News Release
The Cleveland Orchestra announces
2011-12 KeyBank Fridays@7 series
Begins October 14
Release date: September 30, 2011
The Cleveland Orchestra’s popular Fridays@7 concerts continue in 2011-12 with an early start time, no intermission, and an after-party following each concert. KeyBank Fridays@7 concerts are less formal, onstage and off. After each 7 p.m. Cleveland Orchestra concert, world music expert Jamey Haddad invites a selection of artists to collaborate in a unique musical celebration.
Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst conducts the opening event on October 14, followed by guest conductors Marin Alsop on December 9, Giancarlo Guerrero on March 16, 2012, and Lionel Bringuier on May 11, 2012. This season’s pre- and post-concert performances include a Cleveland jazz band, Cleveland-style polka, hoedown music by a Zanesville swing band, and the return of 2011 MacArthur Fellow Alisa Weilerstein, appearing at the post-concert party after her performance with the Orchestra as soloist in Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1.
2011-12 KeyBank Fridays@7 Season
October 14, 2011
Franz Welser-Möst leads a program featuring Ravel’s Boléro and violinist Nicolaj Znaider
in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, plus Stravinsky’s ballet score Agon.
Pre-Concert
The Jazz Unit, 11-piece Cleveland jazz band
Post-Concert – Fridays@7 Dance Party
Smith Lobby: PolkaFest with the Eddie Rodick Orchestra (Cleveland Slovenian polka band)
Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer: Hoedown with the Back Porch Swing Band (from Zanesville), featuring square-dance caller Larry Ward
December 9, 2011
Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, makes her Cleveland Orchestra debut leading Bernstein’s Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”) and the Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 (“Organ”)
Pre-Concert
Alon Yavnai, Israeli jazz pianist
Post-concert
Magda Giannikou and Banda Magda
March 16, 2012
Giancarlo Guerrero returns to Severance Hall to conduct a program featuring
pianist Gabriela Montero in Grieg’s Piano Concerto, plus Respighi’s Pines of Rome.
Pre-Concert
Bassam Saba, Arabic music virtuoso
Post-Concert
Hilario Duran Ensemble
May 11, 2012
Young French conductor Lionel Bringuier makes his Severance Hall debut leading Stravinsky’s ballet score
The Firebird. Alisa Weilerstein returns to Fridays@7 in the Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1.
Pre-Concert
Zion Congregational Church Choir
Post-Concert
Joey’s Confession, featuring Alisa Weilerstein, Dominick Farinacci, Michael Ward-Bergeman, Keita Ogawa, and Jamey Haddad, percussion
The KeyBank Fridays@7 Series is sponsored by KeyBank, a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence, and is also made possible in part through the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Ticket and Parking Information
Concerts take place at Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland.
Single tickets range from $44-$111. Discounts are available through subscriptions, with prices for a four-concert series ranging from $124 in the Balcony to $288 in the Dress Circle. Call for Box seat availability.
Call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141 or visit online.
Subscription Office Hours: 9-5 Monday-Friday
Ticket Office Hours: 9-6 Monday-Friday, 10-6 Saturday
Group Sales (groups of 10 or more): Call 216-231-7493 or email groupsales@clevelandorchestra.com.
For information about parking for Severance Hall concerts, click here.
Calendar Listing
2011-12 KeyBank Fridays@7 Series at Severance Hall
Friday, OCTOBER 14 at 7 p.m.
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Nicolaj Znaider, violin
STRAVINSKY Agon
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
RAVEL Boléro
Pre-Concert
The Jazz Unit
Post-Concert
Smith Lobby: PolkaFest with the Eddie Rodick Orchestra
Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer: Hoedown with the Back Porch Swing Band and square-dance caller Larry Ward
Tickets: $44-$111
216-231-1111 or online (also available via mobile app)
Friday, DECEMBER 9 at 7 p.m.
Marin Alsop, conductor
Peter Otto, violin
Joela Jones, organ
BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”)
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3 (“Organ”)
Pre-concert:
Alon Yavnai, Israeli jazz pianist
Post-concert:
Magda Giannikou and Banda Magda
Tickets: $44-$111
216-231-1111 or online (also available via mobile app)
Friday, MARCH 16 at 7 p.m
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Gabriela Montero, piano
GRIEG Piano Concerto
RESPIGHI The Pines of Rome
Pre-Concert:
Bassam Saba, Arabic music virtuoso
Post-Concert:
Hilario Duran Ensemble
Tickets: $44-$111
216-231-1111 or online (also available via mobile app)
Friday, MAY 11 at 7 p.m.
Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)
Pre-concert:
Zion Congregational Church Choir
Post-concert:
Joey’s Confession, featuring Alisa Weilerstein and Jamey Haddad
Tickets: $44-$111
216-231-1111 or online (also available via mobile app)
All artists and programs are subject to change.
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