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THIS WEEK’S PROGRAM

Tan Dun Conducts Tan Dun

Tan Dun, conductor

Fireworks, Op. 4 (page 8) by Igor Stravinsky

Water Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra (page 11) by Tan Dun

Marc Damoulakis, percussion

Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a (page 12) by Benjamin Britten

Concerto for Orchestra (from Marco Polo) (page 15) by Tan Dun

Conductor & artist biographies (page 19)

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TCO SPOTLIGHT

Feature articles, musician interviews & season calendar

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IN THE NEWS

Noteworthy happenings at The Cleveland Orchestra

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SNAPSHOTS

Photo highlights from recent Cleveland Orchestra events

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Tan Dun Conducts Tan Dun

Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 7:30 PM

Saturday, November 2, 2024, at 8 PM

Concert Preview with Eric Charnofsky Reinberger Chamber Hall one hour prior to performance

Tan Dun, conductor

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)

Tan Dun (b. 1957)

Fireworks, Op. 4 5 minutes

Water Concerto 30 minutes for Water Percussion and Orchestra

Prelude: Largo molto rubato —

I. Adagio molto misterioso —

II. Andante molto animato —

III. Allegro molto agitato

Marc Damoulakis, percussion

INTERMISSION

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)

Tan Dun

20 minutes

Four Sea Interludes from 15 minutes Peter Grimes, Op. 33a

I. Dawn: Lento e tranquillo —

II. Sunday Morning: Allegro spiritoso —

III. Moonlight: Andante comodo e rubato —

IV. Storm: Presto con fuoco

Concerto for Orchestra 35 minutes (from Marco Polo)

I. Book of Timespace (Misterioso Adagietto)

II. Scent of Bazaar (Misterioso Scherzo)

III. Raga of Desert (Misterioso Melanconia) —

IV. Forbidden City (Misterioso Generoso)

Total approximate running time: 1 hour 45 minutes

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The Secrets of Nature

Tan Dun’s elemental program listens to the natural world as a way to find new approaches to the symphony orchestra

COMPOSERS WHO ALSO CONDUCT

offer the benefit of a certain “insider’s knowledge” to their collaborations with an orchestra. Whether the pieces being performed are their own, the works of a living peer, or scores from the standard repertoire, they understand from experience the struggle to transform imagined soundworlds into practical, acoustic reality.

Composer-conductor Tan Dun brings to the podium an additional perspective as an artist shaped by the intersection of radically different cultures. His work juxtaposes widely divergent perceptions of music, sources of sound production, and even philosophical and spiritual outlooks.

enthusiastically incorporated advanced technology for multimedia performance, exploring new formats and even concepts of audience outreach (including his Internet Symphony: “Eroica” for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra).

“At its essence, this program [with The Cleveland Orchestra] searches for harmony between contrasting forces: water and fire, percussion and strings, simplicity and complexity, love and its confrontations,” says the composer.

The impetus for that search reaches back to his origins in a village in the inland southern province of Hunan. Tan Dun was only nine when Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution in 1966. As a teenager, he was sent to an agricul-

At its essence, this program [with The Cleveland Orchestra] searches for harmony between contrasting forces: water and fire, percussion and strings, simplicity and complexity, love and its confrontations.

Tan Dun’s oeuvre fuses elements from Asian culture (not limited to his native China) with inspiration and techniques drawn from Western classical tradition. “Organic music” is his own term for a series of compositions that transform primary elements from nature, such as water or stone, into instruments (which we hear in the Water Concerto on this program). At the same time, he has

tural commune to work in the rice fields. Western music was condemned as decadent, but the young composer gathered up impressions from local folk musicians (even making music with an improvised ensemble of pots and pans).

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Water is the most fundamental element for life on earth and also takes center stage in Tan Dun’s Water Concerto, which has the soloist interact with translucent bowls filled with the substance.

