News Release
FRANZ WELSER-MÖST conducts The Cleveland Orchestra
in Weekend of Concert at Blossom Festival August 7 and 8
featuring Brahms's Symphony No. 2 and
Strauss's “Ein Heldenleben”
August 7: Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in Brahms’s Symphony No. 2
August 8: Franz leads program featuring Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”)
Concerts preview Orchestra’s August tour of European music festivals
Release Date: July 9, 2010
Saturday, August 7
Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra
at the Blossom Festival Photo: Roger Mastroianni
Music Director Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in a concert featuring Johannes Brahms’s Symphony No. 2 at the Blossom Festival on Saturday, August 7, at 8 p.m. The program also features Charles Ives’s From the Steeples and the Mountains and the orchestral Suite from Alban Berg’s opera Lulu.
Sunday, August 8
Franz Welser-Möst leads the Orchestra in a program featuring Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”) on Sunday, August 8, at 7 p.m. The program also features Claude Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 4.
Mr. Welser-Möst will conduct the repertoire performed on Saturday and Sunday during the Orchestra’s European festivals tour August 17-29.
Franz Welser-Möst begins his ninth season as Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra in September 2010. His long-term commitment extends to the Orchestra’s centennial in 2018. Also in September, Mr. Welser-Möst adds the position of General Music Director of the Vienna States Opera to his year-round schedule. In recent seasons, Mr. Welser-Möst has been active with DVD and CD recording projects, including DVD recordings of the Bruckner Symphonies Nos. 5, 7, and 9 with The Cleveland Orchestra. In August, Mr. Welser-Möst and the Orchestra will record Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 during live performances in Severance Hall, for future release on DVD. Newly released on CD and DVD on the Deutsche Grammophon label is the Vienna Philharmonic’s “Summer Night Concert” at Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace conducted by Mr. Welser-Möst in June 2010. Also just released on Deutsche Grammophon is The Cleveland Orchestra’s CD recording of music by Wagner, conducted by Mr. Welser-Möst and featuring soprano Measha Brueggergosman in Wagner’s Wesendonck Songs. In addition to leading the above-mentioned European tour in August, Mr. Welser-Möst will conduct The Cleveland Orchestra in concerts during a tour to Japan and Korea in November 2010. The centerpiece of the tour is a Cleveland Orchestra Residency at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, with four concerts at the acclaimed venue.
Select Your Own Seats
This summer, for the first time, Blossom patrons can select their own seats online. Clicking on any “Buy Ticket” button will link to the Ticket Reservations page. This ticket ordering page automatically displays the new “Select Your Own Seat” option (if applicable). Patrons may alternatively select the “Choose Best Available” option.
Print-at-Home Tickets
This summer, for the first time, Blossom patrons have the option of printing their tickets at home. Choose the new “Print-at-Home” option on the Delivery Method page during checkout at clevelandorchestra.com.
The August 7 concert is co-sponsored by Frantz Ward LLP, the Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust, and The Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation. The August 8 concert is sponsored by NAACO Industries, Inc. and The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation.
Media Partner for August 7 is WKSU 89.7 FM. Media Partner for August 8 is WCLV 104.9 FM.
TICKET INFORMATION
Severance Hall Ticket Office, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106. Open 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Blossom Box Office (in-person only). Open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 1:00-5:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. through intermission on Blossom Festival concert dates.
Group Sales: Discounts available for groups of 10 or more. Call the Cleveland Orchestra Group Sales Office at Severance Hall at (216) 231-7463 for more information.
Parking: Free parking is available for all performances.
Venue information: Blossom Music Center, which opened in 1968 as the summer home of The Cleveland Orchestra, is located at 1145 Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls, 25 miles south of Cleveland, just north of Akron, Ohio.
Calendar Selections
Saturday, August 7, 2010, at 8:00 p.m.
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Franz Conducts Brahms
Ives: From the Steeples and the Mountains
Berg: Suite from Lulu
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Pavilion Tickets: $27, $32, $43; Box Seats: $83.
Lawn Tickets: $19; Two children (ages 12 and under) are admitted free to the Lawn with each purchased Adult Lawn Ticket. Kids’ Lawn Passes are available at the Blossom Box Office, the Severance Hall Ticket Office, and online.
To order: (216) 231-1111, 800-686-1141 or clevelandorchestra.com
Location: Blossom Music Center, 1145 Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls
New This Year: Print-at-home tickets!
Sunday, August 1, 2010, at 7:00 p.m.
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Franz Conducts Strauss
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Schubert: Symphony No. 4
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”)
Pavilion Tickets: $27, $32, $43; Box Seats: $83.
Lawn Tickets: $19; Two children (ages 12 and under) are admitted free to the Lawn with each purchased Adult Lawn Ticket. Kids’ Lawn Passes are available at the Blossom Box Office, the Severance Hall Ticket Office, and online.
To order: (216) 231-1111, 800-686-1141 or clevelandorchestra.com
Location: Blossom Music Center, 1145 Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls
New This Year: Print-at-home tickets!
All artists and programs are subject to change.
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Contacts
Jennifer Schlosser, (216) 231-7518; Email
Ana Papakhian, Office: (216) 231-7476; Cell phone: (216) 370-2595; Email
