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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 9
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
Meet the Musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Severance Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Guest Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
34 Concert — Week 9 Concert Previews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Program: December 6, 7, 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35
Introducing the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
KeyBank Fridays@7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ADAMS
Short Ride in a Fast Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
FLECK
Banjo Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
COPLAND
Suite from Billy the Kid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
GERSHWIN
An American in Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Soloist: Béla Fleck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
59 Silent Film — Modern Times Confronting Modern Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Synopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Program and Cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Conductor: William Eddins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
48 Support Sound for the Centennial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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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Perspectives from the Executive Director
7Severance Hall 2012-13 7Severance Hall 2012-13
November-December 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 orch estra 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 fl exibility and encourages frequency of attendance. Equally important, is our
network of a dozen student ambassadors, representing fi ve 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
SEVERANCE HALL 1974 — Composer Aaron Copland rehearsing The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall in November 1974, one of five times he came to Cleveland as guest conductor.
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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 MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION as of June 2012
operating Th e Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, and Blossom Festival
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)
TRUSTEES EX-OFFICIO Faye A. Heston, President, Volunteer Council of Th e Cleveland Orchestra
Beth Schreibman Gehring, President, Women’s Committee of Th e Cleveland Orchestra
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
HONORARY TRUSTEES FOR LIFE Gay Cull Addicott Francis J. Callahan Mrs. Webb Chamberlain Oliver F. Emerson
Allen H. FordRobert W. GillespieDorothy Humel HovorkaRobert F. Meyerson
TRUSTEES EMERITI Clifford J. Isroff Samuel H. Miller David L. Simon
RESIDENT TRUSTEES George N. Aronoff Dr. Ronald H. Bell Richard J. Bogomolny Charles P. Bolton Jeanette Grasselli Brown Helen Rankin Butler Scott Chaikin Paul G. Clark Owen M. Colligan Robert D. Conrad Matthew V. Crawford Alexander M. Cutler Terrance C. Z. Egger Hiroyuki Fujita Paul G. Greig Robert K. Gudbranson Iris Harvie Jeffrey A. Healy Stephen H. Hoffman David J. Hooker Michael J. Horvitz Marguerite B. Humphrey David P. Hunt
Christopher Hyland James D. Ireland III Trevor O. Jones Betsy Juliano Jean C. Kalberer Nancy F. Keithley Douglas A. Kern John D. Koch S. Lee Kohrman Charlotte R. Kramer Dennis W. LaBarre Norma Lerner Virginia M. Lindseth Alex Machaskee Robert P. Madison Nancy W. McCann Thomas F. McKee Beth E. Mooney John C. Morley Donald W. Morrison Meg Fulton Mueller Gary A. Oatey Katherine T. O’Neill
The Honorable John D. OngLarry Pollock Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Clara T. RankinAudrey Gilbert Ratner Charles A. RatnerJames S. Reid, Jr.Barbara S. Robinson Paul RoseSteven M. RossRaymond T. SawyerLuci ScheyNeil SethiHewitt B. Shaw, Jr. Richard K. SmuckerR. Thomas StantonThomas A. WaltermireGeraldine B. WarnerPaul E. Westlake Jr.David A. Wolfort
OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dennis W. LaBarre, President
Richard J. Bogomolny, Chairman
The Honorable John D. Ong, Vice President
Norma Lerner, Honorary Chair
Raymond T. Sawyer, Secretary
Beth E. Mooney, Treasurer
Jeanette Grasselli Brown Alexander M. Cutler Matthew V. Crawford Michael J. Horvitz Douglas A. Kern
Virginia M. Lindseth Alex Machaskee Nancy W. McCann John C. Morley Larry Pollock
Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.Audrey Gilbert RatnerBarbara S. Robinson
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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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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
T H E C L E V E L A N D
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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
Sunshine Chair
The Orchestra
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Hail and Farewell
Richard Solis Horn The Cleveland Orchestra
Richard Solis retires from his position as
fourth horn of The Cleveland Orchestra at
the end of December. Born in Brooklyn, New
York, and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, he
earned a bachelor of music degree from the
Cleveland Institute of Music, where he stud-
ied with Myron Bloom, former principal horn
of the Orchestra. Mr. Solis spent five sum-
mers in residence at the Marlboro Festival in
Vermont, participating in performances and
recordings. He served as principal horn of
the Casals Festival, 1976-78.
Richard Solis joined The Cleveland Orch-
estra in 1971 and served as principal horn
1977-95, during which time he performed as
principal horn on more than 100 Cleveland
Orchestra recordings. Mr. Solis has served as
artist-in-residence at the University of Dela-
ware. He is currently the head of the horn
department at the Cleveland Institute of
Music, and is looking forward to continuing
his teaching work there. In retirement, he
also plans to focus on one of his favorite pas-
times, playing jazz French horn. And he will
spend more time at his home in Las Vegas.
Hornplayer Richard Solis steps into retirement at
the end of December, after serving as a member
of The Cleveland Orchestra for forty-one seasons.
Please join in extending heartfelt thanks and con-
gratulations to Richard.
2012 Holiday Festival features traditional and new favorites at Severance Hall and beyond
The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2012 Holiday
Festival opened last weekend with
The Nutcracker with the Joffrey Ballet
downtown, and continues this month
with traditional and New Age con-
certs at Severance Hall and beyond.
Between December 14 and 23, The
Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra
Chorus present their annual Christmas Con-
certs, joined by guest choruses and including
holiday favorites such as “The Twelve Days of
Christmas,” the Hallelujah Chorus from Han-
del’s Messiah, music from the movie The Polar
Express, and “Sleigh Ride,” plus sing-alongs
and a very special guest.
Along with The Nutcracker perfor-
mances and the traditional series of Christmas
Concerts by the Orchestra and Chorus, the
Holiday Festival also features performances
by the group Pink Martini with the Orchestra
on December 18 and 19. True to its fashion,
the band has created a globally-inclusive
holiday concert showcasing a mix of cabaret,
samba, and jazz. Their multi-cultural program
features popular favorites along with holiday
classics.
In addition, three PNC Holiday Musical
Rainbow programs are offered for families
with children ages three and up — “Music of
Chanukah,” “A Celebration of Kwanzaa,” and
“Christmas Brass Quintet,” featuring members
of the Orchestra and guests. Complete details
can be found at clevelandorchestra.com.
Families can arrive early for the matinee
Christmas Concerts at Severance Hall on De-
cember 15, 16, 22, and 23 to have Lunch with
Santa in Severance Restaurant from 12 noon
until 3 p.m. Call 216-231-7373 or visit cleve-
landorchestra.com for reservations.
Severance Restaurant is also open for
pre-concert dining for the regular evening
Holiday Festival concerts at Severance
Hall. Reservations can be made by visiting
opentable.com.
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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,
comes inside Severance Hall for selected con-
certs, 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.
The Joff rey Ballet danced
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Cleveland Orchestra off ers gift ideas for the holidays,
including new recordings,
gift certifi cates, and more . . .
Music and the holidays are a perfect match.
The Cleveland Orchestra Store off ers a host
of musical treats this holiday season, including
the Orchestra’s latest DVDs and CDs, as well as
releases by Orchestra musicians. Music boxes
and music-themed holiday ornaments, statio-
nery, books, stuff ed toys and musical gifts for
children of all ages, fashion scarves, jewelry, and
Cleveland Orchestra logo apparel are also on
sale at the Store.
In addition, Cleveland Orchestra Gift
Certifi cates and Blossom Lawn Ticket Books
for the Orchestra’s 2013 Blossom Festival are
available at the Severance Hall Ticket Offi ce
by calling 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or at
clevelandorchestra.com.
