projects.
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Youth Orchestra begins season with Severance Hall concert on Sunday, November 11
The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orches-
tra, now in its 27th season, performs its first
Severance Hall concert of the 2012-13 season
on Sunday, November 11. James Feddeck, in
his fourth season as
music director of the
Youth Orchestra, con-
ducts a program that
opens with Antonín
Dvořák’s Carnival
Overture, followed
by Sergei Prokofiev’s
Suite from Lieutenant
Kijé, Opus 60. After
intermission, the pro-
gram concludes with
Howard Hanson’s
Symphony No. 2, nicknamed “Romantic.”
Tickets for the concert are just $10.
The evening begins with a chamber
music performance by ensembles from the
Youth Orchestra as a special Prelude Concert
in Reinberger Chamber Hall beginning at 6
p.m. The Prelude program is free to concert
ticketholders. The Prelude features works by
Beethoven, Mozart, and de Renoit. The cham-
ber ensembles are coached by members of
The Cleveland Orchestra.
Each of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth
Orchestra’s concerts this season is to be
broadcast on later dates by WCLV 104.9 FM.
The November 11 concert is scheduled to be
broadcast at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 27,
2013, and 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 10,
2013.
Silence is golden
As a courtesy to the performers onstage
and the audience around you, all patrons
are reminded to turn off cell phones and
to disengage electronic watch alarms prior
to the concert.
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New album with ClevelandOrchestra and Mitsuko Uchida
is now available . . .
The third of Mitsuko Uchida’s albums of
Mozart concertos with The Cleveland Orches-
tra has been released — and is now avail-
able for purchase at the Cleveland Orchestra
Store at Severance Hall. The album features
Piano Concertos Nos. 9 and 21,
recorded in live performances at
Severance Hall. One of the previ-
ous discs from this collaboration
received a Grammy Award in
2011.
Reviews of this new album
include these comments from
Audiophile Audition: “Conducting
Mozart concertos from the piano
has a long and honored tradition,
originating with the composer himself. . . .
Uchida performs on a new Hamburg Steinway
whose action remains uniformly light and
resonant, especially as Uchida does not mince
her dynamics. . . . We need only audition this
fine collaboration to enjoy the scintillating
energy of the outer movements [of Concerto
No. 9] and the internal rigors of the Andan-
tino. The last movement virtually bubbles
with infectious wit and digital confidence.
. . . [In Concerto No. 21] the give-and-take
response between Uchida and The Cleve-
land strings and winds attractively beguiles
us. Then, her seamless runs and arpeggios
move inexorably to a bravura cadenza almost
early Beethoven in
its briefly pearly wit
that rushes to a coda
spread over three
octaves. Superb!”
Comings and goings
As a courtesy to the performers
on stage and the entire audience, late-
arriving patrons cannot be seated until the
first break in the musical program.
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Cleveland Orchestra’s Distinguished Service Award
presented to Maltzes
The Cleveland Orch-
estra’s seventeeth an-
nual Distinguished Service
Award was presented to
Milton and Tamar Maltz at
the start of the Orchestra
concert on October 6. The
award, created in 1996,
honors a person or orga-
nization that has provided
continuing exemplary
service to the Musical Arts Association, the
non-profit parent organization that operates
The Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, and
Blossom Festival.
The Maltzes have demonstrated exception-
al and continuous dedication to The Cleveland
Orchestra and the arts community in Northeast
Ohio across four decades. They have been
generous contributors to the Orchestra’s Annual
Fund and to special projects such as, in 2000,
the internationally acclaimed renovation of Sev-
erance Hall. In 2010, their visionary leadership
helped launch The Cleveland Orchestra’s Center
for Future Audiences, which was generously
endowed with a lead gift of $20 million from the
Maltz Family Foundation. The Center was estab-
lished to create and fund programs to develop
new generations of audiences for Cleveland
Orchestra concerts in Northeast Ohio.
Family Concert seriesbegan with Spooktacular III
— continues in spring with “Symphony Under the Sea”
The Cleveland Orchestra’s season of Family
Concerts began with a fun-filled afternoon
on Sunday, October 28 titled “Halloween
Spooktacular III.” Intended for children ages 7
and older, the series is designed to introduce
young people to classical music. The Hallow-
een program included favorite
musical hits and also featured
a costume contest for audience
members. The Orchestra musi-
cians onstage also got into the
“spirit” of the occasion with many
theme-related outfits.
In addition to each one-hour
Orchestra concert, the Family Concert Series
features free, pre-concert activities, including
an “Instrument Discovery” in which children
can try playing various instruments.
The series continues in 2013 with “Sym-
phony Under the Sea” on Friday evening,
March 8, led by conductor Robert Franz
— including favorite musical numbers from
Disney’s Little Mermaid. The series closes
with “Fables, Fantasies, & Folklore” on Sunday
afternoon, May 12, led by conductor Michael
Butterman — in an exploration of music sto-
rytelling and fun. For complete details, visit
clevelandorchestra.com.
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A Joyous ChristmasA Joyous ChristmasCelebrationCelebration
216-241-6000
Radio station WCLV celebrates 50 years on the air on Nov. 1 — radio home of The Cleve- land Orchestra since 1965
Radio station WCLV celebrated its 50th
anniversary of providing classical music to
Northeast Ohio with a special public open
house and day of live music
performances on Thursday,
November 1. Since 1965,
WCLV has been the radio
home of The Cleveland
Orchestra, and the Orchestra’s first broadcast
on WCLV, from September 23 that year, was
aired during the celebrations on November
1. Also featured was a live performance by
the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and
performances by many other local musicians,
including members of The Cleveland Orches-
tra. An open house was held at WCLV’s new
studios at the Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare
in downtown Cleveland, with birthday cake
and opportunities to meet WCLV announcers
and hear the live musical performances.
“WCLV has been an outstanding partner
with The Cleveland Orchestra — and all the
arts in Northeast Ohio,” Orchestra executive
director Gary Hanson said in sending congrat-
ulations. “This community can truly celebrate
this milestone with WCLV, with thanks to Bob
Conard for making the station into the ‘radio
home’ not just for The Cleveland Orchestra
but for classical music and the arts in general.
Happy Birthday, and thank you, WCLV.”
Hail and Farewell . . .
Assistant concertmaster Lev Polyakin
announced his retirement from The Cleveland
Orchestra as of October 28,
2012, following thirty-one
years of service. The entire
Cleveland Orchestra family
wishes him congratulations
and thanks, and the very
best in his new endeavors.
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Martha Baldwin (cello) and Micah Lei-
bowitz, whose baby daughter, Zoe Kathleen,
was born on August 14.
Robert Woolfrey (clarinet) and Tanya Ell
(cello), who were married on September 8.
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patrons. For information about accessibility
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at 216 231-7425.
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presented before every regular subscription con-
cert, and are free to all ticketholders to that day’s
performance. Previews are designed to enrich the
concert-going experience for audience members
of all levels of musical knowledge through a vari-
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Concert Previews are made possible
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* The Friday morning concert is performed without intermission and features the works by Beethoven and Scriabin. The concert will end at about 12:25 p.m.
Severance HallThursday evening, November 8, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. Friday morning, November 9, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. *Saturday evening, November 10, 2012, at 8:00 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
ludwig van beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-fl at major, Opus 60(1770-1827) 1. Adagio — Allegro vivace 2. Adagio 3. Allegro vivace 4. Allegro ma non troppo
matthias pintscher Chute d’Étoiles*(b. 1971) united states premiere performances
MICHAEL SACHS, trumpet JACK SUTTE, trumpet
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beethoven Grosse Fuge in B-fl at major, Opus 133
alexander scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy, Opus 54(1872-1915)
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I N T R O D U C I N G T H E P R O G R A M
Contrasts&SimilaritiesO N T H I S W E E K ’ S C O N C E R T S , four works date from across nearly
200 years. There is a comparison to be observed in Beethoven’s style
and mood from two works in
B-flat major, one from the mid-
dle period, one from the late
period. The Fourth Symphony
begins the concert, the Grosse
Fuge follows after intermission.
Nevertheless, these two
Beethoven works may seem less
alike than the other two pieces
on the evening programs —
from two composers a century
apart who share a world of ar-
tistic visions outside of music.
A new work by Matthi-
as Pintscher, Chutes d’Étoiles
(“Falling Stars”), is linked to
the work of the artist Anselm Kiefer, while Scriabin’s Le Poème de
l’extase (“The Poem of Ecstasy”) reflects the composer’s intense vi-
sion of a world of mystical rapture. Both of these works utilize a large
orchestra, as well as large ideas. Only the Scriabin and Beethoven are
featured on the Friday Morning Concert, providing contrasts from
across two centuries. —Hugh Macdonald
Hugh Macdonald is Avis H. Blewett Professor Emeritus of Music at Washington University in St. Louis and is a noted authority on French music. He has written books on Beethoven, Berlioz, and Scriabin.
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LIVE RADIO BROADCASTSaturday evening’s concert is being broadcast live on WCLV (104.9 FM). The concert will be rebroadcast as part of regular weekly programming on WCLV on Sunday afternoon, December 16, at 4:00 p.m.
The installation of Anselm Kiefer’s Chute d’Étoiles
in the Grand Palais in Paris in 2007.
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Symphony No. 4 in B-fl at major, Opus 60composed 1806
About the Music
T W O Y E A R S I N T E R V E N E D aft er the completion of his Th ird
Symphony (the “Eroica”) before Beethoven ventured upon an-
other symphony. Th ree symphonies (the Fourth, Fift h, and
Sixth) followed in succession, each very diff erent from the oth-
ers in character and scale.
Th e Fourth is always observed to be less forceful and dra-
matic than the Th ird and Fift h, but it surpasses them in athletic
energy and, in places, in sheer beauty of sound. Yet Beethoven’s
purpose was never quite what it seems, so that simply to char-
acterize the Fourth as “light-weight” or “relaxed” is to tell only
a part of the story. Robert Schumann compared it to a “slender
Greek maiden,” but even he would admit that the extremes of
seriousness and skittishness found in the work do not properly
belong to such a maiden’s drapery.
Th e Fourth Symphony was composed mainly in 1806 and
fi rst performed the following year in Vienna at the house of Prince
Lobkowitz (whose family heritage of Beethoven memorabilia has
recently been restored to their residence in Prague, now a muse-
um). It was dedicated to Count Oppersdorff . Beethoven enjoyed
the hospitality and support of both noblemen at that time.
Like many of Haydn’s symphonies — and a few of Mozart’s
— Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony opens with a slow introduc-
tion. Th e purpose of these introductions was not to foreshadow
the themes or even the mood of the rest of the movement, but
to act like the overture to an opera, and accustom the audience
to the orchestra’s sound and to induce a serious concentration.
In the “Eroica,” Beethoven had dispensed with an introduction,
but the Fourth has a fi ne one, dark and mysterious in character,
and without any clear sense of direction until a fortissimo burst
and some rocket-like fi gures in the violins force the issue.
Once the main Allegro vivace section — and the true
key of the symphony, B-fl at major, is established — all tension
evaporates. Th e standard procedures of classical sonata form
fall into their assigned places. In the development, the actual
pace of the music is still brisk, but the harmonic pace is very
slow, giving an impression of immense breadth, like a glance
forward to Wagner or Bruckner. Beethoven keeps us waiting
expectantly for the return of the opening theme, even aft er the
correct key has been fi rmly reached. Th e rest of the movement
by Ludwig vanBEETHOVENborn December 16, 1770Bonn
diedMarch 26, 1827Vienna
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duly follows, with only a brief coda, not another massive per-
oration in the manner of the “Eroica.”
Th e main melody of the slow movement is of wonderful
serenity. Th e second melody, introduced by the solo clarinet,
provides not contrast but rather completion, as though the whole
fi rst paragraph were a single sentence. Th ere are stern pages in
this movement, bleak pages, too, but its profound placidity marks
it off as one of the greatest of Beethoven’s slow movements. None
of his contemporaries could approach him on this ground.
Although marked Menuetto, the third movement has the
character of a scherzo, with teasing cross-accents and a lively
pace. Th e Trio section is a little slower, and pastoral in char-
acter. Th e strings join it later with some strange rumbling in-
ner lines, and the original tempo returns. Beethoven repeats
the whole process, so that the Trio is heard twice, the Scherzo
three times.
Th e fi nale is as muscular and energetic as a tiger. Th e
bustling opening theme has no introduction and immediately
plunges into the bass register. It is more oft en used as accompa-
niment than as theme, though it can serve either purpose. Th e
fl ow is sometimes broken by more relaxed passages and there is
an extraordinary series of harsh baying chords that recur from
time to time. Th e recapitulation is marked by the spotlight fall-
ing briefl y and famously on the fi rst bassoon, and at the end
the principal melody stops running, apparently exhausted. But
its faint is merely a feint. Th is is another of Beethoven’s jokes
— just when you think his melody cannot keep going even one
bar more, it leaps up and slaps you rudely in the face.
—Hugh Macdonald © 2012
Beethoven composed his
Fourth Symphony during
the summer and early fall
of 1806. The fi rst perfor-
mance took place at Prince
Lobkowitz’s residence in Vi-
enna in March 1807; the fi rst
public performance was at
the Burgtheater on April 13,
1808. Beethoven conducted
both performances.
