News Release
Andrey Boreyko makes his Cleveland Orchestra debut
in concerts featuring Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5
Robert Walters is soloist in Pēteris Vasks’s English Horn Concerto
Sunday’s “Musically Speaking” –Beyond the Score® program illuminates music through multimedia approach
Release date: February 3, 2011
Thursday, February 24, Saturday, February 26, and Sunday, February 27
Andrey Boreyko
Photo by Ulla-Carin Ekblom
Robert Walters
Photo by Roger Mastroianni
Russian conductor Andrey Boreyko, now in his second season as music director of the Düsseldorf Symphony, will make his debut with The Cleveland Orchestra in programs featuring Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Opus 100, at Severance Hall on Thursday, February 24, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, February 26, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, February 27, at 3 p.m. On Thursday and Saturday, the program begins with Stravinsky’s Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss, followed by Cleveland Orchestra solo English horn player Robert Walters performing as soloist in Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks’s English Horn Concerto, composed in 1989.
For a link to a preview article about Andrey Boreyko’s Cleveland Orchestra debut, click here. For a video about Robert Walters, professor of oboe and English horn at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, click here.
“MUSICALLY SPEAKING – BEYOND THE SCORE®” CONCERT
The Sunday afternoon concert is the second in this season’s “Musically Speaking” series of Cleveland Orchestra performances with a fresh perspective on classical music for both new and experienced listeners. Sunday’s concert, which focuses on one work, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, employs the format of Beyond the Score®, a series created by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
For a video about the multi-media Beyond the Score® program format, click here.
Designed not only for classical music aficionados, but also for newcomers looking to delve deeper into the world of classical music, the first half of each Beyond the Score® program offers a multi-media examination of the selected score – its context in history, how it fits into the composer’s output of works, and the details of the composer’s life that influenced its creation. As written and created by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s creative director, Gerard McBurney, Beyond the Score® shares the illuminating stories found inside the music, through narrative and video, calling on the orchestra to provide live musical examples that illustrate the structure of each composition.
Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Conductor Sasha Mäkilä will lead the multi-media examination of Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 on the first half of the program. On the second half, the Orchestra will perform the Prokofiev work straight through, conducted by Mr. Boreyko.
The following Northeast Ohio actors appear in the first half of the program:
- Robert Hawkes (Narrator and Historian) has performed at the Beck Center for the Arts, Dobama Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, the Cleveland and Ohio Shakespeare Festivals, and convergence-continuum, among many other local companies and venues.
- Brian Pedaci (Sergei Prokofiev) has appeared with the Bad Epitaph Theater Company, Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, Dobama Theatre, Great Lakes Theater Company, and The Working Theater.
- Terence Cranendonk (multiple roles of Prokofiev’s father; various friends of Prokofiev; the composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Igor Stravinsky, and Aram Khachaturian; the Broadway composer Vernon Duke; the Soviet politician and diplomat Vyacheslav Molotov, Stalin’s second-in-command; the revolutionary, politician, art connoisseur and critic, and journalist Anatoly Lunacharsky; and the Russian/Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein) has appeared with the Cleveland Play House, Cleveland Public Theatre, and New World Performance Lab.
- Bernadette Clemens (Soviet wartime official and a narrator of Peter and the Wolf) has performed locally at the Beck Center for the Performing Arts, Cleveland Play House, Cleveland Public Theatre, Dobama Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, and the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, in addition to her New York theater credits. She is Leadership Development Officer for The Cleveland Orchestra.
- John Simmons (Prokofiev at the piano) is a member of the faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he serves as coach of the CIM Opera Theater.
Terence Cranendonk appeared with The Cleveland Orchestra in Musically Speaking concerts in November 2009 and January 2010. The other performers will be making their Cleveland Orchestra debuts with this concert.
The third and final “Musically Speaking” concert of the 2010-11 season (“Haydn and C.P.E. Bach”) will take place on Sunday, May 8, 2011.
FREE CONCERT PREVIEWS
On February 24 and 26, Rose Breckenridge, Cleveland Orchestra Music Study Groups administrator and lecturer, will give a Concert Preview titled “Northern Lights” in Reinberger Chamber Hall at 7 p.m. This series is funded by a generous endowment gift from Dorothy Humel Hovorka.
FREE PRELUDE CONCERT ON SUNDAY
Another aspect of the “Musically Speaking” series is the Prelude Concert of chamber music performances given by members of the Orchestra in Reinberger Chamber Hall beginning at 2:00 p.m. These extremely popular programs highlight interesting connections with the music on the program for that afternoon’s Orchestra concert. The February 27 Prelude Concert features three movements from Prokofiev’s Quintet in G minor, Opus 39, performed by oboist Elizabeth Camus, clarinetist Robert Woolfrey, violinist Miho Hashizume, violist Eliesha Nelson, and bassist Kevin Switalski, and Shostakovich’s Two Pieces for string octet, Opus 11, performed by violinists Jung Min Amy Lee, Takako Masame, Miho Hashizume, and Alicia Koelz; violists Lynne Ramsey and Joanna Patterson; and cellists Tanya Ell and Ralph Curry.
SELECT YOUR OWN SEATS
Severance Hall patrons can select their own seats online. Clicking on any “Buy Ticket” button on the calendar will link to the Ticket Reservations page. This ticket ordering page automatically displays the “Select Your Own Seat” option (if applicable). Patrons may alternatively select the “Choose Best Available” option.
PRINT-AT-HOME TICKETS
Severance Hall patrons have the option of printing their tickets at home. Choose the “Print-at-Home” option on the Delivery Method page during online checkout.
Musically Speaking is made possible in part through the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation.
Beyond the Score® is produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Gerard McBurney, creative director, Beyond the Score®
Martha Gilmer, executive producer, Beyond the Score®
Ticket and Parking Information
Ticket Prices: (Add $5 for Saturday): Orchestra: $71, $47; Dress Circle: $93, $55; Balcony: $71, $55, $31.
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 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday-Friday and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. 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.
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.
Calendar Listing
Thursday, February 24, 2011, at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 26, 2011, at 8:00 p.m.
(Free Concert Preview one hour before concerts)
The Cleveland Orchestra
Andrey Boreyko, conductor
Robert Walters, English horn
Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony
Stravinsky: Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss
Vasks: English Horn Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Tickets: (Add $5 for Saturday) $31, $47, $55, $71, $93
To order: 216-231-1111, 800-686-1141, or online to select your own seats and print your tickets at home
Location: Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
Sunday, February 27, 2011, at 3:00 p.m.
(Free Prelude Concert one hour before concert)
The Cleveland Orchestra
Andrey Boreyko, conductor
Sasha Mäkilä, conductor
Robert Hawkes, narrator
Brian Pedaci, actor
Terence Cranendonk, actor
Bernadette Clemens, actor
John Simmons, piano
Prokofiev’s Fifth
Musically Speaking – Beyond the Score®
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Tickets: $31, $47, $55, $71, $93
To order: 216-231-1111, 800-686-1141, or onlineto 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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Press Contacts
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