Fireworks, Op. 4

by Igor Stravinsky

BORN : June 17, 1882, in Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov), Russia

DIED : April 6, 1971, in New York City

▶ COMPOSED: 1908

▶ WORLD PREMIERE : February 6, 1909, in St. Petersburg, with Alexander Siloti conducting

▶ CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PREMIERE : February 12, 1925, conducted by the composer

▶ ORCHESTRATION : 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes (2nd doubling English horn), 3 clarinets (3rd doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (glockenspiel, triangle, cymbals, bass drum), 2 harps, celesta, and strings

▶ DURATION: about 5 minutes

BEFORE STARTING FOR THE COUNTRY, where I generally spent vacation, my wife and I went to say goodbye to [Rimsky-Korsakov]. That was the last time I saw him. In my talk with him I told him about a short orchestral fantasy, called Feu d’Artifice [Fireworks], that I contemplated. He seemed interested, and told me to send it to him as soon as it was ready. ... I finished it in six weeks and sent it off to the country place where he was spending the summer. A few days later a telegram informed me of his death, and shortly afterwards my registered packet was returned to me: “Not delivered on account of death of addressee.” …

The presentation of the Scherzo Fantastique and Feu d’Artifice at the Siloti concerts in the winter marks a date of importance for the whole future of my musical career. It was at this point that I began the close relations with [Diaghilev] which lasted for 20 years, right up to his death, and developed into a deep friendship. … Having heard the two compositions just mentioned, he commissioned me, among certain other Russian composers, to orchestrate two pieces by Chopin for the ballet, Les Sylphides, to be given in Paris in the spring of 1909.

— Igor Stravinsky, from his Autobiography

“I recall these ritual fire dancers from my grandmother’s village,” he continues, “floating on the fishpond, talking to the flowers, birds, and rocks, freely shifting their story between the last life and the next life, transforming limits into the unlimited, making water like fire.”

Tan Dun later became involved with a traveling Peking opera company and was able to enroll in the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing when it reopened in 1977. He began to learn about contemporary developments in Western music and soon earned a reputation as a maverick. In 1986, he moved to the United States to continue graduate studies at Columbia University under Chou Wen-chung, an influential mentor to a new wave of Chinese émigré composers. New York has remained home base ever since for this restlessly traveling artist.

Tan Dun’s selection of music by other composers on this program reflects the unique perspective he brings to the Western canon. He opens with an early,

compact “orchestral fantasy” by a figure he has long admired. Igor Stravinsky wrote Fireworks in 1908 as a wedding gift for the daughter of his mentor Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, whose spectacular orchestral technique and harmonic language are obvious influences. However, the latter died before receiving the new score, and another father figure would soon send Stravinsky’s career on its meteoric ascent: the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, a fellow Russian who struck up a friendship with Stravinsky after hearing Fireworks at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

Tan Dun notes his affinity with Stravinsky, a composer he feels is also “connected to nature,” which accounts for the juxtaposition with his own Water Concerto from 1998, originally commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and inscribed to the memory of Japanese

A burst of sparks seen at the Spring Festival in Kunming, China, which helped usher in the Chinese Lunar New Year in February 2018.

composer Tōru Takemitsu, one of his ear-opening mentors at Beijing’s Central Conservatory. Tan Dun has noted that he learned from Takemitsu to cultivate an awareness of the deeper, symbolic resonances of sounds found in nature.

“As a child,” he recalls, “the shaman taught me that music, people, and landscape all have a spirit, which can communicate. He taught me that leaves can talk to the river, and the river can talk to clouds. That’s why I wrote my Water Concerto, for example, because I think that water can talk to a violin, and water can talk to people as well.”

I had the experience of living with the water, playing with the water, listening to the water. It was very important to me.

This element of nature, he continues, “always reminds me of the water festival in the China, Yunnan Province. … Also, in my hometown, in ancient times and even in my childhood in the village, the people were always washing rice in the river before they cooked it, washing their clothes in the river, washing their bodies in the river.

I had the experience of living with the water, playing with the water, listening to the water. It was very important to me.”

The yearly Water-Splashing Festival, held in April in China’s Yunnan Province (near Tan Dun’s hometown), marks the start of the Dai New Year with several days of playful water activities.

Water Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra

by Tan Dun

BORN : August 18, 1957, in Si Mao, China

▶ COMPOSED: 1998

▶ WORLD PREMIERE : June 3, 1999, with percussionist Christopher Lamb and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Kurt Masur

▶ This weekend’s performances mark the first presentations of Tan Dun’s Water Concerto by The Cleveland Orchestra.