This symphony runs
about 35 minutes in perfor-
mance. Beethoven scored it
for fl ute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets,
2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trum-
pets, timpani, and strings.
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1924-25 season with found-
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Sokoloff. The most recent
performances were led by
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43Severance Hall 2012-13 About the Music
Th e following program note is from the world premiere performance
of Chute d’Étoiles at the Lucerne Festival, in August 2012:
W I T H A B R A Z E N O U T C RY from a massive orchestra — an
explosion, a breakdown, a collapse — Matthias Pintscher’s Chute
d’Étoiles begins. Th e title (“Falling Stars”) refers to Anselm
Kiefer’s monumental art installation of the same name in the
Grand Palais in Paris in 2007 and engages with it in a complex
intellectual exchange, matching it in force and drama.
Not just an homage to Kiefer the artist and his œuvre,
however, this orchestral composition also incorporates motifs
and material from Pintscher’s works of recent years. Th rough
the image of falling stars — the idea that the world was born
from an explosion — Kiefer combines destruction and creation.
Creation emerges from the process of obliteration, as one state
breaks down and gives birth to a new one.
“We are born and do not know why. And if you do not cling
to it, if the cosmos does not help you, you are lost. We come from
there! We were born with the fi rst explosion. We consist of ele-
ments of the cosmos. And so we carry the infi nitely great in us
as well as the infi nitely small. It is the microcosm and the mac-
rocosm. I place myself in it and then I attempt to express what I
feel using my resources.” (Anselm Kiefer)
Pintscher has long admired this artist, his work, and his
rigorous evolution. “He is one of the few artists in whose earli-
est works you can already fi nd exactly the same aura and archa-
ism that he has refi ned up to the present. Th ere is an idiom of
strength and clarity that he has continued to develop further for
over forty years. I fi nd it very exciting to see such consistency in
an artist’s work.”
Chute d’Étoiles is an homage to Kiefer and at the same
time a translation of the apocalypse depicted by the artist — the
collapse of the world and of our conceptions of it — into the
medium of sound.
Th e starting point for Pintscher’s orchestral composition
was “the sound and aura of the entire installation: an inspira-
tional moment that enabled me to think further about the force
of sounds I have previously developed. Th e material is, so to
speak, melted into lead — the entry of the solo trumpets is
Chute d’Étoiles [Falling Stars]composed 2007-2012
by MatthiasPINTSCHERborn January 29, 1971Marl, Germany
living inNew York Cityand Paris
THURSDAY AND SATURDAY
44 The Cleveland Orchestra
“Representing the ruins of a demolished tower of concrete and lead, Matthias
Pintscher orchestrates a catastrophic destruction in his Chute d’Étoiles (‘Falling
Stars’). Metallic explosions of sound run into the calm of a post-apocalyptic ‘sea
of lead,’ and it is left to two solo trumpets to drive this cycle of destruction and
new creation forward. . . . Michael Sachs and Jack Sutte performed with great
verve and in a mirage-like whisper, using idioms not far removed from free jazz;
they gradually soar to a state of golden splendor.”
—Die Südotschweiz, August 27, 2012
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Composer Matthias Pintscher discussing Chute d’Étoiles
with Michael Sachs in rehearsal at the Lucerne Festival;
and acknowledging applause with Franz Welser-Möst,
Sachs, Jack Sutte, and The Cleveland Orch estra after
the world premiere on August 25, 2012.
Matthias Pintscher: Chute d’Étoiles
45Severance Hall 2012-13
like opening two valves of a gigantic instrument made of lead,
which supplies air in a very fi nely-chiseled and concise form.”
Janus-faced, the orchestral sound gives birth to a breathing
voice — yet a voice that does not appear as one individual, but
is instead articulated in two forms. Th e trumpet part unfolds
as one instrument playing in two directions. Th is goes back
to a method Pintscher used fi ft een years ago in his composi-
tion Janusgesicht (“Janus Face”): “Th ere is no virtuoso struggle
between the two; rather, they mutually inspire each other, they
represent the same attitude, playing the same repertoire of sounds
and techniques. One part fans out in two ways.”
And instead of the orchestra and soloists entering into a
concertante dialogue, the trumpets are much more “like growths,
they are fused onto this orchestral sound. In concentrated form,
they release the aggregate of this lead-like orchestra, guiding it
into various states as soon as they exit this orchestral space.” Both
the soft ness and the heaviness of lead, which Kiefer uses in his
works, provide an inspiring starting point: “I fi nd the ‘sound’ of
lead in Kiefer’s works incredibly fascinating. Th e strength that is
captured in this material! It is fl exible, malleable, yet unbeliev-
ably heavy. I fi nd this state of matter, with its combination of
soft ness and heaviness, to be exciting— this is what I try to make
audible in the music.”
In terms of form, the composition does not trace a conven-
tional dramatic development. Pintscher creates a sculpture, an
eruptive sound object, which propels the events from the opening
outburst. In the process, explains the composer, “the ending mir-
rors the beginning. Individual particles break loose from the force
of the opening explosion, which are then led, transformed, and de-
veloped into a concentrated mode, at the end almost fi nding their
way back into their original state. And yet the trumpet lines are
not isolated at the end, but are positioned at the top of the sound
in a high attack; at the highest point, the whole then breaks off .”
Some of Pintscher’s motifs, ideas, and techniques, which
were present in his earlier works, culminate in Chute d’Étoiles.
In Occultation, he had employed the technique of overlayering.
Connections and associations with the theme of stars are like-
wise evident in Osiris (for orchestra) and the ensemble piece
Bereshit. All of these works thematize myths of creation and
destruction, of coming to be and obliteration.
—Marie Luise Maintz © 2012
Pintscher completed Chute
d’Étoiles (“Falling Stars”)
in May 2012. It is the sixth
Roche Commission, a multi-
year initiative sponsored by
the Swiss pharmaceuticals
company Roche involving the
commissioning and premieres
of new works as part of a
partnership between The
Cleveland Orchestra, Lucerne
Festival, and Carnegie Hall.
The work was premiered on
August 25 as part of the 2012
Lucerne Festival, with Franz
Welser-Möst leading The
Cleveland Orchestra and with
Michael Sachs and Jack Sutte
as soloists.
This works runs about
20 minutes in performance.
Pintscher scored it for 3 fl utes
(second doubling alto fl ute,
third doubling piccolo), 2
oboes (second doubling eng-
lish horn), 2 clarinets (second
doubling bass clarinet), 2
bassoons (second doubling
contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2
trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba,
timpani, percussion (cymbals,
gongs, laying gong, bell
plates, bells, canpane, bass
drum, bongos, tam-tams,
guiro, temple blocks, metal
blocks, wood blocks, sand-
paper blocks, spring coils,
marimba, crotales, lion’s roar,
fl exitone, vibraphone), harp,
piano, and strings, plus the
two solo trumpets.
At a Glance
About the Music
47Severance Hall 2012-13 About the Composer
About the Composer
M AT T H I A S P I N T S C H E R sees the two main spheres
of his music making — conducting and composing
— as entirely complementary. As a composer, his in-
trinsic understanding of the score informs his ability
to communicate on the podium. “My thinking as a
conductor is informed by the process of my own writ-
ing,” he says, “and vice versa, of course.” His compo-
sitions are oft en noted for the delicate sound-world
they inhabit, the intricacy of their construction, and
their precision of expression. He regularly conducts
throughout Europe, the United States, and Australia.
In June 2012, he was named by the Ensemble Inter-
contemporain as its next music director, beginning with the 2013-14 season.
Matthias Pintscher was Th e Cleveland Orchestra’s second Daniel R. Lewis
Young Composer Fellow, 2000-02. During this period, the Orchestra commis-
sioned and performed the world premiere of his with lilies white (May 2002) and
subsequently performed the United States premieres of his CHOC (Monumento IV),
his violin concerto en sourdine (both in May 2003), and his Five Orchestral Pieces
(September 2007). Pintscher made his Cleveland Orchestra conducting debut with
CHOC (Monumento IV). He also led the Orchestra in concerts in October 2006 and
November 2010, and returned in June 2010 to lead a retrospective program of works
created through the Lewis Young Composer fellowship program.
Now in his third season as artist-in-association with the BBC Scottish Sym-
phony Orchestra, Pintscher’s conducting work with the ensemble includes both
regular subscription and contemporary series concerts, covering the entire reper-
toire of music from the Baroque period to today. Guest conducting engagements
this season include debuts with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, New World
Symphony in Miami, and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
He is also conducting an all-Beethoven program in Chicago, including a choreo-
graphed production of Th e Creatures of Prometheus. He has return engagements
with the New York Philharmonic, Curtis Orchestra, and the Scharoun Ensemble
of the Berlin Philharmonic (for the 25th anniversary celebration of the chamber
hall at the Berlin Philharmonie). In addition, he appears in the Leading European
Composers series at the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C.
Matthias Pintscher was born in Marl, Germany, in 1971. He studied con-
ducting with the Hungarian conductor and composer Peter Eötvös, but com-
posing began taking a more prominent role in his life in his early twenties. Soon
thereaft er, he began dividing his professional life equally between conducting and
composing. Mr. Pintscher makes his home in New York and Paris. His works are
published exclusively by Bärenreiter-Verlag. Matthias Pintscher works and re-
cords with Kairos, EMI, ECM, Teldec, Wergo, and Winter & Winter.
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Michael Sachs Principal Trumpet, Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Endowed Chair Solo Cornet, Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Endowed Chair The Cleveland Orchestra
Michael Sachs joined Th e Cleveland Orchestra as principal
trumpet in 1988. His many performances as soloist with
the Orchestra include the world premieres of John Wil-
liams’s Concerto for Trumpet and Michael Hersch’s Night
Pieces for trumpet and orchestra (both commissioned by
the Orchestra for Mr. Sachs), the United States and New
York premieres of Hans Werner Henze’s Requiem, and,
most recently, the world premiere in August 2012 of Mat-
thias Pintscher’s Chute d’Étoiles, conducted by Franz Wels-
er-Möst at the Lucerne Festival.
Mr. Sachs’s artistry can be heard on over 150 record-
ed works with Th e Cleveland Orchestra. His recital with organist Todd Wilson
is available on an album titled Live from Severance Hall. He has also performed
as guest soloist with orchestras and chamber groups across the United States
and internationally, including the Houston Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic,
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, and the Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Michael Sachs serves as chairman of the brass division and head of the trum-
pet department at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In addition to serving on the
faculty of leading summer festivals — including the Aspen Music Festival, Ble-
kinge International Brass Academy, Domaine Forget, Grand Tetons Music Festival,
National Brass Symposium, National Orchestral Institute, and Summit Brass — he
presents masterclasses and workshops at conservatories and major universities
throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia as a clinician for Conn-Selmer.
At the invitation of Sir Georg Solti, Michael Sachs served as principal trum-
pet and instructor for the Solti Orchestral Project at Carnegie Hall. He is the au-
thor of a variety of books, including Daily Fundamentals for the Trumpet, 14 Duets
for Trumpet and Trombone (with Joseph Alessi), and Th e Orchestral Trumpet, a
175-page comprehensive book and CD overview of standard orchestral trumpet
repertoire. Mr. Sachs has also been integrally involved in the acoustic design and
play testing for the creation of the new Artisan line of Bach Stradivarius trumpets.
Before coming to Cleveland, Mr. Sachs was a member of the Houston Sym-
phony Orchestra, performed with the Houston Grand Opera, and was a faculty
member of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Originally from Los
Angeles, Michael Sachs earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from the Uni-
versity of California Los Angeles prior to attending the Juilliard School. His for-
mer teachers include Mark Gould, Anthony Plog, and James Stamp.
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THURSDAY AND SATURDAY
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Jack SutteJack Sutte joined Th e Cleveland Orchestra trumpet section in 1999. A native of
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, he attributes much of his successful career to his fi rst
trumpet teacher, Patricia Backhaus. He subsequently attended the Curtis Insti-
tute of Music in Philadelphia, where he earned a bachelor of music degree, and
the Juilliard School in New York City, where he earned a master of music degree.
He studied with Frank Kaderabek at Curtis, Raymond
Mase at Juilliard, and Chris Gekker at the Aspen Festival.
Mr. Sutte has appeared as soloist with Th e Cleveland
Orchestra, as well as with the Milwaukee Symphony Or-
chestra, New World Symphony, Cleveland Contemporary
Youth Orchestra, and Symphony in C, among others. He
made his international solo debut in Argentina in 1995 and
maintains an active recital schedule, performing a wide
range of solo and chamber music. Prior to his Cleveland
appointment, he was principal trumpet in Norway’s Bergen
Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mr. Sutte is a lecturer of trumpet at the Baldwin Wal-
lace University Conservatory of Music, and has also taught
at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. He regu-
larly leads masterclasses across the United States. His recently released album,
Beyond the Moon, features previously unrecorded music for trumpet and piano.
Additionally, Mr. Sutte serves as a performing artist for Schilke Music Products,
a Chicago-based manufacturer of hand-craft ed and custom-designed trumpets
and brass mouthpieces.