Free tickets to Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert go on sale January 2
On Sunday, January 20,
The Cleveland Orchestra per-
forms its 33rd annual concert
celebrating the spirit of Dr.
King’s life, leadership, and vi-
sion in music, song, and com-
munity recognition.
Admission to the concert
is free, but tickets are required.
Tickets will be available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-
served basis beginning Wednesday, January
2, through the Severance Hall Ticket Offi ce
in person, by phone, or online at cleveland-
orchestra.com. There is a limit of 2 tickets per
person. Due to high demand, all tickets are
usually distributed by 4 p.m. on the day they
are made available.
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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: “Conduct-
ing Mozart concertos from the
piano has a long and honored
tradition, originating with the composer him-
self. . . . 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 Andantino. The last movement virtually
bubbles with infectious wit and digital confi-
dence. . . . [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
onstage and the entire audience, late-
arriving patrons cannot be seated until the
first break in the musical program.
Welcome to new musician
The Cleveland Orchestra welcomes
William Hestand, who began playing as a
member of the Orchestra in November. In the
position of second bassoon, he succeeds Phil-
lip Austin, who joined
the Orchestra in 1981
and retired in August
2011.
Mr. Hestand has
previously served as
principal bassoon of the
Brooklyn Philharmonic
and second bassoon of
the Lancaster Festival Orchestra. He has also
performed with the New York Philharmonic,
New York City Ballet, Orchestra of St. Luke’s,
American Composers Orchestra, and the Albany
Symphony Orchestra. Born in Columbus, Ohio,
William Hestand holds bachelor of music and
master of orchestral performance degrees from
the Manhattan School of Music and pursued
graduate studies at the Conservatory of Am-
sterdam in the Netherlands. A former student
of Cleveland Orchestra assistant principal bas-
soon Barrick Stees, he also studied with Kim
Laskowski, Patricia Rogers, and Jos de Lange.
Mr. Hestand has performed in solo recitals at the
Bachzaal in Amsterdam and Pforzheimer Recital
Hall in New York City and in chamber music
concerts at Carnegie Hall and at the American
Embassy in the Dominican Republic.
THE CLEVELAND ORCHES TRA
F .A .M. I .L .Y N .E .W.S Please join in extending congratula-tions and warm wishes to: 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.
Robert Walters (english horn) and Grace
Chin, whose baby daughter, Kira Bridge Wal-
ters, was born on November 26.
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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-profi t 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 series continues in spring with “Symphony Under the Sea” after Spooktacular start
The Cleveland Orchestra’s season of Family
Concerts began with a fun-fi lled program in
late October with “Halloween Spook-
tacular III.” The series continues in
2013 with “Symphony 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 story-
telling and fun.
Intended for children ages 7 and older,
the series is designed to introduce young peo-
ple to classical music. The Halloween program
included favorite musical hits and also featured
a costume contest for audience members. The
Orchestra musicians onstage also got into the
“spirit” of the occasion with many theme-re-
lated outfi ts.
In addition to each one-hour Orchestra
concert, the Family Concert Series features
free, pre-concert activities, including an “In-
strument Discovery” in which children can try
playing various instruments.
For complete details about the spring
concerts, visit clevelandorchestra.com.
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A.R.O.U.N.D T .O .W.NRecitals and presentations featuring Orchestra musicians
Upcoming local performances by members
of The Cleveland Orchestra include:
Cleveland Orchestra musicians Mary Kay
Fink (piccolo and flute), Katherine Bormann,
Ying Fu, and Isabel Trautwein (violins), and
Tanya Ell (cello) perform a recital on Sunday
afternoon, January 13, presented by Heights
Arts at a home in Cleveland Heights. The per-
formance begins at 3:00 p.m. and also includes
a dessert reception. Seating is limited, reserva-
tions required by calling 216-371-3457. Tickets
are $50 (or $40 for Heights Arts members).
This is the second of four Heights Arts “Close
Encounters” recitals during the season, created
under the artistic direction of Cleveland Or-
chestra violinist Isabel Trautwein.
Committed to Accessibility
Severance Hall is committed to making
performances and facilities accessible to all
patrons. For information about accessibility
or for assistance, call the House
Manager at 216 231-7425.
Silence is golden
As a courtesy to the performers onstage
and the audience around you, all patrons are
reminded to turn off cellphones and disengage
electronic watch alarms prior to the concert.
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Women’s Committee continues a holiday tradition
with Silver Bells raising moneyfor The Cleveland Orchestra
Silver Bells and The Cleveland Orchestra
have gone hand in hand for more than four
decades, and they’re ringing in another year.
Reed & Barton silver bells in-
scribed with “Christmas 2012”
are being sold to benefit
Community and Education
programs of The Cleve-
land Orchestra.
A project of the
Women’s Committee
of The Cleveland
Orchestra, the Sil-
ver Bells sale is also
a labor of love
for Beth Schreibman Gehring, president of the
Women’s Committee, whose parents began
selling the bells to benefit the Orchestra more
than 40 years ago.
Silver-plated Reed & Barton bells to ben-
efit the Orchestra cost $20. The bells can be
purchased from the Cleveland Orchestra Store
and from several local gift shops. In addition,
Women’s Committee members will be selling
the bells in the lobbies of Severance Hall at
many Cleveland Orchestra concerts throughout
December.
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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-
ety of interviews and through talks by local and
national experts.
Concert Previews are made possible
by a generous endowment gift from
Dorothy Humel Hovorka.
December 6 and 8“Portraits of America” with guest speaker Susan McClary, professor of musicology, Case Western Reserve University
January 10, 11, 12“New Beginnings” with Rose Breckenridge, Cleveland Orchestra Music Study Groups administrator and lecturer
February 9 and 10“Seeing Music:
Cinematic Visions for the Concert Stage” with Meaghan Heinrich,
manager of learning programs
for The Cleveland Orchestra
February 14, 15, 16“Symphonic Expressions” with Rabbi Roger Klein,
The Temple – Tifereth Israel
February 21, 22, 23, 24“Famous Last Words” with Rose Breckenridge, Cleveland Orchestra Music Study Groups administrator and lecturer
1213 SEASON
For Concert Preview details, visit clevelandorchestra.com
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MUSIC
The Cleveland Orchestra off ers a vari-
ety of options for learning more about
the music before each concert begins.
For each concert, the program book
includes program notes commenting
on and providing background about
the composer and his or her work
being performed that week, along
with biographies of the guest artists
and other information. You can read
these before the concert, at intermis-
sion, or afterward. (Program notes
are also posted ahead of time online
at clevelandorchestra.com, usually by
the Monday directly preceding the
concert.)
The Orchestra’s Music Study
Groups also provide a way of explor-
ing the music in more depth. These
classes, professionally led by Dr. Rose
Breckenridge, meet weekly in loca-
tions around Cleveland to explore the
music being played each week and the
stories behind the composers’ lives.
Free Concert Previews are pre-
sented one hour before most subscrip-
tion concerts throughout the season
at Severance Hall. The previews (see
listing at right) feature a variety of
speakers and guest artists speaking
or conversing about that weekend’s
program, and often include the op-
portunity for audience members to ask
questions.
Concert Previews
34 The Cleveland Orchestra
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A 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 T O R
Severance HallThursday evening, December 6, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening, December 8, 2012, at 8:00 p.m.
