News Release
Single Tickets on Sale Now for
The Cleveland Orchestra's 2010-11 Season
Mitsuko Uchida Valentine’s Day Recital Tickets on Sale
New Severance PassCard Offers Subscription Flexibility
Release Date: September 3, 2010
Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra.
Photo by Roger Mastroianni
Single tickets are now on sale for The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2010-11 season, which opens with Music Director Franz Welser-Möst conducting Stravinsky’s groundbreaking Rite of Spring at Severance Hall on September 23 and September 25 and at John Adams High School in Cleveland on September 24. This season’s Severance Hall concerts continue through May 29, 2011.
2010-11 Highlights
This season, The Cleveland Orchestra presents a special focus on the music of Anton Bruckner, the famed Austrian composer whose music Franz Welser-Möst has championed through live performances, telecasts, and DVD recordings. Following the Orchestra’s four DVDs of Bruckner symphonies (including its most recent recording of the Symphony No. 8 at Severance Hall released in August 2010), the Orchestra will perform these four Bruckner symphonies in concerts across three continents this season, culminating in performances at the Lincoln Center Festival from July 13-17, 2011. Performances at Severance Hall are Symphony No. 7 on September 30 and October 2, and Symphony No. 5 on May 12-14.
During the 2010-11 season, Franz Welser-Möst leads the Orchestra and an international cast headed by the baritone Simon Keenlyside in Don Giovanni, the final installment of the three-season Mozart/Da Ponte opera cycle, with fully staged performances at Severance Hall on March 19, 22, 24, and 27, 2011.
Guest conductors making their Cleveland Orchestra debuts in 2010-11 are Jiří Bĕlohlávek, Andrey Boreyko, Thomas Dausgaard, and Vladimir Jurowski. Other artists debuting this season are sopranos Eva Mei and Jessica Rivera, tenor Shawn Mathey, baritone Reinhard Mayr, and bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni. Violinist Julia Fischer, cellist Alban Gerhardt, and pianists David Fray and Kirill Gerstein will mark their Severance Hall debuts – they have performed with the Orchestra in prior seasons at Blossom Music Center.
Pianist Mitsuko Uchida will perform a solo recital at Severance Hall on Valentine’s Day, Monday, February 14, with Beethoven’s Sonata in E minor, Opus 90, Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze, Opus 6, and Chopin’s Prelude in C-sharp minor, Opus 45, and Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Opus 58.
The Orchestra will perform four concerts in the Celebrity Series: Michael Feinstein’s The Sinatra Project, Holiday Movie Magic with conductor Richard Kaufman, an evening with Dave Brubeck and his jazz quartet, and jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.
Grammy-winning sextet eighth blackbird will perform in the Cleveland Orchestra premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s On A Wire on May 27. It will be the final concert of the popular Fridays@7 series, which offers an early (7 p.m.) start time, no intermission, and post-concert party with live world music. eighth blackbird will conclude the Severance Hall season on May 29 in an ensemble performance of contemporary music.
The Musically Speaking series returns, using narrators and multimedia programs to immerse listeners in the context of the music on each program, and the Orchestra’s new Artist-in-Residence, Ton Koopman, lends his expertise to BaroqueFest, a series of concerts and events from April 28 to May 8.
Family offerings at Severance Hall include three one-hour Family Concerts with The Cleveland Orchestra, and a choice of five PNC Musical Rainbow concerts for children ages 3 to 6. The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra celebrates its 25th season in the coming year with a world premiere on May 22 conducted by Youth Orchestra music director James Feddeck.
Perennially popular Christmas Concerts by the Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, and guests run from December 10-19. The Vienna Boys Choir (December 15), Burning River Brass (December 22), and PNC Holiday Rainbows complete the holiday offerings.
New Severance PassCard Now Available
The new Severance PassCard, the most flexible package ever offered by The Cleveland Orchestra, provides subscription flexibility by giving patrons the ability to attend up to 10 concerts for just $30 per ticket. The Severance PassCard, priced at $300, gives the pass holder access to the best available seats (boxes excluded) for any Cleveland Orchestra concert during the 2010-11 season at Severance Hall, excluding Celebrity Series and Holiday Festival concerts.