Both of Jack Sutte’s parents were acclaimed music educators in Wisconsin,
and, as a youth, Jack studied violin, voice, and dance. He is an active participant
in Th e Cleveland Orchestra’s Musical Rainbow concert series for young audiences.
Mr. Sutte lives on the shores of Lake Erie in Euclid, Ohio, with his wife, Au-
dra Zarlenga, their children, Maya and Louie, and two dogs. His hobbies include
cycling, running, and yoga.
Michael Sachs and Jack Sutte will sign compact discs at the Cleveland Orchestra Store in the Lerner Lobby on the groundfl oor of Severance Hall following the concert on Saturday evening.
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E V E N BY B E E T H OV E N ’ S S TA N DA R D S , the Grosse Fuge is
an extraordinary work. On its own, it has a puzzling intensity,
and in its original context as the fi nale of a long, complicated,
profound string quartet, it is even more mystifying.
Th at quartet, the Quartet in B-fl at major, Opus 130, is a
six-movement work that embodies all the richness and complex-
ity of Beethoven’s late years. Its fi ft h movement is the famous
Cavatina, a piece that leaves very few of us anywhere but in a
remote heaven of emotion. To follow it, Beethoven originally
conceived of an enormous fugue, far surpassing any fugue he
had ever written in its many-layered design — and in the tough
demands he makes on players and listeners alike.
Th e quartet was written rapidly between July and No-
vember 1825, at a time when Beethoven’s obsessively paternal
regard for his nephew Karl was leading inexorably to the point
of crisis. It was performed a few months later, when the public
and Beethoven’s publisher found the fi nale incomprehensible.
Th e composer was persuaded to detach it from the rest of the
work, publish it separately and put another, less ambitious fi -
nale in its place. He may have agreed to do so, not so much
because the quartet was disfi gured or overburdened by it, but
because it contains so many facets and contrasts that it makes
a remarkably whole and complete work on its own.
Th e fugue theme is drawn from the four notes that fea-
tured prominently in the previous Quartet in A minor, Opus
132. Th e chromatic contour becomes insistently familiar as the
fugue proceeds.
Several clearly separate sections can be identifi ed when
listening. Th e opening, headed Overtura, is a forceful unison
statement of the theme, followed by brief foretastes of sections
to come — like a table of contents in a book, or a movie pre-
view. Th e fi rst main section is furiously loud and emphatic for
an almost unendurable length, or so it seems. Th ere is no relief
until a complete change of key and character appears (marked
Meno mosso e moderato) like a central slow movement. Th is
moves directly into a brisk Allegro molto, much more tuneful
and exultant, although it passes through innumerable complex
corridors, with much trilling and erupting, before fi nally exor-
cising all memories, and closing with youthful gaiety — like a
Grosse Fuge in B-fl at major, Opus 133composed 1825
About the Music
by Ludwig vanBEETHOVENborn December 16, 1770Bonn
diedMarch 26, 1827Vienna
56 The Cleveland Orchestra
return to the distant world of Beethoven’s earliest music.
It was Hans von Bülow, a formidable pianist and cham-
pion of Beethoven’s music, who fi rst arranged the Grosse Fuge
for string orchestra, when he was serving as music director to
the Duke of Meiningen from 1880 to 1885, introducing the
weight of the double bass section to the original four instru-
mental parts. He instilled such discipline in his orchestra that
he had the entire string section playing the work from memory,
standing up! Th ey performed it this way in Berlin soon aft er
and caused a sensation. Many conductors have programmed
the work in this form, including Furtwängler, Klemperer, and
Toscanini — but allowing the players to use the music, and to
sit down. —Hugh Macdonald © 2012
Beethoven composed the Grosse Fuge
as the last movement of his String
Quartet in B-fl at major (Opus 130) in
the late summer and early autumn of
1825. It was fi rst performed — with
the preceding fi ve movements of that
quartet — on March 21, 1826, by the
Schuppansigh Quartet of Vienna. The
publisher Artaria, however, requested
a new fi nale for Opus 130, one that
would be easier to perform. Beethoven
wrote a new fi nale in November 1826;
it was the last completed music that
he wrote and was not performed until
after his death in 1827. The Great
Fugue was published separately in May
1827 and bears a dedication to the
Archduke Rudolph, Beethoven’s patron,
pupil, and friend.
This work runs nearly 20 minutes
in performance. Beethoven’s original
scoring for string quartet is enlarged
and augmented in this weekend’s
performances for string orchestra,
including doubling of sections of the
bass line by double basses.
The Cleveland Orchestra fi rst pre-
sented the Grosse Fuge in November
1964, conducted by Lukas Foss. The
most recent performances were during
the 2000-01 season at Severance Hall
and on tour in Europe and the United
States, conducted by Christoph von
Dohnányi.
At a Glance
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L E P O È M E D E L’ E X TA S E (“Th e Poem of Ecstasy”) is a su-
perb example of the huge, self-obsessed orchestral repertoire
from the period before World War I, which we generally asso-
ciate with Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. Scriabin was
a strongly progressive and individualistic composer who saw
himself as the prophet of a new cosmos, and his works as the
voice of a divine being.
Like many Russians who, once they are attached to an idea,
pursue it relentlessly to its ultimate point, blind to other infl u-
ences — Mussorgsky and Tolstoy come to mind — Scriabin was
driven by a powerful inner force to capture his mystical vision in
music. He is easily dismissed as a crazy megalomaniac, but his
music is superbly craft ed and excitingly modern, even today.
Most of Scriabin’s music is for the piano, with some impor-
tant orchestral works composed at regular intervals throughout
his short career. His previous orchestral work, the Divine Poem,
was a three-movement symphony completed in 1904, when he
was thirty-two. It ventured into the territory of philosophical
abstraction, which had begun to consume his mind shortly be-
fore. His next orchestral work was to be a symphony entitled
Orgiastic Poem, but it eventually emerged as a one-movement
work, the Poem of Ecstasy, giving an even greater prominence
to the composer’s obsession with the spirit’s search for ecstasy
and his monomaniac belief in his own creativity. Alongside
the orchestral piece, Scriabin wrote a long verse-poem of the
same name, full of mystical fantasizing, which also embraced
his Fift h Piano Sonata in its grandiose vision.
But while the poem is safely ignored as the rambling of a
deluded egomaniac, the orchestral work is a masterpiece that
stands fi ttingly beside the other great orchestral creations of
those years. Le Poème de l’extase was completed early in 1908
and fi rst performed later that year in New York, under the
composer’s friend Modest Altschuler. Two months later, it
was played in Moscow under Vasily Safonov, and it was soon
a dopted by orchestras all over the world keen to present the
latest in advanced music.
Th e orchestra is large, and contrasts of mood are extreme,
yet the piece has a concentration that was to become even more
pronounced in Scriabin’s fi nal orchestral work, Prometheus:
The Poem of Ecstasy, Opus 54composed 1905-08
About the Music
by AlexanderNikolayevichSCRIABINborn January 6, 1872Moscow
diedApril 27, 1915Moscow
58 The Cleveland Orchestra
Poem of Fire, of 1910. While Mahler’s symphonies were reaching
further out into all realms of human thought, Scriabin’s were con-
centrating into a densely packed kernel of feeling and belief.
Th e themes have particular functions. For example, the open-
ing theme on the fl ute is the theme of longing; the clarinet’s melody
over hazy strings is a dream theme, and the trumpet’s succession
of rising phrases with a chromatic descent is “victory.” Galloping
horns off er “dark presentiments.” Such labels are easily understood
in the context of 19th-century program music, although a sustained
interpretation of their relationship is hardly possible or desirable.
We have simply an alternation of moods in the composer’s mind,
with a clear recapitulation of the opening material leading to an
ecstatic climax.
Th e emotional intensity is extreme, whether languid and erotic,
playful and volatile, or triumphant. Th e textures are intricate and
complex, yet the harmonic progress is generally simple and broad.
Th e key of C major, in which it closes, had come to represent Scri-
abin’s central focus aft er years of living in remote tonal regions. Th e
next step, which he took shortly aft er, was to cut loose from tonality
altogether. Scriabin was thus, with Schoenberg and Debussy, one
of the most progressive and visionary spirits of his time.
—Hugh Macdonald © 2012
Scriabin wrote Le Poème de l’extase (“The
Poem of Ecstasy”) in 1905-08, while living
outside his native Russia and travelling
across much of Europe and visiting
the United States. (The work was later
designated as his Symphony No. 4 by his
publisher.) The work was given its world
premiere on December 10, 1908, in New
York City, with the Russian Symphony
Society of New York under the direction of
Modest Altschuler.
This symphony runs about 20 minutes
in performance. Scriabin scored it for 3
fl utes, piccolo, 3 oboes, english horn, 3
clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, contra-
bassoon, 8 horns, 5 trumpets, 3 trombones,
tuba, timpani, percussion (bass drum, tam-
tam, cymbals, triangle, glockenspiel, bell),
celesta, 2 harps, organ, and strings.
The Cleveland Orchestra fi rst
performed Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy in
November 1922, conducted by founding
music director Nikolai Sokoloff. It has been
performed a few times since then, most
recently in February 1999, conducted by
Oliver Knussen.
At a Glance
About the Music
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Student Ticket Programs “Under 18s Free,” Student Advantage membership,
and Student Frequent FanCard off er aff ordable access
to Cleveland Orchestra concerts all season long
Th e Cleveland Orchestra is committed to developing one of the youngest audiences
of any orchestra in the country. With the help of generous contributors, the Orch-
estra has expanded its discounted ticket off erings through several new programs. In
the opening two months of the current Severance Hall season, student attendance has
doubled from last season, with nearly 20% of the audience being students experiencing
Cleveland Orchestra concerts through these various programs and off ers.
STUDE NT ADVANTAGE PROGRAM
Th e Orchestra’s ongoing Student Advantage Program provides opportunities
for students to attend Orchestra concerts at Severance Hall through discounted
ticket off ers. Membership in the Student Advantage Program is free.
A new Student Frequent FanCard was introduced this season. Priced at $50,
the FanCard off ers students unlimited single tickets (one per FanCard holder) to
weekly Classical Subscription Concerts all season long.
“UNDE R 1 8 s FRE E ”
Introduced for Blossom Festival concerts two summers ago, the “Under 18s
Free” program now includes select Cleveland Orchestra concerts at Severance Hall
each season. Th is program off ers free tickets (one per regular-priced adult paid ad-
mission) to young people ages 7-17 to the Orchestra’s Fridays@7, Friday Morning at
11, and Sunday Aft ernoon at 3 concerts.
All of these programs are supported by Th e Cleveland Orchestra’s Center for
Future Audiences and the Alexander and Sarah Cutler Fund for Student Audi-
ences. Th e Center for Future Audiences was created with a $20 million lead en-
dowment gift from the Maltz Family Foundation to develop new generations of
audiences for Cleveland Orchestra concerts in Northeast Ohio.
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61Severance Hall 2012-13 Education & Community
The Cleveland Orchestra: Serving the Community Th e Cleveland Orchestra draws together traditional and new programs in music education and community involvement to deepen connections with audiences throughout Northeast Ohio
THE CLE VE L AND ORCHE STRA has a long and proud history of sharing
the value and joy of music with citizens throughout Northeast Ohio. Education
and community programs date to the Orchestra’s founding in 1918 and have re-
mained a central focus of the ensemble’s actitivities for over ninety years. Today,
with the support of many generous individual, foundation, corporate, and govern-
mental funding partners, the Orchestra’s educational and community programs
reach more than 70,000 young people and adults annually, helping to foster a love
of music and a lifetime of involvement with the musical arts. On these pages, we
share photo graphs from a sampling of these many programs. For additional in-
formation about these and other programs, visit us at clevelandorchestra.com
or contact the Education & Community Programs Offi ce by calling 216-231-7355.
Franz Welser-Möst leads a concert at John Hay High School. Through such In-School Perfor-
mances and Education Concerts at Severance Hall, The Cleveland Orchestra introduced more
than 4 million young people to symphonic music over the past nine decades.
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T H E C L E V E L A N D
Education & Community
El Sistema@Rainey performing at Severance Hall. The initiative is an intensive after-school orchestral music program launched in September 2011 by Cleveland Orchestra violinist Isabel Trautwein and Cleveland’s Rainey Institute. Modeled after the national Venezuelan program El Sistema (“the system”), the initiative emphasizes community-based orchestra training from a young age, with a focus on making music fun and inspiring young musicians with a passion for music and for life. The Cleveland Orchestra and education partner Conn-Selmer are the offi cial providers of instruments for the El Sistema@Rainey program, with instrument support from Royalton Music for El Sistema@Rainey Summer Camp.
Cleveland Orchestra bassist Mark Atherton with classroom students at Cleveland’s Mayfair Elementary School, part of the Learning Through Music program that fosters the use of music and the arts to support general classroom learning.
Through the PNC Musical Rainbows series at Severance Hall, Cleveland Orchestra musicians introduce nearly 10,000 preschoolers each year to the instruments of the orchestra.
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O R C H E S T R A
Education & Community
Cleveland Orchestra fl utist Marisela Sager working with pre-school students as part of PNC Grow Up Great, a program utilizing music to support pre-literacy and school readiness skills.
