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June 2013 On behalf of Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra, I invite you to become a subscriber and to deepen your relationship with the best music-making that the world has to offer.

This coming season promises to be extraordinary. In addition to Franz, the Orchestra will be led by some of the world’s finest guest conductors. Plus, as The Plain Dealer’s recent announcement of the new season noted: “ Listeners also can look forward next year to an all-Brahms weekend with music director Franz Welser-Möst and a “Fall Festival” contrasting the Sixth, Eighth and Tenth Symphonies of Shostakovich with the Third, Fourth and Fifth of Beethoven.

Equally prominent: a Beethoven Piano Concerto cycle featuring pianists Radu Lupu, Mitsuko Uchida, Hélène Grimaud, and Imogen Cooper.”

The past season at Severance Hall saw an upsurge in attendance, particularly with young people. There are many people to acknowledge and thank for this success. Dozens of sponsors and donors have generously funded the innovations behind these achievements.

The leadership of Franz and the Board of Trustees has been invaluable, and all of the institution’s employees have committed themselves to continuing to attract young audiences, next season and well into our second century.

You can be part of new excitement at Severance Hall, enjoying prime seats, reserved parking, special events, and, best of all, truly great performances. We are dedicated to providing you with artistic experiences at Severance Hall that are unsurpassed anywhere else in the world.

Thank you very much for considering a subscription for the coming season.

Sincerely,

Gary Hanson Executive Director

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HIGHLIGHTS

Opera: The Cunning Little Vixen MAY 17 & 22 Staged with innovative, original animation, Janáček’s magical ‘Vixen’ may seem to deal with childish things, but in fact plumbs the depths of human experience. With a score that evokes Moravian folk music, the opera tells the tale of a young female fox as she is captured by the forester, taken into humiliating captivity as a pet, escapes back into the forest, and discovers blissful love and the smaller pleasures of family life. The opera is a moving portrayal of the inevitable cycle of life and the eternal process of renewal.

Sung in Czech with English supertitles.

Beethoven and Shostakovich oct 24, 25, & 26 Music Director Franz Welser-Möst presents a fascinating look at the music of two highly autobiographical composers whose lives and careers were separated by over a century. Their works demonstrate how great artists of two eras respond to similar themes in the world around them. Both were shaped by catastrophic world events. Beethoven withstood the Napoleonic Wars, whereas Shostakovich survived the iron reign of Joseph Stalin.

Come experience this highly tempestuous, deeply emotional intermingling of music and politics.

Julia Fischer Plays Brahms JAN 9, 10, 11, & 12 Serious yet playful, passionate as well as wistfully romantic, and intellectual with a whisper of humor — Brahms was a great master of symphonic style with the ability to achieve a true dichotomy of emotion. You won’t want to miss Franz Welser-Möst conducting this all-Brahms mini-festival weekend, highlighted by the Violin Concerto as performed by the exceptionally gifted young violinist Julia Fischer.

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OCT 17

TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIRST PIANO CONCERTO

B2 series OCT 10

Vassily Sinaisky, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano

Marek Janowski, conductor Matthew Polenzani, tenor Richard King, horn

LIADOV Eight Russian Folk Songs TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 3

FAURÉ Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings FRANCK Symphony in D minor

PREUCIL PLAYS DVOŘÁK Jakub Hrůša, conductor William Preucil, violin

OCT 31

DEC 5

BEETHOVEN, UCHIDA, AND FLEISHER Leon Fleisher, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano

BOULEZ ALL FRENCH

APR 3

Une Barque sur l’océan Alborada del gracioso Shéhérazade Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun La Mer

MITSUKO UCHIDA’S MOZART

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MAR 27

BEETHOVEN AND MOZART Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Radu Lupu, piano

DOHNÁNYI CONDUCTS SCHUMANN Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor

SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2

APR 24

BEETHOVEN’S FIRST PIANO CONCERTO Jane Glover, conductor Imogen Cooper, piano

C.P.E. BACH BEETHOVEN VANHAL HAYDN

Osmo Vänskä, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Blomstedt

de la Présence Divine

MOZART Symphony No. 38 (“Prague”) WIDMANN Teufel Amor BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4

OHLSSON PLAYS GRIEG

Sallinen Symphony No. 1 GRIEG Piano Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

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JAN 16

Mitsuko Uchida, piano and conductor William Preucil, leader

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 MOZART Symphony No. 23 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19

MAY 8

BEETHOVEN Mass in C major

Pierre Boulez, conductor

RAVEL RAVEL RAVEL DEBUSSY DEBUSSY

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BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge MESSIAEN Trois petites liturgies

