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Friday, August 2, 2024, at 7 PM
Saturday, August 3, 2024, at 7 PM
Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 7 PM
Howard Shore’s Academy Award–winning Score
Performed Live to the Epic Motion Picture
The Cleveland Orchestra
Ludwig Wicki, conductor
Kaitlyn Lusk, soprano
Hollie Tennant & Sophia Young (understudy), child soloist
Blossom Festival Chorus
The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus
Starring
Elijah Wood
Ian McKellen
Viggo Mortensen
Sean Astin
Andy Serkis
Billy Boyd
Dominic Monaghan
John Rhys-Davies
Orlando Bloom
Bernard Hill
Miranda Otto
David Wenham
Karl Urban
Hugo Weaving
Liv Tyler
Cate Blanchett
John Noble
Ian Holm
Directed by
Peter Jackson
Produced by Barrie M. Osborne
Fran Walsh
Peter Jackson
Screenplay by Fran Walsh
Philippa Boyens
Peter Jackson
Based on The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Music by Howard Shore
MPAA PG-13 Rating
Total approximate running time: 3 hours 40 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission.
Thank you for silencing your electronic devices.
The performance is a presentation of the complete film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with a live performance of the film’s entire score. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the end credits.
Saturday evening’s performance is dedicated in memory of Mrs. Shirley Waltermire in recognition of her love and support for Blossom Music Center and The Cleveland Orchestra.
Sunday evening’s performance is dedicated to Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Glenn R. Brown* in recognition of their generous support of music.
LUDWIG WICKI
conductor
A native of Lucerne, Switzerland, Ludwig Wicki grew up in a musical environment influenced by church and folk music. He studied trombone and became a member of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, eventually expanding his studies to include orchestral and choral conducting. Wicki continued his education in Dresden with Martin Flämig and Pescara with Donato Renzetti. As a trombonist, Wicki founded the Lucerne Philharmonic Brass Quintet, performed with the Empire Brass Quintet at Tanglewood, and frequently appeared with period instrument ensembles, collaborating with such conductors as Andrew Parrott, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jeremy West, and Simon Standage.
In 2008, Wicki led the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the liveto-film premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at the KKL in Lucerne, taking the work to London, New York, Chicago, Sydney, and other major cities in the following years. The Two Towers and The Return of the King later premiered under Wicki’s baton in 2009 and 2010, respectively.
Wicki’s other live-to-film concerts include performances of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Gladiator, Fantasia, Star Trek, and Alice in Wonderland. In 2015, and for the first time ever in the United States, Wicki conducted the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy in seven concerts at New York’s Lincoln Center. In summer 2020, Wicki led the recording of Howard Shore’s score for Pieces of a Woman at Teldex Studio Berlin.
Wicki has appeared with several major orchestras in the United States, including The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. In 2007, he was honored by the city of Lucerne for his accomplishments as a musician and educator. In 2013, he recieved the Award for Excellence in Cultural Creativity from the Global Thinkers Forum.
Photo: Jacqueline Lipp
KAITLYN LUSK
soprano
Kaitlyn Lusk quickly gained international acclaim and won the hearts of audiences with her incredible voice and captivating presence. At age 14, Lusk made her major-orchestral debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. She was the youngest featured guest artist in the New Year’s Eve showcase with the Boston Pops and her follow-up engagement featured refreshing renditions of MGM songs made famous by Judy Garland. Lusk has since appeared with many other prestigious orchestras worldwide, including The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, and London Symphony Orchestra, among others.
Over the last decade, Lusk has been the featured vocal soloist in Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings Symphony, performing this role with over 75 of the world’s finest orchestras and many renowned conductors. At Shore’s request, Lusk performed the Academy Award–winning song “Into the West” as part of the Grammy Honors in New York City. Her expanded role in the live-to-projection performances of the Lord of the Rings trilogy has brought her to such legendary concert halls as Radio City Music Hall, Royal Albert Hall, and the Sydney Opera House.
Lusk’s new show FilmSong features her unforgettable voice in a 75-minute tour de force of songs from blockbuster movies delivered with full orchestra. As a returning featured soloist with the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra, whether singing the music of Ennio Morricone, James Horner, or Howard Shore, she has established herself as one of the most versatile vocalists in the industry today.
More recently, Lusk was the featured soloist in Gladiator Live, singing for Hans Zimmer and over 13,000 fans at the Krakow Film Music Festival. She can be heard on the albums No Looking Back — her first studio album, which features some of the finest musicians and songwriters in the industry today — The Lord of the Rings Symphony, released on BR Klassik, and the newly released Western Music in Concert, all recorded live.