T H A N K Y O UThe Cleveland Orchestra’s Education programs are made possible
by many generous individuals, foundations, and corporations, including:
PROGRAM FUNDERSThe Abington Foundation
The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening FoundationCleveland Clinic
The Cleveland FoundationConn-Selmer, Inc.
Cuyahoga Arts & CultureDominion Foundation
The Giant Eagle FoundationMuna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation
Invacare CorporationMartha Holden Jennings Foundation
The Laub FoundationThe Lincoln Electric Foundation
The Lubrizol CorporationThe Nord Family Foundation
Ohio Arts CouncilPNC
The Reinberger FoundationAlbert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation
The Sherwin-Williams FoundationThe South Waite Foundation
Surdna FoundationThomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust
The Edward & Ruth Wilkof Foundation
ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND FUNDERSHope and Stanley I. Adelstein
AnonymousKathleen L. BarberMr. Roger G. Berk
In memory of Anna B. BodyIsabelle and Ronald Brown
Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. BrownRoberta R. Calderwood
Alice B. Cull Memorial FundMr. and Mrs. Charles B. Emrick, Jr.
Charles and Marguerite C. GalanieMr. David J. Golden
The George Gund FoundationDorothy Humel Hovorka
Mr. James J. HummerFrank and Margaret Hyncik
Walter and Jean Kalberer FoundationAlfred Lerner In-School Performance Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. MeiselChristine Gitlin Miles
Mr. and Mrs. David T. MorganthalerMorley Fund for Pre-school Education
Pysht FundThe Ratner, Miller, and Shafran Families
and Forest City Enterprises, Inc.In memory of Georg Solti
The William N. Skirball EndowmentJules and Ruth Vinney Youth Orchestra Touring Fund
More than 1,200 talented young musicians have performed as members of the Cleve- land Orchestra Youth Orchestra in the quarter century since its founding in 1986.
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Susan L. Faulder
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Fennell*
Mrs. Mildred Fiening
Gloria and Irving B. Fine
R. Neil Fisher
Jules and Lena Flock*
Joan Alice Ford
Dr. and Mrs.* William E. Forsythe
Mr.* and Mrs. Ralph E. Fountain
J. Gilbert and Eleanor M. Frey
Arthur and Deanna Friedman
Mr.* and Mrs. Edward H. Frost
Dawn Full
Henry S. Fusner
Dr. Stephen and Nancy Gage
Charles and Marguerite C. Galanie*
Barbara and Peter Galvin
Mr. and Mrs. Steven B. Garfunkel
Donald* and Lois Gaynor
Barbara P. Geismer
Albert I. and Norma C. Geller
Carl E. Gennett*
John H.* and Ellen P. Gerber
Frank and Louise Gerlak
Dr. James E. Gibbs
In Memory of Roger N. Giff ord
Dr. Anita P. Gilger*
S. Bradley Gillaugh
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ginn
Fred and Holly Glock
Ronald* and Carol Godes
William H. Goff
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Goodman
John and Ann Gosky
Mrs. Joseph B. Govan*
Th e Heritage Society honors donors who support the Orchestra through their
wills, life income gift s, or other types of deferred giving. Th e following listing of
members is current as of September 2012. Th e Cleveland Orchestra and Musical
Arts Association thank those members below in bold who have declared to us
their specifi c estate intentions. For more infor ma tion, please call Bridget Mundy,
Legacy Giving Offi cer, at 216-231-8006.
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
H E R I T A G E S O C I E T Y
Legacy & Planned GivingLegacy & Planned Giving
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Elaine Harris Green
Richard C. Gridley
Nancy Hancock Griffi th
David E. and Jane J. Griffi ths
David G. Griffi ths*
Ms. Hetty Griffi ths
Margaret R. Griffi ths*
Bev and Bob Grimm
Judd and Zetta Gross*
Candy and Brent Grover
Mrs. Jerome E. Grover*
Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Gunning
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Gunton
Joseph E. Guttman*
Mrs. John A Hadden Jr.
Richard and Mary Louise Hahn
James J. Hamilton
Kathleen E. Hancock
Douglas Peace Handyside*
Holsey Gates Handyside
Norman C. and Donna L. Harbert
Mary Jane Hartwell
William L.* and Lucille L. Hassler
Peter and Gloria Hastings*
Mrs. Henry Hatch (Robin Hitchcock)
Virginia and George Havens
Gary D. Helgesen
Clyde J. Henry, Jr.
Ms. M. Diane Henry
Wayne and Prudence Heritage
Rice Hershey*
T. K. and Faye A. Heston
Gretchen L. Hickok
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. High
Edwin R. and Mary C. Hill*
Ruth Hirshman-von Baeyer*
Mr.* and Mrs. D. Craig Hitchcock
Bruce F. Hodgson
Goldie Grace Hoff man*
Mary V. Hoff man
Feite F. Hofman MD
Mrs. Barthold M. Holdstein
Leonard* and Lee Ann Holstein
Gertrude S. Hornung*
Patience Cameron Hoskins
Elizabeth Hosmer
Dorothy Humel Hovorka
Dr. Randal N. Huff
Ann E. Humphreys
and Jayne E. Sisson
Karen S. Hunt
Ruth F. Ihde
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan E. Ingersoll
Pamela and Scott Isquick
Mr. and Mrs.* Cliff ord J. Isroff
Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Jack, Jr.
Carol S. Jacobs
Milton* and Jodith Janes
Jerry and Martha Jarrett
Nancy Kurfess Johnson, M.D.
Paul and Lucille Jones*
Mrs. R. Stanley Jones*
David and Gloria Kahan
Julian and Etole Kahan
Drs. Julian* and Aileen Kassen
Milton and Donna Katz
Patricia and Walter* Kelley
Bruce and Eleanor Kendrick
Malcolm E. Kenney
Nancy H. Kiefer
Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball*
Mr. Kevin F. Kirkpatrick
Mrs. Virginia Kirkpatrick
James and Gay Kitson
Julian H. and Emily W. Klein*
Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein*
Thea Klestadt*
Gilles and Malvina Klopman
Martha D. Knight
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Koch
Vilma L. Kohn
Elizabeth Davis Kondorossy*
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Kotapish, Sr.
LaVeda Kovar*
Margery A. Kowalski
Bruce G. Kriete*
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory G. Kruszka
Thomas and Barbara Kuby
Eleanor and Stephen Kushnick
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre
James I. Lader
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Lambros
Dr. Joan P. Lambros
Mrs. Carolyn Lampl
Mrs. Samuel H. Lamport
Louis Lane
Charles and Josephine Robson
Leamy Fund
Teela C. Lelyveld
Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Lerch
Gerda Levine
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Levine
Bracy E. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Liederbach
Ruth S. Link
Dr. and Mrs. William K. Littman
Jeff and Maggie Love
Dr. Alan and Mrs. Min Cha Lubin
Ann B. and Robert R. Lucas*
Miss Anne M. Lukacovic
Kate Lunsford
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Lynch
Terry and Pat MacDonald
Jerry Maddox
Mrs. H. Stephen Madsen
Alice D. Malone
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Malpass, Jr.
Lucille Harris Mann
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manuel
Clement P. Marion
Mr. Wilbur J. Markstrom
Dr. and Mrs. Sanford Marovitz
Duane and Joan* Marsh
Florence Marsh, Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Martincic
Kathryn A. Mates
Alexander and Marianna McAfee
Nancy B. McCormack
Mr. William C. McCoy
Marguerite H. McGrath
Dorothy R. McLean
Jim* and Alice Mecredy
James and Viginia Meil
Mr. and Mrs.* Robert F. Meyerson
Brenda Clark Mikota
Christine Gitlin Miles
Charles B. & Christine A. Miller
Edith and Ted* Miller
Mr. Leo Minter, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mitchell
Robert L. Moncrief
Beryl and Irv Moore
Ann Jones Morgan
Mr.* and Mrs. Stanley L. Morgan
George and Carole Morris
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Morris
Mr. and Mrs.* Donald W. Morrison
Drs. Joan R. Mortimer
and Edward A.* Mortimer, Jr.
Florence B. Moss
Susan B. Murphy
Dr. and Mrs. Clyde L. Nash, Jr.
Deborah L. Neale
David and Judith Newell
Russell H. Nyland*
Charles K. Laszlo
and Maureen O’Neill-Laszlo
Katherine T. O’Neill
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ong
Aurel Fowler-Ostendorf*
Ronald J. Parks
Nancy and W. Stuver Parry
Mrs. John G. Pegg
Mary Charlotte Peters
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pfouts*
Janet K. Phillips*
Florence KZ Pollack
Victor and Louise Preslan*
Mrs. Robert E. Price*
Lois S.* and Stanley M. Proctor
Leonard and Heddy Rabe
M. Neal Rains
Mr. George B. Ramsayer
Joe L. and Alice* Randles
Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Sr.
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
H E R I T A G E S O C I E T Y
Legacy & Planned GivingLegacy & Planned Giving
LISTING CONTINUES
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T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
H E R I T A G E S O C I E T YBe forever a part of what the world is talking about!
Legacy & Planned GivingLegacy & Planned Giving
LISTING CONTINUED
Th e lotus blossom is the
symbol of the Heritage Society.
It represents eternal life and
recognizes the permanent benefi ts
of legacy gift s to Th e Cleveland
Orchestra’s endowment.
Said to be Elisabeth Severance’s
favorite fl ower, the lotus is found as
a decorative motif in nearly every
public area of Severance Hall.
*deceased
Legacy & Planned Giving
Mrs. Theodore H. Rautenberg*
Dr. Sandford Reichart*
James and Donna Reid
Mrs. Hyatt Reitman*
Dr. Larry J.B.* and
Barbara S. Robinson
Dwight W. Robinson
Margaret B. Babyak*
and Phillip J. Roscoe
Dr. Eugene and Mrs. Jacqueline Ross
Helen Weil Ross*
Marjorie A. Rott
Howard and Laurel Rowen
Professor Alan Miles Ruben
and Judge Betty Willis Ruben
Florence Brewster Rutter
Mr. James L. Ryhal, Jr.
Renee Sabreen
Marjorie Bell Sachs
Vernon Sackman
Sarah J. Sager and William R. Joseph
Sue Sahli
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Saks
Mr. Larry J. Santon
Stanford and Jean B. Sarlson
James Dalton Saunders
Patricia J. Sawvel
Ray and Kit Sawyer
Morris and Alice Sayre
In Memory of Hyman
and Becky Schandler
Robert Scherrer
Sandra J. Schlub
Ms. Marian Schluembach
Robert and Betty Schmiermund
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Schneider
Lynn A. Schreiber
Jeanette L. Schroeder
Carol* and Albert Schupp
Mr. Frank Schultz
Roslyn S. and Ralph M. Seed
Nancy F. Seeley
Edward Seely
Meredith M. Seikel
Russell Seitz
Eric Sellen
Andrea E. Senich
Thomas and Ann Sepulveda
B. Kathleen Shamp
Jill Semko Shane
David Shank
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Shapiro
Norine W. Sharp
Norma Gudin Shaw
Elizabeth Carroll Shearer
Dr. and Mrs. William C. Sheldon
Frank * and Mary Ann Sheranko
Kim Sherwin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sherwin
Reverend and Mrs. Malcolm K. Shields
Rosalyn and George Sievila
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Simon
Dr.* and Mrs. John A. Sims
Naomi G. and Edwin Z. Singer
Lauretta Sinkosky
H. Scott Sippel and Clark T. Kurtz
Ellen J. Skinner
Ralph* and Phyllis Skufca
Janet Hickok Slade
Alden D. and Ellen D.* Smith
Margaret C. Smith*
Mr.* and Mrs. Ward Smith
M. Isabel Smith*
Nathan Snader*
Sterling A.* and
Verdabelle Spaulding
Sue Starrett and Jerry Smith
Barbara J. Stanford
and Vincent T. Lombardo
Lois and Thomas Stauff er
Willard D. Steck*
Dr. Myron Bud and Helene* Stern
Merle Stern
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Stickney
Nora and Harrison Stine*
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Stone
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Storer
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. String
The Irving Sunshine Family
Mr.* and Mrs. Herbert J. Swanson
In Memory of Marjory Swartzbaugh
Lewis Swingley*
Lorraine S. Szabo
Norman V. Tagliaferri
Susan* and Andrew Talton
Frank E. Taplin, Jr.*
Charles H. Teare
and Cliff ord K.* Kern
Mr. Ronald E. Teare
Pauline Thesmacher*
Dr. and Mrs. Friedrich Thiel
Mrs. William D. Tibbetts*
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Toneff
Alleyne C. Toppin
Janice and Leonard Tower
Dorothy Ann Turick
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Urban
Robert and Marti Vagi
Robert A. Valente
Mary Louise and Don VanDyke
Elliot Veinerman*
Nicholas J. Velloney*
Steven Vivarronda
Pat and Walt* Wahlen
Mrs. Clare R. Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Warren
Charles D. Waters*
Etta Ruth Weigl
Lucile Weingartner
Eunice Podis Weiskopf*
Max W. Wendel
William Wendling
and Lynne Woodman
Marilyn J. White
Alan H. and Marilyn M. Wilde
Elizabeth L. Wilkinson*
Helen Sue* and Meredith Williams
Carter and Genevieve Wilmot
Miriam L. and Tyrus W.* Wilson
Mr. Milton Wolfson* and
Mrs. Miriam Shuler-Wolfson
Nancy L. Wolpe
Mrs. Alfred C. Woodcock
Mr. and Mrs.* Donald Woodcock
Dr. and Mrs. Henry F. Woodruff
Marilyn L. Wozniak
Nancy R. Wurzel
Michael and Diane Wyatt
Mary Yee
Libby Yunger
Dr. Norman Zaworski
William L. and Joan H. Ziegler
Carmela Catalano Zoltoski
Roy J. Zook*
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T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
Meet the MusiciansCleveland Orchestra musicians parti-
cipate in a variety of community and
education activities beyond the weekly
orchestral concerts at Severance Hall.
