Celebrate Rodgers & Hammerstein's legendary music and lyrics as performed by The Blossom Festival Orchestra and conducted by George Daugherty on Saturday and Sunday, September 1 & 2, 8:30 p.m.. These performances feature projected BIG-SCREEN moments from Rodgers and Hammerstein's celebrated masterpieces, including The Sound of Music, Carousel, Oklahoma!, The King and I, South Pacific, and others.

*Fireworks follow the Sunday concert, weather permitting.

Come early for the "All-American Cookout" featuring specialty concessions prepared by Blossom chefs. Prices vary according to selection.

The September 1st Concert is supported by:
a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence.

September 2nd Concert co-sponsors: Dix & Eaton
and The Strongsville Blossom Women's Committee

All artists and programs subject to change.

Starring: Tim Bowman, Jeff Golub, Gerald Albright and Kirk Whalum

Tickets go on sale Monday, July 30th

All artists and programs subject to change.

Carl Topilow conducts the CIM Orchestra in the first of their annual free concerts

TICKETS: Free admission, tickets required. For tickets, call the Severance Hall Ticket Office at (216) 231-1111 beginning August 20, 2007.

Presented in honor of Key Foundation, and in cooperation with the Musical Arts Association

All artists and programs subject to change.

Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra open the 2007-08 Severance Hall season with Tchaikovsky’s final work, the compelling Sixth Symphony, premiered just nine days before the composer’s sudden and mysterious death. Nicknamed the “Pathétique” by Tchaikovsky’s brother, this final masterpiece is filled with lyrical warmth and brooding, soulful melodies. The concert begins with a spirited symphony by the young Mozart juxtaposed with the American premiere of a passionate newer work by German composer Matthias Pintscher.

Concert Preview: Season Overview: A Musician's Perspective

Preview Speakers: Musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra in conversation with Frank Dans, artistic administrator for The Cleveland Orchestra

Season sponsor:
a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence

All artists and programs subject to change.

Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra open the 2007-08 Severance Hall season with Tchaikovsky’s final work, the compelling Sixth Symphony, premiered just nine days before the composer’s sudden and mysterious death. Nicknamed the “Pathétique” by Tchaikovsky’s brother, this final masterpiece is filled with lyrical warmth and brooding, soulful melodies. The concert begins with a spirited symphony by the young Mozart juxtaposed with the American premiere of a passionate newer work by German composer Matthias Pintscher.

Concert Preview: Season Overview: A Musician's Perspective

Preview Speakers: Musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra in conversation with Frank Dans, artistic administrator for The Cleveland Orchestra

Season sponsor:
a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence

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.

Vladimir Ashkenazy returns to lead The Cleveland Orchestra, soloists and chorus in a rare performance of Grieg’s incidental music to Ibsen’s fanciful play Peer Gynt, complete with theatrical staging. Tracing the life, loves, and learning of the Norwegian anti-hero Peer around the world, this fantastical and fun-filled story explores modern understandings of choice, identity, and self. Grieg’s exquisite music, written for the play’s stage debut in 1876 at Ibsen’s request, amplifies the play’s scenic and action-packed adventures — from the well-known “In the Hall of the Mountain King” to an unforgettable dawn masterfully painted in music across the African desert sky. John de Lancie, well known for his portrayal of “Q” in Star Trek, provides well-tuned English narration for these performances.

Concert Preview Speaker: Tim Scholl, Professor of Russian, Oberlin College

This concert is supported by:
a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence

All artists and programs subject to change.