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
john adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine(b. 1947)
béla fleck Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra(b. 1958) Movement I Movement II Movement III
BÉLA FLECK, banjo
INTERMISSION
aaron copland Suite from Billy the Kid(1900-1990) 1. The Open Prairie — 2. Street in a Frontier Town — 3. Card Game at Night — 4. Running Gun Battle — 5. Celebration on Billy’s Capture — 6. Billy’s Death — The Open Prairie Again
george gershwin An American in Paris(1898-1937)
Giancarlo Guerrero’s appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by a contribution to the Orchestra’s
Guest Artist Fund from James and Donna Reid.
Béla Fleck’s appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by a contribution to the Orchestra’s
Guest Artist Fund from the Virginia M. and Newman T. Halvorson Fund.
The concert will end at approximately 9:40 p.m.
Concert Program — Week 9
35Severance Hall 2012-13 Concert Program — Week 9 Friday
1213Friday evening, December 7, 2012, at 7:00 p.m.
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
john adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine(b. 1947)
george gershwin An American in Paris(1898-1937)
béla fleck Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra(b. 1958) Movement I Movement II Movement III
BÉLA FLECK, banjo
The Cleveland Orchestra’s Fridays@7 series is sponsored by KeyBank,a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence.
Fridays@7 Media Partner: The Plain Dealer
The concert is performed without intermission and will end at about 8:00 p.m.
Information about the Fridays@7 pre-concert performers and the @fterparty music can be found on page 39. > > >
7@FRIDAYS
37Severance Hall 2012-13 37Severance Hall 2012-13 Introducing the Program
I N T R O D U C I N G T H E P R O G R A M
American Sounds&IdeasA Q U A R T E T O F American composers offer varying ideas this week
of what American music can, should, or might be. All four were born
in the United States, three of them in New York City. Their resulting
sounds vary across a range from the past century, with plenty of
power and energetic whirl.
The heart of each concert is the new Banjo Concerto
by Béla Fleck. Premiered a year ago in Nashville, under
the direction of this week’s guest conductor, Giancarlo
Guerrero, with Fleck as soloist, this very 21st-century
work offers a journey for listeners and performers alike.
With lots of good fun alongside some serious music-making.
Each evening begins with a tongue-in-cheek piece by John
Adams, his very brief Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Please keep your
hands and arms safely beside you during this roller-coaster-like experi-
ence of just what a modern symphony orchestra can do downhill, with
the brakes off.
George Gershwin’s An American in Paris lends a tangible view of
“otherness” to American ideas of self — and to just what sounds or in-
struments a symphony orchestra “should” or can embrace.
Featured only on Thursday and Saturday evenings is Aaron Cop-
land’s Suite from Billy the Kid. If any composer captures for many
people the ideal of classical American music, Copland is the one. His
frontier-tinged tunes bring us a vivid sense of a young country, landed
on a continent of seemingly wide-open spaces. His ability to capture
drama within the music is clear, invigorating, and nostalgic of a sim-
pler (if still violent) time.
For those attending the KeyBank Fridays@7 concert, there’s more
to enjoy and “taste” with your ears, direct from New Orleans in the
post-concert @fterparty. Or, pre-concert, in varying ideas of national
folksong from Eastern Europe. We are our music. Mix and match to
what you find yourself whistling today.—Eric Sellen
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CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA RADIO BROADCASTSCurrent and past Cleveland Orchestra concerts are broadcast as part of regular weekly programming on WCLV (104.9 FM), Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. This week’s Thursday/Saturday program will be broadcast on Sunday, January 13, at 4:00 p.m.
38 The Cleveland OrchestraConductor
Giancarlo Guerrero Principal Guest Conductor Cleveland Orchestra Miami
Th e 2012-13 season marks Giancarlo Guerrero’s fourth year as music director of the
Nashville Symphony and second year as principal guest conductor of Cleveland Or-
chestra Miami. He made his Cleveland Orchestra debut in May
2006. He has led the Orchestra in concerts in Miami, at Sever-
ance Hall, at the summertime Blossom Festival, and in its annual
downtown community concert in Cleveland.
Mr. Guerrero’s recent seasons in Nashville have included an
opening gala with Yo-Yo Ma, as well as world premieres of a new
work by Richard Danielpour, a Béla Fleck banjo concerto, and a
Terry Riley concerto for electric violin. Th is season, in addition
to his work conducting concerts and in community engagement
activities with Cleveland Orch estra Miami, he makes his debuts
with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Deutsches Symphonie
Berlin, and has return engagements with the orchestras of Boston,
Philadelphia, Toronto, and São Paulo. Internationally, he led a
fi ve-city European tour with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic last
season, and this year leads performances in Australia with the Adelaide Symphony
and Auckland Philharmonic.
A fervent advocate of new music and contemporary composers, he has col-
laborated with and conducted works by some of America’s most respected compos-
ers, including John Adams, John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Osvaldo Golijov,
Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Roberto Sierra. His fi rst album with the
Nashville Symphony, on Naxos, featured works by Daugherty and won three 2011
Grammy Awards. Two more albums have been released, of music by Argentine
legend Astor Piazzolla and by American composer Joseph Schwantner; the latter
recording received a Grammy Award earlier this year.
A strong proponent of young musicians and music education, Mr. Guerrero
returns annually to Caracas, Venezuela, to conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón
Bolívar and to work with young musicians in the country’s much-lauded El Sistema
music education program. Th is season he will also work with student orchestras at
the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and the Colburn School in California.
Born in Nicaragua and raised in Costa Rica, Giancarlo Guerrero received
a bachelor’s degree in percussion from Baylor University and his master’s degree
in conducting from Northwestern University. He was music director of Oregon’s
Eugene Symphony (2003-09) and served as associate conductor of the Minnesota
Orchestra (1999-2004). He received the American Symphony Orchestra League’s
Helen M. Th ompson Award recognizing outstanding achievement among young
conductors. Prior to his tenure in Minnesota, he was music director of the Táchi-
ra Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela.
39Severance Hall 2012-13
5:00 p.m. doors open, snacks and drinks available
6:00 p.m. Concert Prelude in Reinberger Chamber Hall: featuring Harmonia performing folk music sounds from Eastern Europe read about the performers on page 56 > > >
7:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero
< < < biographical information on opposite page
with Béla Fleck, banjo biographical information on page 47 > > >
“Béla Fleck Banjo Virtuoso”featuring works by Adams, Gershwin, and Fleck
< < < musical selection details listed on page 35
read commentary about the music: Adams (page 41), Gershwin (page 53), Fleck (page 43) > > >
after the concert ends, the evening continues . . .
in Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer:
8:05 p.m. with contemporary music from the heart of New Orleans . . .
Mark Mullins, tromboneRoland Guerin, bass
Johnny Vidacovich, drums
bio information on page 57 > > >
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Adams wrote his Short Ride in a Fast Machine
in 1986 on commission from the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra’s Great Woods Festival.
The work was premiered on June 13, 1986, in
Mansfield, Massachusetts, by the Pittsburgh
Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson
Thomas.
This work runs less than 5 minutes in perfor-
mance. Adams scored it for 2 flutes (both dou-
bling piccolo), 2 oboes (second doubling english
horn), 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons (third doubling con-
trabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones,
tuba, timpani, percussion (woodblocks, triangle,
xylophone, crotales, glockenspiel, suspended cym-
bal, sizzle cymbal, snare drum, pedal bass drum,
large bass drum, large tam-tam, tambourine), 2
synthesizers (optional), and strings.
The Cleveland Orchestra previously present-
ed this work during the 1993 Blossom Festival,
led by Leonard Slatkin.
At a Glance
Short Ride in a Fast Machinecomposed 1986
About the Music
A F T E R T W E N T Y Y E A R S of youthful and creative sputtering,
John Adams emerged in the 1990s as America’s most performed
and most influential serious composer since Aaron Copland’s
heyday fifty years before.