To obtain tickets, Severance PassCard holders call the Ticket Office beginning the Monday before a concert that they would like to attend and ask for the best available seats. This provides patrons who regularly buy individual tickets to selected concerts throughout the season with complete control over their schedule.
Only 500 Severance PassCards will be available for sale. The purchase deadline is Monday, November 1, 2010. Severance PassCards can be purchased through the Severance Hall Ticket Office by phone at (216) 231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or in person.
Severance Access Series
Introduced a year ago, the Severance Access Series offers five concerts at the deeply discounted price of $99. Local corporations and foundations, led by Forest City Enterprises and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, have subsidized this discount to help the Orchestra attract new and young subscribers. Some limitations on exchange privileges and seating also come with this price. A limited number of Access subscriptions will be available for sale. Access subscriptions can be purchased by calling or visiting the Severance Hall Subscription Office.
The Orchestra offers a variety of money-saving ticket packages. To learn more, visit clevelandorchestra.com.
Single Tickets on Sale
Single tickets are on sale now for all concerts. Tickets are available online (with a print-at-home option) or through the Severance Hall Ticket Office by phone and walk-up sales.
Parking passes can also be ordered online and printed at home.
For more information, call the Ticket Office at (216) 231-1111 or 800-686-1141, visit online at clevelandorchestra.com, or visit in person, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106. Open 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Beginning Saturday, September 11, the Ticket Office will also be open on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. The Ticket Office is closed Sundays and holidays, except for those days with performances, when the Ticket Office opens 3 hours before concert start time.
Group Sales (groups of 10 or more): Call the Cleveland Orchestra Group Sales Office at Severance Hall at (216) 231-7463 or email groupsales@clevelandorchestra.com for information.
For information about parking for Severance Hall concerts, click here.
All artists and programs are subject to change.
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2010-11 Season at Severance Hall
Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, SEPTEMBER 25 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Laura Claycomb, soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus
TAKEMITSU Dream/Window – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
BACH Lutheran Mass in F major, BWV 233 – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Thursday, SEPTEMBER 30 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, OCTOBER 2 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7
Friday, OCTOBER 1 at 7 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Fridays@7
TAKEMITSU Dream/Window
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”)
Thursday, OCTOBER 7 at 8 p.m.
Friday, OCTOBER 8 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, OCTOBER 9 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, OCTOBER 10 at 3 p.m.
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano – Severance Hall debut
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RAVEL La Valse
Saturday, OCTOBER 16 at 8 p.m.
Celebrity Series – MICHAEL FEINSTEIN: THE SINATRA PROJECT
The Cleveland Orchestra
James Feddeck, conductor
Michael Feinstein, singer and pianist
Five-time Grammy-nominated singer and pianist Michael Feinstein takes the stage with The Cleveland Orchestra for an evening of classic songs popularized by Frank Sinatra, including “Exactly Like You,” “Fools Rush In,” and “I’ve Got a Crush on You.”
Thursday, OCTOBER 21 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, OCTOBER 23 at 8 p.m.
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
HINDEMITH Symphony, “Mathis der Maler”
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”)
Friday, OCTOBER 22 at 11 a.m.
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
HINDEMITH Symphony, “Mathis der Maler”
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”)
Thursday, OCTOBER 28 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, OCTOBER 30 at 8 p.m.
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Christopher Maltman, baritone
William Preucil, violin
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
HAYDN Symphony No. 22 (“The Philosopher”) – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Mystical Songs
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219 (“Turkish”)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Toward the Unknown Region – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
Thursday, NOVEMBER 4 at 8 p.m.
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cello – Severance Hall debut
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso
PINTSCHER Reflections on Narcissus, for cello and orchestra – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
RAVEL Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”)
DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Saturday, NOVEMBER 27 at 8 p.m.