These activities include masterclasses
and recitals, PNC Musical Rainbows, the
Learning Through Music school partner-
ship program, and coaching the Cleve-
land Orchestra Youth Orchestra.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROGER MASTROIANNI
Meet the Musicians
EMMASHOOKviolin
BORN: Portland, Oregon
ON MY MP3 PLAYER: I don’t own an MP3 player; on my stereo or radio, I listen to all types of music, from classical to jazz to bluegrass and beyond.
ROLE MODEL: Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and environmental ambassador.
FREE TIME: Hiking, gardening, good food, good friends, playing chamber music.
BIG DREAM: Resurrection of good public education; big music and arts programs in all the schools.
MARK ATHERTONbass
BORN: Bangor, Maine
ON MY MP3 PLAYER: Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Dylan, opera, the Beatles.
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA HIGHLIGHT: Playing Dvořák’s opera Rusalka at the Salzburg Festival.
FREE TIME: Playing golf, biking, working in the yard.
FAVORITE CLEVELAND: I love Cleveland area golf courses and the Metroparks.
WHY A MUSICIAN: Music teachers in my family, including my father.
RICHARDWEISScello
BORN: Los Angeles
ROLE MODEL: Cellist Leonard Rose.
ON MY MP3 PLAYER: Yo-Yo Ma’s Soul of the Tango, and beginning Spanish lessons.
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA HIGHLIGHT: First appearance as concerto soloist, and
then years later playing in the cello sec-tion as my student Alisa Weilerstein was soloist in the same piece.
FREE TIME: Horseback riding, reading.
BIG DREAM: To ride a horse as well as I play the cello.
FAVORITE ORCHESTRAL WORK: Currently, Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings.
68 The Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland OrchestraCenter for Future AudiencesTHE CLE VE L AND ORCHE STRA’s Center for Future Audiences was estab-
lished to fund programs to develop new generations of audiences for Cleve-
land Orch estra concerts in Northeast Ohio. Th e Center was created in 2010
with a $20 million lead endowment gift from the Maltz Family Foundation.
Center-funded programs focus on addressing economic and geographic bar-
riers to attending Cleveland Orch estra concerts at Severance Hall and Blos-
som Music Center. Programs include
research, introductory off ers, targeted
discounts, student ticket programs,
and integrated use of new technolo-
gies. Th e goal is to create one of the
youngest audiences of any symphony
orchestra in the country. For addition-
al information about these plans and
programs, call us at 216-231-7464.
Center for Future Audiences
ENDOWED FUNDS
Maltz Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Cutler
THANK YOU for helping develop tomorrow’s audiences today.
For information about contributing to this major endowment initiative,
please contact the Orchestra’s Philanthropy & Advancement Department
by calling Jon Limbacher, Chief Development Offi cer, at 216-231-7520.
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
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Generous contributions to the endowment have been made to support specific
artistic initiatives, education and community programming and performances,
facilities maintenance costs, touring and residencies, and more. Named funds can
be established with new gifts of $250,000 or more. For information about making your
own endowment gift to the Orchestra, please call 216-231-7438.
Endowed Funds funds established as of September 2012
ARTISTIC endowed funds support a variety of programmatic initiatives ranging
from guest artists and radio broadcasts to the all-volunteer Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.
Artistic CollaborationKeithley Fund
Artist-in-ResidenceMalcolm E. Kenney
Young ComposersJan R. and Daniel R. Lewis
Friday Morning ConcertsMary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Foundation
International TouringFrances Elizabeth Wilkinson
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Jerome and Shirley GroverMeacham Hitchcock and Family
Concert PreviewsDorothy Humel Hovorka
Radio BroadcastsRobert and Jean Conrad
UnrestrictedWilliam P. Blair III Fund
for Orchestral ExcellenceMargaret Fulton-Mueller FundJohn P. Bergren and Sarah S. EvansVirginia M. and Jon A. Lindseth
American Conductors FundDouglas Peace HandysideHolsey Gates Handyside
Severance Hall Guest ConductorsRoger and Anne ClappJames and Donna Reid
Cleveland Orchestra SoloistsJulia and Larry Pollock Family Fund
Guest ArtistsThe Eleanore T. and Joseph E. Adams FundMrs. Warren H. CorningThe Gerhard FoundationMargaret R. Griffiths TrustThe Virginia M. and Newman T. Halvorson FundThe Hershey FoundationThe Humel Hovorka FundKulas FoundationThe Payne FundElizabeth Dorothy RobsonDr. and Mrs. Sam I. SatoThe Julia Severance Millikin FundThe Sherwick FundMr. and Mrs. Michael SherwinSterling A. SpauldingMr. and Mrs. James P. StorerMrs. Paul D. Wurzburger
Endowed Funds
CENTER FOR FUTURE AUDIENCES — The Cleveland Orchestra’s Center for Future
Audiences, created with a lead gift from the Maltz Family Foundation, was established
to develop new generations of audiences for The Cleveland Orchestra.
Center for Future AudiencesMaltz Family Foundation
Student AudiencesAlexander and Sarah Cutler Fund
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
Endowed Funds listing continues
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
70 The Cleveland OrchestraEndowed Funds
SEVERANCE HALL endowed funds support maintenance of keyboard instruments
and the facilities of the Orchestra’s concert home, Severance Hall:
Keyboard MaintenanceWilliam R. DewThe Frederick W. and Janet P. Dorn FoundationMr. and Mrs. Richard A. ManuelVincent K. and Edith H. Smith Memorial Trust
OrganD. Robert and Kathleen L. BarberArlene and Arthur HoldenKulas FoundationDescendants of D.Z. NortonOglebay Norton Foundation
Severance Hall PreservationSeverance family and friends
EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY endowed funds help support programs that deepen con-
nections to symphonic music at every age and stage of life, including training, performances, and
classroom resources for thousands of students and adults each year.
Education ProgramsAnonymous, in memory of Georg SoltiHope and Stanley I. AdelsteinKathleen L. BarberIsabelle and Ronald BrownDr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. BrownAlice B. Cull MemorialFrank and Margaret HyncikJunior Committee of The Cleveland OrchestraMr. and Mrs. David T. MorgenthalerJohn and Sally Morley Education FundThe William N. Skirball Endowment
Education Concerts WeekThe Max Ratner Education Fund, given by the Ratner, Miller, and Shafran
families and by Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
In-School PerformancesAlfred M. Lerner Fund
Classroom ResourcesCharles and Marguerite C. Galanie
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra The George Gund FoundationChristine Gitlin Miles, in honor of Jahja LingJules and Ruth Vinney Touring Fund
Musical RainbowsPysht Fund
Community ProgrammingMachaskee Fund
Endowed Funds continued from previous page
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER and BLOSSOM FESTIVAL endowed funds support the
Orchestra’s summer performances and maintenance of Blossom Music Center.
Blossom Festival Guest ArtistDr. and Mrs. Murray M. BettThe Hershey FoundationThe Payne FundMr. and Mrs. William C. Zekan
Blossom Festival Family ConcertsDavid E. and Jane J. Griffi ths
Landscaping and MaintenanceThe Bingham FoundationEmily Blossom family members and friendsThe GAR FoundationJohn S. and James L. Knight Foundation
The Cleve land Orch-
estra’s excellence is a refl ec-
tion of the musicians who are
a part of it and the people
who support it. Cleveland has
created and sustained a great
orchestra because of people
who are passionate about
quality. Excellence begins
with the community — and
we are privileged to be a
part of the best community
in the world.
—Franz Welser-Möst
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72 The Cleveland Orchestra
Tickets are now on sale for the holiday event of
the season, as Th e Cleveland Orchestra presents Th e
Joff rey Ballet’s complete silver anniversary produc-
tion of Tchaikovsky’s Th e Nutcracker. Five perfor-
mances will be presented at Playhouse Square’s State
Th eatre November 29 thru December 2. Th e produc-
tion will be conducted by Tito Muñoz and mark the
fi rst time Th e Cleveland Orchestra has performed
Tchaikovsky’s Th e Nutcracker in a fully-staged pre-
sentation.
Conceived and originally directed in 1987 by
Robert Joff rey, with choreographic contributions
from Gerald Arpino, this production of Th e Nut-
cracker features more than 40 company dancers, 200
brilliant costumes, and larger-than-life scenery. Th e
Chicago Sun-Times called the Joff rey’s Nutcracker “a
grand showcase of classical technique that spotlights
the particular talents of many of the company’s en-
semble dancers,” the Chicagoist calls it “a fi rst-class
celebration of one of the greatest holiday productions
ever,” and the Washington Post praised it as “a theat-
rical event of irresistible power.”
Th e Cleveland cast of Th e Nutcracker will include sixty Northeast Ohio young
dancers, who will be selected by audition, dancing side-by-side with the Joff rey compa-
ny. Th e Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus, comprised of fi ft y members, also joins
the performances to sing in the beautiful “Snow Scene.”
“Our company looks forward to once again joining Th e Cleveland Orchestra” says
Joff rey Ballet artistic director Ashley Wheater, “and in extending our wonderful part-
nership into a complete production. Our previous performances together at Blossom
have included elements of a full ballet, but this time we’ll have all the sets, costumes,
lighting, and the magnifi cent choreography of our founder Robert Joff rey.”
The Cleveland Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” with The Joffrey Ballet at PlayhouseSquare Five performances Nov 29 thru Dec 2
TICKETS On-sale now! 216-241-6000 or playhousesquare.org
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Orchestra News
The Partners in Excellence program
salutes companies with annual contri-
butions of $100,000 and more, exem-
plifying leadership and commitment to
artistic excellence at the highest level.
PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE$300,000 AND MORE
KeyBankThe Lubrizol CorporationNACCO Industries, Inc.The J. M. Smucker Company
PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE$200,000 TO $299,999
Baker HostetlerEaton CorporationForest City Enterprises, Inc.PNC
PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE$100,000 TO $199,999
Google, Inc.Medical Mutual of OhioParker Hannifin Corporation
$50,000 TO $99,999
Exile LLCJones DayQuality Electrodynamics (QED)Raiffeisenlandesbank
Oberösterreich (Europe) The Sage Cleveland Foundation
$25,000 TO $49,999
Bank of AmericaDix & EatonGiant EagleNorthern Trust Bank of Florida (Miami)Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.The Plain DealerRPM International Inc.Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (US) LLPThompson Hine LLP
$2,500 TO $24,999
Akron Tool & Die CompanyAkronLife MagazineAmerican Fireworks, Inc.American Greetings CorporationBDIBrouse McDowellConn-Selmer, Inc.Eileen M. Burkhart & Co LLCBuyers Products CompanyCedar Brook Financial Partners, LLCThe Cleveland Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co.
The Cliffs FoundationCommunity Behavioral Health CenterConsolidated Graphics Group, Inc.Dealer Tire LLCDollar BankDominion FoundationErnst & Young LLPEvarts-Tremaine-Flicker CompanyFeldman Gale, P.A. (Miami)Ferro CorporationFirstMerit BankFrantz Ward LLPGallagher Benefit ServicesGenovese Vanderhoof & AssociatesThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyGreat Lakes Brewing CompanyGross BuildersHahn Loeser + Parks LLPHouck Anderson P.A. (Miami)Hunton & Williams, LLP (Miami)The Lincoln Electric FoundationLittler Mendelson, P.C.C. A. Litzler Co., Inc.Live Publishing CompanyMacy’sMiba AG (Europe)MTD Products, Inc.Nordson CorporationNorth Coast Container Corp.Northern HaserotOatey Co.Ohio CATOlympic Steel, Inc.Oswald CompaniesPolyOne CorporationThe Prince & Izant CompanyRichey Industries, Inc.Satch Logistics LLCSEMAG Holding GmbH (Europe)The Sherwin-Williams CompanyStern Advertising AgencySwagelok CompanyTriMark S.S. KempTrionix Research Laboratory, Inc.Tucker EllisUnited Automobile Insurance
Company (Miami)Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A. (Miami)Ricky & Sarit Warman —
Papa John’s Pizza (Miami)WCLV FoundationWestlake Reed LeskoskyThe Avedis Zildjian CompanyAnonymous (3)
Annual Supportgifts of $2,500 or more during the past year, as of September 10, 2012
Cumulative GivingJOHN L. SEVERANCESOCIETY
$5 MILLION AND MORE
KeyBank
$1 MILLION TO $5 MILLION
Baker HostetlerBank of AmericaEaton CorporationFirstEnergy FoundationForest City Enterprises, Inc.The Goodyear Tire
& Rubber CompanyThe Lubrizol Corporation /
The Lubrizol FoundationMerrill LynchNACCO Industries, Inc.Parker Hannifin CorporationThe Plain DealerPNC BankPolyOne CorporationRaiffeisenlandesbank
Oberösterreich (Europe) The Sage Cleveland Foundation
The J. M. Smucker Company
The Severance Society recognizes
generous contributors of $1 million
or more in cumulative giving
to The Cleveland Orchestra.
