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Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert JANUARY 14, 2024
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Dear Friends, It is a pleasure to welcome you all to Severance Music Center for the 44th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert. Each year, we are delighted to bring together members of our Greater Cleveland community for an evening of music, reflection, and to pay tribute to the legacy of Dr. King. Tonight’s program marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. As we consider the profound reverberations of this landmark legislation, we will hear the inspiring music and moving words from an array of writers, musicians, and composers who sought equity and opportunity irrespective of the color of their skin, their country of origin, or their gender. These works will be evocatively brought to life by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Chorus under the direction of Dr. William Henry Caldwell, violinist Amaryn Olmeda, and The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Daniel Reith. This evening also provides a moment to recognize exceptional contributions within our own community. After two decades, The Cleveland Orchestra has refocused the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Awards to especially acknowledge community service in music and the arts. Our first class of honorees includes Darelle Hill of the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning; Christopher Jenkins of Oberlin College & Conservatory and the Music Settlement; and the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland. We encourage you all to read about their remarkable achievements in the following pages of this program book. Our heartfelt gratitude goes to Community Sponsor AARP, the Orchestra’s longstanding Community Access Partner KeyBank, and Jayne Zborowsky for their support. For those who cannot join tonight’s concert in person, it will be available to stream for free on adella.live, the digital home of The Cleveland Orchestra, and the Orchestra’s YouTube channel. On Monday, January 15, Martin Luther King Day, we hope you will join us for a free community open house from noon to 5 PM with music and dance performances 30 and other special activities throughout Severance. A complete schedule (see page 28), and more information are available at clevelandorchestra.com. On behalf of the entire Cleveland Orchestra family, we thank you for joining us to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and our “beloved community.” Sincerely,
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LE T TER FROM THE MAYOR OF CLE VEL A N D
CITY OF CLEVELAND Mayor Justin M. Bibb
Dear Clevelanders, I am delighted to extend you a warm welcome to the 44th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert. We are pleased to have you here for this momentous event, honoring such a heroic leader of social justice, civil rights, and equality. It takes immense courage and unwavering determination to dismantle the systemic racism that has persisted for more than four centuries. As Clevelanders, it is our responsibility to continue Dr. King’s legacy of love and racial equality. We are deeply grateful to The Cleveland Orchestra for its steadfast commitment to being a pillar of Cleveland’s art and culture scene and for maintaining this beautiful tradition of honoring Dr. King. Music has the power to unite us, regardless of our diverse backgrounds. The Cleveland Orchestra is a testament to this, as it continues to bring people of all differences together to celebrate the beauty of art. Let us take this day to reflect on the outstanding advocacy and the truly remarkable character that was so wonderfully expressed in the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Please enjoy this special program. Sincerely,
Justin M. Bibb Mayor, City of Cleveland
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The 44th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert Sunday, January 14, at 7 PM The Cleveland Orchestra Daniel Reith, conductor | Amaryn Olmeda, violin | Danita Harris, narrator The Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Chorus Dr. William Henry Caldwell, chorus director and conductor PROGRAM
Introduction Danita Harris
Invocation
Rev. Courtney Clayton Jenkins, South Euclid United Church of Christ
Opening Remarks
André Gremillet, President & CEO, The Cleveland Orchestra
Sponsor Remarks
Eric Fiala, Head of Corporate Responsibility & Community Relations, KeyBank
Welcome to Severance Music Center
Jejuana C. Brown, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, The Cleveland Orchestra
Presentation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Service in the Arts Awards Jeffery J. Weaver, chair, The Cleveland Orchestra Community
Engagement Committee Kevin Conwell, Cleveland City Council Yvonne Conwell, Cuyahoga County Council
Recipients: Darelle Hill, Christopher Jenkins, Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland PROGRAM CONTINUED NEXT PAGE ▶ ▶ ▶
AARP is the Community Sponsor for the 2024 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert and Community Day. KeyBank is the Community Access Partner for the 2024 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert. The Cleveland Orchestra recognizes and thanks Jayne Zborowsky for her support of this concert.
