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CONCERT PROGRAM BOOK
and Guide for Young Audiences THIS BOOK BELONGS TO:
WELCOME TO BLOSSOM . . . SUMMER HOME OF THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA! We are delighted to welcome your family, including children of all ages, to enjoy great music and the great outdoors together. This Program Guide and Activity Book is designed to help you make the most of your Blossom family experience — read it, explore it, and take notes in it to create musical memories that will last a lifetime.
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HAVE FUN TONIGHT . . . FOR PARENTS When you arrive, take some time to explore the grounds, to see what special family activities are taking place tonight. (See map on the outside back of this book.) Also, you can purchase food and drinks, and use the restrooms before the concert begins. Feel free to play with safe outdoor toys on the far Lawn before the concert, but please put them away before the music starts. Sit near the top of the Lawn or on the left side if you think you’ll need a quick escape route for crying babies or pent-up energy. Eat the main part of your picnic before the concert starts, but save a few easy-access snacks and drinks for later. Look at the concert listing together (pages 4-5) and talk about what you’ll hear. Is anything familiar? Any questions?
FOR KIDS During the concert, try to identify the instruments of the orchestra as they come onstage. Use the pictures on your coloring pages in this booklet to help. Before a piece starts, think of something for everyone to imagine (a magical place, a trip, a strange animal). When the piece is over, describe what you saw and heard. You can also talk about what you liked or didn’t like about the piece. Move to the music! Dance, conduct along, “air play” an orchestra instrument, or trace the shape of the music in the air. Talk about the concert on your way home. Do you have questions about what you saw and heard? Email us your questions at education@clevelandorchestra.com and we’ll write you back!
WHAT YOU’LL SEE ONSTAGE . . . 1.
When it’s time for the concert to start, the concertmaster (first violinist) will walk onstage and the audience will applaud.
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The orchestra will tune to the oboe playing a long, held note to get ready to play.
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The conductor (person leading the orchestra) and soloists (musicians singing or speaking a special part) will walk onstage and bow, and everyone will applaud again.
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The music will begin.
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At the end of each piece, the audience will applaud and sometimes the whole orchestra will stand up.
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The conductor will usually go offstage before the next piece, but sometimes they will stay onstage and talk about the music. Because different orchestra musicians play on different pieces, you’ll also see musicians going on and off between pieces.
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Halfway through the concert, there will be an intermission, about a 20-minute break. You can get up and walk around during this time. You’ll know it’s time for the second half to begin when the orchestra starts to tune again.
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BLOSSOM MUSIC FESTIVAL
SUMMER HOME OF THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
B L O S S O M F E S T I VA L O R C H E S T R A conducted by RIC HARD KAU F M A N and featuring PAT SAJAK, narrator WHITNEY CLAIRE KAUFMAN, vocalist
PAR T O N E Slavonic Dance from The King in Spite of Himself by EMMANUEL CHABRIER
“Talk to the Animals” from Doctor Doolittle by LESLIE BRICUSSE, arranged by Nan Schwartz Mishkin
“Evening Prayer” from Hansel and Gretel by ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
“The Flight to Neverland” from Hook by JOHN WILLIAMS
From Mary Poppins
music and lyrics by RICHARD M. SHERMAN and ROBERT B. SHERMAN
ALL-AMERICAN COOKOUT TONIGHT Before the concert — from hot dogs and hamburgers to baked beans and more, enjoy Blossom’s All-American Cookout concessions prepared by our chefs. (Not included as part of of entrance ticket.)
1. Overture 2. “Through the Eyes of Love” with Ms. Kaufman
“Beauty and the Beast” from Beauty and the Beast lyrics by HOWARD ASHMAN, music by ALAN MENKEN with Ms. Kaufman
“Just Around the Riverbend” from Pocahontas lyrics by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ, music by ALAN MENKEN with Ms. Kaufman
The Flintstones Meet The Jetsons music by HOYT CURTIN
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FAMILY FUNFEST
Saturday, August 30 at 7:00 p.m.