Adams’s music is often labeled as Minimalism — a
kind of modern repetitive, incremental music that lives and
dies by constant rhythm working alongside gradual har-
monic changes. But Adams is much more than a Minimalist
and, like any truly great composer, has successfully created
a style of writing that is unmistakably and recognizably his
own. His ability to blend melody and dramatic action into
the rhythmic fabric of his works has extended his creative
canvas. His operas — including Nixon in China, The Death
of Klinghoffer, Doctor Atomic, and A Flowering Tree — have
been well received and repeatedly revived in new productions.
Adams wrote Short Ride in a Fast Machine in 1986. The
work’s first performance was given by the Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra in June of that year. In explaining the title, Adams
said, “You know how it is when someone asks you to ride in a
terrific sports car, and then you wish you hadn’t?”
The motor of the Machine runs on a beat established at the
beginning by woodblocks and trumpets (Adams has described
the woodblocks’ persistent beat as “almost sadistic”). After that,
there’s a lot of whirring, soaring, revving, and zooming, as well
as a few backfires and hiccups of the mostly well-oiled machine.
Rather than wishing they hadn’t, many listeners will wish that
the ride had gone on longer — or, like a roller-coaster, they may
choose to ride it again and again, just for fun.
—Eric Sellen
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43Severance Hall 2012-13 About the Music
Banjo Concertocomposed 2010-11
I T WA S N ’ T U N T I L 1 9 7 3 , while he was a teenager, that Béla
Anton Leoš Fleck received his fi rst banjo, but in less than a de-
cade he had recorded his fi rst solo album, Crossing the Tracks
(1979) — and was well on his way to reclaiming the instru-
ment for a new era. With a unique combination of virtuosity,
imagination, and insatiable curiosity, Fleck has devoted his
career to exploring and revealing the hidden potential of the
banjo. Th e iconic style of Earl Scruggs, to whom Fleck’s Banjo
Concerto is dedicated, was a formative infl uence, yet one that
Fleck characteristically fuses with those of jazz legends Chick
Corea and Charlie Parker. In this concerto, we also hear the
stimulus of voices from classical tradition — particularly Bach
and Beethoven — fi ltered through a new perspective.
Fleck’s innovative approach extends across an astounding
spectrum of achievements, from his early work in progressive
bluegrass with the New Grass Revival (which led him to settle
in Nashville three decades ago) to the “blu-bop” blend of jazz
and bluegrass he continues to pioneer with his group, Béla Fleck
and the Flecktones.
Th e African origins of the banjo have provided yet an-
other area of exploration for Fleck in recent years, leading to
such world music collaborations as the recording sessions Th row
Down Your Heart in 2009.
On a parallel track, Fleck continues to enrich the expressive
language of the banjo by forging unprecedented connections
with the realm of classical music — a world introduced to him
during childhood by his stepfather, a cellist. Fleck, in fact,was
named aft er no fewer than three great composers — Béla Bartók,
Anton(in) Dvořák, and Leoš Janáček — making the classical
past literally part of his identity. He credits Edgar Meyer, the
bassist with whom he has collaborated on numerous projects
since the early 1980s, with reawakening his mature interest in
classical music. (See “A Classical Side for Banjo,” on page 45.)
Meyer also helped instill in him the desire to undertake a clas-
sically based composition of his own, following two previous
collaborative eff orts.
Th e Concerto for Banjo marks a signifi cant new depar-
ture for Fleck, which he describes as “a liberating experience
for my eff orts as a composer, and hopefully the banjo as well.”
by Béla FLECKborn July 10, 1958New York City
currentlyresiding in Nashville, Tennessee
44 The Cleveland Orchestra
During initial
rehearsals
with the Nash-
ville Symphony,
Fleck recalls
conductor
Guerrero
observing that
“the banjo
doesn’t sound
like a banjo
at the begin-
ning” but be-
comes
emphatically
banjo-like
by the end.
No familiar models for such a piece exist. Fleck mentions just
three previous examples, which include a concerto written for
Pete Seeger in the 1960s, one by Swiss banjo player Jens Kruger,
and a farcical send-up by the parodist P.D.Q. Bach.
With his own Banjo Concerto, Fleck has craft ed a large-
scale composition requiring intricate organization, and he has
taken on his fi rst experience of writing for a heft y orchestra.
Th e challenge, he recalls, led him to evoke “diff erent sounds on
my banjo than I was used to doing.”
Fleck observes that, unlike a traditional string concerto,
where the solo instrument is already mirrored in the larger
ensemble, the banjo possesses “a voice that is not present in the
orchestra” and which is resonant enough to play eff ectively with
it. Th e specifi c instrument for which Fleck wrote his concerto
is a vintage 1937 Gibson Mastertone banjo made of mahogany
— a prized possession he calls the “holy grail” of banjos, much
as a violinist might treasure an instrument made in the work-
shops of Stradivarius.
T H E M U S I C
During initial rehearsals with the Nashville Symphony,
Fleck recalls conductor Guerrero observing that “the banjo
doesn’t sound like a banjo at the beginning” but becomes em-
phatically banjo-like by the end. Th e remark shed light on a
scenario that runs through the three-movement score, though
Fleck points out that this was the creative work of his “subcon-
scious” rather than a deliberate plan: “Th e banjo is the hero in
this play and is trying to avoid the truth of who he is, but in the
end cannot avoid it.”
Fleck notes that the musical arc could be likened to the
pattern by which, “when you’re young, you try every possible
idea, but as you become wiser, sometimes the obvious is not
such a terrible thing. So in the fi rst movement, especially with
its solo cadenzas, the banjo is at its most ‘classical,’ even though
I wasn’t trying to emulate any particular composer. But you can
hear an evolution in my own writing of the piece as it goes on.
As it continues, I become more comfortable with the idea that
this can be whatever I want it to be, and it ends by returning to
my roots in bluegrass and Earl Scruggs.”
At the same time, to establish this identity, Fleck had to
make the ending sound like the “inevitable outcome” of the
preceding music rather than an arbitrary change of tack. “I
About the Music
45Severance Hall 2012-13
needed to make the concluding section, where I rip into this style,
refl ect the sound of the banjo as a bluegrass instrument, while
also combining it with the orchestra.”—Thomas May
Thomas May is a frequent contributor to Cleveland Orchestra program books and writes regularly about music and the arts. His books include The John Adams Reader and Decoding Wagner.
A Classical Side for Banjo — and Nashville With the multiple-Grammy Award-winning Perpetual Motion (2001),
Béla Fleck made his fi rst sustained foray into introducing the world of
classical music to the banjo’s repertory. His engaging sequence of banjo
arrangements breathed new life into such familiar pieces as Chopin ma-
zurkas, Bach inventions, and Beethoven’s
Moonlight Sonata.
Fleck subsequently teamed with
bassist Edgar Meyer to write the Double
Concerto for Banjo and Bass, which the
Nashville Symphony premiered in 2003.
Th at eff ort proved so successful that
the Nashville Symphony commissioned
a triple concerto, which was co-written
by Fleck, Meyer, and tabla player Zakir
Hussain. Titled Th e Melody of Rhythm,
the concerto was premiered at the concert
that inaugurated Nashville’s Schermerhorn
Symphony Center in 2006.
Fleck composed his Banjo Concerto in 2010-11 on a
commission from the Nashville Symphony. He dedi-
cated the work to legendary bluegrass player Earl
Scruggs. The concerto was premiered on September
22, 23, and 24, 2011, in Nashville, conducted by
Giancarlo Guerrero, and with Fleck as the soloist.