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HOWARD SHORE
composer
Howard Shore is one of today’s premier composers whose music is performed in concert halls around the world by the most prestigious orchestras and conductors. Shore’s work with Peter Jackson on The Lord of the Rings earned him three Academy Awards, four Grammys, and two Golden Globes as well as numerous critic and festival awards. He has scored over 100 films including 17 by David Cronenberg and six by Martin Scorsese. His concert works include a choral symphony, an opera, a Mass, three concertos, and two song cycles.
He is an Officier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la France, the recipient of Canada’s Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, and an officer of the Order of Canada. The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures honored Shore with an award for Career Achievement for Music Composition, the City of Vienna bestowed him with the Max Steiner Award, and he received the Wojciech Kilar Award in 2017, which was established by the mayors of Krakow and Katowice. In 2004, ASCAP awarded him with the Henry Mancini Award. Shore has received numerous other awards for his career achievements.
Shore has been invited to speak at many prestigious institutions, including a masterclass with Martin Scorsese at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 (sponsored by SACEM) and at La Fémis in 2019 with Michel Hazanavicius. Other notable talks have been held at Oxford Union, Royal College of Music London, Yale, NYU, The Juilliard School, UCLA, University of Toronto, Berklee School of Music, Berlinale, the Paris Cinémathèque, and Trinity College Dublin, where he received the Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage.
In 2003, Shore conducted the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the world premiere of The Lord of the Rings Symphony in Wellington. Since then, the symphony and The Lord of the Rings: Live to Projection concerts have had over 500 performances by orchestras worldwide.
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Franz Welser-Möst Music Director
KELVIN SMITH FAMILY CHAIR
FIRST VIOLINS
Liyuan Xie
FIRST ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
Virginia M. Lindseth, PhD, Chair
Jung-Min Amy Lee
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair
Stephen Tavani ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Dr. Ronald H. Krasney Chair
Wei-Fang Gu
Drs. Paul M. and Renate H. Duchesneau Chair
Kim Gomez
Elizabeth and Leslie Kondorossy Chair
Chul-In Park
Harriet T. and David L. Simon Chair
Miho Hashizume
Theodore Rautenberg Chair
Jeanne Preucil Rose
Larry J.B. and Barbara S. Robinson Chair
Alicia Koelz
Oswald and Phyllis Lerner Gilroy Chair
Yu Yuan
Patty and John Collinson Chair
Isabel Trautwein
Trevor and Jennie Jones Chair
Katherine Bormann
Analisé Denise Kukelhan
Gladys B. Goetz Chair
Zhan Shu
Youngji Kim
Genevieve Smelser
SECOND VIOLINS
Stephen Rose*
Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair
Jason Yu2
James and Donna Reid Chair
Eli Matthews 1
Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair
Sonja Braaten Molloy
Carolyn Gadiel Warner
Elayna Duitman
Ioana Missits
Jeffrey Zehngut
Sae Shiragami
Kathleen Collins
Beth Woodside
Emma Shook
Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair
Yun-Ting Lee
Jiah Chung Chapdelaine
VIOLAS
Wesley Collins*
Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair
Stanley Konopka 2
Mark Jackobs
Jean Wall Bennett Chair
Lisa Boyko
Richard and Nancy Sneed Chair
Richard Waugh
Lembi Veskimets
The Morgan Sisters Chair
Eliesha Nelson
Anthony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris Chair
Joanna Patterson Zakany
William Bender
Thomas Lauria and Christopher Lauria Chair
Gareth Zehngut
CELLOS
Mark Kosower*
Louis D. Beaumont Chair
Richard Weiss 1
The GAR Foundation Chair
Charles Bernard2
Helen Weil Ross Chair
Bryan Dumm
Muriel and Noah Butkin Chair
Tanya Ell
Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Chair
Ralph Curry
Brian Thornton
William P. Blair III Chair
David Alan Harrell
Martha Baldwin
Dane Johansen
Paul Kushious
BASSES
Maximilian Dimoff*
Clarence T. Reinberger Chair
Derek Zadinsky2
Charles Paul1
Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair
Mark Atherton
Thomas Sperl
Henry Peyrebrune
Charles Barr Memorial Chair
Charles Carleton
Scott Dixon
HARP
Trina Struble*
Alice Chalifoux Chair
FLUTES
Joshua Smith*
Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Chair
Saeran St. Christopher
Jessica Sindell2
Austin B. and Ellen W. Chinn Chair
Mary Kay Fink
PICCOLO
Mary Kay Fink
Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair
OBOES
Frank Rosenwein*
Edith S. Taplin Chair
Corbin Stair
Sharon and Yoash Wiener Chair
Jeffrey Rathbun 2
Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair
Robert Walters
ENGLISH HORN
Robert Walters
Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaffe Chair
CLARINETS
Afendi Yusuf*
Robert Marcellus Chair
