Overview
The Cleveland Orchestra performs its 32nd annual concert celebrating the spirit of Dr. King’s life, leadership, and vision in music, song, and community recognition.
LIVE RADIO BROADCAST:
The concert is being broadcast live on radio stations
WCLV (104.9 FM) and WCPN (90.3 FM).
Please note that admission to the concert is free,
but tickets are required.
This event is sold out.
As of January 3 at 10 a.m.,
all tickets have been distributed.
This concert is sponsored by KeyBank.
Presented in collaboration with the City of Cleveland
and the Greater Cleveland Partnership.
The members of The Cleveland Orchestra
are donating their services for this performance
to benefit the sustaining fund of the Musical Arts Association.
Tickets
Admission to the concert is free, but tickets are required.
This event is sold out. All tickets for this concert
were distributed by 10 a.m. on January 3.
Please note that tickets were made available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2012, through the Severance Hall Ticket Office in person, by phone, and thru this event page on clevelandorchestra.com. Due to the high demand for tickets to this concert each year, there is a limit of 2 tickets per person.
Please note that this event will be broadcast live
on radio stations WCLV (104.9) and WCPN (90.3).
Concert Details
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Chelsea Tipton, conductor
with
Central State University Chorus
(William Henry Caldwell, director)
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Chorus
(prepared by William Henry Caldwell)
PROGRAM INCLUDES:
Star-Spangled Banner
words by Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)
music by John Stafford Smith (1750-1836)
Lift Every Voice and Sing
words by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
music by J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954)
arrranged for chorus and orchestra by Roland Carter
Festive Overture
by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
"Thanks Be To God" from Elijah
by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
"Don't You Let Nobody Turn You Round" (chorus a capella)
traditional, arranged by Phillip McIntyre
Tzigane (for violin and orchestra)
by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
with Alexandra Switala, violin
"Let All the World in Every Corner Sing"
from Five Mystical Songs
words by George Herbert (1593-1633)
music by Ralph Vaughan William (1972-1958)
Overture to Fidelio
by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
"Precious Lord" (chorus a capella)
words by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey (1889-1993)
music by George Nelson Allen (1812-1877)
arranged by Arnold Sevier
"I've Been ’Buked" (chorus a capella)
traditional, arranged by Hall Johnson
Danse Négre, from African Suite
by Samuel Coleridge Taylor (1875-1912)
"We Shall Overcome"
words by Charles Albert Tindley and others
to music from a gospel song
arranged for chorus and orchestra by Uzee Brown Jr.
The concert is performed with one intermission
and will end at approximately 9:00 p.m.
Orchestras Feeding America
Bring Your Non-Perishable, Non-Expired
Food Donations to This Concert at Severance Hall.
The Cleveland Orchestra is holding a food drive from January 14-16 to collect goods to be donated to the Cleveland Foodbank. The event is part of Orchestras Feeding America, a national food drive held by America’s symphony orchestras. Last season, more than 200 orchestras across the country collected over 300,000 pounds of food for their communities. The project was the single largest orchestra project organized at a national level, uniting musicians, staff, volunteers, and audiences to help alleviate hunger.
Unexpired food donations are being collected surrounding performances throughout the Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend, January 14-16, at Severance Hall. Food items will be collected during Cleveland Orchestra concerts on Saturday and Sunday evenings, and throughout the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Open House on Monday afternoon, January 16. Marked bins will be available in the lobby to collect donations before each concert and throughout the open house (12 noon to 5 p.m.).
Collect foods will to be donated to the Cleveland Foodbank.