This concert runs just over 30 minutes in
performance. Fleck scored it for 3 fl utes (third
doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (third doubling english
horn), 3 clarinets (third doubling bass clarinet), 3
bassoons (third doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns,
3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percus-
sion (wind gong, glockenspiel, triangle, cymbals,
gong, bells, rain stick, crotales, snare drum, bass
drum), and strings, plus the solo banjo.
The Cleveland Orchestra is performing Béla
Fleck’s music for the fi rst time with this weekend’s
performances.
At a Glance
About the Music
47Severance Hall 2012-13 Soloist
Béla FleckAmerican banjo player Béla Fleck is considered to have reinvented the instru-
ment’s image and sound throughout his performing and recording career. He is
making his Cleveland Orchestra debut with this weekend’s concerts.
Born and raised in New York City, Béla Anton Leoš
Fleck was named for composers Bartók, Dvořák, and
Janáček. Until Earl Scruggs’s banjo style piqued his inter-
est, he played guitar. In 1973, Mr. Fleck received a banjo
from his grandfather, and also entered New York City’s
High School of Music and Art. He began studying horn
and took banjo lessons outside school from Erik Darling,
Marc Horowitz, and Tony Trischka. About that time, Mr.
Fleck joined his fi rst band, Wicker’s Creek. Aft er gradua-
tion, he moved to Boston to play with Tasty Licks and, at 19
years old, recorded his fi rst solo banjo album, Crossing the
Tracks, on Rounder Records.
Mr. Fleck later relocated to Lexington, Kentucky,
and formed Spectrum, which toured until 1981, when he
joined the progressive bluegrass band, New Grass Revival. During his nine years
with New Grass Revival, Béla Fleck continued to record solo albums for Rounder
and also collaborated with an acoustic group called Strength in Numbers. Th eir
MCA release, Th e Telluride Sessions, is considered evolutionary by the acoustic
music community.
In the late 1980s, he created Béla Fleck & the Flecktones. Now famous for a
non-stop touring schedule, the Flecktones have reached more than 500,000 audi-
ence members annually since 2001. Th e group’s release Th e Hidden Land won the
2007 Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Th eir holiday recording, Jin-
gle All Th e Way, was named Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 2009 Grammy
Awards.
Béla Fleck’s 2001 Sony Classical album, Perpetual Motion, won a pair of
Grammys and announced his presence in the world of classical music, as well as
his musical partnership with bassist Edgar Meyer. Th ey tour together, recorded
Music for Two, and co-wrote and performed the 2003 world premiere of a double
concerto for banjo and bass with the Nashville Symphony.
Since 1998, Mr. Fleck has received 14 Grammy Awards and 30 nominations,
and has been nominated in more diff erent categories than anyone else.
For additional information, visit belafl eck.com.
Béla Fleck will sign compact discs after the concerts on Thursday and Saturday evenings in the Lerner Lobby at the Cleveland Orchestra Store on the groundfl oor of Severance Hall. A selection of his albums areavailable for sale through the Cleveland Orchestra Store.
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
Sound for the Centennial
48 The Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra’s artistic health and fi nancial well-being depend on the dedicated and ongoing support of music-lovers throughout Northeast Ohio. The Orchestra’s continued excel-lence in community service and musical performance can only be ensured through ongoing annual support coupled with increased giving to the Endowment and special fundraising.
As the Orchestra approaches its centennial celebration in 2018, the individuals and organiza-tions listed on these pages have made longterm commitments to secure the fi nancial stability of our great Orchestra. This listing represents multi-year commitments of annual and endow-ment support, and legacy gift declarations, as of October 2012.
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Ms. Nancy W. McCannDavid and Inez Myers Foundation The Honorable and Mrs. John Doyle OngThe Payne FundMr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker
BakerHostetlerMr. William P. Blair IIIMr. Richard J. Bogomolny and Ms. Patricia M. KozerefskiMr. and Mrs. Charles P. BoltonMrs. M. Roger ClappEaton CorporationForest City Enterprises, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. HorvitzThe Walter and Jean Kalberer FoundationMr. and Mrs. Joseph P. KeithleyKeyBankKulas FoundationMr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarreMrs. Norma Lerner
The Lubrizol CorporationSally S. and John C. MorleyJohn P. Murphy FoundationNACCO Industries, Inc.Julia and Larry PollockMr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. RatnerJames and Donna ReidBarbara S. RobinsonThe Sage Cleveland FoundationThe Kelvin and Eleanor Smith FoundationThe J. M. Smucker CompanyJoe and Marlene Toot
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GIFTS OF $1 MILLION TO $5 MILLION
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B AC K I N T H E 1 8 9 0 s , Antonín Dvořák was urging Ameri-
can composers to develop an original American musical style
based on native melodies. That was much easier said than done,
however. It was not at all clear how Dvořák’s own tried-and-
true Bohemian recipe could be applied in a country whose na-
tive traditions were much more diverse and, at the time, much
less valued by native composers. One thing that Dvořák, in his
fascination with “exotica,” did not realize was that the national
renewal would not be exclusively from American Indian and Af-
rican musical traditions, but also those of the European settlers in
the New World. Even forty years after Dvořák returned home to
Europe, the shape of American music was still uncertain — and
the idea of a ballet about cowboys was something very shocking
in American classical music and classical ballet circles.
It was Lincoln Kirstein, the innovative director of Ballet
Caravan, who provided the subject to Copland. As the com-
poser later wrote in his autobiography, “When I suggested that,
as a composer born in Brooklyn, I knew nothing about the Wild
West, Lincoln informed me that Eugene Loring’s scenario for
Billy the Kid was based on the real life story of William Bonney,
a notorious cowboy who had been born in New York! Lincoln
was persuasive, and it did not take long to convince me that if
I could work with Mexican tunes in writing El Salón México, I
might try home-grown ones for a ballet.
Kirstein provided Copland with two collections of cowboy
songs, and the composer set to work. In the finished ballet, we
hear such vintage tunes as “Old Paint,” “The Old Chisholm Trail,”
“Git Along Little Dogie,” and “The Dying Cowboy.” Copland
learned additional information on Billy the Kid’s character and
history from the music director of Kirstein’s Ballet Caravan at
the time, the composer Elliott Carter. Nevertheless, Copland
later stressed that he had been less concerned with the histori-
cal William Bonney than with the legend he had become in
American folklore.
The ballet opened in Chicago in October 1938, to wide
acclaim. Finally, there was an American work that showed how
folksong could be used to create an authentic national style in
music.
Billy the Kid became one of Copland’s most frequently-
Suite from Billy the Kidcomposed 1938
byAaronCOPLANDborn November 14, 1900Brooklyn, New York
died December 2, 1990North Tarrytown,New York
About the Music
THURSDAY AND SATURDAY
52 The Cleveland OrchestraAbout the Music
performed works, especially in the form of the suite, which the
composer drew from the original score. As Copland noted, the
six movements of the suite “match the action of the ballet.”
Copland summarized that action in the preface of the score
as follows: “Th e action begins and closes on the open prairie. Th e
central portion of the ballet concerns itself with signifi cant mo-
ments in the life of Billy the Kid. Th e fi rst scene is a street in a
frontier town. Familiar fi gures amble by. Cowboys saunter into
town, some on horseback, others with their lassoes. Some Mexi-
can women do a Jarabe [a Mexican dance], which is interrupted
by a fi ght between two drunks. Attracted by the gathering crowd,
Billy is seen for the fi rst time as a boy of twelve with his mother.