Robert Woolfrey
Victoire G. and Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Chair
Daniel McKelway2
Robert R. and Vilma L. Kohn Chair
Amy Zoloto
E-FLAT CLARINET
Daniel McKelway
Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair
BASS CLARINET
Amy Zoloto
Myrna and James Spira Chair
BASSOONS
John Clouser*
Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair
Gareth Thomas
Jonathan Sherwin
CONTRABASSOON
Jonathan Sherwin
HORNS
Nathaniel Silberschlag*
George Szell Memorial Chair
Michael Mayhew§
Knight Foundation Chair
Jesse McCormick
Robert B. Benyo Chair
Hans Clebsch
Richard King
Meghan Guegold Hege
TRUMPETS
Michael Sachs*
Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair
Jack Sutte
Lyle Steelman 2
James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair
Michael Miller
CORNETS
Michael Sachs*
Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair
Michael Miller
TROMBONES
Brian Wendel*
Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair
Richard Stout
Alexander and Marianna C. McAfee Chair
Shachar Israel2
BASS TROMBONE
Luke Sieve
EUPHONIUM & BASS TRUMPET
Richard Stout
TUBA
Yasuhito Sugiyama*
Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair
TIMPANI vacant
PERCUSSION
Marc Damoulakis*
Margaret Allen Ireland Chair
Thomas Sherwood
Tanner Tanyeri
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
Carolyn Gadiel Warner
Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair
LIBRARIANS
Michael Ferraguto
Joe and Marlene Toot Chair
Donald Miller
Gabrielle Petek
ENDOWED CHAIRS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED
Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair
Blossom-Lee Chair
Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair
Paul and Lucille Jones Chair
Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair
Sunshine Chair
Sandra L. Haslinger Chair
Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair
Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker Chair
Rudolf Serkin Chair
CONDUCTORS
Christoph von Dohnányi MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE
Daniel Reith
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
Sidney and Doris Dworkin Chair
Lisa Wong
DIRECTOR OF CHORUSES
Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair
* Principal
§ Associate Principal
1 First Assistant Principal
2 Assistant Principal
This roster lists full-time members of The Cleveland Orchestra. The number and seating of musicians onstage varies depending on the piece being performed. Seating within the string sections rotates on a periodic basis.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
All Compositions by Howard Shore (ASCAP) Except:
“Into the West” by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, and Annie Lennox
“The Green Dragon” Music by Janet Roddick, David Donaldson, Stephen Roche, and Long; Lyrics by Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
“The Edge of Night” Vocal Melody by Billy Boyd
“Aragorn’s Coronation” Vocal Melody by Viggo Mortensen
Choral Text by J.R.R. Tolkien, Philippa Boyens, and Fran Walsh
Published by New Line Tunes (ASCAP) © 2003. All Rights Reserved.
Except: “Twilight and Shadow Song,” “The Grace of Undómiel Song,” “Borne from the Darkness Song,” “The Destruction of the Ring Song,” “The Eagles Song,” “Queen Arwen Song,” “Twilight and Shadow Song, Pt. 2” Co-Published by New Line Tunes (ASCAP) and South Fifth Avenue Publishing (ASCAP). “Into the West” Co-Published by South Fifth Avenue Publishing (ASCAP), New Line Tunes (ASCAP), and La Lennoxa Ltd (BMG).
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and the name of the characters, events, items, and places therein are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Thanks to: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ronald Wilford, Jean-Jacques Cesbron, New Line Cinema, Paul Broucek, Lori Silfen, Elizabeth Cotnoir, Alan Frey, Ludwig Wicki, Pirmin Zängerle, Doug Adams, James Sizemore, Amy Baer, Jeffrey Markowitz, Javier Manzana, Kaitlyn Lusk, Blossom Festival Chorus, The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus, and The Cleveland Orchestra.
Producers
Columbia Artists Music, LLC:
Ronald A. Wilford, Founding Chairman
Jean-Jacques Cesbron, President
Javier Manzana, General Manager
Jeffrey Markowitz, Production Supervisor
Howard Shore
Prince in New York Music Corporation
James Sizemore — Synchronization Design
BLOSSOM FESTIVAL CHORUS
Lisa Wong Director of Choruses
FRANCES P. AND CHESTER C. BOLTON CHAIR
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
opened Blossom Music Center in 1968 to serve as the Orchestra’s summer home. A large new volunteer chorus was assembled for the inaugural concert and included many members of The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and members of other Northeast Ohio choral groups. The Blossom Festival Chorus has since established itself as a permanent and beloved annual part of the Blossom Music Festival and has sung well over 100 concerts since its 1968 debut.