Hans Graf, conductor
Women of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
SAARIAHO Asteroid 4179: Toutatis – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
MOZART Symphony No. 41 (“Jupiter”), K. 551
HOLST The Planets – An HD Odyssey
Sunday, NOVEMBER 28 at 3 p.m.
Hans Graf, conductor
Women of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Musically Speaking
SAARIAHO Asteroid 4179: Toutatis – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
MOZART Symphony No. 41 (“Jupiter”), K. 551
HOLST The Planets – An HD Odyssey
Thursday, DECEMBER 2 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, DECEMBER 4 at 8 p.m.
Pinchas Steinberg, conductor
Franklin Cohen, clarinet
NICOLAI Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
NIELSEN Clarinet Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”)
Friday, DECEMBER 3 at 7 p.m.
Pinchas Steinberg, conductor
Fridays@7
NICOLAI Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
MAHLER Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”)
Wednesday, DECEMBER 8 at 8 p.m.
Celebrity Series – HOLIDAY MOVIE MAGIC
The Cleveland Orchestra
Richard Kaufman, conductor
Film, television, and pops conductor Richard Kaufman leads The Cleveland Orchestra in music from classic holiday movies including Miracle on 34th Street, Polar Express, White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Home Alone. Movies stills will be projected onscreen.
Thursday, DECEMBER 16 at 8 p.m.
Celebrity Series – AN EVENING WITH DAVE BRUBECK
The Cleveland Orchestra
Russell Gloyd, conductor
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Pianist Dave Brubeck and his legendary jazz quartet perform with The Cleveland Orchestra in celebration of Brubeck’s 90th birthday. The evening will include many hits from the platinum-selling album Time Out, including “Take Five,” “Blue Rondo à la Turk,” and “Three to Get Ready.”
Thursday, JANUARY 6 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, JANUARY 8 at 8 p.m.
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Richard King, horn
WIDMANN Con brio: Concert Overture
MOZART Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
Friday, JANUARY 7 at 11 a.m.
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
WIDMANN Con brio: Concert Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
Thursday, JANUARY 13 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, JANUARY 15 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Radu Lupu, piano
WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”)
Friday, JANUARY 14 at 7 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Fridays@7
WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser
R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”)
Thursday, JANUARY 20 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, JANUARY 22 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
R. STRAUSS: “Träumerei am Kamin” from Intermezzo
HOSOKAWA Woven Dreams – U.S. PREMIERE
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2
BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Friday, JANUARY 21 at 11 a.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
HOSOKAWA Woven Dreams – U.S. PREMIERE
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2
R. STRAUSS: “Träumerei am Kamin” from Intermezzo
Friday, FEBRUARY 11 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, FEBRUARY 12 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, FEBRUARY 13 at 3 p.m.
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
MUSSORGSKY Prelude to Khovanshchina
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony
Monday, FEBRUARY 14 at 8 p.m.
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Mitsuko Uchida in Recital
BEETHOVEN Sonata in E minor, Opus 90
SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze, Opus 6
CHOPIN Prelude in C-sharp minor, Opus 45
CHOPIN Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Opus 58
Thursday, FEBRUARY 17 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, FEBRUARY 19 at 8 p.m.
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1
NIELSEN Symphony No. 4 (“The Inextinguishable”)
Friday, FEBRUARY 18 at 11 a.m.
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1
NIELSEN Symphony No. 4 (“The Inextinguishable”)
Thursday, FEBRUARY 24 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, FEBRUARY 26 at 8 p.m.
Andrey Boreyko, conductor – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Robert Walters, english horn
STRAVINSKY Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss
VASKS English Horn Concerto – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
Sunday, FEBRUARY 27 at 3 p.m.