Th e brawl turns ugly, guns are drawn, and in some unaccountable
way, Billy’s mother is killed. Without an instant’s hesitation, in
cold fury, Billy draws a knife from a cowhand’s sheath and stabs
his mother’s slayers. His short but famous career had begun. In
swift succession we see episodes in Billy’s later life. At night, under
the stars, in a quiet card game with his outlaw friends. Hunted
by a posse led by his former friend Pat Garrett. Billy is pursued.
A running gun battle ensues. Billy is captured. A drunken cel-
ebration takes place. Billy in prison is, of course, followed by one
of Billy’s legendary escapes. Tired and worn in the desert, Billy
rests with his girl. (Pas de deux). Starting from a deep sleep, he
senses movement in the shadows. Th e posse has fi nally caught
up with him. It is the end.”
—Peter Laki
Copland wrote his ballet
score for Billy the Kid in
1938 at the request of dance
impresario Lincoln Kirstein.
The work was premiered in
Chicago on October 6, 1938,
by Kirstein’s Ballet Caravan.
The composer extracted a
concert suite from the score
the following year.
This ballet suite runs
about 20 minutes in per-
formance. Copland scored
it for 2 fl utes, piccolo, 2
oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bas-
soons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets,
3 trombones, tuba, timpani,
percussion (xylophone, side
drum, woodblocks, cym bals,
glockenspiel, sleigh bells,
guiro, whip), harp, piano, and
strings.
The Cleveland Orchestra
played the Suite from Billy the
Kid at Severance Hall on only
one previous set of Severance
Hall subscription concerts,
in February 1943, under the
direction of music director
Artur Rodzinski. Excerpts
from the ballet have been
performed on many occasions
since that time, especially on
Education Concert programs,
and the suite was presented
at Blossom Festival concerts
in 1978 and 1997.
At a Glance
From the original staging of Billy the Kid in 1938.
53Severance Hall 2012-13 About the Music
G E O R G E G E R S H W I N achieved early success as one of the
most brilliant songwriters on Broadway. He had more ambi-
tious dreams, however — he aspired to be recognized as a seri-
ous classical composer.
Gershwin felt that American classical music should incor-
porate elements of jazz in order to fi nd a distinctive national
voice. Rhapsody in Blue was Gershwin’s fi rst step in that di-
rection, followed by the Concerto in F, An American in Paris,
and, fi nally, the opera Porgy and Bess. Th roughout his eff orts
on these works, Gershwin, a fabulous pianist and improviser,
knew that his technical equipment as a classical composer was
incomplete, and tried hard to fi ll in the gaps in his knowledge
by applying himself to the study of music theory and orches-
tration.
Th e original manuscript of An American in Paris bears
the following inscription by Gershwin: “An American in Paris,
a tone poem for orchestra, composed and orchestrated by George
Gershwin. Begun early in 1928, fi nished November 18, 1928.”
Gershwin went out of his way to point out that he had done
the orchestration himself, because while much as his melodic
gift s and his pianistic virtuosity were acclaimed, he was dogged
by constant criticism of what were perceived as shortcomings
(compared to expected norms) in his compositional craft sman-
ship.
Gershwin provided the following explanation of this
piece in an interview for Musical America in 1928: “Th is new
piece, really a ‘symphonic ballet,’ is written very freely and is the
most modern music I’ve yet attempted. Th e opening part will
be developed in typical French style, in the manner of Debussy
. . . though the themes are original. My purpose here is to por-
tray the impression of an American visitor in Paris, as he strolls
about the city, listens to the various street noises, and absorbs
the French atmosphere. As in my other orchestral compositions,
I’ve not endeavored to represent any defi nite scenes in this music.
Th e rhapsody is programmatic only in a general impressionistic
way, so that the individual listener can read into the music such
episodes as his imagination pictures for him. Th e opening section
is followed by a rich ‘blues’ with a strong rhythmic undercurrent.
Our American friend, perhaps aft er strolling into a café and having
An American in Pariscomposed 1928
by George GERSHWINborn September 26, 1898Brooklyn, New York
died July 11, 1937Hollywood,California
54 The Cleveland Orchestra
Gershwin wrote An American in Paris in
1928, after a visit to France. The fi rst perfor-
mance, led by Walter Damrosch, took place
on December 13, 1928, at Carnegie Hall.
An American in Paris runs between 15
and 20 minutes in performance. Gersh-
win scored it for 3 fl utes (third doubling
piccolo), 2 oboes, english horn, 2 clarinets,
bass clarinet, 3 saxophones (alto, tenor, and
baritone), 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets,
3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (bass
drum, snare drum, triangle, orchestra bells,
xylophone, and taxi horns), celesta, and
strings.
The Cleveland Orchestra fi rst per-
formed An American in Paris in March 1943,
under the direction of Artur Rodzinski. The
Orchestra’s most recent performance was led
by Miguel Harth-Bedoya as part of the 2006
Blossom Festival.
At a Glance
About the Music
a couple of drinks, has suddenly succumbed to a spasm of home-
sickness. Th e harmony here is both more intense and simple than
in the preceding pages. Th is ‘blues’ rises to a climax followed by a
coda in which the spirit of the music returns to the vivacity and
bubbling exuberance of the opening part with its impressions of
Paris. Apparently the homesick American, having left the café
and reached the open air, has disowned his spell of the blues and
once again is an alert spectator of Parisian life. At the conclu-
sion, the street noises and French atmosphere are triumphant!
—Peter Laki
Peter Laki is a musicologist and frequent lecturer on classical music. He is a visiting associate professor at Bard College in New York.
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56 The Cleveland Orchestra
Harmonia Walt Mahovlich, accordion Alexander Fedoriouk, cimbalom Beata Begeniova, vocals Jozef Janis, violin Andrei Pidkivka, panflute and sopilka Branislav Brinarsky, bass
Harmonia presents the traditional folk music of Eastern Europe, rang-
ing from the Danube to the Carpathians. Its repertoire reflects the cultures
of this region — Hungarian, Slovak, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, and
Gypsy. Performing on authentic folk instruments, and styled after East-Eu-
ropean Gypsy bands from a century ago, their music is drawn from both the
urban and rural traditions of Eastern Europe. The ensemble’s performanc-
es evoke the full range of human emotions, interspersing fiery, passionate
virtuosity with soulful melancholy and nostalgic yearning. They have been
called “obscenely talented” by the Folklore Society of Washington D.C. and
“a musical gem” by National Public Radio. The musicians come from varied
East-European backgrounds, and in Harmonia they have found a common
musical language. Harmonia brings to the concert stage the vitality and
excitement of ethnic weddings, celebrations, and smoky cafés that inspired
composers such as Bartók, Brahms, and Liszt.
The six-piece ensemble uses instruments as varied as accordion, up-
right bass, violin, panflute, and cimbalom (the East European 125-string
hammered dulcimer). Their technical brilliance only adds to Harmonia’s
breathtaking performances — dizzying cimbalom solos coupled with
soaring violin lines, haunting flute and accordion solos, and soulful vo-
cals. The ensemble is equally at home on the concert stage and in academic
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THE
CLEVELAND
ORCHESTRA
Guest Artists
December 7
Jamey Haddad has curated and planned the world music performances
for The Cleveland Orchestra’s Fridays@7 concerts since the series began in 2009.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he holds a unique position in the world of jazz and
contemporary music, with his musical voice transcending styles and trends. Re-
garded as one of the foremost world music and jazz percussionists in the United
States, Mr. Haddad is an associate professor at the Cleveland Institute of Music,
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Boston’s Berklee College of Music, and the New
England Conservatory. To learn more, visit www.jameyhaddadmusic.com.