Listing as of September 2012.
Corporate Annual Support
The Cleveland Orchestra gratefully acknowledges and salutes these corporations for their generous support
toward the Orchestra’s Annual Fund, benefit events, tours and residencies, and special projects.
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
Corporate Support
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Autumn 2012
STATIONBREAK
Fall Forecast Arts and Culture In
Northeast Ohio page 5
Election 2012 Complete Coverage
page 17
Inside WKSU Regina Brett
page 14
Introducing QNew Programs &
New Schedule on WKSU
page 14
NE Ohio Cultural Milestones
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Foundation/Government Annual Support
$1 MILLION AND MORE
The Cleveland FoundationCuyahoga County residents through
Cuyahoga Arts and CultureThe Kelvin and Eleanor
Smith Foundation
$250,000 TO $499,000
Kulas FoundationAndrew W. Mellon FoundationThe Miami Foundation,
from a fund established by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami)
John P. Murphy FoundationDavid and Inez Myers FoundationOhio Arts Council
$100,000 TO $249,999
Sidney E. Frank FoundationGAR FoundationThe George Gund FoundationJohn S. and James L. Knight Foundation
$50,000 TO $99,999
The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation
Martha Holden Jennings FoundationThe Mandel FoundationMyra Tuteur Kahn Memorial Fund
of The Cleveland FoundationElizabeth Ring Mather
and William Gwinn Mather FundThe Payne FundSurdna Foundation
$20,000 TO $49,999
The Abington FoundationAkron Community FoundationThe Helen C. Cole Charitable TrustThe Mary S. and David C.
Corbin FoundationThe Gerhard Foundation, Inc.Ann and Gordon Getty FoundationThe Margaret Clark Morgan FoundationThe Nonneman Family FoundationThe Nord Family FoundationPeacock Foundation, Inc. (Miami)The Sisler McFawn Foundation
Annual Supportgifts of $2,000 or more during the past year, as of September 10, 2012
The Cleveland Orchestra gratefully acknowledges and salutes these Foundations and Government agencies for their
generous support toward the Orchestra’s Annual Fund, benefit events, tours and residencies, and special projects.
$2,000 TO $19,999
Ayco Charitable FoundationThe Ruth and Elmer Babin FoundationThe Bernheimer Family Fund
of the Cleveland FoundationBicknell FundThe Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening
FoundationThe Collacott FoundationMary and Dr. George L. Demetros
Charitable TrustElisha-Bolton FoundationFisher-Renkert FoundationThe Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox
Charitable FoundationFunding Arts Network (Miami)The Helen Wade Greene Charitable TrustThe Hankins FoundationThe Muna and Basem Hishmeh FoundationRichard H. Holzer Memorial FoundationThe Kangesser FoundationThe Kridler Family Fund
of The Columbus FoundationThe Jean Thomas Lambert FoundationThe Laub FoundationVictor C. Laughlin, M.D.
Memorial Foundation TrustThe G. R. Lincoln Family FoundationLaura R. & Lucian Q. Moffitt FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsPaintstone FoundationThe Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie
Memorial FoundationThe Leighton A. Rosenthal
Family FoundationSCH FoundationAlbert G. & Olive H. Schlink FoundationJean C. Schroeder FoundationThe Sherwick FundLloyd L. and Louise K. Smith
Memorial FoundationThe South Waite FoundationThe Taylor-Winfield FoundationThe George Garretson Wade Charitable TrustThe S. K. Wellman FoundationThe Welty Family FoundationThomas H. White Foundation,
a KeyBank TrustThe Edward & Ruth Wilkof FoundationThe Wuliger FoundationAnonymous (2)
Cumulative GivingJOHN L. SEVERANCESOCIETY
$10 MILLION AND MORE
The Cleveland FoundationCuyahoga County residents
through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
Kulas FoundationMaltz Family FoundationState of OhioOhio Arts CouncilThe Kelvin and Eleanor
Smith Foundation
$5 MILLION TO $10 MILLION
John P. Murphy Foundation
$1 MILLION TO $5 MILLION
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
GAR FoundationThe George Gund FoundationThe Louise H. and David S.
Ingalls FoundationMartha Holden Jennings
FoundationKnight Foundation
(Cleveland, Miami)Andrew W. Mellon FoundationDavid and Inez
Myers FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsThe Payne FundThe Reinberger Foundation
The Severance Society recognizes
generous contributors of $1 million
or more in cumulative giving
to The Cleveland Orchestra.
Listing as of September 2012.
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
Foundation & Government Support
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INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $500,000 AND MORE
Daniel R. and Jan R. Lewis (Miami)
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $200,000 TO $499,999
Irma and Norman Braman (Miami) Francie and David Horvitz (Miami) The Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Susan Miller (Miami) Ms. Ginger Warner (Cleveland, Miami)
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $100,000 TO $199,999
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. KeithleyDr. and Mrs. Herbert Kloiber (Europe)Mrs. Norma Lerner Peter B. Lewis and Janet Rosel (Miami)Mr.* and Mrs. Herbert McBride Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $75,000 TO $99,999
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Kern The Honorable and Mrs. John Doyle Ong Janet and Richard Yulman (Miami)
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $50,000 TO $74,999
Sheldon and Florence Anderson (Miami)Mr. Richard J. Bogomolny
and Ms. Patricia M. Kozerefski Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. CutlerHector D. Fortun (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. HorvitzJames D. Ireland III Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre
Leadership Council The Leadership Council salutes those extraor-
dinary donors who have pledged to sustain their
annual giving at the highest level for three years or
more. Leadership Council donors are recognized in
these Annual Support listings with the Leadership
Council symbol next to their name:
Individual Support
The Cleveland Orchestra and Musical Arts Association gratefully recognize the individuals
listed here, who have provided generous gifts of cash or pledges of $2,500 or more to the
Annual Fund, benefit events, tours and residencies, and special annual donations.
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
Lifetime GivingJOHN L. SEVERANCE SOCIETY
$10 MILLION AND MORE
Daniel R. and Jan R. Lewis (Miami, Cleveland)
$5 MILLION TO $10 MILLION
Mr. Richard J. Bogomolny
and Ms. Patricia M. Kozerefski
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Cutler
Mrs. Norma Lerner
and The Lerner Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner
Anonymous
$1 MILLION TO $5 MILLION
Irma and Norman Braman (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. CallahanMrs. Anne M. ClappMr. George Gund IIIFrancie and David Horvitz (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz Mr. James D. Ireland III The Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre Susan Miller (Miami) Sally S. and John C. Morley The Family of D. Z. NortonThe Honorable and Mrs. John Doyle Ong Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.Charles and Ilana Horowitz RatnerJames and Donna Reid Barbara S. Robinson Anonymous (2)
The Severance Society recognizes generous contributors
of $1 million or more in lifetime giving to The Cleve-
land Orchestra. As of September 2012.
Annual Supportgifts during the past year, as of September 10, 2012
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Individual Annual Support
R. Kirk Landon and Pamela Garrison (Miami) Mr. Randy LernerToby Devan LewisMs. Beth E. MooneyMr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. James and Donna ReidBarbara S. Robinson David A. and Barbara Wolfort Anonymous
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $30,000 TO $49,999
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Bell (Miami)Dr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Berndt (Europe) Blossom Women’s CommitteeMr. and Mrs. Charles P. Bolton The Brown and Kunze FoundationJeanette Grasselli Brown and Glenn R. Brown Robert and Jean* Conrad Do Unto Others Trust (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Gund George Gund Trevor and Jennie Jones Giuliana C. and John D. Koch Foundation
(Cleveland, Miami) Dr. Vilma L. KohnMr. and Mrs. S. Lee Kohrman Charlotte R. KramerMs. Nancy W. McCann Sally S. and John C. Morley Julia and Larry Pollock Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Sr.Brian and Patricia RatnerCharles and Ilana Horowitz Ratner Luci and Ralph* ScheyMary M. Spencer (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Franz Welser-Möst
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $25,000 TO $29,999
Mr. William P. Blair III Margaret Fulton-Mueller Dr. and Mrs. Hiroyuki Fujita Elizabeth B. Juliano Dr. and Mrs. David LeshnerMr. and Mrs. Jon A. LindsethMr. and Mrs. Edward A. LozickMrs. Jane B. NordMr. and Mrs. James A. RatnerHewitt and Paula Shaw Richard and Nancy Sneed Junior Committee
of The Cleveland OrchestraPaul and Suzanne Westlake
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $20,000 TO $24,999
Gay Cull AddicottMr. and Mrs. William W. Baker Jill and Paul Clark Bruce and Beth Dyer Esther L. and Alfred M. Eich, Jr. Andrew and Judy Green Gary Hanson and Barbara Klante Mr. and Mrs. Jack HoeschlerRichard and Erica Horvitz (Cleveland, Miami)Mrs. Marguerite B. Humphrey William J. and Katherine T. O’Neil Dr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ross Steven and Ellen Ross Mr. and Mrs. James A. SaksMarc and Rennie SaltzbergRaymond T. and Katherine S. SawyerDr. and Mrs. Neil SethiR. Thomas and Meg Harris Stanton Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stelling (Europe)Anonymous gift from Switzerland (Europe) Anonymous
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $15,000 TO $19,999
Randall and Virginia BarbatoJayusia and Alan Bernstein (Miami) Scott Chaikin and Mary Beth CooperMr. and Mrs. Peter O. DahlenGeorge* and Becky DunnColleen and Richard Fain (Miami) Jeffrey and Susan FeldmanMr. Allen H. FordRichard and Ann GridleyMrs. John A Hadden Jr.Jack Harley and Judy ErnestMary and Jon Heider (Cleveland, Miami)Tati and Ezra Katz (Miami) Jonathan and Tina Kislak (Miami)Robert M. Maloney and Laura Goyanes Mr. Thomas F. McKee Miba AG (Europe)Lucia S. NashMr. Gary A. Oatey Brian and Patricia RatnerDavid and Harriet SimonMr. Joseph F. TetlakRick, Margarita and Steven Tonkinson (Miami)LNE Group — Lee Weingart (Europe)Anonymous
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $12,500 TO $14,999
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Carpenter Judith and George W. Diehl Joyce and Ab* GlickmanMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Healy Mrs. David Seidenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Umdasch (Europe)
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INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $10,000 TO $12,499Mr. and Mrs. George N. Aronoff Marsha and Brian Bilzin (Miami) Dr. Christopher P. Brandt and Dr. Beth Sersig Mr. D. McGregor Brandt, Jr.Augustine* and Grace CaliguireMr. and Mrs. R. Bruce CampbellRichard J. and Joanne ClarkMartha and Bruce Clinton (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. William E. ConwayMrs. Barbara CookBruce Coppock and Lucia P. May (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Matthew V. Crawford Mr. Peter and Mrs. Julie Cummings (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. DuvinMike S. and Margaret Eidson (Miami) Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Ellis Jr.Ms. Dawn M. FullFrancisco A. Garcia and Elizabeth Pearson (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. GarrettAlbert I. and Norma C. Geller Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. GillespieRobert K. Gudbranson and Joon-Li KimJeffrey and Stacie HalpernSondra and Steve HardisDavid and Nancy Hooker Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hyland Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Jack, Jr.Janet and Gerald Kelfer (Miami) Mrs. Elizabeth R. Koch
Tim and Linda Koelz Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. ManuelMr. and Mrs. Arch J. McCartneyMr. and Mrs. Stanley A. MeiselEdith and Ted* MillerMrs. Sydell L. MillerThe Estate of Walter N. MirapaulElisabeth and Karlheinz Muhr (Europe)Brian and Cindy MurphyMr. and Mrs. William M. Osborne, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Rose Mr. and Mrs. David A. RuckmanMr. Larry J. Santon Dr. E. Karl and Lisa SchneiderRachel R. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Oliver E. SeikelMr. Eric Sellen and Mr. Ron SeidmanKim Sherwin Mr. and Mrs. Steven SpilmanLois and Tom Stauffer Mrs. Blythe SundbergDr. Russell A. TrussoTom and Shirley Waltermire Mr. Gary L. Wasserman and Mr. Charles A. Kashner (Miami)The Wells Family Foundation, Inc.Anonymous
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $7,500 TO $9,999Laurel Blossom Dr. and Mrs. Jerald S. BrodkeyDr. Thomas Brugger and Dr. Sandra RussEllen E. & Victor J. Cohn Supporting Foundation Mr. Owen and Mrs. Victoria ColliganMr. and Mrs. Edward B. Davis Henry and Mary Doll Nancy and Richard DotsonKathleen E. HancockMary Jane Hartwell Iris and Tom Harvie Mrs. Sandra L. HaslingerPamela and Scott Isquick Allan V. Johnson Judith and Morton Q. Levin Mr. Jeff LitwillerMrs. Robert H. MartindaleMr. and Mrs. Thomas B. McGowan Mr. Donald W. Morrison Pannonius Foundation Douglas and Noreen PowersRosskamm Family TrustPatricia J. Sawvel Carol and Albert SchuppDr. Gerard and Phyllis SeltzerNaomi G. and Edwin Z. Singer Family Fund Mrs. Gretchen D. SmithMr. and Mrs. Donald W. Strang, Jr.Bruce and Virginia Taylor Sandy and Ted Wiese Anonymous (2)
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $5,000 TO $7,499Susan S. AngellMr. and Mrs. Albert A. AugustusMr. and Mrs. Dean Barry Mr. Jon Batchelor (Miami)
Gay Cull Addicott
William W. Baker
Ronald H. Bell
Henry C. Doll
Judy Ernest
Nicki Gudbranson
Jack Harley
Iris Harvie
Brinton L. Hyde
Randall N. Huff
Elizabeth Kelley
David C. Lamb
Raymond T. Sawyer
Barbara Robinson, chair
Robert Gudbranson, vice chair
Ongoing annual support gifts are a critical compo-
nent toward sustaining The Cleveland Orchestra’s
economic health. Ticket revenues provide only a
small portion of the funding needed to support
the Orchestra’s outstanding performances, educa-
tional activities, and community projects.