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PROGRAM CONTINUED
J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954) (arr. Smith)
“Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Adolphus C. Hailstork (b. 1941)
An American Port of Call
Traditional (arr. Poelinitz)
“A City Called Heaven”
James P. Johnson (1894–1955)
Mvt. III, “The Nightclub,” from Harlem Symphony
Amy Beach (1867–1944)
Mvt. IV, Allegro di molto, from Symphony in E minor, Op. 32, “Gaelic”
MLK Chorus
MLK Chorus; Jonea Patton, alto; conducted by Dr. William Henry Caldwell
INTERMISSION Allison Loggins-Hull (b. 1982) Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Can You See? Tzigane
Amaryn Olmeda, violin
Traditional (arr. Johnson)
“Ain’t Got Time to Die”
Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
Mvt. III, “1926: The Present — The Future,” from America, An Epic Rhapsody
MLK Chorus; Steven Weems, tenor; conducted by Dr. William Henry Caldwell
MLK Chorus
Traditional (arr. Berens)
“Amazing Grace” MLK Chorus
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TCO CO MMU N IT Y E NG AG EM E N T CO M M IT TEE Jeffery J. Weaver, chair KeyBank Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, vice chair Case Western Reserve University
Robin Dunn Blossom The Cleveland Orchestra, trustee
Deborah McHamm A Cultural Exchange
Lisa Boyko The Cleveland Orchestra, musician
Joan Katz Napoli The Cleveland Orchestra, VP Education & Community Engagement
Jejuana C. Brown The Cleveland Orchestra, Director of Diversity & Inclusion Jennifer Coleman The George Gund Foundation José Feliciano BakerHostetler (retired) Iris Harvie The Cleveland Orchestra, trustee George Hwang Pearl of the Orient Restaurants
Sarah Perry The Cleveland Orchestra, Director of Community Engagement Tony Sias Karamu House Patricia Moore Smith Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra R. Thomas Stanton Squire Patton Boggs
Dane Johansen The Cleveland Orchestra, musician Wael Khoury Marymount Hospital Richard K. Levitz R.K. Levitz LLC architecture firm Cecil Lipscomb United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Stephen McHale The Cleveland Orchestra, trustee
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DR . MARTIN LUTHER KING , JR .
2024 SERVICE IN THE ARTS AWARDS The Cleveland Orchestra and the City of Cleveland are pleased to announce the recipients of the these annual Service in the Arts Awards, as we honor two remarkable community members and an extraordinary organization selected from the many who have dedicated their lives to focus on positively impacting Cleveland through music and the arts in the spirit of Dr. King’s work and teachings:
Darelle Hill | Christopher Jenkins
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The award recipients have demonstrated the following qualities: Using music and the arts to promote social justice, Recognizing musicians and artists of color, Improving access to music and arts education, Advocating for music and the arts Award Selection Committee: Jejuana C. Brown, Lisa Goldman, M. Carmen Lane, Joan Katz Napoli, Johnny Parker, Sarah Perry, Sheffia Randall-Nickerson, Jeffery J. Weaver
TH E 2024 AWARDEES
Darelle Hill
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Manager of Community Programs, Center for Arts-Inspired Learning
Darelle Hill is the community programs manager at the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, where he heads both the Inspiration Through Music and ArtWorks programs. Run in conjunction with the Cleveland Mayor’s Office of Prevention, Intervention and Opportunity for Youth and Young Adults, Inspiration Through Music provides Cleveland students in 3rd through 12th grades with free musical instruments and music instruction. ArtWorks is a workforce development program for teens in 10th through 12th grades, that offers paid apprenticeships with local master teaching artists.
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“At the heart of [Inspiration Through Music] is Darelle,” wrote one of the nominators. “The success of this program can be traced back to Darelle’s tireless efforts to provide each music site with everything it needs to be successful. It is not an uncommon sight to see Darelle driving instruments across the city to make sure that students have access to guitars, violins, keyboards, or drums … instruments that speak to [the students] and inspire them to soar.” A talented film and stage actor, as well as singer, Hill has been seen on many stages around the region. He is particularly known by Cleveland audiences for his performances in Karamu House’s Black Nativity by Langston Hughes, Juneteenth Celebration, and virtual productions throughout the pandemic. He graduated from Notre Dame College of Ohio with a performing arts degree. Hill’s passion for the arts is evident in his unflagging pursuit to lower barriers to participation in arts programs. As his nomination explains, he is “driven by the belief that music instruction is for everyone — all youth should have access. He manifests this every day. Just as MLK was nonstop in his actions for equality, Darelle demonstrates the same drive and fierce belief in love and respect — through music!”