MENDELSSOHN Overture: The Hebrides BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3

FEB 13

WELSER-MÖST CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN’S MASS Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Joela Jones, piano Cynthia Millar, ondes martenot Luba Orgonášová, soprano Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano Herbert Lippert, tenor Ruben Drole, baritone Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

HAYDN Symphony No. 60 (“Il distratto”) DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto Janáček Taras Bulba

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FRANCK SYMPHONY

MAY 22

Sinfonia No. 2 Piano Concerto No. 1 Sinfonia in G minor Symphony No. 103 (“Drum Roll”)

OPERA: THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Martina Janková, soprano (Vixen) Alan Held, bass-baritone (Forester) Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano (Fox) Raymond Aceto, bass (Haraschta) Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano (Dog) Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (Parson/Badger) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus

JANÁČEK

The Cunning Little Vixen

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BEETHOVEN’S EMPEROR CONCERTO Fabio Luisi, conductor Hélène Grimaud, piano Maureen McKay, soprano

APR 10

NOV 29 Performed on Friday at 8 p.m.

BEETHOVEN AND SHOSTAKOVICH: HEROIC SYMPHONIES

APR 17

Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Mark Kosower, cello

BEETHOVEN SHOSTAKOVICH

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)

Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) Symphony No. 6

BARBER, COPLAND, & THE COMMON MAN

MAY 1

Marin Alsop, conductor David Fray, piano

MOZART REQUIEM David Robertson, conductor Mary Kay Fink, piccolo Jessica Rivera, soprano Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano Garrett Sorenson, tenor John Relyea, bass-baritone Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

JULIA FISCHER PLAYS BRAHMS

ROUSE FRANK

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Julia Fischer, violin

MOZART Requiem

BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture BRAHMS Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

FEB 6

DVOŘÁK AND TCHAIKOVSKY

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

BARBER Essay No. 2 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto COPLAND Symphony No. 3

JAN 9

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Yuja Wang, piano

PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”) MAHLER Symphony No. 4

OCT 24

YUJA WANG PLAYS RACHMANINOFF

BOULEZ AND ZNAIDER Pierre Boulez, conductor Nikolaj Znaider, violin

MAY 29

Rapture Piccolo Concerto

[world premiere commission]

PROKOFIEV’S CINDERELLA Vladimir Jurowski, conductor Janine Jansen, violin

STRAVINSKY Scherzo fantastique BRITTEN Violin Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Suite from Cinderella

SCHOENBERG Transfigured Night SCHOENBERG Accompaniment to a

Cinematographic Scene

BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2

MAR 6

Mozart Requiem

RACHMANINOFF’S RHAPSODY

MAY 1, 2, 3, & 4

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Rudolf Buchbinder, piano Kate Royal, soprano Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano John Tessier, tenor Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus

The story begins like a work of fiction:

SIBELIUS Lemminkäinen’s Return RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme

of Paganini WIGGLESWORTH Sternenfall BRITTEN Spring Symphony

A messenger arrives on Mozart’s doorstep with a commission for a Requiem Mass from an anonymous patron. Mozart began the work, but as he did, became increasingly convinced of his own fate. He said to a friend, “I am writing my own funeral music. I must not leave it unfinished.” Tragically, he was destined not to complete the Requiem.

Mozart’s final piece is powerful and fearless in its vision of the Last Judgment and exquisite in its peaceful evocation of salvation and eternal rest — a work of great beauty.

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OCT 25

DEC 6

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BEETHOVEN AND SHOSTAKOVICH: BUILDING SYMPHONIES

NOV 1

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

BEETHOVEN SHOSTAKOVICH

BEETHOVEN “Leonore” Overture No. 3 BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 8

BEETHOVEN, UCHIDA, AND FLEISHER Leon Fleisher, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano

JAN 10

MENDELSSOHN Overture: The Hebrides BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3

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JAN 17

WELSER-MÖST CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN

BEETHOVEN AND MOZART Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Radu Lupu, piano

MOZART Symphony No. 38 (“Prague”) WIDMANN Teufel Amor BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4

JULIA FISCHER PLAYS BRAHMS Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Julia Fischer, violin

BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture BRAHMS Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

APR 4

MITSUKO UCHIDA’S MOZART Mitsuko Uchida, piano and conductor William Preucil, leader

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 MOZART Symphony No. 23 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19

The Beethoven Piano Concertos SEP 19, 20, & 21 | DEC 5, 6, & 7 | JAN 16, 17, & 18 | APR 24 & 26 Beethoven’s piano concertos are among his most beloved works. They are monumental achievements both large in scale and virtuosic in scope.

