This song-filled concert celebrates God and nature from distinctly trans-Atlantic perspectives. Bernstein wrote Chichester Psalms, one of his most joyous works, for a British choral festival. Its successful combination of old and new sounds has made it a continuing audience favorite. Countertenor Paul Flight makes his Cleveland Orchestra debut for this celebratory work. After intermission, Chorus Director Robert Porco leads The Cleveland Orchestra, Chorus, and soloists in Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony. For this grandeloquent work, Britisher Vaughan Williams set poetry from American Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass — in praise and amazement of the ocean’s majesty, power, utility, and beauty. Soprano Measha Brueggergosman returns to Severance Hall after her triumphant debut with the Orchestra singing in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in January 2007.

Concert sponsor: The J. M. Smucker Company

Concert Preview "Psalms and Symphonies", with speaker Hugh Floyd, director of choral activities, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, begins at 7:00 p.m. and is free for all concert ticket holders.

Measha Brueggergosman's appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by a gift to the Orchestra's Guest Artist Fund from The Kulas Foundation.

All artists and programs subject to change.

Thirty-minute Musical Rainbow concerts are an interactive way for young children to learn about instruments of the orchestra through musical demonstrations. Children have the chance to sing, clap, and move to the music during these engaging programs.

Musical Rainbow Series sponsored by
and endowed by the Pysht Fund.

All artists and programs subject to change.

The Cleveland Orchestra's annual series of one-hour Education Concerts for area schools has introduced more than three million children to classical music since 1918.

This "Music Revolutionaries" program features works by many renowned composers, including W.A.Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner, Béla Bartók, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and John Adams.

Call (216) 231-7355 to receive a brochure and reservation form. Or click here. Reservations accepted by mail or fax only.

Teachers receive a comprehensive array of free classroom resources prior to the concerts including the Teacher's Guide, The Score student newspaper, classroom lessons from volunteer Docents CDs of concert music, plus a video broadcast on WVIZ-TV. Those attending a Teacher Workshop at Severance Hall receive extra lesson plans and materials to prepare students for Education Concerts.

The Music Revolutionaries Education Concert is Supported by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, The Plain Dealer, the Max Ratner Education Fund, the William N. Skirball Endowment for Education Programs, Cleveland Clinic Foundation and many other donors.

All artists and programs subject to change.

The Cleveland Orchestra's annual series of one-hour Education Concerts for area schools has introduced more than three million children to classical music since 1918.

This "Dancing with DDvořák" program features well known works by Antonín Dvořák and Johannes Brahms.

Call (216) 231-7355 to receive a brochure and reservation form. Or click here. Reservations accepted by mail or fax only.

Teachers receive a comprehensive array of free classroom resources prior to the concerts including the Teacher's Guide, The Score student newspaper, classroom lessons from volunteer Docents CDs of concert music, plus a video broadcast on WVIZ-TV. Those attending a Teacher Workshop at Severance Hall receive extra lesson plans and materials to prepare students for Education Concerts.

For more information on the Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet, click here.

Family Series sponsored by Giant Eagle

The Dancing with Dvorak Education Concert is Supported by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, The Plain Dealer, the Max Ratner Education Fund, the William N. Skirball Endowment for Education Programs, Cleveland Clinic Foundation and many other donors.

Csárdás Dance Company is supported by Ohio Arts Council.

All artists and programs subject to change.

The Pops brings you the magic and romance of acoustic guitar with Esteban. Program includes "Fuego Malaguena", "Runaway", "Besame Mucho", "Sedona Sunrise", "Here Comes the Sun", "Duende", plus more of the world's most beloved melodies.

Presented by the Cleveland Pops Orchestra

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The Cleveland Orchestra is joined by members of the Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet and Csárdás Dance Company Youth Ensemble for this concert that celebrates the music of Antonin Dvorák and the art of dance.

Family Series sponsored by Giant Eagle

Media partner: Cleveland Family Magazine

Csárdás Dance Company is supported by Ohio Arts Council.<

All artists and programs subject to change.

Free Admission, tickets are required. Tickets become available on February 1. Limit 4 tickets per household.

Composer-conductor Peter Eötvös opens the program with the U.S. premiere of his own new concerto with pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich. Peter Eötvös also conducts Bartók's brilliant and evocative Concerto for Orchestra, one of the greatest orchestral showpieces ever written, requiring verve and virtuosity from every musician on stage. However, due to temporary muscular pain, under direction of his physician and with deep regret, Pierre-Laurent Aimard is not able to perform the Bartók Piano Concerto No. 2 originally scheduled for April 24 and 26: the Bartók Piano Concerto No. 2 will be replaced by Zoltán Kodály’s Dances of Galanta.

Concert sponsor:
a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence

Concert sponsor: The Codrington Foundation

Concert Preview "Meet the Composer", featuring Peter Eötvös in conversation with Peter Laki, visiting assistant professor at Bard College, begins at 7:00 p.m. and is free for all concert ticket holders.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard's appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by the Malcolm E. Kenney Artist-in-Residence Fund

All artists and programs subject to change.

Composer-conductor Peter Eötvös conducts a program featuring Bartók's brilliant and evocative Concerto for Orchestra, one of the greatest orchestral showpieces ever written, requiring verve and virtuosity from every musician on stage. However, due to temporary muscular pain, under direction of his physician and with deep regret, Pierre-Laurent Aimard is not able to perform the original program scheduled for April 25: the Bartók Piano Concerto No. 2 will be replaced by Zoltan Kodály’s Dances of Galanta.

Concert Preview "Redefining the Concerto", with speaker Rose Breckenridge, Cleveland Orchestra Music Study Groups administrator and lecturer, begins at 10:00 a.m. and is free for all concert ticket holders.

The Cleveland Orchestra's Friday Morning Concert Series is endowed by the Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Foundation

All artists and programs subject to change.