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THE 2024 AWARDEES
Christopher Jenkins
Christopher Jenkins’s impressive resume speaks for itself. A graduate of Harvard University, he received a master’s of music at New England Conservatory, as well as degrees at Manhattan School of Music and Columbia University. An accomplished violist, he won third place in the 2004 Sphinx Competition, and has received numerous awards for his scholarship, community service, and musicianship along the way. This past fall, Jenkins published the monograph Assimilation v. Integration in Music Education: Leading Change Toward Greater Equity (Routledge Press & the College Music Society), in which he argues: “We actually have to change our institutions — to change not just the repertoire, but also how we think about 10 | 2023/2024 SEASON
making music, to include other traditions, harmonic and melodic languages, and ways of approaching music.” This desire to use music as a conduit for meaningful change has been a constant throughout Jenkins’s career. He taught viola at the Baremboim-Said Foundation in Ramallah, which seeks to foster understanding through music education, and he spent seven years as dean of the Sphinx Performance Academy, a summer program for minority youth. In Cleveland, he oversees musical community engagement at The Music Settlement, “[fostering] deep relationships with local churches and other neighborhood gathering spaces, engaging communities of color in free music concerts across the Greater Cleveland area,” said one nomination. Jenkins has received The Music Settlement’s Ida Mercer Community Service Award, Karamu House’s “Room in the House” Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University’s Adel Heinrich Award for Excellence in Musicological Research, the American Society for Aesthetics’ Irene Chayes New Voices Award, and a prize from the American Viola Society’s David Dalton Research Competition. He is currently completing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Cleveland Institute of Music and a PhD in musicology from Case Western.
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Oberlin College & Conservatory and The Music Settlement
Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland
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An educational Cleveland music festival
Founded in 1980 by Dr. Thom Horning and Reginald Buckner, Tri-C JazzFest has steadfastly supported its mission of honoring the history of jazz while fostering its future, providing educational opportunities for students year-round, and bringing world-class jazz to Cleveland. This June, the annual three-day festival celebrates its 45th anniversary, with performances by nearly 500 artists, playing on indoor and outdoor stages, in historic Playhouse Square. DownBeat magazine calls the festival “the type of diverse, top-tier talent typically found at a much larger festival, along with some adventurous programming that was spiced with compelling international flavors.” However, the heart of the festival is its educational component, which connects students of all ages with local and international jazz artists, trying to instill a love of the art form among future clevelandorchestra.com
generations in Northeast Ohio. At the same time, outreach programs provide free cultural access to Cleveland’s underserved population, and its culturally significant programming has brought important music works and figures to Cleveland audiences. One nominator wrote: “Tri-C JazzFest has a long-standing commitment to providing community access to music education, advocacy for music and the arts, and creating platforms for minorities to perform. Tri-C JazzFest led the charge in honoring the legacy of Carl Stokes, an important champion of social justice and Civil Rights, in its ‘Mayor and the People’ commemorative concert. Tri-C JazzFest has commissioned work from American composers such as Terence Blanchard, Gerald Clayton, and Christian McBride.” More information about the 45th Tri-C JazzFest is at tri-c.edu/jazzfest. | 11
PAST AWARD EES
2004 – 2023 RECIPIENTS OF THE
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS presented by The Cleveland Orchestra
Care Alliance Health Center Cory United Methodist Church Justin Orr Dr. Betty K. Pinkney
2005 Ted Ginn, Sr. Murtis H. Taylor Multi-Service Center
2006 Case Western Reserve University Akil Marshall
right: Dr. William Henry Caldwell receives the 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award for his work and on behalf of the MLK Chorus.
2014 Block By Block Takarria Cannady Duffy Liturgical Dance Arnold Pinkney Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton
2020 Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell Congresswoman Marcia Fudge Margaret Mitchell Betty Pinkney
2007
2015
2021
Consortium of African American Organizations Dr. Charles S. Modlin
The Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word E. F. Boyd & Sons Funeral Home & Crematory El Barrio Center for Workforce Development Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.