The Blossom Festival Chorus joins The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus at Severance every December for Holiday Concerts with The Cleveland Orchestra. They have also performed at Chautauqua and on Cleveland’s Public Square for the annual Fourth of July concerts.
Daniel J. Singer, Assistant Director
Daniel Overly, Collaborative Pianist
Jill Harbaugh, Director of Choral Operations
Featuring guest singers from:
BW Baldwin Wallace Men’s Chorus
NC North Coast Men’s Chorus
YC The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus
SOPRANOS
Mo Armstrong YC
Jesse Bobbitt
Carolyn Brunelle
Emily Carlson
Signe Carlson
Caitlin DiFranco
Natasha Dudick YC
Emily Engle
Elisha Evanko
Emily Flood
Arianna Fouch
Olivia Giddings
Jennifer Gilles
Eva Gross YC
Julia Halamek
Rachel Imhoff
Kiersten Johnson
Eleni Karnavas
Katie L. Kitchen
Emily Ludwig
Sophia Marshall
Victoria Peacock
Genesis Kelley Perez
Lenore M. Pershing
Sarah Peterson
Elizabeth Phillips
Jylian Purtee
Nadia Robinson
Cara Rovella
Emma Russell
Monica Schie
Thea Sherck YC
Morgan Smock
August Olivia Sumlin YC
Meagan Ulery
Julie White
Sophia Young YC
ALTOS
Cam Armstrong YC
Roma Bandza
Debbie Bates
Kristina Bodnar
Kelly Boyd
Barbara J. Clugh
Melody Bellora
Edmondson
Jaime Furda
Diana Weber Gardner
Jade Gladue
Mary Kate Hever YC
Rebecca King
Kristi Krueger
Taylor Mills Logan
River Longmoon YC
Lindsey Macey
Rachel Maher
Karla McMullen
Maggie Nicholson YC
Andrea Pintabona
Maren Scott YC
Erin Smith
Heather Swift
Sasha Turner
Emma Weihe
Sophia Williams YC
TENORS
George P. Bohnert, Jr. BW
Daniel DiFilippo BW
Daniel Doty BW
David Erlandson
Jonathan Fuller
Michael Heid
Matthew Hisey
Clay Hoffner
Adam Kilo
Devan Lanz
Nathan James Leu NC
Michael Majer NC
Callum Orr NC
Jacob Rumelfanger
Trent Schlabach
Andrew Stamp
John Sublette
Gordon Taylor BW BASSES
Clay Anderson NC
Carlos Castells
Ray Hamlin, Jr. NC
Matthew Hébert YC
Kim A. Jacoby
James Johnston
Gregory Karulin YC
Charlie Kemp BW
Brandon Krapes NC
Kyle Lewis BW
Tremaine Oatman
John Philipps
Brandon Randall
Nate Rish BW
Noah Rish BW
Paul Sabharwal
Alan Slankard YC
Kyle Stevens BW
Corbin Thompson
David Urbanic BW
Bob Winters BW
Steve Wojtas NC
Martin Young
Ben Ziegler BW
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHILDREN’S CHORUS
Jennifer Rozsa Director, Children’s Choruses
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Children’s Chorus was formed in 1967 under the direction of Jane Barker Casey to provide a highquality choral group for the many orchestral works written for children’s voices, and to offer choral training to school children in the Cleveland area. Today, the Children’s Chorus regularly performs with The Cleveland Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus at Severance Music Center, including the annual Holiday Concerts at Severance.
Over the decades, its extensive performance history has included such major works as J.S. Bach ’s St. Matthew Passion, Britten’s War Requiem, Orff ’s Carmina Burana, Mahler ’s Symphony No. 3, and John Adams’s El Niño. The Children’s Chorus is open to singers in grades 6 through 8 via audition and application.
Ellie Armstrong
Freddy Averre
Elise Breitzmann
Macey Caraballo
Caris Carmean
Emma Carroll
Madeleine Park Colman
Giuliana Del Re
Alisz Fabian
Ellis Freer
Christina Gomez
Dianna Kerze
Dimitri Kosteas
Mina Krasney
Krisha Mahangare
Hollis Neimeister
Zaria A. Nowlin
Gianna Paternite
Caroline Reidhead
Corrina Schriver
Jaidan Shauf-Dressman
Arielle Simler
Sky Square
Liliana Stamm
Savannah Stephan
Hollie Tennant
Holden Wald
Hamish Waters
Kadence H. Young
Jacob Young, Assistant Director
Jacob Bernhardt, Collaborative Pianist
Angel Tyler, Children’s Chorus Manager
The Cleveland Orchestra is grateful to these organizations for their ongoing generous support of The Cleveland Orchestra: National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Ohio and Ohio Arts Council, and to the residents of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. © 2024 The Cleveland Orchestra and the Musical Arts Association
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