Andrey Boreyko, conductor – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Musically Speaking – Beyond the Score®
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
Thursday, MARCH 10 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, MARCH 12 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Jessica Rivera, soprano – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Nathan Berg, bass-baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
DVOŘÁK Te Deum – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
Saturday, MARCH 19 at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, MARCH 22 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, MARCH 24 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, MARCH 27 at 3 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Simon Keenlyside, baritone (Don Giovanni)
Eva Mei, soprano (Donna Anna) – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Malin Hartelius, soprano (Donna Elvira)
Ruben Drole, baritone (Leporello)
Shawn Mathey, tenor (Don Ottavio) – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Martina Janková, soprano (Zerlina)
Reinhard Mayr, baritone (Masetto) – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Alfred Muff, bass-baritone (Commendatore)
Cleveland Orchestra Opera Chorus
MOZART Don Giovanni, K. 527 – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
(Sung in Italian with English supertitles)
Thursday, MARCH 31 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, APRIL 2 at 8 p.m.
Jiří Bĕlohlávek, conductor – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Horacio Gutiérrez, piano
HAYDN Symphony No. 96 (“The Miracle”)
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
Friday, APRIL 1 at 7 p.m.
Jiří Bĕlohlávek, conductor – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Horacio Gutiérrez, piano
Fridays@7
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
Thursday, APRIL 21 at 8 p.m.
Friday, APRIL 22 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, APRIL 23 at 8 p.m.
Kurt Masur, conductor
David Fray, piano – Severance Hall debut
MENDELSSOHN Overture, “The Hebrides” (“Fingal’s Cave”)\
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Thursday, APRIL 28 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, APRIL 30 at 8 p.m.
Ton Koopman, conductor
BACH Suite No. 1 for Orchestra, BWV 1066
HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks
HAYDN Symphony No. 104 (“London”)
Friday, APRIL 29 at 8 p.m.
Celebrity Series – DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER
The Cleveland Orchestra
Sasha Mäkilä, conductor
Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocalist
Grammy-Award-winning jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and The Cleveland Orchestra pay tribute to the “First Lady of Song,” Ella Fitzgerald, with a night of her hidden gems and best-loved jazz hits plus other favorites including Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were” and “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music.
Friday, MAY 6 at 11 a.m.
Ton Koopman, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello
C.P.E. BACH Sinfonia in D major, Wq. 183, No. 1 – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
C.P.E. BACH Cello Concerto in A major, Wq. 172 – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
HAYDN Symphony No. 98
Sunday, MAY 8 at 3 p.m.
Ton Koopman, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello
Musically Speaking
C.P.E. BACH Sinfonia in D major, Wq. 183, No. 1 – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
C.P.E. BACH Cello Concerto in A major, Wq. 172 – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
C.P.E. BACH Sinfonia in G major, Wq. 183, No. 4 – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
HAYDN Symphony No. 98
Thursday, MAY 12 at 8 p.m.
Friday, MAY 13 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, MAY 14 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin – Severance Hall debut
BERG Violin Concerto
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 5
Thursday, MAY 19 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, MAY 21 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
ADAMS Guide to Strange Places
HAYDN Piano Concerto in D major
STRAVINSKY Capriccio (for piano and orchestra)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
Friday, MAY 20 at 11 a.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
ADAMS Guide to Strange Places
HAYDN Piano Concerto in D major
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
Thursday, MAY 26 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, MAY 28 at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Joshua Smith, flute
Malin Hartelius, soprano
Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano
John Tessier, tenor
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
WIDMANN Flute Concerto – WORLD PREMIERE
ROSSINI Stabat Mater
Friday, MAY 27 at 7 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Joshua Smith, flute
eighth blackbird, sextet – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Fridays@7
ADAMS Doctor Atomic Symphony
WIDMANN Flute Concerto – WORLD PREMIERE
HIGDON On A Wire – Concerto for eighth blackbird and Orchestra – FIRST CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE
Sunday, MAY 29 at 7 p.m.
eighth blackbird
Tim Munro, flutes
Michael Maccaferri, clarinets
Matt Albert, violin/viola
Nicholas Photinos, cello
Matthew Duvall, percussion
Lisa Kaplan, piano
The Grammy-winning sextet shows off its virtuosity and theatrical flair in an absorbing and entertaining program featuring a kaleidoscope of diverse modern works for chamber ensemble.
Program to be announced
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
