News Release
Franz Welser-Möst leads The Cleveland Orchestra
in program featuring the Brahms Violin Concerto
with Lisa Batiashvili as soloist on
January 12, 13, and 14 at Severance Hall
Concerts begin three-week mini-festival featuring the three solo concertos of Johannes Brahms
Release date: December 20, 2011
ANNOUNCEMENT: January 9, 2012
Violinist Lisa Batiashvili, who was originally scheduled to perform at this weekend’s concerts, has regretfully been obliged to cancel her Cleveland appearance due to illness. Julian Rachlin has kindly agreed to replace Ms. Batiashvili for these performances. Mr. Rachlin is making his Cleveland Orchestra debut.
Franz Welser-Möst
Photo by Don Snyder
Lisa Batiashvili
Photo by Anja Frers / DG
Thursday, January 12, at 8 p.m.
Friday, January 13, at 11 a.m.
Saturday, January 14, at 8 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall concerts featuring Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 77, with Lisa Batiashvili as soloist. The program for the evening concerts also includes Kaija Saariaho’s Orion and three of the symphonic poems from Bedřich Smetana’s Má Vlast (“My Homeland”), including The Moldau, the most famous of the six pieces in the cycle. For the Friday morning concert, which is performed without intermission, the program will consist of the works by Brahms and Saariaho.
These concerts begin a three-week presentation of the three solo concertos of Johannes Brahms, with violinist Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Yefim Bronfman. This mini-festival features the Violin Concerto and both Piano Concertos, and concludes with a recital of Brahms chamber music performed by Mr. Bronfman and members of The Cleveland Orchestra on Sunday, February 5.
Violinist Lisa Batiashvili made her Cleveland Orchestra debut at the Blossom Festival in August 2000, as soloist in the Beethoven Violin Concerto. These concerts mark her Severance Hall debut.
To watch a video of Lisa Batiashvili performing in an extended excerpt from Brahms’s “Double” Concerto for Violin and Cello (with cellist Truls Mørk), click here.
FREE CONCERT PREVIEWS
Beginning one hour prior to the concerts on January 12 and 14, a Concert Preview titled “Beloved Favorites” will be given in Reinberger Chamber Hall by Rose Breckenridge, Cleveland Orchestra Music Study Groups administrator and lecturer. Beginning one hour prior to the Friday Morning Concert on January 13, Ms. Breckenridge will give the Concert Preview talk in the Concert Hall. This series is funded by a generous endowment gift from Dorothy Humel Hovorka.
These concerts are sponsored by Eaton Corporation, 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.
Lisa Batiashvili’s appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by a contribution to the Orchestra’s Guest Artist Fund from The Eleanore T. and Joseph E. Adams Fund.
Ticket and Parking Information
JANUARY 12 TICKET PRICES
Orchestra: $64, $44; Dress Circle: $87, $50; Balcony: $64, $50, $31.
JANUARY 13 FRIDAY MORNING CONCERT TICKET PRICES
Orchestra: $52, $40; Dress Circle: $64, $40; Balcony: $52, $40, $28.
JANUARY 14 TICKET PRICES
Orchestra: $69, $50; Dress Circle: $93, $57; Balcony: $69, $57, $39.
Call the Ticket Office at 216-231-1111 for Box seat availability.
Ticket Office
The Severance Hall Ticket Office is located in the Smith Lobby. The entrance and 15-minute Ticket Service parking are along East Boulevard. The Ticket Office is open 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday-Friday, and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The office is closed Sundays and holidays, except for those days with performances, when it 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 216-231-7493 or email groupsales@clevelandorchestra.com for information.
Parking
For information about parking for Severance Hall concerts, click here.
Venue information
Severance Hall, which opened in 1931 as the home of The Cleveland Orchestra, is located at 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
For more information or to order tickets, call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or visit online.
Calendar Listing
Thursday, January 12, 2012, at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 14, 2012, at 8:00 p.m.
(Free Concert Preview one hour before each concert)
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Brahms Violin Concerto
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Saariaho: Orion
Smetana: Three Movements from Má Vlast (“My Homeland”)
Tickets: $31-$93
To order: 216-231-1111, 800-686-1141, or visit online to select your own seats and print your tickets at home
Location: Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
Friday, January 13, 2012, at 11:00 a.m.
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Brahms Violin Concerto
Saariaho: Orion
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Tickets: $28-$64
To order: 216-231-1111, 800-686-1141, or visit online to select your own seats and print your tickets at home
Location: Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
All artists and programs are subject to change.
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