▶ ORCHESTRATION : 2 piccolos, 2 oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (hemispherical water basins, water drums, water gongs, water tubes, agogo bells, waterphones, slapsticks), harp, and strings, plus solo percussion (which includes the above instruments alongside a small bottle, Slinky phone, water shaker, sieve, and vibraphone)

▶ DURATION : about 30 minutes

WATER IS AN ELEMENT you can’t block. You can block land, you can say this is China and this is Russia, but water has no such frontiers.

What I want to present … is music that is for listening to in a visual way, and watching in an [aural] way. I want it to be intoxicating. And I hope some people will listen and rediscover life’s elements, things that are around us but we don’t notice.

— Tan Dun

Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a

by Benjamin Britten

BORN : November 22, 1913, in Lowestoft, England

DIED : December 4, 1976, in Aldeburgh, England

▶ COMPOSED: 1944–45

▶ WORLD PREMIERE : The opera premiered at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London on June 7, 1945, conducted by Reginald Goodall. Days later, the composer himself conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the premiere of the opera’s Four Sea Interludes, on June 13, as part of the Cheltenham Music Festival.

▶ CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PREMIERE : Three of the four interludes (Dawn, Sunday Morning, and Storm) were first heard in Cleveland on October 24, 1946, led by Music Director George Szell. All four were later played on January 18, 1968, again conducted by Szell.

▶ ORCHESTRATION : 2 flutes (both doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, piccolo trumpet, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (chimes, xylophone, snare drum, tambourine, cymbals, gong, bass drum), harp, and strings

▶ DURATION : about 15 minutes

FOR MOST OF MY LIFE , I have lived closely in touch with the sea. My parents’ house in Lowestoft directly faced the sea, and my life as a child was colored by the fierce storms that sometimes drove ships [onto] our coast and ate away whole stretches of neighboring cliffs. In writing Peter Grimes, I wanted to express my awareness of the perpetual struggle of men and women whose livelihood depends on the sea —  difficult though it is to treat such a universal subject in theatrical form.

— Benjamin Britten

Water plays a key role as well in the Four Sea Interludes, an orchestral suite extracted from Benjamin Britten’s breakthrough 1945 opera Peter Grimes. In their original context, the Four Sea Interludes not only anchor the opera’s setting in a small town on the East Anglian coast but serve as multilayered commentaries on its theme of an alienated fisherman living in a conformist society.

Against the thin glint of sunlight breaking through on high, menacing brass harmonies swell from below in “Dawn,” evoking the eternal patterns of nature that are indifferent to the human suffering unfolding in the opera.

The brightly rhythmic overlay of bells in “Sunday Morning” depicts the community gathering for worship. Next, “Moonlight” unfolds as a silvery rain of woodwinds and splashing percussion against unsettling static harmonies. “Storm” doubles as evocative scene-setting music — this is a community over whom nature’s relentless power holds sway — and a metaphoric commentary on the inner turmoil experienced by the opera’s protagonist. Peter Grimes’s passing vision of peace is battered by the tempest’s final surge.

While Britten drew directly on passages from his opera to create the Four Sea Interludes (only slightly adapting them for the concert hall), Tan Dun says he had his 1995 opera Marco Polo “in mind” when he composed his Concerto for

Maggi Hambling’s 2003 sculpture Scallop, located on the beach in Aldeburgh, pays tribute to Benjamin Britten. Inscribed on the shell is a line from Peter Grimes: “I hear those voices that will not be drowned.”

I try to understand the world around me. My music comes from both East and West, ancient and modern. … I have always asked the question: ‘What is the secret of nature?’

Orchestra in 2012. It manifests a unique sense of theatricality — one not limited to what he has written for the stage or film screen (such as his Oscar-winning score to the 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) but that imbues his instrumental compositions as well.

“It always strikes me how Marco Polo was so brave to set out on his journey from Venice to China,” Tan Dun observes. “His journey is also my secret journey in the process of composition.” The Concerto’s four movements reflect on the different kinds of journeys (not only geographical) on which the adventurous Venetian merchant embarked while traveling the Silk Road in the late 13th century.

“My music often takes inspiration from both old and new, the natural and

man-made,” the composer says. “I try to understand the world around me. My music comes from both East and West, ancient and modern. … I have always asked the question: ‘What is the secret of nature?’”