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POST-CONCERT@fterparty 7@
FRIDAYS
Mark Mullins, trombone
Roland Guerin, bass
Johnny Vidacovich, drums
Mark Mullins has made a reputation for himself in New
Orleans as a multifaceted musician who, like a chameleon, fits
perfectly in many situations without compromising his integrity.
Mark began studying trombone at age 8 and, at 13, had his own
street band performing in Mardi Gras parades. After college, he
joined Harry Connick Jr.’s new Big Band, touring the world and
appearing on many recordings. Other projects included record-
ings with Tori Amos, Sheryl Crow, George Porter Jr., and others.
He subsequently launched an original rock band named Mule-
Bone and presentations of “A Night of Led Zeppelin,” as well as Bonerama, a stage full
of trombones playing brass band music that later grew to be the house band of HBO’s
Comic Relief. To learn more, visit www.markmullins.net.
Roland Guerin first learned music from his mother, a
bass player who taught him that you can’t make it in music with-
out a strong groove and feeling. At Southern University in Baton
Rouge, he joined legendary jazz educator Alvin Batiste’s band,
The Jazztronauts. He later began to tour the world as a member
of jazz guitarist Mark Whitfield’s band and also participated in
the recording of several albums with a variety of artists, includ-
ing Ellis Marsalis and Allen Toussaint. Roland was a member of
the Marcus Roberts Trio (1994-2010), with which he performed
at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. His work as a bandleader includes several albums,
including A Different World (2011). When not touring, he is active throughout the New
Orleans music scene. To learn more, visit www.rolandguerin.com.
Johnny Vidacovich was born and raised in New
Orleans, and is a founding member of the world-renowned
contemporary jazz quartet Astral Project. He has played and/or
recorded with such luminaries as Professor Longhair, George
Porter Jr., Dr. John, Skerik, and John Scofield. Johnny played in
the first and in every subsequent New Orleans Jazz and Heritage
Festival (which recently celebrated its 40th anniversary). He has
four albums under his own name, as well as an instructional
book and DVD focusing on his approach to New Orleans drum-
ming. He continues to maintain an active playing, touring, and teaching schedule and
is currently busy touring with Voice of the Wetlands Allstars. To learn more, visit
www.johnnyvidacovich.com.
Guest Artists
POST-CONCERT
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T H E S O U N D R E VO L U T I O N that came to movies in 1927 represented
a major esthetic crisis for all silent filmmakers, but for Charlie Chaplin
in particular, since his mimetic artistry was the primary reason for his
phenomenal world-
wide popularity. In
1931, a full two years
after Hollywood had
stopped making silent
films, he stubbornly
released City Lights
(presented last season,
in March 2012 here
at Severance Hall).
Chaplin’s only con-
cession to the chang-
ing times was an
original musical score
that he wrote himself,
and a few sound ef-
fects that he used to
skewer the crudities of early sound movies. The film, filled with hilarious
physical comedy and scenes of surprising emotional power, proved to be a
sensation. Chaplin knew, though, that City Lights was the exception that
proved the rule. The era of silent movies was over. Yet he also knew that
as soon as he spoke onscreen he would become like any other comedian.
After a long period of gestation, Chaplin’s solution was to give
his beloved Tramp character a second reprieve in the form of Modern
Times, an audacious hybrid of silent and sound movie techniques. The
film preserved Chaplin’s mastery of silent film storytelling while allow-
ing sounds and words to encroach in unusual ways. To forestall the in-
evitable critical complaint that a mostly-visual comedy released in 1936
might be considered an anachronism, Chaplin provided an up-to-the-
minute story of the Tramp as a factory worker experiencing inhumane
working conditions, strikes, and social upheaval during the Depression.
He also provided a glorious original score, arguably the best one he ever
wrote. Eighteen years later, when the film was re-released in the 1950s,
Actions Speak Louder Charlie Chaplin Confronts Modern Times by Dan Kamin
Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times
60 The Cleveland Orchestra
its lush romantic theme was given lyrics and recorded
by Nat King Cole, becoming the worldwide song hit
“Smile.”
One of the most fascinating things about Mod-
ern Times is the fi lm’s insistent running commentary on
the nature of sound fi lms. For example, when the hu-
man voice is heard in the fi lm it’s always over mechani-
cal devices such as radios, loudspeakers or televisions;
face-to-face dialogue is reproduced, as in silent fi lms, in
title cards. Stressing the mechanical nature of sound reproduction in this way
refl ects Chaplin’s view that words in movies are intrusive or superfl uous, as un-
natural as the inhuman pace the factory imposes on its workers.
Th e factory itself off ers another clue to Chaplin’s intention to make the
clashing worlds of sound and silent fi lms the underlying subject of Modern
Times. We never learn what, precisely, is being produced by this factory. But in
one of the fi lm’s most memorable sequences, when Charlie falls into the machin-
ery and is drawn through its gears, he resembles nothing so much as a strip of
fi lm winding through a movie projector. Th is interpretation is no great stretch.
Th e square nut plates Charlie tightens on the assembly line are like frames of
fi lm speeding by, and Charlie himself is a creature who exists only on fi lm. Th e
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factory — metaphorically, at least — is a fi lm factory, its product a fi lm star-
ring Charlie himself.
But Charlie is a creature born of silent fi lm, and until the end the fi lm
unfolds at a brisk silent movie pace. But fi nally Chaplin can no longer post-
pone the inevitable. Th e Tramp’s practical problems holding a job and Chap-
lin’s esthetic problems as a silent fi lmmaker facing sound converge when the
Tramp gets a job as a singing waiter. Chaplin, at last, prepares to break his
long cinematic silence. Viewers worldwide eagerly anticipated hearing his
voice, and he does not disappoint. But with characteristic impudence and
inventiveness he uses the occasion to thumb his nose one last time at sound
movies, demonstrating, with a brilliant display of mime and eccentric dance
that actions — when they’re his actions — really do speak louder than words.
What audiences in 1936 couldn’t know was that Modern Times marked
the end of the Tramp’s silent journey. As the fi lm ends and Chaplin’s beauti-
ful love theme swells in the background, we watch the familiar fi gure recede
in the distance for the last time, a casualty of modern times.
—Adapted from Th e Comedy of Charlie Chaplin: Artistry in Motion by Dan Kamin, published by
Scarecrow Press. Dan Kamin trained Robert Downey Jr. for his Oscar-nominated performance as
Chaplin, and created several of the fi lm’s physical comedy sequences. He is an internationally re-
nowned mime artist who performs frequently with symphony orchestras.
Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times
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62 The Cleveland Orchestra
Modern Times S Y N O P S I S
Charlie is a factory worker in this hectic age — a minor cog in the grinding wheels of
industry. His job is mechanically tightening bolts on a moving belt. Th e monotony
of the work drives him berserk. Taken to hospital, he soon recovers, is discharged,
and cautioned to avoid excitement. Caught in a street riot, he is mistaken for the
leader and thrown into a patrol wagon.
Charlie unconsciously thwarts an attempted jailbreak. As a reward, he is given
a cell with all the comforts of home. But just as he is ready to settle down to a life
of ease and contentment in jail, he is pardoned. He then gets a job in a shipyard,
but is fi red for doing the wrong things at the wrong times. He resolves to return to
the comfort and security of jail. He meets the girl, a gamine of the waterfront. She
and her orphaned sisters are about to be taken into custody by the juvenile welfare
offi cers, but she escapes. When she is about to be arrested for stealing food, Char-
lie attempts to take the blame, without success. He wanders into a cafeteria, orders
everything in sight, then informs the manager that he has no money to pay.