Craig Arnold (Eaton) Black Lives Matter Cleveland City Council The Cleveland Foundation Cleveland Metropolitan School District Cleveland Public Theater Cuyahoga County The George Gund Foundation Greater Cleveland Partnership Karamu House William Lacey (GE Lighting, a Savant Company) Fred Nance (Squire Patton Boggs) Urban League of Greater Cleveland
2008 The Cleveland Cavaliers Norma Harko Kevin Hatcher
2016 2009 Esperanza, Inc. Howard Johnson Robert P. Madison Danny R. Williams
Judge Jean Murrell Capers Toussaint J. Miller The Honorable Louis Stokes (posthumously)
2017 2010 Theodore (Ted) Horvath The Presidents’ Council Ebony Summers
2011 Baldwin-Wallace College, Student Affairs Division Dr. Julian M. Earls Cedric Thorbes
Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority The Honorable George L. Forbes Chelsea Kellie Hodge The Honorable Carl B. Stokes (posthumously)
2018 Councilman Kevin Conwell Titus Hicks KeyBank
2012 Dontea Gresham The Horvitz YouthAbility Program Donshon Wilson
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2019 Rev. Dr. E. T. Caviness Positive Education Program Kayla Thomas
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2013
Broadway: Diversity in Progress Charles See
2022 Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center Joan Southgate Dolores White
2023 Dr. William Henry Caldwell Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Chorus LaJean Ray
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2004
ON JULY 2, 1964 , President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law sweeping legislation that prohibited discrimination in public spaces, promised equal opportunities in the workplace, desegregated schools, and struck down barriers to voting in public elections. This Civil Rights Act fulfilled a promise made a year earlier by John F. Kennedy, to act against “a moral crisis as a country and as a people.” It answered the call of the movement galvanized by Martin Luther King, Jr. in marches, peaceful protests, and boycotts over the previous decade.
Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole. —L Lyndon yndon B. Johnson
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It was a watershed moment in our country’s history; one we commemorate tonight. As Dr. King credited music as “the soul of the movement,” we will hear many of the songs and spirituals that buoyed weary legs and spirits toward a greater purpose, including “A City Called Heaven,” “Ain’t Got Time to Die,” and “Amazing Grace.” 14 | 2023/2024 SEASON
For many of tonight’s composers who lived before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted, this legislation was the fruition of a dream. Our program begins with one such example: John Rosamond Johnson’s “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” With lyrics by his brother James Weldon Johnson (a co-founder of the NAACP), this anthem proclaims, “Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, / Let us march on till victory is won.” When it was written in honor of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in 1900, the Johnson brothers could only imagine a day when discrimination would be declared not only unjust but unlawful. Composers James P. Johnson (no relation to James Weldon or John Rosamond), Amy Beach, and Ernest Bloch also embedded these ideals into their works from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Johnson’s Harlem Symphony takes the listener on a vibrant tour of Black culture through Upper Manhattan, where the Harlem Renaissance was in full swing. Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony — the first symphony by a female American composer to be published and performed — celebrates the musical traditions from her Irish, Scottish, and English roots. And Ernest Bloch, a Jewish Swiss immigrant to the States (where he became the first president of Cleveland Institute of Music, from 1920 to 1925), declared his love to his newfound country in America, An Epic Rhapsody, dedicated “to the President Lyndon B. Johnson gives the State of the Union address to Congress on January 8, 1964, in which he calls for the enforcement of civil rights.
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AB OU T THE PRO G R AM
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
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(l–r) Roy Wilkins of the NAACP, James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Whitney Young of the National Urban League meet with President Johnson at the White House in January 1964.
Lewis Composer Fellow, interrogates the idea of patriotism and in particular the lyric “the land of the free” from The Star-Spangled Banner. Originally written for an ensemble of nine musicians, the Orchestra commissioned and premiered a version for full orchestra in May 2023. In cycling through melodic themes and phrases of the national anthem, Loggins-Hull’s search for resolution mirrors our country’s continual struggle to live up to the ideals set out at its founding. In the end, Loggins-Hull finds an optimistic ending in the multiplicity of voices that enrich the fabric of her work as well as our society. — Amanda Angel
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memory of Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman,” with the lyrics: “My love for thee arouses me/to nobler thoughts and deeds.” Though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ushered in far-reaching change, it was by no means a silver bullet to ending discrimination and inequity. The two contemporary composers on tonight’s program consider the complex and multidimensional history of this country in their works. Adolphus C. Hailstork wrote An American Port of Call in 1985 on a commission from the Virginia Symphony. He was inspired by the Port of Norfolk in his hometown, explaining that it captures “the strident (and occasionally tender and even mysterious) energy of a busy American port city.” In Can You See? Allison Loggins-Hull, The Cleveland Orchestra’s Daniel R.
