2014 Blossom Music Festival August 24

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A BEATLES TRIBUTE The Cleveland Orchestra Michael Krajewski, conductor with Classical Mystery Tour

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Sunday evening, August 24, 2014, at 7:00 p.m.

THE CLEVEL AND ORCHESTRA conducted by M I C H A E L K R A J E W S K I

Celebrating the 5OTH Anniversary of the Beatles Coming to America with

CLASSICAL MYSTERY TOUR Jim Owen, rhythm guitar, piano, vocals Tony Kishman, bass guitar, piano, vocals David John, lead guitar, vocals Chris Camilleri, drums, vocals

Eleanor Rigby arranged for orchestra I. Classical Mystery Tour INTER MISSION

Lady Madonna and My Love arranged for orchestra II. Classical Mystery Tour All songs written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, or George Harrison

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This concert is dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker in recognition of their extraordinary generosity in support of The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2013-14 Annual Fund.

With this concert, The Cleveland Orchestra gratefully honors the Akron Community Foundation for its generous support.

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The Beatles’ collection at the Rock Hall has recently expanded to include several new artifacts, such as Beatles’ clothing, instruments, handbills, performance contracts, and handwritten lyrics. It is the most comprehensive, artifact-driven Beatles exhibit in the world. In addition, the exhibit features video documentaries about each of the Beatles’ albums. Come check out the exhibit — it is included with general admission!

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Classical Mystery Tour Since its initial performance at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in 1996, Classical Mystery Tour has become one of the top symphony pops attractions. The group has been performing consistently — appearing with more than 100 orchestras in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Classical Mystery Tour was the highest selling show of the San Diego Symphony’s 2011 Summer Concert Series, and played three packed houses at the Sydney Opera House in 2009. The group has performed twelve times with the Fort Worth Symphony, and broke attendance records four years running with the Indianapolis Symphony.

The four musicians in Classical Mystery Tour look and sound just like the Beatles, but Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert. The show presents more than two dozen Beatles tunes transcribed notefor-note and performed exactly as they were originally recorded. Audiences hear “Penny Lane” with a live trumpet section, experience the beauty of “Yesterday” with an acoustic guitar and string quartet, and enjoy the classical/rock blend on “I Am the Walrus.” Classical Mystery Tour is the best of the Beatles — from early Beatles music on through the solo years — like you’ve never heard them before.

Many have called it “the best show the Beatles never did!”

As the Los Angeles Times described them, Classical Mystery Tour is “more than just an incredible simulation. . . . The swelling strings and soaring horn lines gave the live performance a high goose-bump quotient. . . . The crowd stood and bellowed for more.”

Classical Mystery Tour albums and t-shirts are available for purchase via their website classicalmysterytour.com.

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Michael Krajewski Michael Krajewski is the music director of the Philly Pops and principal pops conductor of the Houston Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He first conducted The Cleveland Orchestra in April 2012, and returned to make his Blossom debut in July 2013.

As a guest conductor, Mr. Krajewski has performed with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Other guest conducting engagements have included appearances with the orchestras of Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, and Washington D.C., as well as many other orchestras across the United States. In Canada, he has led the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg symphonies. Overseas appearances include concerts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and the Ulster Orchestra in concerts in Belfast and Dublin, and with Spain’s Bilbao Symphony Orchestra.

Michael Krajewski is the conductor of the video Silver Screen Serenade with violinist Jenny Oaks Baker, airing on BYU Broadcasting. He has led the Houston Symphony on two holiday albums: Glad Tidings and Christmas Festival. He has also worked on presentations with such classical artists as flutist James Galway, mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, pianist Alicia de Larrocha, and guitarist Angel Romero, and pop artists including Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Ben Folds, Patti Austin, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Pink Martini, Ann Hampton Callaway, Cirque de la Symphonie, Classical Mystery Tour, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

With degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Mr. Krajewski furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors. He was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and later served as assistant conductor. He was resident conductor of the Florida Symphony and for eleven years served as music director of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra.

For more information, visit www.michaelkrajewski.com.

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