PART T WO Overture (Theme) to William Tell by GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Casey at the Bat poem by ERNEST THAYER, with music by RANDOL ALAN BASS with Mr. Sajak
Colonel Bogey March
by FREDERICK JOSEPH RICKETS (a.k.a. KENNETH J. ALFORD)
Suite from Spiderman by DANNY ELFMAN
“Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid lyrics by HOWARD ASHMAN, music by ALAN MENKEN with Ms. Kaufman
“Let It Go!” from Frozen
music and lyrics by KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ and ROBERT LOPEZ with Ms. Kaufman
“Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG, music by HAROLD ARLEN with Ms. Kaufman
The Tango from Addams Family Values by MARC SHAIMAN to a theme by VIC MIZZY
FIREWORKS Enjoy fireworks by American Fireworks Company immediately following tonight’s concert, weather permitting.
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Blossom Festival Orchestra FIRST VIOLIN Jeremy Black * Aika Ito Amber Dimoff Patrick Yim Diana Pepelea Susan Britton Andrea Belding Kimia Ghaderi Nancy Patterson Michael Ferri Solomon Liang Kallen Bierly SECOND VIOLIN Justine Lamb-Budge * Linda Nagy Johnston Renee Matthews Karin Harrell Leslie Braidech Julian Machala Leah Goor Burtnett Aniela Eddy Koko Watanabe Kaelyn Quinn VIOLA Laura Shuster * Jessi Pasternak Leah Ferguson Lara Dudack Alexandra Vago Aaron Mossburg Jordyn Woodhams Bethany Hargreaves CELLO Kent Collier * Julie Myers King Schuyler Slack Gayle Klaber Linda Atherton Heidi Albert Andris Koh Nataliya Pshenychna BASS Tracy Rowell * Gerald Torres John Pellegrino Ann Gilbert Nicole Castleberry Joel Negus HARP Jody Guinn *
* Section Principal
FLUTE George Pope * Heidi Kushious Kyra Kester OBOE Elizabeth Camus * Martin Neubert Michele Tosser Smith CLARINET Kristina Belisle Jones * Drew Sullivan Amitai Vardi BASSOON Phillip Austin * Todd Jelen Mark DeMio HORN Meghan Guegold * Cynthia Wulff Benjamin Reidhead Stacie Mickens Lisa Christensen TRUMPET John Rommel * Kyle Dobbeck John Brndiar Loren Toplitz TROMBONE James Albrecht * Christopher Graham Sean McGhee TUBA Kenneth Heinlein * TIMPANI James Ritchie * PERCUSSION Richard Weiner * Robert Breithaupt Dylan Moffitt Robert Kistler KEYBOARD Shuai Wang * SYNTHESIZER Alicja Basinska ELECTRIC BASS David Morgan LIBRARIAN Nishana Dobbeck * PERSONNEL Karyn Garvin, Director Christine Honolke, Manager
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 here was earlier this summer leading the Blossom concert “Hollywood Under the Stars” on August 3. 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 film and television projects. He received two Emmy Award nominations. 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 more info, visit www.kaufmanconductor.com.
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Casey at the Bat poem by ERNEST THAYER
with music by RANDOL ALAN BASS
Ernest Thayer’s poem is printed here as it was first published in the San Francisco Examiner in 1888. This text may vary slightly from the words set to music by Randol Alan Bass in 2001. Bass’s score was premiered by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, with Pat Sajak as narrator.