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Annual Campaign. For more information on the
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Fred G. and Mary W. BehmDr. and Mrs. Nathan A. Berger Mr. William BergerDr.* and Mrs.* Norman E. Berman Dr. and Mrs. Eugene H. BlackstonePaul and Marilyn* BrentlingerMr. Robert W. BriggsFrank and Leslie Buck Mr. and Mrs. William C. Butler Ms. Maria Cashy Drs. Wuu-Shung and Amy Chuang Dr. William & Dottie Clark Mrs. Lester E. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. ConwayCorinne L. Dodero Foundation
for the Arts and Sciences Mrs. Barbara Ann Davis Ms. Nancy J. Davis (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. DavisMr. and Mrs. Terry C. Z. EggerDr. and Mrs. Robert ElstonMary and Oliver Emerson Dr. D. Roy and Diane A. FergusonChristopher Findlater (Miami)Mr. David J. GoldenMr. and Mrs. Henry J. GoodmanMr. and Mrs. Randall J. GordonHarry and Joyce Graham Mr. Paul Greig David and Robin GunningClark Harvey and Holly SelvaggiIn memory of Philip J. HastingsHenry R. Hatch and Robin Hitchcock HatchRobin Hitchcock HatchBarbara Hawley and David GoodmanJanet D. Heil*Anita and William HellerT. K. and Faye A. HestonAmy and Stephen Hoffman Joan and Leonard HorvitzBob and Edith Hudson (Miami)Mr. James J. Hummer Mr. and Mrs. Brinton L. HydeRudolf D. and Joan T. Kamper Andrew and Katherine KartalisMilton and Donna* Katz Dr. and Mrs. William S. KiserMrs. Justin Krent Mr. James and Mrs. Patricia KrohngoldMr. and Mrs. Peter A. Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Lafave, Jr.David C. Lamb
Shirley and William Lehman (Miami) Mr.* and Mrs. Leo LeidenMrs. Emma S. LincolnHeather and Irwin LowensteinMr. and Mrs. Alex Machaskee Mr. and Mrs.* Robert P. Madison Ms. Jennifer R. MalkinMr. and Mrs. Morton L. MandelAlan Markowitz M.D. and Cathy PollardAlexander and Marianna C.* McAfee Claudia Metz and Thomas Woodworth Drs. Terry E. and Sara S. MillerMr. and Mrs. William A. Mitchell Ann Jones MorganRobert Moss (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. MyersMr. and Mrs. Herbert Newman Richard and Kathleen NordMr. Henry Ott-HansenMr. J. William and Dr. Suzanne PalmerClaudia and Steven Perles (Miami)Nan and Bob Pfeifer Dr. and Mrs. John N. Posch Lois S.* and Stanley M. ProctorMs. Rosella PuskasMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. QuintrellDrs. Raymond R. Rackley and Carmen M. Fonseca Mr. and Mrs. Roger F. RankinPaul A. and Anastacia L. RoseDr. Tom D. Rose Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. RuhlDavid M. and Betty Schneider Linda B. SchneiderLarry and Sally Sears Mrs. Frances G. ShoolroyMarjorie B. Shorrock Laura and Alvin A. SiegalDavid Kane Smith Jim and Myrna SpiraGeorge and Mary Stark Charles B. and Rosalyn Stuzin (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Teel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thornton Mr.* and Mrs. Robert N. TromblyDon and Mary Louise Van Dyke Bill Appert and Chris Wallace (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Watkins Dr. and Mrs. Leslie T. Webster, Jr.Dr. Edward L. and Mrs. Suzanne WestbrookTom and Betsy WheelerCharles WinansAnonymous (7)
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Dr. and Mrs. D. P. AgamanolisMr. and Mrs. Robert H. BakerMs. Delphine BarrettMr.* and Mrs. Russell BearssMr. and Mrs. Jules BelkinDr. Ronald and Diane BellSuzanne and Jim BlaserDr. Ben H. and Julia BrouhardDr. and Mrs. William E. CappaertMs. Mary E. ChilcoteDrs. Mark Cohen and Miriam Vishny
Diane Lynn CollierMarjorie Dickard ComellaPete and Margaret DobbinsPeter and Kathryn EloffMr. Brian L. Ewart
and Mr. William McHenryMrs. Joan Getz (Miami)Robert N. and Nicki N. GudbransonMr. Robert D. HartMatthew D. Healy and Richard S. AgnesHazel Helgesen and Gary D. Helgesen
Mr. David and Mrs. Dianne HuntDr. and Mrs. Scott R. InkleyDonna L. and Robert H. JacksonMr. and Mrs. Richard A. JanusHelen and Erik JensenJoela Jones and Richard WeissDr. Gilles and Mrs. Malvina KlopmanDr. James and Mrs. Margaret KreinerRonald and Barbara LeirvikMr. and Mrs. Irvin A. Leonard
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Mr. Lawrence B. and Christine H. LeveyDr. Alan and Mrs. Joni LichtinAnne R. and Kenneth E. LoveRobert and LaVerne LugibihlElsie and Byron LutmanJoel and Mary Ann MakeeMartin and Lois MarcusSusan and Reimer MellinDr.* and Mrs. Hermann Menges, Jr.Dr. Susan M. MerzweilerMr. and Mrs. Peter R. OsenarMrs. Ingrid PetrusMr. and Mrs. John S. PietyMr. and Mrs. Richard W. PogueIn memory of Henry PollakWilliam and Gwen PreucilDr. Robert W. Reynolds
Mrs. Charles RitchieAmy and Ken RogatFred Rzepka and Anne Rzepka
Family FoundationBob and Ellie ScheuerMs. Freda SeavertCharles Seitz (Miami)Ginger and Larry ShaneMr. Richard ShireyDr. Marvin and Mimi SobelMr. and Mrs. William E. SpatzHoward Stark M.D.
and Rene Rodriguez (Miami)Mrs. Barbara Stiefel (Miami)Dr. Elizabeth SwensonMs. Lorraine S. SzaboMr. and Mrs. Leonard K. Tower
Robert and Marti VagiMr. and Mrs. Mark Allen WeigandMr. Peter and Mrs. Laurie WeinbergerRobert C. WepplerNancy V. and Robert L. WilcoxMs. Rosina Horvath
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $3,500 TO $4,999 CONTINUED
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
Ms. Nancy A. AdamsStanley I. and Hope S. AdelsteinNorman and Rosalyn Adler Family
Philanthropic FundMr. Gerald O. AllenNorman and Helen AllisonMr. and Mrs. Robert J. AmsdellRev. Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. AndersonMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. AppelbaumMr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Arkin (Miami)Geraldine and Joseph BabinMr. Roger G. BerkKerrin and Peter Bermont (Miami)Barbara and Sheldon BernsJulia & David Bianchi
(Cleveland, Miami)Carmen Bishopric (Miami)Bill and Zeda BlauMr. Doug BletcherMr. and Mrs. Dennis A. BlockJohn and Anne BourassaLisa and Ron BoykoMrs. Ezra BryanMs. Mary R. Bynum
and Mr. J. Philip CalabreseMrs. Millie L. CarlsonMr. and Mrs. Frank H. CarpenterLeigh and Mary* CarterMr. and Mrs. James B. ChaneyDr. and Mrs. Ronald ChapnickMs. Suzan ChengDr. and Mrs. Chris ChengelisMr. and Mrs. Homer D. W. ChisholmMr. and Mrs. Robert A. ClarkMr. and Mrs. David J. CookDr. Dale and Susan CowanMrs. Frederick F. DannemillerCharles and Fanny Dascal (Miami)Jeffrey and Eileen DavisMrs. Lois Joan DavisDr. and Mrs. Richard C. DistadMs. Maureen A. Doerner
and Mr. Geoffrey T. White
Mr. George and Mrs. Beth DownesMs. Mary Lynn DurhamGeorge* and Mary EatonDavid and Margaret EwartHarry and Ann FarmerCarl and Amy FischerScott Foerster, Foerster and BohnertJoan Alice FordMrs. Amasa B. FordMr. Monte Friedkin (Miami)Marvin Ross Friedman and Adrienne
bon Haes (Miami)Arthur L. FullmerPeggy and David* FullmerRichard L. FurryJeanne GallagherBarbara and Peter GalvinJoy E. GarapicMrs. Georgia T. GarnerBarbara P. Geismer*Mr. Wilbert C. Geiss, Sr.Dr. Kevin and Angela GeraciAnne and Walter GinnMr. and Mrs. David GoldbergMr. and Mrs. David A. GoldfingerDr. and Mrs. Ronald L. GouldMr. and Mrs. Robert T. GrafNancy Green (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Brent R. GroverThe Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber
Charitable FoundationNancy and James GrunzweigMr. Davin and Mrs. Jo Ann GustafsonDr. Phillip M. and Mrs. Mary HallNorman C. and Donna L. HarbertMr. and Mrs. George B. P. HaskellMr. and Mrs. Jerry HerschmanMr. Robert T. HexterDr. and Mrs. Robert L. HinnesMr. and Mrs. Edmond H. HohertzThomas and Mary HolmesDr. Keith A. and Mrs. Kathleen M. HooverMark and Ruth Houck (Miami)
Dr. Randal N. Huff and Ms. Paulette Beech
Ms. Charlotte L. HughesMs. Luan K. HutchinsonRuth F. IhdeDr. Michael and Mrs. Deborah JoyceBarbara and Michael J. KaplanDr. and Mrs. Richard S. KaufmanRev. William C. KeeneMr. Karl W. KellerElizabeth KelleyAngela Kelsey
and Michael Zealy (Miami)The Kendis Family TrustBruce and Eleanor KendrickMr. James KishNatalie KittredgeFred and Judith KlotzmanEllen Brad and Bart KovacDr. Ronald H. Krasney
and Ms. Sherry* LatimerMr. Donald N. KrosinMr. and Mrs. S. Ernest KulpMrs. Carolyn LamplMr. and Mrs. Israel LapciucKenneth M. LapineAnthony T. and Patricia A. LauriaMr. Jin-Woo LeeMichael and Lois A. LemrDr. Edith LernerDr. Stephen B. and Mrs. Lillian S. LevineRobert G. LevyMr. Jon E. Limbacher
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and Dr. Judith S. BrennekeMr. John D. SpechtMr. and Mrs.* Lawrence E. StewartMs. Evelyn H. Stroud
Dr. Kenneth F. SwansonMr. Taras G. Szmagala Jr.Mr. Nelson S. TalbottMs. Suzanne ThaxtonMr. Karl and Mrs. Carol TheilParker D. Thomson Esq. (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. TomsichMr. and Mrs. Lyman H. TreadwaySteve and Christa TurnbullMiss Kathleen TurnerRobert A. ValenteBrenton Ver Ploeg (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Joaquin Vinas (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Les C. VinneyRicky & Sarit Warman
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H A I L E D A S O N E O F the world’s most
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chestra since its opening on February 5,
1931. Aft er that fi rst concert, a Cleve-
land newspaper editorial stated: “We
believe that Mr. Severance intended
to build a temple to music, and not a
temple to wealth; and we believe it is his
intention that all music lovers should be
welcome there.” John Long Severance
(president of the Musical Arts Associa-
tion, 1921-1936) and his wife, Elisabeth,
donated most of the funds necessary to
erect this magnifi cent building. De-
signed by Walker & Weeks, its elegant
Georgian exterior was constructed to
harmonize with the classical architec-
ture of other prominent buildings in
the University Circle area. Th e interior
of the building refl ects a combination
of design styles, including Art Deco,
Egyptian Revival, Classicism, and Mod-
ernism. An extensive renovation, resto-
ration, and expansion of the facility was
completed in January 2000. In addition
to serving as the home of Th e Cleveland
Orchestra for concerts and rehearsals,
the building is rented by a wide variety
of local organizations and private citi-
zens for performances, meetings, and
gala events each year.
