News Release
Pianist Yefim Bronfman performs in all-Brahms
chamber music concert on February 5 at Severance Hall
Four Cleveland Orchestra principal musicians join celebrated pianist
in performance of Brahms’s Quintet for Piano and Strings
Release date: November 28, 2011
Sunday, February 5, at 2 p.m
Yefim Bronfman
Photo © Dario Acosta
Pianist Yefim Bronfman will appear in an all-Brahms program of chamber music in Severance Hall’s Reinberger Chamber Hall on Sunday, February 5, at 2 p.m. The program opens with Johannes Brahms’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Opus 5, followed by the Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Opus 108, performed by Mr. Bronfman and Cleveland Orchestra Concertmaster William Preucil. After intermission, the concert concludes with Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor for Piano and Strings, Opus 34, for which Mr. Bronfman will be joined by four Cleveland Orchestra principal musicians: Concertmaster William Preucil, Principal Second Violin Stephen Rose, Principal Viola Robert Vernon, and Principal Cello Mark Kosower. The February 5 concert concludes a three-week series of Cleveland Orchestra concerts presenting the three solo concertos of Brahms that runs from January 12 through February 4. Yefim Bronfman is soloist in Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at concerts on January 19, 20, and 21 and the Piano Concerto No. 1 on February 2, 3, and 4. Lisa Batiashvili is soloist in the Violin Concerto on January 12, 13, and 14. These performances are conducted by Franz Welser-Möst.
Yefim Bronfman made his Cleveland Orchestra debut in April 1986, as soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. He has appeared with the Orchestra regularly since then, performing concertos by Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Mozart, and Prokofiev in a total of more than 25 concerts. He was the soloist in Franz Welser-Möst’s first concerts as guest conductor with the Orchestra, in February 1993. Mr. Bronfman gave a recital with pianist Emanuel Ax in Severance Hall in November 2001.
Ticket and Parking Information
TICKET PRICES: $36 (general admission)
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.
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Parking
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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
Sunday, February 5, 2012, at 2:00 p.m.
Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Hall
Brahms Chamber Music with Yefim Bronfman
Yefin Bronfman, piano
William Preucil, violin
Stephen Rose, violin
Robert Vernon, viola
Mark Kosower, cello
Brahms: Piano Sonata in F minor, Opus 5
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Opus 108
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Opus 34
Tickets: $36 (general admission)
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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