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“Lift Every Voice and Sing” words by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), music by J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954) Lift ev’ry voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the list’ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won. Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chast’ning rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past, Till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far on the way; Thou who has by Thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand. True to our God, True to our native land.
“A City Called Heaven” Traditional I am a pilgrim, a pilgrim of sorrow. I’m left in this wide world, this wide world alone! Ain’t got no hope, got no hope for tomorrow. Trying to make it, make heaven my home.
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Sometimes I’m tossed and I’m driven, Lord. Sometimes I just don’t know which way to turn. Oh, I heard of a city, a city called heaven. Trying to make it, make heaven my home.
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THE SUNG TEXTS
“Ain’t Got Time to Die” Traditional Lord, I keep so busy praisin’ my Jesus Keep so busy praisin’ my Jesus Ain’t got time to die ’Cause when I’m healin’ de sick When I’m healin’ de sick ’Cause it takes all o’ ma time, All o’ ma time to praise my Lord If I don’t praise Him de rocks gonter cry out “Glory an’ honor, glory an’ honor!” Ain’ got time to die.
Lord, I keep so busy servin’ my Master. Keep so busy servin’ my Master, Ain’t got time to die ’Cause when I’m givin’ my all, ’Cause it takes all o’ma time to praise my Jesus, All o’ ma time to praise my Lord. If I don’t praise Him de rocks gonter cry out “Glory an’ honor, glory an’ honor!” Ain’ got time to die.
Lord, I keep so busy workin’ fer de Kingdom Keep so busy workin’ fer de Kingdom Ain’t got time to die ’Cause when I’m feedin de po’ When I’m feedin’ de po’ Cause it takes all o’ ma time, All o’ ma time to praise my Lord. If I don’t praise Him de rocks gonter cry out “Glory an’ honor, glory an’ honor!” Ain’ got time to die.
Now, won’t you git out o’ ma way, Git out o’ ma way, lemme praise my Jesus? Out o’ ma way! Lemme praise my Lord. If I don’t praise him de rocks gonter cry out, “Glory an’ honor, glory an’ honor!” Ain’ got time to die.
1926: The Present –The Future from America, An Epic Rhapsody America! America! Thy name is in my heart; My love for thee arouses me To nobler thoughts and deeds. Our fathers builded a nation To give us Justice and Peace Toward higher aims.
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Toward brighter goals. Toward Freedom of all mankind. Our hearts we pledge, America, To stand by thee, To give thee Our strength, Our faith and our lives!
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Music and lyrics by Ernest Bloch
“Amazing Grace” Traditional; arrangement, commissioned especially for The Cleveland Orchestra and the MLK Chorus for the 2024 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert, by Tim Berens Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I’m found. Was blind, but now, I see.
Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease I shall possess, within the veil, A life of joy and peace.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved: How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come; ’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home And grace will lead me home.
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TH E CO N DU C TOR
Daniel Reith, Assistant Conductor
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SIDNEY AND DORIS DWORKIN CHAIR
Daniel Reith was appointed assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra and music director of The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO) starting in the 2022–23 season. He is actively involved with the Orchestra’s education programs and community performances, and provides assistance for the Orchestra’s Classical and Blossom Music Festival seasons. As COYO’s music director, Reith oversees the ensemble’s artistic planning, selects personnel for the ensemble, and leads rehearsals and performances of the Youth Orchestra. Reith was the 2019 winner of Opptakt, Talent Norway’s program for fostering young conductors, and has since
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performed with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, and the Norwegian Armed Forces. In 2022, Reith made his debuts with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. He also served as assistant conductor for the Norwegian Opera production of Orpheus in the Underworld. In addition to his conducting work, Reith is a talented pianist and chamber musician, having performed in concerts and competitions throughout Germany, Norway, and other countries. Reith has been awarded several scholarships in Germany, where he’s worked with orchestras such as the Hamburg Philharmonic and Neubrandenburg Philharmonic. Reith grew up in Bühl, Germany, and studied music in his home country as well as Norway. He received bachelor’s degrees in piano from Freiburg’s Academy of Music and the Norwegian Academy of Music. He also received a bachelor’s degree in music theory at Freiburg’s Academy of Music, followed by a bachelor’s degree in conducting at Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. In 2021, he received his master’s degree in conducting at the Norwegian Academy of Music.