The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville Nine that day; The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play, And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same, A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game. A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest Clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast; They thought, if only Casey could get but a whack at that — They’d put up even money, now, with Casey at the bat. But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake, And the former was a lulu and the latter was a fake So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat, For there seemed but little chance of Casey’s getting to the bat. But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all, And Blake, the much despised, tore the cover off the ball; And when the dust had lifted, and the men saw what had occurred, There was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third. Then from 5,000 throats and more there rose a lusty yell; It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell; It knocked upon the mountain and recoiled upon the flat, For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat. There was ease in Casey’s manner as he stepped into his place; There was pride in Casey’s bearing and a smile on Casey’s face. And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat, No stranger in the crowd could doubt ‘twas Casey at the bat. Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt; Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt. Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip, Defiance gleamed in Casey’s eye, a sneer curled Casey’s lip. And now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling through the air, And Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there. Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped — “That ain’t my style,” said Casey. “Strike one,” the umpire said. From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar, Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore. “Kill him! Kill the umpire!” shouted someone on the stand; And it’s likely they’d a-killed him had not Casey raised his hand.
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Whitney Claire Kaufman
Pat Sajak
Whitney Claire Kaufman has been singing and performing all her life. Her acting career began on the daytime television drama General Hospital, at age five. She made her symphony debut at age seven singing in the children’s chorus in the West Coast premiere of music from John Williams’s Home Alone with Orange County’s Pacific Symphony. As both a singer and voice-over performer in film and television, she has been heard in many productions. Since 2009, Ms. Kaufman has appeared as a principal vocalist in “Disney in Concert” with orchestras across North America. She has been acclaimed in a wide variety of theatrical productions, with playhouses in California as well as at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Her television appearances include the hit ABC series Modern Family and Up All Night. Ms. Kaufman is a graduate of Chapman University in Orange, California, where she earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in theater performance. For additional information, visit www.whitneyclairekaufman.com.
Pat Sajak is one of the most-recognized and acclaimed gameshow hosts in the history of television. He has been the host of Wheel of Fortune since 1981, presiding over more than 5,000 episodes. Born and raised in Chicago, Mr. Sajak is winner of a People’s Choice Award and of four Emmy Awards, including a special Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He worked as a radio DJ and a television weatherman prior to joining Wheel of Fortune. Pat Sajak has appeared as host or narrator for a variety of performances, including concerts with orchestras from coast-to-coast. He has performed in theatrical productions of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, the musicals The Honeymooners and The Drowsy Chaperone, and Bernard Sabath’s Boys in Autumn. He is making his Blossom Music Center debut with this evening’s concert.
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With a smile of Christian charity great Casey’s visage shone; He stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go on; He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the spheroid flew; But Casey still ignored it, and the umpire said, “Strike two.” “Fraud!” cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered fraud; But one scornful look from Casey and the audience was awed. They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain, And they knew that Casey wouldn’t let that ball go by again. The sneer is gone from Casey’s lip, his teeth are clenched in hate; He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate. And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go, And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey’s blow. Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out.
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O R C H E S T R A S E AT I N G C H A R T Circle the instruments you see as you watch the musicians play theirs onstage!
Timpani
Percussion
Trombones
Trumpets
French Horns
Tuba
Bassoons
Clarinets Piano
Oboes Flutes Harps
2nd Violins
Cellos Basses
Violas
1st Violins
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Conductor
STRING INSTRUMENTS
How does the bow make a sound when it touches the strings on a string instrument?
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WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS
Which was your favorite piece played at Blossom that featured woodwind instruments?
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BRASS INSTRUMENTS
What do you think the sounds that brass instruments make remind you of? Write down your ideas here!
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
If you could learn to play any instrument above, which one would you pick?
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RUMENT! T S N I N W O R INVENT YOU IT LOOK LIKE? D WHAT WOUL W . . . O DRAW IT BEL
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WHY DO WE CLAP? Applause, or clapping, is a way of showing the orchestra “I like what you just played, and I know it took a lot of hard work to play it well.” In return, the musicians stand and the conductor and soloists bow to say “thank you.” You will know that a piece is over and it’s time to clap when the conductor lowers his or her arms and turns around to face the audience. Some pieces are divided into movements, or sections, like chapters in a book. For a piece like this, it is traditional to wait until the whole piece is over to clap.
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