2014 Blossom Music Festival August 3

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HOLLYWOOD UNDER THE STARS The Cleveland Orchestra Richard Kaufman, conductor Michael Sachs, trumpet

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Sunday evening, August 3, 2014, at 7:00 p.m.

THE CLEVEL AND ORCHESTRA conducted by R I C H A R D K AU F M A N

H O LLYWO O D

U N D E R T H E S TA R S Hooray for Hollywood

by John Williams

“Parade of Charioteers” from Ben Hur music by Miklós Rózsa

“Flying Over Africa” from Out of Africa music by John Barry

“Godfather’s Waltz” and “Love Theme” from The Godfather music by Nino Rota

Music from Lawrence of Arabia music by Maurice Jarre

Suite from The Natural music by Randy Newman

End Credits from Dave

music by James Newton Howard

“Feather Theme” from Forrest Gump music by Randy Newman

Music from Silverado music by Bruce Broughton

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Suite from The Untouchables music by Ennio Morricone

Tara: A Short Poem for Orchestra from Gone with the Wind

music by Max Steiner; arranged by Campbell-Watson

“With Malice Towards None” from Lincoln music by John Williams

MICHAEL SACHS, trumpet

Music from The Spirit of St. Louis music by Franz Waxman

Suite from Airplane! music by Elmer Bernstein

Finale from The Right Stuff music by Bill Conti

Suite from The Magnicent Seven music by Elmer Bernstein

This concert is sponsored by BakerHostetler, a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence.

This concert is supported by the David E. and Jane J. Griffiths Blossom Festival Family Concerts Fund.

This concert is dedicated to Giuliana C. and John D. Koch in recognition of their extraordinary generosity in support of The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2013-14 Annual Fund.

Media Partners: WCLV Classical 104.9 FM ideastream® and The Plain Dealer

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Richard Kaufman Richard Kaufman has devoted much of his musical life to conducting and supervising music for film and television productions, as well as performing film and classical music in concert halls and on recordings. He made his Cleveland Orchestra debut in May 2009, and his most recent appearance with the Orchestra was during the 2013 Blossom Music Festival. He returns at the end of August for this summer’s Family FunFest on August 30.

Mr. Kaufman begins his 24th year as principal pops conductor with Orange County’s Pacific Symphony with the 2014-15 season. He also holds the title of pops conductor laureate with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and begins a ninth season with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s “Friday Night at the Movies” series. In addition, he regularly appears as a guest conductor with symphony orchestras throughout the United States and around the world.

Richard Kaufman received the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. His most recent recording, with the London Symphony Orchestra, received a 2013 Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Accompaniment for a Vocal (“Wild is the Wind,” arranged by Nan Schwartz). Other recordings include film music with the Brandenburg Philharmonic, Nuremberg Symphony, and New Zealand Symphony.

Mr. Kaufman has conducted for many performers and entertainers, including John Denver and Andy Williams. As a violinist, he has performed on the soundtracks of numerous film and television scores, including Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Animal House.

Mr. Kaufman joined the MGM Music Department in 1984 as music coordinator, and for the next eighteen years supervised music for MGM fi lm and television projects. He received two Emmy Award nominations. As a unique part of his career in film, Mr. Kaufman has coached various actors in musical roles, including Jack Nicholson, Dudley Moore, and Tom Hanks. He has served as music director and conductor for staged musicals, in Los Angeles and on national tours, including the First National Tours of Company (for Hal Prince) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (for Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival).

Born in Los Angeles, Richard Kaufman began violin studies at age 7. He attended the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood in the Fellowship program, and earned a bachelor’s degree in music from California State University Northridge.

For additional information, visit www.kaufmanconductor.com.

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Conductor

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Michael Sachs

Principal Trumpet, Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Endowed Chair Solo Cornet, Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Endowed Chair The Cleveland Orchestra

Michael Sachs joined The Cleveland Orchestra as principal trumpet in 1988. His many performances as soloist with the Orchestra include the world premieres of John Williams’s Concerto for Trumpet and Michael Hersch’s Night Pieces for trumpet and orchestra (both commissioned by the Orchestra for Mr. Sachs) and, most recently, the world premiere in August 2012 of Matthias Pintscher’s Chute d’Étoiles, conducted

by Franz Welser-Möst at the Lucerne Festival, followed by the work’s Cleveland and New York premieres.

In January 2014, Michael Sachs was named music director of the Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado; he will begin his tenure in summer 2015. Mr. Sachs has also been extensively involved in the planning of a concert in June 2014, recording, and DVD project involving music of Gabrieli, Copland, and a new work by John Williams. This project featured principal members of the orchestras of Boston, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.

Mr. Sachs’s artistry can be heard on more than 150 recorded works with The Cleveland Orchestra. His recital with organist Todd Wilson is available on an album titled Live from Severance Hall. He has also performed as guest soloist with orchestras and chamber groups across the U.S. and internationally.

Michael Sachs serves as chairman of the brass division and head of the trumpet department at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In addition to serving on the faculty of leading summer festivals — including the Aspen Music Festival, Blekinge International Brass Academy, Domaine Forget, Grand Teton Music Festival, National Brass Symposium, National Orchestral Institute, and Summit Brass — he presents masterclasses and workshops at conservatories and major universities throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia as a clinician for Conn-Selmer.

Michel Sachs is the author of several books, including Daily Fundamentals for the Trumpet, 14 Duets for Trumpet and Trombone (with Joseph Alessi), and The Orchestral Trumpet, a 175-page comprehensive book and CD overview of standard orchestral trumpet repertoire. He has also been integrally involved in the acoustic design and play testing for a new Artisan line of Bach Stradivarius trumpets.

Before coming to Cleveland, Mr. Sachs was a member of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, performed with the Houston Grand Opera, and was a faculty member of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Originally from Los Angeles, Michael Sachs earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from the University of California Los Angeles prior to attending the Juilliard School. His former teachers include Mark Gould, Anthony Plog, and James Stamp.

For additional information, please visit www.michaelsachs.com.

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