Join four of today’s most brilliant pianists — Hélène Grimaud, Mitsuko Uchida, Radu Lupu, and Imogen Cooper — as they perform the full cycle of five Beethoven Piano Concertos.

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SEP 27

TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIRST PIANO CONCERTO

SEP 20

Vassily Sinaisky, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”) SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 (“Spring”)

PREUCIL PLAYS DVOŘÁK

MAR 7

Jakub Hrůša, conductor William Preucil, violin

RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme

BOULEZ AND ZNAIDER

SIBELIUS

Pierre Boulez, conductor Nikolaj Znaider, violin

APR 11

SCHOENBERG Transfigured Night BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2

APR 11

YUJA WANG PLAYS RACHMANINOFF

MAY 2

PROKOFIEV’S CINDERELLA Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Uchida

lupu

YUJA WANG PLAYS RACHMANINOFF

PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Yuja Wang, piano

STRAVINSKY Scherzo fantastique PROKOFIEV Suite from Cinderella

Grimaud

of Paganini Lemminkäinen Suite

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Yuja Wang, piano

PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

MAY 30

RACHMANINOFF’S RHAPSODY Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto Janáček Taras Bulba

FEB 7

BEETHOVEN’S EMPEROR CONCERTO Fabio Luisi, conductor Hélène Grimaud, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 3

OCT 18

A new concert experience. An early start time. No intermission. An after-party with live world music performances.

MOZART REQUIEM David Robertson, conductor Jessica Rivera, soprano Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano Garrett Sorenson, tenor John Relyea, bass-baritone Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

ROUSE Rapture MOZART Requiem

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SEP 27 Performed on Friday

OCT 19

TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIRST PIANO CONCERTO

B2 series OCT 12

Vassily Sinaisky, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano

Marek Janowski, conductor Matthew Polenzani, tenor Richard King, horn

LIADOV Eight Russian Folk Songs TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 3

FAURÉ Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings FRANCK Symphony in D minor

PREUCIL PLAYS DVOŘÁK Jakub Hrůša, conductor William Preucil, violin

NOV 2

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BEETHOVEN, UCHIDA, AND FLEISHER Leon Fleisher, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano

BOULEZ ALL FRENCH

APR 5

Une Barque sur l’océan Alborada del gracioso Shéhérazade Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun La Mer

MITSUKO UCHIDA’S MOZART

MAR 29

Vänskä

BEETHOVEN AND MOZART Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Radu Lupu, piano

DOHNÁNYI CONDUCTS SCHUMANN Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor

SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2

APR 26

BEETHOVEN’S FIRST PIANO CONCERTO Jane Glover, conductor Imogen Cooper, piano

C.P.E. BACH BEETHOVEN VANHAL HAYDN

Osmo Vänskä, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Guerrero

de la Présence Divine

MOZART Symphony No. 38 (“Prague”) WIDMANN Teufel Amor BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4

OHLSSON PLAYS GRIEG

Sallinen Symphony No. 1 GRIEG Piano Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

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JAN 18

Mitsuko Uchida, piano and conductor William Preucil, leader

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 MOZART Symphony No. 23 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19

MAY 10

BEETHOVEN Mass in C major

Pierre Boulez, conductor

RAVEL RAVEL RAVEL DEBUSSY DEBUSSY

FISCHER

BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge MESSIAEN Trois petites liturgies

MENDELSSOHN Overture: The Hebrides BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3

FEB 15

WELSER-MÖST CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN’S MASS Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Joela Jones, piano Cynthia Millar, ondes martenot Luba Orgonášová, soprano Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano Herbert Lippert, tenor Ruben Drole, baritone Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

HAYDN Symphony No. 60 (“Il distratto”) DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto Janáček Taras Bulba

DEC 7

FRANCK SYMPHONY

MAY 17

Sinfonia No. 2 Piano Concerto No. 1 Sinfonia in G minor Symphony No. 103 (“Drum Roll”)

OPERA: THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Martina Janková, soprano (Vixen) Alan Held, bass-baritone (Forester) Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano (Fox) Raymond Aceto, bass (Haraschta) Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano (Dog) Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (Parson/Badger) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus

JANÁČEK

The Cunning Little Vixen

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BEETHOVEN’S EMPEROR CONCERTO Fabio Luisi, conductor Hélène Grimaud, piano Maureen McKay, soprano

APR 12

NOV 30

BEETHOVEN AND SHOSTAKOVICH: FATEFUL SYMPHONIES

APR 19

Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Mark Kosower, cello

BEETHOVEN SHOSTAKOVICH

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)

Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 10

BARBER, COPLAND, & THE COMMON MAN

MAY 3

BARBER Essay No. 2 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto COPLAND Symphony No. 3