On the way to jail he meets the girl again. Together they escape and from
then on they are inseparable companions. Charlie gets a job as night watchman in
a department store. His fi rst night on duty is hectic. Burglars invade the store, and
Charlie is involved once again with the police, and once more shunted to jail. Re-
leased, he meets the girl who has found herself a job as a cabaret dancer. She gets
Charlie a job in the same restaurant as a singing waiter. He proves a huge success.
Happiness seems close now, but the juvenile welfare offi cers have fi nally tracked the
girl down. Th ey attempt to take her into custody, but Charlie foils them and escapes
with the girl. Together they trudge down the lonely road, ready to face whatever
the future may bring.
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A S I L E N T F I L M written and directed by Charlie Chaplin
P R E S E N T E D I N C O N C E R T with The Cleveland Orchestraconducted by William Eddins
and featuring Brent Chamberlin, Jason Levy, Rohan Mandelia,and Matthew Rizer as the voices of the singing waiters
T H E C A S TCharlie Chaplin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Worker
Paulette Goddard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gamine
Henry Bergman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Café Owner
Stanley J. Sanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Big Bill and Worker
Chester Conklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanic
Hank Mann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burglar
Stanley Blystone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gamine’s Father
Allan Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company Boss
Sam Stein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foreman
Juana Sutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woman with Buttoned Bosom
Dick Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prison Cellmate
Cecil Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prison Chaplain
Myra McKinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chaplain’s Wife
Lloyd Ingraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angry Café Patron
music by Charlie Chaplin
musical arrangements by David Raksin and Edward Powell
original musical direction by Alfred Newman
original scoring restored for live performance by Timothy Brock
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 - M Ö S T M U S I C D I R E C T O R
Severance HallTuesday evening, December 11, 2012, at 8:00 p.m.
Modern Times
Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times
celebrity series1213
Modern Times © Roy Export S.A.S. Music copyright © Roy Export Company Establishment and Bourne Co. All rights reserved.
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William EddinsWilliam Eddins is music director of the Edmon-
ton Symphony Orchestra and a frequent guest
conductor of major orchestras throughout the
world. He served fi ve seasons as principal guest
conductor of Ireland’s RTÉ National Symphony
Orchestra (2001-06) aft er serving as resident conductor of the Chicago Sympho-
ny Orchestra and associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra. He made his
Cleveland Orchestra debut in the March 2012 presentation of Charlie Chaplin’s
silent fi lm City Lights.
As a guest conductor, Mr. Eddins has appeared with symphony orchestras
across the United States, including those of Atlanta, Baltimore, Buff alo, Cincin-
nati, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New
York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and San Francisco. Internationally, his engage-
ments have included performances with the Berlin Staatskapelle, Berlin Radio
Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bergen
Philharmonic, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra,
Italy’s RAI Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale, and the Lisbon Metropolitan Orches-
tra. He conducted Porgy and Bess with Opéra de Lyon in 2008 and 2010.
Mr. Eddins is an accomplished pianist and chamber musician. He regu-
larly conducts from the keyboard in works by Mozart, Beethoven, Gershwin, and
Ravel. He has released an album featuring Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata
and William Albright’s Th e Nightmare Fantasy Rag.
Mr. Eddins has performed at the Ravinia Festival with both the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra and the Ravinia Festival Orchestra. He has also conducted
the orchestras of the Chautauqua Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Hollywood Bowl,
Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
A native of Buff alo, New York, William Eddins attended the Eastman
School of Music, studying with David Eff ron and graduating at age eighteen,
making him the youngest graduate in the history of the institution. He also
studied conducting with Daniel Lewis at the University of Southern California
and was a founding member of the New World Symphony in Miami, Florida.
For more information, visit www.williameddins.com.
Conductor: Modern Times
66 The Cleveland Orchestra
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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.
Student Ticket Programs
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Generous contributions to the endowment have been made to support specifi c
artistic initiatives, education and community programming and performances,
facilities maintenance costs, touring and residencies, and more. Named funds can
be established with new gift s 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 ExcellenceJohn P. Bergren and Sarah S. EvansMargaret Fulton-Mueller FundVirginia 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. Griffi ths 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 — Th e 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 Th e 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
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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
MeettheMusiciansCleveland 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
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.
MARKKOSOWERcello
BORN: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
ON MY MP3 PLAYER: It’s filled with sym-phonic, opera, chamber, and solo music.
ROLE MODELS: Janos Starkerand Herbert Blomstedt.
BIG DREAM: To record an extensive cross-section of the cello literature.
WHY A MUSICIAN: I was born into a family of musicians and didn’t know any better.
FREE TIME: Reading, dining, movies,basketball.
FAVORITE ORCHESTRAL WORK:Too many to choose from.
JOELAJONESkeyboard
BORN: Miami, Florida
ROLE MODEL: My eldest sister, Julia, who died before I was born. She has always led me.
BIG DREAM: Move to Europe, be the pianist for an opera company; get a position as a church organist and learn all of Bach’s works for organ.
FREE TIME: I like to read histories and biographies of great people.
ON MY MP3 PLAYER: German lessons, Mitsuko Uchida playing Mozart, Alfred Brendel playing Schubert and Liszt.
FAVORITE ORCHESTRAL WORK:Wagner’s operas.
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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
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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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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
Individual Annual Support76 The Cleveland Orchestra
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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T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A
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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and released in May 2011. And, released in
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string sound of superlative warmth and sensitivity.”
Other recordings released in recent years
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F A L L S E A S O NThursday 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 MachineFLECK Banjo ConcertoCOPLAND 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 MachineGERSHWIN An American in ParisFLECK Banjo Concerto
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Friday December 7 at 10:00 a.m.Sunday December 9 at 12:30 p.m.
PNC HOLIDAY RAINBOW Music of Chanukah
A special presentation and celebration of the music and traditions of Chanukah, presented at Temple — Tifereth Israel (26000 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood). For young people and their families, suitable for ages 3 and up.
Sponsor: PNC
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 industri-alization of modern life.
Thursday December 13 at 10:00 a.m.PNC HOLIDAY RAINBOW
Celebration of KwanzaaA special Holiday Rainbow celebrating the traditions of Kwan-zaa, presented “on the road” at Karamu House (2355 East 89th Street, Cleveland). For young people and their families, suitable for ages 3 and up.
Sponsor: PNC
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 HOLIDAY FESTIVAL 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.
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 Lied BARTÓK Dance Suite BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Sponsor: Eaton Corporation
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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
Monday January 21 from noon to 5 p.m.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE
Severance Hall joins in a city-wide celebration of Martin Luther King Jr’s life and achievements with a free public open house featuring musical performances by the Cleve-land Orchestra Youth Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus, and groups from across Northeast Ohio. Watch clevelandorchestra.com for complete details.
Saturday February 9 at 8:00 p.m.Sunday February 10 at 3:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAGianandrea Noseda, conductorMassimo La Rosa, trombone
RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead ROTA Trombone Concerto PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 6 Sponsor: FirstMerit Bank
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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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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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JOSHUA BELLPLAYS BEETHOVENThursday January 17 at 8:00 p.m.Friday January 18 at 7:00 p.m.Saturday January 19 at 8:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAFranz Welser-Möst, conductorJoshua Bell, violin
One of today’s great artists performs one of
the greatest concertos ever written, Beethoven’s
timeless Violin Concerto. Superstar violinist
Joshua Bell has enchanted audiences worldwide
with his breathtaking virtuosity and beautiful
tone. Experience his artistry in concert with The
Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall.
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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
At Severance Hall . . .
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!
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