Blossom Music Festival 2015

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THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS The Cleveland Orchestra Richard Kaufman, conductor

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BLOSSOM MUSIC FESTIVAL

Saturday evening, September 5, 2015, at 8:00 p.m.

Sunday evening, September 6, 2015, at 8:00 p.m.

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

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Liberty Fanfare (1986) Music from Jurassic Park (1993) “Hymn to the Fallen” from Saving Private Ryan (1998) March from Midway (1976) Love Theme from Superman (1978) “Superman March” from Superman “Jim’s New Life” from Empire of the Sun (1987) “The Throne Room” and End Title from Star Wars (1976) INTERMISSION PROGRAM LISTING CONTINUES

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Concert Program: September 5-6

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PROGRAM LISTING CONTINUED

“The Raiders March” from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) “Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra” from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Theme from Sabrina (1995) “The Devil’s Dance” from The Witches of Eastwick (1987) “Harry’s Wondrous World” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) Main Theme and “Shark Cage Fugue” from Jaws (1975) “Adventures on Earth” from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

These concerts are sponsored

by The J.M. Smucker Company, a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence.

This weekend’s concerts are supported by the David E. and Jane J. Griffiths Blossom Festival Family Concerts Fund.

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A fireworks display by American Fireworks Company will take place immediately following the concert, weather permitting.

The 2015 Blossom Music Festival is presented by The J.M. Smucker Company.

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Concert Program: September 5-6

The Cleveland Orchestra

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 appearances here included two concerts in the 2014 Blossom Music Festival.

Mr. Kaufman celebrates his 25th year as principal pops conductor with Orange County’s Pacific Symphony with the 2015-16 season. He also holds the title of pops conductor laureate with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and begins a tenth 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. He made his Boston Pops debut in May 2015, substituting for John Williams for the Annual Boston Pops Film Night.

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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 information, please visit www.kaufmanconductor.com.

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So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it’s gratifying to have something you have done linger in people’s memories.

—John Williams

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Introducing the Concert

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In a career spanning five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage.

He has served as music director and laureate conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, and he maintains thriving artistic relationships with many of the world’s great orchestras. He remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices.

Mr. Williams has composed the music and served as music director for more than 100 films. His 40-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, Munich, Hook, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Empire of the Sun, The Adventures of TinTin: The Secret of the Unicorn, War Horse, and Lincoln. Mr. Williams also composed the scores for all six of the initial Star Wars films — and is working on the next installments. He wrote for the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone, Nixon, The Patriot, Angela’s Ashes, Seven Years in Tibet, The Witches of Eastwick, Rosewood, Sleepers, Sabrina, Presumed Innocent, The Cowboys, The Reivers, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips, among many others. He has worked with such legendary directors as Alfred Hitchcock, William Wyler, and Robert Altman. He adapted the score for the film version of Fiddler on The Cleveland Orchestra

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the Roof, for which he composed original violin cadenzas for Isaac Stern. He has appeared on recordings as pianist and conductor with Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Jessye Norman, and others. Mr. Williams has received five Academy Awards and a total of forty-nine Oscar nominations, making him the Academy’s mostnominated person in history. He has also received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), twenty-two Grammys, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records.

A composition student of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mr. Williams also studied piano at the Juilliard School with Madame Rosina Lhevinne. He began his career in the film industry working with such accomplished composers as Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman, and Franz Waxman. He went on to write music for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking, early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre, and Playhouse 90. His more recent contributions to television music include themes for NBC Nightly News (“The Mission”), the theme for what has become network television’s longest-running series (NBC’s Meet the Press), and the prestigious PBS arts showcase Great Performances.

Mr. Williams has also composed many works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos for flute, oboe, violin, clarinet, viola, and tuba.

Mr. Williams has also filled commissions by several of the world’s leading orchestras, including a cello concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoon concerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trum-

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pet concerto for The Cleveland Orchestra, and a horn concerto for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Seven for Luck, a seven-piece song cycle for soprano and orchestra based on texts by former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, was premiered by the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood in 1998. And at the opening concert of their 2009-10 season, James Levine led the Boston Symphony in the premiere of Mr.

Williams’s On Willows and Birches, a new concerto for harp and orchestra.

In January 1980, Mr. Williams was named nineteenth conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of laureate conductor, which he assumed following his retirement in December 1993, after fourteen seasons. He also holds the title of artist-in-residence at Tanglewood.

One of America’s best-known and most distinctive artistic voices, Mr. Williams has composed music for many

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important cultural and commemorative events, including Liberty Fanfare for the rededication of the Statue of Liberty in 1986, American Journey for the America’s Millennium concert in Washington D.C. on New Year’s Eve 1999, and Soundings for the gala opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. In the world of sport, he has contributed musical themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer Olympic Games, and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

Mr. Williams holds honorary degrees from twenty-one American universities, including the Juilliard School, Boston College, Northeastern University, Tufts University, Boston University, New England Conservatory of Music, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Eastman School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and the University of Southern California. He is a recipient of the 2009 National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the United States Government. In 2003, he received the IOC’s highest honor of the Olympic Order for his contributions to the Olympic movement. He served as the Grand Marshal of the 2004 Rose Parade in Pasadena, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor in December 2004. In January 2009, Mr. Williams composed and arranged Air and Simple Gifts especially for the inaugural ceremony of President Barack Obama.

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125 Years in the Making

2015 Blossom Festival

Dance Showcase presented by Sheldon & Terry Adelman Friday, September 11 H 7 PM Enjoy a FREE evening of dance with a selection of Northeast Ohio’s finest dancers.

This year’s Dance Showcase features performances by Antaeus Dance, Cleveland Ballet, Cleveland State University Dance Company, Inlet Dance Theatre, MorrisonDance, Neos Dance Theatre, Travesty Dance Group and Verb Ballets.

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Blossom Music Center opened on July 19, 1968, with a concert that featured Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under the direction of George Szell.

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The portion of young people at Cleveland Orchestra concerts at Blossom has increased to 20% over the past five years, via an array of programs funded through the Orchestra’s Center for Future Audiences for students and families.

Blossom’s Pavilion, designed by Cleveland architect Peter van Dijk, can seat 5,470 people, including positions for wheelchair seating.

(Another 13,500 can sit on the Lawn.)

The Pavilion is famed for the clarity of its acoustics and for its distinctive design.

BY THE NUMBERS

19 million ADMISSIONS

Blossom Music Center has welcomed more than 19,000,000 people to concerts and events since 1968 — including the Orchestra’s annual Festival concerts, plus special attractions featuring rock, country, jazz, and other popular acts.

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The Cleveland Orchestra has performed just over 1,000 concerts at Blossom since 1968. The 1000th performance took place during the summer of 2014.

1250 tons of steel

12,000 cubic yards concrete 4 acres of sodded lawn

The creation of Blossom in 1966-68 was a major construction project involving many hands and much material, made possible by many generous donors.

Blossom’s 50th Anniversary Season in 2018 will bring to a close the Orchestra’s 100th Season celebrations during 2017-18, and mark the beginning of The Cleveland Orchestra’s second century serving Northeast Ohio.

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