That is the question we as an audience are faced with tonight. In this fascinating program of both old and new, may we commune with nature — and each other —  in this dual ritual of listening and understanding

— Thomas May

Thomas May is a writer, critic, educator, and translator. A regular contributor to The New York Times, The Seattle Times, Gramophone, and Strings magazine, he is the English-language editor for the Lucerne Festival.

Created for the China Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015, Other Future was a multimedia exhibit created by a cross-disciplinary team of artists including Tan Dun, who contributed music and visual elements.

Concerto for Orchestra (from Marco Polo)

by Tan Dun

▶ COMPOSED: 2012

▶ WORLD PREMIERE : October 21, 2012, with the composer conducting the China Philharmonic Orchestra

▶ This weekend’s performances mark the first presentations of Tan Dun’s Concerto for Orchestra by The Cleveland Orchestra.

▶ ORCHESTRATION : 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (marimba, bass drum, Tibetan singing bowls, tambourine, slapsticks, wood blocks, snare drum, Chinese gong, congas, metal cans, rototoms, tam-tam, cowbells, cymbal, waterphone), harp, and strings

▶ DURATION : about 35 minutes

Marco Polo took three different journeys: a geographical, musical, and spiritual journey. In the first movement, [Book of Timespace], Marco Polo is making his spiritual journey through time and space. The brass and strings slide back and forth, much like the fading in and out of light or the dripping of ink on calligraphy paper. The sound stops, but the meaning of the notes still continues.

The second movement, Scent of Bazaar, opens to the aroma of Eastern markets with the trumpets and brass representing the spicy flavors and powerful perfumes. With the third movement, Raga of Desert, we hear Indian raga where every note is alive and has an infinite number of expressions. Here, I specifically focused on the blowing and bowing instruments and how they could sound like plucking instruments such as the sitar.

For the final movement, Marco Polo makes his arrival in the Forbidden City and I was trying to imagine what kind of light, color, and sound he saw and heard there. The Forbidden City also has a lot of meaning for me: it is not “forbidden,” not an obstruction, but shows origin, change, and mystery. Change is circular and we must always return.

— Tan Dun

ON VIEW AT SEVERANCE MUSIC CENTER

Standing the Test of Time: Composer-Conductors in Cleveland GREEN ROOM

The Cleveland Orchestra has been inviting composer-conductors to Severance for decades — Maurice Ravel, Béla Bartók (right), and Igor Stravinsky among them. However, when they first came to Cleveland to present their own music, they ventured into “new and uncharted” territory and were met with some resistance from audiences and critics alike. Explore these famous figures and their early appearances with the Orchestra in this special exhibit.

On the Record

THE MAGICBOX

outside the Grand Foyer

Explore our latest audio recordings with Music Director Franz Welser-Möst. The MagicBox offers a quick digital look at these releases and includes rehearsal footage from select recording sessions.

Behind the Scenes of Severance Music Center LERNER GALLERY

Take a photographic journey into the inner workings of Severance Music Center, including where musicians gather before concerts, where tour equipment is stored, and where the air for the organ comes from.

Tan Dun

UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador Tan Dun has made an indelible mark on the global music scene with a repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions. He has received many prestigious honors including an Academy Award, the Bach Prize, Grawemeyer Award, Shostakovich Award, Italy’s Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, and Istanbul Music Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2019, he was named dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

As a conductor of innovative programs, Tan Dun’s upcoming season includes appearances with The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Seattle Symphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and Budesjugendorchester Deutschland. He is an artistic ambassador of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and serves as the honorary artistic director of the China National Symphony, principal guest conductor of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, and honorary artistic director and chief guest conductor of the Xi'an Symphony Orchestra.

Tan Dun’s music has been heard widely by international audiences. His Internet Symphony: “Eroica,” which was commissioned by Google/YouTube, has been viewed by over 23 million people online. His Organic Music Trilogy of Water, Paper, and Ceramic has frequented major concert halls and festivals.

His multimedia work, The Map, premiered by Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has toured more than 30 countries worldwide. More recently, Tan Dun conducted the premiere of his new oratorio, Buddha Passion, at the Dresden Festival with the Münchner Philharmoniker and will see upcoming performances in London, Hamburg, and Amsterdam.

