Overview
Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony, makes her Cleveland Orchestra debut with a program of American daring and French sizzle. Starting with an early work by Samuel Barber, followed by the pyrotechnics of Bernstein's five-movement violin concerto, Serenade. And for the grande finale, the program thunders to a finish with the gargantuan sounds of Saint-Saëns’s spirited “Organ Symphony.”
At a Glance
BARBER - Symphony No. 1
BERNSTEIN - Serenade, after Plato's Symposium
SAINT-SAËNS - Symphony No. 3 (“Organ Symphony”)
This concert is sponsored by Medical Mutual of Ohio,
the exclusive health insurer of The Cleveland Orchestra.
Peter Otto's solo appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra
is made possible by a gift to the Orchestra's Guest Artist Fund
from Mrs. Warren H. Corning.
Joela Jones's solo appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra
is made possible by a gift to the Orchestra's Guest Artist Fund
from Mrs. Paul D. Wurzburger.
Concert Details
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Marin Alsop, conductor
Symphony No. 1, Opus 9
by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
1. Allegro ma non troppo —
2. Allegro molto —
3. Andante tranquillo —
4. Con moto (Passacaille)
Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)
by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
1. Phaedras: Lento — Pausanias: Allegro
2. Aristophanes: Allegretto
3. Eryximachus: Presto
4. Agathon: Adagio
5. Socrates: Molto tenuto — Alcibiades: Allegro molto
with Peter Otto, violin
INTERMISSION
Symphony No. 3 (“Organ Symphony”) in C minor, Opus 78
by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
1. Adagio — Allegro moderato — Poco adagio
2. Allegro moderato — Presto — Maestoso — Allegro
with Joela jones, organ
The concert will end at about 9:55 p.m. each evening.
Concert Preview
Free Concert Preview:
“Musical Splendor and Radiance”
with guest speaker Rabbi Roger Klein,
The Temple - Tifereth Israel
Location:
Reinberger Chamber Hall in Severance Hall
Concert Previews are free to all ticketholders. Previews are held prior to every Cleveland Orchestra subscription concert, beginning 1 hour before the performance. This series is funded by a generous endowment gift from Dorothy Humel Hovorka.
Parking
A variety of parking options are available for concerts at Severance Hall, including guaranteed pre-paid parking passes (purchased through the Ticket Office or via this website).
CAMPUS CENTER GARAGE
The Case Western Reserve University Campus Center Garage is located directly adjacent to Severance Hall (parking entrance is off East Boulevard), with stair and elevator access to Severance Hall. Event parking in the Campus Center Garage can be purchased for $10 per vehicle when space permits. However, the garage often fills up well before concert time and only patrons who purchase pre-paid parking passes are ensured a parking space.
Pre-Paid Parking for the Campus Center Garage can be purchased in advance for $14 per concert by calling the Ticket Office or through this website. Pre-paid parking guarantees you a space, but availability of pre-paid parking passes is limited.
If you are purchasing your tickets via this website, there is an opportunity after you have put seats into the checkout cart when you can select the “Find Parking” button.
Alternatively, if you have already purchased tickets, you can purchase pre-paid parking online through the concert Event Calendar. Above the calendar, check the box “for ticket holders who wish to purchase tickets only” under Select a Type of Event. The calendar will then show available parking.
Parking can also be purchased through the Ticket Office by calling 216-231-1111.
Limited additional event parking is available in the Case Western Reserve University Lot 1 off Euclid Avenue across from Severance Hall, or at the University Circle Lot 13A on Adelbert Road, and at the Cleveland Botanical Garden parking garage on East Boulevard. Space at these lots may be particularly limited during weekday daytime hours. Some on-street parking is also available, but often fills up well before curtain time.
PARKING MAP
For a printable map of parking areas surrounding Severance Hall,
click here.
About the Music
“Quick Insights” are three-minute concert previews created by WCLV and with information and a musical sample of great works being performed by The Cleveland Orchestra. Each “Quick Insight” is adapted from The Cleveland Orchestra’s Archives and related musical material to take you inside the music.
To hear about Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony, click here.
Commentary and historical background about the music are printed in program books distributed free-of-charge at most Cleveland Orchestra concerts. The program notes are usually available on-line ahead of time.
To read this week's program notes, click here.