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F A L L S E A S O NThursday November 8 at 8:00 p.m.Friday November 9 at 11:00 a.m.Saturday November 10 at 8:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAFranz Welser-Möst, conductorMichael Sachs, trumpet *Jack Sutte, trumpet *
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4BEETHOVEN Grosse FugePINTSCHER Chute d’Étoiles *
(for two trumpets)SCRIABIN The Poem of Ecstasy
* not part of Friday Morning concert
Sponsor: NACCO Industries, Inc.
Sunday November 11 at 7:00 p.m.CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH ORCHESTRAJames Feddeck, conductor
DVORÁK Carnival Overture PROKOFIEV Lieutenant Kijé Suite HANSON Symphony No. 2 (“Romantic”)
Friday November 23 at 8:00 p.m.Saturday November 24 at 8:00 p.m.Sunday November 25 at 3:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAJaap van Zweden, conductorLouis Lortie, piano
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
Thursday November 29 at 7:00 p.m.Friday November 30 at 7:00 p.m.Saturday December 1 at 2:00 p.m.Saturday December 1 at 7:00 p.m.Sunday December 2 at 2:00 p.m.THE JOFFREY BALLETand THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAconducted by Tito Muñoz
The NutcrackerA holiday must-see, full of magic and marvels and featuring
Tchaikovsky’s beloved score performed by The Cleveland Orchestra. The Joffrey Ballet’s production has been cap- tivating audiences for a quarter century with brilliant cos- tumes, larger-than-life scenery, entrancing storytelling, and breathtaking dancing.
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Thursday December 6 at 8:00 p.m.Saturday December 8 at 8:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAGiancarlo Guerrero, conductorBéla Fleck, banjo
ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine FLECK Banjo Concerto
COPLAND Suite from Billy the KidGERSHWIN An American in Paris
Friday December 7 at 7:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAGiancarlo Guerrero, conductorBéla Fleck, banjo
KEYBANK FRIDAYS@7ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine
GERSHWIN An American in Paris FLECK Banjo Concerto Sponsor: KeyBank
Tuesday December 11 at 8:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAWilliam Eddins, conductor CELEBRITY SERIES Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times
For a second year, the Orchestra presents a classic silent fi lm with live orchestral accompaniment. Don’t miss this iconic fi lm of the Little Tramp in his adventures amidst the industrialization of modern life.
Friday December 14 at 10:00 a.m.Saturday December 15 at 11:00 a.m. PNC HOLIDAY RAINBOW Christmas Brass Quintet
Enjoy the Christmas spirit with brass music in this favorite Cleveland Orchestra holiday treat. A festive program of holiday music for young people and their families, suitable for ages 3 and up.
Sponsor: PNC
Tuesday December 18 at 8:00 p.m.Wednesday December 19 at 8:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAJames Feddeck, conductor CELEBRITY SERIES Pink Martini: Joy to the World
The group Pink Martini returns to Severance Hall for a special holiday celebration with a globally-inclusive holiday concert for the 21st century.
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W I N T E R S E A S O NThursday January 10 at 8:00 p.m.Friday January 11 at 11:00 a.m.Saturday January 12 at 8:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAFranz Welser-Möst, conductorGarrick Ohlsson, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 * SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
* Friday Morning concert includes the concerto and selections from Smetana’s Má Vlast
Sponsor: BakerHostetler
Thursday January 17 at 8:00 p.m.Saturday January 19 at 8:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAFranz Welser-Möst, conductorJoshua Bell, violin
WIDMANN LiedBARTÓK Dance SuiteBEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
Sponsor: Eaton Corporation
Friday January 18 at 7:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAFranz Welser-Möst, conductorJoshua Bell, violin
KEYBANK FRIDAYS@7BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
BARTÓK Dance Suite Sponsor: KeyBank
Sunday January 20 at 7:00 p.m.The CLEVELAND ORCHESTRATito Muñoz, conductorCentral State University ChorusMartin Luther King Jr. Celebration Chorus
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION CONCERT The Cleveland Orchestra’s 33rd annual concert cele-
brating the spirit of Dr. King’s life, leadership, and vision. Presented in collaboration with the City of Cleveland.
TICKETS: Admission is free, but tickets are required. Tickets become available on January 2. Sponsor: KeyBank
Concert Calendar
I N T H E S P O T L I G H T
Cleveland OrchestraCHRISTMASFriday December 14 at 8 p.m.Saturday December 15 at 3 & 8 p.m.Sunday December 16 at 3 p.m.Friday December 21 at 8 p.m.Saturday December 22 at 3 & 8 p.m.Sunday December 23 at 3 & 7 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRARobert Porco, conductorCleveland Orchestra ChorusCleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus
Celebrate the holiday season with a
favorite Cleveland tradition — with The
Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus in these
annual off erings of music for the Christmas
Season. Including sing-alongs and holiday
cheer, all in the festive yuletide splendor
of Severance Hall.
For a complete schedule of future events and performances, or to purchase tickets online 24/ 7 for Severance Hall concerts, visit www.clevelandorchestra.com.
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AT SEVERANCE HALLCONCERT DINING AND CONCESSION SERVICE Severance Restaurant at Severance Hall is open for pre-concert dining. For reservations, call 216-231-7373, or make your plans on-line by visit-ing opentable.com. Concert concession service of beverages and light refreshments is available before most concerts and at intermissions in the Smith Lobby on the street level, in the Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer, and in the Dress Circle Lobby.
FREE PUBLIC TOURS Free public tours of Severance Hall are offered on select Sundays during the year. Free public tours of Severance Hall are being offered this season on October 14, November 25, February 10 and 24, and May 5 and 26. For additional information or to re-serve you place for these tours, please call the Sever-ance Hall Ticket Offi ce at 216-231-1111. Private tours can be arranged for a fee by calling 216-231-7421.
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA STORE A wide variety of items relating to The Cleve-land Orchestra — including logo apparel, compact disc recordings, and gifts — are available for pur-chase at the Cleveland Orchestra Store before and after concerts and during intermission. The Store is also open Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cleveland Orchestra subscribers receive a 10% discount on most items purchased. Call 216-231-7478 for more information, or visit the Store online at clevelandorchestra.com
ATM — Automated Teller Machine For our patrons’ convenience, an ATM is located in the Lerner Lobby of Severance Hall, across from the Cleveland Orchestra Store on the ground fl oor.
QUESTIONS If you have any questions, please ask an usher or a staff member, or call 216-231-7300 during regular weekday business hours, or email to [email protected]
RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES Severance Hall, a Cleveland landmark and home of the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra, is the perfect location for business meetings and confer-ences, pre- or post-concert dinners and receptions, weddings, and social events. Exclusive catering pro-vided by Sammy’s. Premium dates are available. Call the Facility Sales Offi ce at 216-231-7420 or email to [email protected]
BEFORE THE CONCERTGARAGE PARKING AND PATRON ACCESS Pre-paid parking for the Campus Center Ga-rage can be purchased in advance through the Tick-et Offi ce for $14 per concert. This pre-paid parking ensures you a parking space, but availability of pre-paid parking passes is limited. To order pre-paid parking, call the Severance Hall Ticket Offi ce at 216-231-1111. Parking can be purchased for the at-door price of $10 per vehicle when space in the Campus Cen-ter Garage permits. However, the garage often fi lls up well before concert time; only ticket holders who purchase pre-paid parking passes are ensured a parking space. Overfl ow parking is available in CWRU Lot 1 off Euclid Avenue, across from Sever-ance Hall; University Circle Lot 13A on Adelbert Road; and the Cleveland Botanical Garden.
FRIDAY MATINEE PARKING Due to limited parking availability for Friday Matinee performances, patrons are strongly en-couraged to take advantage of convenient off-site parking and round-trip shuttle services available from Cedar Hill Baptist Church (12601 Cedar Road). The fee for this service is $10 per car.
CONCERT PREVIEWS Concert Previews at Severance Hall are present-ed in Reinberger Chamber Hall on the ground fl oor (street level), except when noted, beginning one hour before most Cleveland Orchestra concerts.
Guest Information
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AT THE CONCERTCOAT CHECK Complimentary coat check is available for concertgoers. The main coat check is located on the street level midway along each gallery on the ground fl oor.
PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO, AND AUDIO RECORDING Audio recording, photography, and videogra-phy are strictly prohibited during performances at Severance Hall. As courtesy to others, please turn off any phone or device that makes noise or emits light.
REMINDERS Please disarm electronic watch alarms and turn off all pagers, cell phones, and mechanical devices before entering the concert hall. Patrons with hearing aids are asked to be attentive to the sound level of their hearing devices and adjust them accordingly. To ensure the listening pleasure of all patrons, please note that anyone creating a disturbance of any kind may be asked to leave the concert hall.
LATE SEATING Performances at Severance Hall start at the time designated on the ticket. In deference to the comfort and listening pleasure of the audience, late-arriving patrons will not be seated while music is being performed. Latecomers are asked to wait quietly until the fi rst break in the program, when ushers will assist them to their seats. Please note that performances without intermission may not have a seating break. These arrangements are at the discretion of the House Manager in consulta-tion with the conductor and performing artists.
SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Severance Hall provides special seating op-tions for mobility-impaired persons and their com-panions and families. There are wheelchair- and scooter-accessible locations where patrons can remain in their wheelchairs or transfer to a concert seat. Aisle seats with removable armrests are also available for persons who wish to transfer. Tickets for wheelchair accessible and companion seating can be purchased by phone, in person, or online. As a courtesy, Severance Hall provides wheel-chairs to assist patrons in going to and from their seats. Patrons can arrange a loan by calling the House Manager at 216-231-7425 TTY line access is available at the public pay phone located in the Security Offi ce. Infrared As-sistive Listening Devices are available from a Head Usher or the House Manager for most performanc-
es. If you need assistance, please contact the House Manager at 216-231-7425 in advance if possible. Service animals are welcome at Severance Hall. Please notify the Ticket Offi ce when purchasing tickets.
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY Emergency exits are clearly marked throughout the building. Ushers and house staff will provide instructions in the event of an emergency. Contact an usher or a member of the house staff if you re-quire medical assistance.
SECURITY For security reasons, backpacks, musical instru-ment cases, and large bags are prohibited in the concert halls. These items must be checked at coat check and may be subject to search. Severance Hall is a fi rearms-free facility. No person may possess a fi rearm on the premises.
CHILDREN Regardless of age, each person must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly in a seat through-out the performance. Season subscription concerts are not recommended for children under the age of seven. However, Family Concerts and Musical Rainbow programs are designed for families with young children. Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra performances are recommended for older children.
TICKET SERVICESTICKET EXCHANGES Subscribers unable to attend on a particular concert date can exchange their tickets for a dif-ferent performance of the same week’s program. Subscribers may exchange their subscription tickets for another subscription program up to fi ve days prior to a performance. There will be no service charge for the fi ve-day advance ticket exchanges. If a ticket exchange is requested within 5 days of the performance, there is a $10 service charge per concert. Visit clevelandorchestra.com for details and blackout dates.
UNABLE TO USE YOUR TICKETS? Ticket holders unable to use or exchange their tickets are encouraged to notify the Ticket Offi ce so that those tickets can be resold. Because of the demand for tickets to Cleve land Orchestra perfor-mances, “turnbacks” make seats available to other music lovers and can provide additional income to the Orchestra. If you return your tickets at least 2 hours before the concert, the value of each ticket will be treated as a tax-deductible contribution. Patrons who turn back tickets receive a cumulative donation acknowledgement at the end of each cal-endar year.
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CHOPIN ANDRACHMANINOFFFriday November 23 at 8:00 p.m.Saturday November 24 at 8:00 p.m.Sunday November 25 at 3:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAJaap van Zweden, conductorLouis Lortie, piano
A program of great and satisfying music
for the Thanksgiving Weekend. Hailed as
“one of a half-dozen pianists worth dropping
everything to hear” (London Daily Telegraph),
Louis Lortie returns to Severance Hall to play
Chopin’s eff ervescent Second Piano Concerto.
Hear for yourself why the Financial Times pro-
claims that “better Chopin playing than this is
not to be heard, not anywhere.” The program
under guest conductor Jaap van Zweden
concludes with Rachmaninoff ’s grand Second
Symphony, fi lled with sweeping melodies,
lush harmonies, and inspired lyrical passages.
See also the concert calendar listing on pages 90-91, or visit The Cleveland Orchestra online for a complete schedule of future events and performances, or to purchase tickets online 24/ 7 for Severance Hall concerts.
TICKETS 216-231-1111 clevelandorchestra.com
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2012 HOLIDAY FESTIVALPINK MARTINI:JOY TO THE WORLDTuesday December 18 at 8:00 p.m.Wednesday December 19 at 8:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAJames Feddeck, conductorwithPink Martini
The group Pink Martini returns
to Severance Hall for a special holiday
celebration with The Cleveland Orchestra.
In true Pink Martini fashion, the band has
created a globally-inclusive holiday concert
for the 21st century. Their multicultural
concert showcases an intoxicating mix of
cabaret, samba, and jazz. Enjoy the band’s
popular favorites along with holiday classics
such as “White Christmas,” “Santa Baby,”
“Little Drummer Boy,” “We Three Kings,”
and more!
Upcoming Concerts
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