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2009-10 Severance Hall Season and Blossom Festival
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Public Square Concert & Festival 2009

Friday, July 3, 2009
Salute to the USA

Blossom Festival Band

Loras John Schissel, conductor

Saturday, July 4, 2009
Salute to the USA

Blossom Festival Band

Loras John Schissel, conductor

Sunday, July 5, 2009
Gershw...

Friday, July 10, 2009
The Organ Historical Society
Cleveland Convention Grand Finale

Thomas Murray, organ

Bach: Toccata in F major
Hindemith: Sonata I
Weitz: Regina Pacis, from Symphony on Gregorian Themes
Berveiller: Mouvement
Franck: Symphony in D minor (transcr. by Calvin Hampton)

Saturday, July 11, 2009
Pictures at an Exhibition and Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto

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Lionel Bringuier, conductor – Cleveland Orchestra debut

Simon Trpčeski, piano – Cleveland Orchestra debut

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

Sunday, July 12, 2009
Bravo Broadway – Rodgers & Hammerstein

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Robert Porco, conductor

Christiane Noll, soprano

Aaron Lazar, vocalist – Cleveland Orchestra Debut

William Michals, vocalist – Cleveland Orchestra Debut

Members of the Blossom Festival Chorus

Saturday, July 18, 2009
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

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Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Nikolaj Znaider, violin

Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

Sunday, July 19, 2009
Beethoven’s Fifth

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Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Franklin Cohen, clarinet

Brahms/Berio: Sonata for Clarinet and Orchestra (Opus 120 No. 1)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Saturday, July 25, 2009
Rhapsody in Blue

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Loras John Schissel, conductor

Inon Barnatan, piano – Cleveland Orchestra debut

PROGRAM INCLUDES:
Newman: Street Scene
Rodgers: “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” from On Your Toes
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin: “Ballet for Fred and Ginger” from Shall We Dance?

Sunday, July 26, 2009
Credo’s 10th Anniversary String SpectacularTchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Vivaldi: “Spring” from The Four Seasons

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Holiday Weekend Concerts: Salute to the U.S.A!
July 3-4 at 8 p.m.
Conductor Loras John Schissel and the Blossom Festival Band deliver a program of family favorites including a salute to the U.S. Armed Forces, and Tchaikovsky's crowd-pleasing "1812" Overture. Purchase Tickets
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
July 5 at 7 p.m.
Highlights include "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'," "It Ain't Necessarily So," and the legendary "Summertime" from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Purchase Tickets

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July 2, 2009: Star-Spangled Spectacular Community Concert and Festival!
On Thursday, July 2, at 9 p.m., The Cleveland Orchestra will perform its 20th annual free concert on Public Square. Bring your family and friends to enjoy Cleveland’s favorite downtown Independence Day tradition. The Orchestra will perform rain or shine!
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