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TH E NARR ATO R
Danita Harris and in 2017, she received two Emmys for Best Evening Newscast and a special on domestic violence. She was named Journalist of the Year by Public Children’s Services Association of Ohio for her four-part series on the foster care system, which increased public awareness of child protection. She is also the recipient of the Chuck Heaton Award from The Press Club of Cleveland. In 2019, she received three Emmy Awards for Best Daytime Newscast, Best Evening Newscast, and Breaking News. Harris has been recognized by the National Council of Negro Women as an Outstanding Woman in Ministry in Cuyahoga County. She has guest hosted Danita Harris, WEWS News 5 anchor ABC’s The View, and she interviewed and Emmy Award–winning journalist, Oprah Winfrey. currently anchors Good Morning Prior to coming to WEWS, Harris Cleveland and News5 at noon at WEWS. Harris has held several roles at WEWS. was a producer at Black Entertainment Television (BET) in Washington, D.C. In 1998, she came to NewsChannel5 as She is an instructor of Effective Commupart of Morning Exchange, where she nication in Ministry at the Ohio Leaderdid live feature reports. After two years, Harris moved to WJLA-TV in Washington, ship Academy of the Cleveland Baptist Association. In 2016, she founded the DC, where she anchored the news initiative “It’s Your Time to S.H.I.N.E,” on weekends and did entertainment a women’s group designed to help them reports during the week. Her love for find the light within themselves. Two the Cleveland area brought her back to years later, she established the S.H.I.N.E. WEWS in September 2000, when she Girlz Mentoring Program for girls in stepped in to anchor Good Morning 4th through 8th grades in the Cleveland Cleveland and NewsChannel5 at noon. Metropolitan School District. At WEWS, In 2004, Harris received an Emmy when Good Morning Cleveland won Best Morning Harris participates in a program that allows high school students to shadow Newscast. In 2010, she was inducted into the Ohio Broadcasters Hall of Fame, broadcast professionals. 24 | 2023/2024 SEASON
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Narrator
TH E ARTIST
Amaryn Olmeda
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Winner of first prize and the audience choice award at the 24th annual Sphinx Competition, violinist Amaryn Olmeda is a rising star sought after for her bold and expressive performances as a soloist and collaborator. At 13, Olmeda was named the initial member of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Opus 3 Artist’s Artist Apprentice Program. She made her Carnegie Hall solo debut on the Sphinx Virtuosi tour at the age of 14. Highlights of her 2023–24 season include return invitations as soloist with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and Oakland Symphony, and debut appearances with the Houston Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, Folsom Lake Symphony, Springfield Symphony, and Grand Rapids Symphony. clevelandorchestra.com
Highlights of previous seasons include debuts as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Richmond Symphony, Stockton Symphony, Oakland Symphony, Classical Tahoe Orchestra, and with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra at their New Year’s Concert Series, which earned her a nomination for the San Francisco Classical Voice Audience Choice Awards. She was an NPR From the Top Fellow and featured in the video production, The Extraordinary Life of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. In 2022, Olmeda performed at the San Francisco Conservatory Gala with pianist Yuja Wang. She has participated in masterclasses with Rachel Barton Pine, Hilary Hahn, James Ehnes, and Midori. She received the National Arts Club’s Herman and Mary Neuman Music Award and was named a Young Artist Soloist by the Seattle Symphony. In 2023, Olmeda’s debut album, as the featured soloist of Carlos Simon’s Between Worlds, was released as part of the Sphinx Virtuosi’s inaugural recording with Deutsche Grammophon. Born in Melbourne, Australia, in 2008, Olmeda currently studies at the New England Conservatory of Music with Miriam Fried. She previously studied with Ian Swensen at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Amaryn Olmeda performs on a violin made by J.B. Vuillaume in 1864. | 25
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TH E CLEV EL A N D ORCHESTR A
Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director KELVIN SMITH FAMILY CHAIR FIRST VIOLINS