MOZART REQUIEM David Robertson, conductor Mary Kay Fink, piccolo Jessica Rivera, soprano Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano Garrett Sorenson, tenor John Relyea, bass-baritone Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

JULIA FISCHER PLAYS BRAHMS

ROUSE FRANK

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Julia Fischer, violin

MOZART Requiem

BRAHMS Tragic Overture BRAHMS Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

FEB 8

DVOŘÁK AND TCHAIKOVSKY

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Marin Alsop, conductor David Fray, piano

JAN 11

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Yuja Wang, piano

PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”) MAHLER Symphony No. 4

OCT 26

YUJA WANG PLAYS RACHMANINOFF

BOULEZ AND ZNAIDER Pierre Boulez, conductor Nikolaj Znaider, violin

MAY 31

Rapture Piccolo Concerto

[world premiere commission]

PROKOFIEV’S CINDERELLA Vladimir Jurowski, conductor Janine Jansen, violin

STRAVINSKY Scherzo fantastique BRITTEN Violin Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Suite from Cinderella

SCHOENBERG Transfigured Night SCHOENBERG Accompaniment to a

BARTÓK

MAR 8

Cinematographic Scene Violin Concerto No. 2

RACHMANINOFF’S RHAPSODY Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Rudolf Buchbinder, piano Kate Royal, soprano Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano John Tessier, tenor Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus

SIBELIUS Lemminkäinen’s Return RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme

of Paganini WIGGLESWORTH Sternenfall BRITTEN Spring Symphony

Yuja Wang Plays Rachmaninoff APR 10, 11, & 12

WANG

Yuja Wang’s playing is described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “technically dazzling and heart-stoppingly beautiful.” All her piano wizardry is brought to the fore in Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto — considered by many to be the most difficult concerto in the piano repertoire.

Brimming with luscious melodies, this concerto is a sure-fire crowd pleaser not to be missed.

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FRANCK SYMPHONY

DEC 1

Marek Janowski, conductor Matthew Polenzani, tenor Richard King, horn

Marin Alsop, conductor David Fray, piano

FAURÉ Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings FRANCK Symphony in D minor

JAN 12

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JULIA FISCHER PLAYS BRAHMS Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Julia Fischer, violin

BARBER Essay No. 2 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto COPLAND Symphony No. 3

FEB 16

BOULEZ ALL FRENCH Pierre Boulez, conductor

RAVEL RAVEL RAVEL DEBUSSY DEBUSSY

BRAHMS Tragic Overture BRAHMS Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

MAR 30

BARBER, COPLAND, & THE COMMON MAN

DOHNÁNYI CONDUCTS SCHUMANN Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor

SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2

MAY 4

Une Barque sur l’océan Alborada del gracioso Shéhérazade Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun La Mer

MOZART REQUIEM David Robertson, conductor Mary Kay Fink, piccolo Jessica Rivera, soprano Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano Garrett Sorenson, tenor John Relyea, bass-baritone Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

ROUSE FRANK

Rapture Piccolo Concerto

[world premiere commission]

MOZART Requiem Dohnányi

BOULEZ

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A Gala Evening with

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Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

The pairing of a lifetime … the most famous of all violin concertos performed by one of the instrument’s legendary masters. Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is one of those great works one never tires of. It is — and will always remain — a beloved favorite of the repertoire.

Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, he is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry,

The Cleveland Orchestra Vassily Sinaisky, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin LIADOV Eight Russian Folk Songs

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture

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Violin Concerto

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The Cleveland Orchestra Christmas Concerts Celebrate the holiday season with The Cleveland Orchestra and choruses in these annual offerings of music for the season, including sing-alongs and a very special guest — all in the festive Yuletide splendor of Severance Hall.

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CENTER

CORNER

SIDE

A-D

E-W

A-E

F-k

L-o

-

$140

$90

$75

$110

$110

$90

$75

Box Seats

Dress Circle

Orchestra

$95

$75

$60

December 13 - 22 Details on page 13.

Balcony A-H

J-O

$60

$40

SEATING CHART SUBSCRIPTION SERIES CONCERT STARTING TIMES Thursday performances are at 7:30 PM Friday F performances are at 8 PM Fridays@7 performances are at 7 PM Friday M performances are at 11 AM Saturday performances are at 8 PM Sunday performances are at 3 PM All artists and programs are subject to change.

SEATING CHART D.C. CORNER D.C. SIDE

BALCONY UPPER Rows L-O MID Rows F-K LOWER Rows A-E DRESS CIRCLE

D.C. CORNER D.C. SIDE

BOXES

ORCHESTRA Rows E-W ORCHESTRA Rows A-D STAGE

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