Eli Matthews1 Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair
Ralph Curry
ENGLISH HORN
Brian Thornton William P. Blair III Chair
Blossom-Lee Chair
Sonja Braaten Molloy
David Alan Harrell
Robert Walters Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaffe Chair
Jung-Min Amy Lee
Carolyn Gadiel Warner
Martha Baldwin
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
Elayna Duitman
Dane Johansen
Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair
Ioana Missits
Paul Kushious
Jessica Lee
Sae Shiragami
BASSES
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Kathleen Collins
Maximilian Dimoff* Clarence T. Reinberger Chair
David Radzynski CONCERTMASTER
Clara G. and George P. Bickford 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
Jeffrey Zehngut
Beth Woodside Emma Shook Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair Yun-Ting Lee Jiah Chung Chapdelaine Liyuan Xie
VIOLAS
Derek Zadinsky2 Charles Paul1 Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair Mark Atherton Thomas Sperl Henry Peyrebrune Charles Barr Memorial 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
Wesley Collins* Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair
Charles Carleton
BASS CLARINET
Scott Dixon
Amy Zoloto Myrna and James Spira Chair
Stanley Konopka2
HARP
Mark Jackobs Jean Wall Bennett Chair
Trina Struble* Alice Chalifoux Chair
Lisa Boyko Richard and Nancy Sneed Chair Richard Waugh Lembi Veskimets The Morgan Sisters Chair
BASSOONS John Clouser* Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair
FLUTES
Gareth Thomas
Joshua Smith* Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Chair
Barrick Stees2 Sandra L. Haslinger Chair
Saeran St. Christopher
Jonathan Sherwin
Jessica Sindell Austin B. and Ellen W. Chinn Chair
CONTRABASSOON
Mary Kay Fink
HORNS
William Bender
PICCOLO
Gareth Zehngut
Nathaniel Silberschlag* George Szell Memorial Chair
CELLOS
Mary Kay Fink Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair
Michael Mayhew§ Knight Foundation Chair
Mark Kosower* Louis D. Beaumont Chair
OBOES
Richard Weiss1 The GAR Foundation Chair
Frank Rosenwein* Edith S. Taplin Chair
Hans Clebsch
Genevieve Smelser
SECOND VIOLINS
Charles Bernard2 Helen Weil Ross Chair
Meghan Guegold Hege
Stephen Rose* Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair
Bryan Dumm Muriel and Noah Butkin Chair
Corbin Stair Sharon and Yoash Wiener Chair
Jason Yu2 James and Donna Reid Chair
Tanya Ell Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber 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
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Eliesha Nelson Anthony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris Chair Joanna Patterson Zakany
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Jeffrey Rathbun2 Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair Robert Walters
Jonathan Sherwin
Jesse McCormick Robert B. Benyo Chair Richard King
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BASS TROMBONE
LIBRARIANS
CONDUCTORS
Michael Sachs* Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair
Luke Sieve
Michael Ferraguto Joe and Marlene Toot Chair
Christoph von Dohnányi
EUPHONIUM & BASS TRUMPET
Donald Miller
Daniel Reith
Lyle Steelman2 James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair
Richard Stout
ENDOWED CHAIRS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED
Michael Miller
Yasuhito Sugiyama* Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair
Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair
Michael Sachs* Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair
TIMPANI
Paul and Lucille Jones Chair
Michael Miller
PERCUSSION
TROMBONES
Marc Damoulakis* Margaret Allen Ireland Chair
Jack Sutte
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Brian Wendel* Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair Richard Stout Alexander and Marianna C. McAfee Chair Shachar Israel2
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KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS Carolyn Gadiel Warner Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair
MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Virginia M. Linsdseth, PhD, Chair Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair Sunshine Chair Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker Chair Rudolf Serkin Chair
Sidney and Doris Dworkin Chair
Lisa Wong DIRECTOR OF CHORUSES
Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair
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CALE N DAR Pre-concert lectures are held in Reinberger Chamber Hall one hour prior to the performance.
WINTER JAN 17 & 18 PROKOFIEV 2 & 5 Franz Welser-Möst, conductor PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 2 WEBERN Symphony PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 Pre-concert lecture by Eric Charnofsky
FEB 1 RECITAL
Beethoven for Three Leonidas Kavakos, violin Yo-Yo Ma, cello Emanuel Ax, piano BEETHOVEN Piano Trio, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost” BEETHOVEN/WOSNER Symphony No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Trio, Op. 70, No. 2
FEB 9 – 11 BEETHOVEN’S FATEFUL FIFTH Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 Pre-concert lecture by James O’Leary
FEB 15 & 17 RAVEL’S MOTHER GOOSE George Benjamin, conductor Tim Mead, countertenor The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus DIETER AMMANN glut GEORGE BENJAMIN Dream of the Song KNUSSEN The Way to Castle Yonder RAVEL Ma mère l’Oye (complete ballet) Pre-concert lecture by James Wilding
FEB 22 – 25 BEETHOVEN’S PASTORAL Philippe Herreweghe, conductor Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” Pre-concert lecture by David Rothenberg
FEB 29 – MAR 2 KANNEH-MASON PLAYS SCHUMANN Susanna Mälkki, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
MAR 7 – 9 BRAHMS’S FOURTH SYMPHONY Fabio Luisi, conductor Mary Kay Fink, piccolo WEBER Overture to Oberon ODED ZEHAVI Aurora BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 Pre-concert lecture by Francesca Brittan
MAR 10 RECITAL
Chopin & Schubert Yefim Bronfman, piano SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No. 14 R . SCHUMANN Carnival Scenes from Vienna ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Sisar CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 3
MAR 14, 16 & 17 LEVIT PLAYS MOZART Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Igor Levit, piano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, “Romantic” Pre-concert lecture by Cicilia Yudha
J.S. BACH/WEBERN Ricercare from Musical Offering * C. SCHUMANN Piano Concerto HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Symphony Pre-concert lecture by Eric Charnofsky
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MAR 21 – 23 SIBELIUS’S SECOND SYMPHONY
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MAY 2 – 4 LANG LANG PLAYS SAINT-SAËNS
Evgeny Kissin, piano Matthias Goerne, baritone
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Lang Lang, piano *
R . SCHUMANN Dichterliebe BRAHMS Four Ballades, Op. 10 BRAHMS Selected Songs
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 * BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
Dalia Stasevska, conductor Josefina Maldonado, mezzo-soprano RAUTAVAARA Cantus Arcticus PERRY Stabat Mater SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 Pre-concert lecture by Kevin McBrien
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GABRIELLA SMITH Breathing Forests DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun JOHN ADAMS City Noir
Pre-concert lecture by Eric Charnofsky
APR 11 – 13 ELGAR’S CELLO CONCERTO Klaus Mäkelä, conductor Sol Gabetta, cello Thomas Hampson, baritone * The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus *
RECITAL
Pre-concert lecture by Caroline Oltmanns
APR 18 – 20 YUJA WANG PLAYS RAVEL & STRAVINSKY Klaus Mäkelä, conductor Yuja Wang, piano RAVEL Concerto for the Left Hand STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring Pre-concert lecture by Caroline Oltmanns
APR 26 – 28 RACHMANINOFF’S SECOND PIANO CONCERTO Lahav Shani, conductor Beatrice Rana, piano UNSUK CHIN subito con forza RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Pre-concert lecture by James O’Leary
JIMMY LÓPEZ BELLIDO Perú negro ELGAR Cello Concerto WALTON Belshazzar’s Feast *
MAY 16, 18, 24 & 26 MOZART’S MAGIC FLUTE Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Nikolaus Habjan, director Julian Prégardien, tenor Ludwig Mittelhammer, baritone Christina Landshamer, soprano The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MOZART The Magic Flute Staged production sung in German with projected supertitles
MAY 23 & 25 MOZART’S GRAN PARTITA Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin Trina Struble, harp WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde JÜRI REINVERE Concerto for Violin and Harp MOZART Serenade No. 10, “Gran Partita” Pre-concert lecture by Michael Strasser
Pre-concert lecture by James Wilding
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