Tan Dun records for Sony Classical, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Opus Arte, BIS, and Naxos. His recordings have garnered many accolades, including a Grammy Award (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and several Grammy nominations (The First Emperor; Marco Polo; Pipa Concerto), Japan’s Recording Academy Awards for Best Contemporary Music CD (Water Passion after St. Matthew), and the BBC’s Best Orchestral Album (Death and Fire).

Tan Dun’s music is published by G.Schirmer, Inc. and is represented worldwide by the Music Sales Group of Classical Companies.

Marc Damoulakis Principal Percussion

MARGARET ALLEN IRELAND CHAIR

Marc Damoulakis joined The Cleveland Orchestra in August 2006 and was appointed to the principal percussion chair in 2014. He made his solo debut with the Orchestra in 2021, performing John Corigliano’s Conjurer, which was hailed as “a fabulously vigorous” performance. Damoulakis is also currently co-chair of the percussion department at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Throughout his career, Damoulakis has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and National Brass Ensemble, among others. An active chamber musician, he plays regularly with the Strings Music Festival, ChamberFest Cleveland, and as a soloist with the Sun Valley Summer Music Festival’s “In Focus” Series, where he is also the principal percussionist. In addition, he is a founding member of the Time Table Percussion Quartet and has performed as an active freelancer in New York, including playing in the orchestra for Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.

As a teacher, Damoulakis has students holding positions in major orchestras across the world and has led masterclasses and clinics throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He is committed to a biannual week-long teaching residency at the University

of Colorado at Boulder, is a regular participant in the Northwestern Percussion Symposium, and is a regular coach with the National Youth Orchestra USA. As a collaborative three-year project, he also developed the K Symphonic line of cymbals with the Zildjian Company, instruments that are an important part of his collection with The Cleveland Orchestra.

A native of Boston, he studied with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and holds a bachelor’s degree in percussion performance from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied under Christopher Lamb, Duncan Patton, and James Preiss. He continued his studies for four years at the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas.

Damoulakis and his wife Samantha currently reside in Cleveland Heights with their son George, daughter Helen, and dog Chloe.

NOW FIRMLY IN ITS SECOND CENTURY , The Cleveland Orchestra, under the leadership of Franz Welser-Möst since 2002, is one of the most sought-after performing ensembles in the world. Year after year, the ensemble exemplifies extraordinary artistic excellence, creative programming, and community engagement. In recent years, The New York Times has called Cleveland “the best in America” for its virtuosity, elegance of sound, variety of color, and chamber-like musical cohesion.

Founded by Adella Prentiss Hughes, the Orchestra performed its inaugural concert in December 1918. By the middle of the century, decades of growth and sustained support had turned the ensemble into one of the most admired around the world.

The past decade has seen an increasing number of young people attending concerts, bringing fresh attention to The Cleveland Orchestra’s legendary sound and committed programming. More recently, the Orchestra launched several bold digital projects, including the streaming platform Adella.live and its own recording label. Together, they have captured the Orchestra’s unique artistry and the musical achievements of the Welser-Möst and Cleveland Orchestra partnership.

The 2024 – 25 season marks Franz Welser-Möst’s 23rd year as Music Director, a period in which The Cleveland

Orchestra has earned unprecedented acclaim around the world, including a series of residencies at the Musikverein in Vienna, the first of its kind by an American orchestra, and a number of celebrated opera presentations.

Since 1918, seven music directors —  Nikolai Sokoloff, Artur Rodziński, Erich Leinsdorf, George Szell, Lorin Maazel, Christoph von Dohnányi, and Franz Welser-Möst — have guided and shaped the ensemble’s growth and sound. Through concerts at home and on tour, broadcasts, and a catalog of acclaimed recordings, The Cleveland Orchestra is heard today by a growing group of fans around the world.

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 Handke

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 Matthews1

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

Gawon Kim

VIOLAS

Wesley Collins*

Chaillé H. and Richard B.

Tullis Chair

Stanley Konopka2

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 Weiss1

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 Rathbun2

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 Steelman2^

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

Sandra L. Haslinger Chair

Paul and Lucille Jones 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

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

^ Alum of The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra

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.

YEAR IN PREVIEW:

2024 – 25 Season Highlights with Franz Welser-Möst

Music Director

KELVIN SMITH FAMILY CHAIR

As we embark on our 2024 – 25 season, Music Director Franz Welser-Möst is poised to lead a series of concerts that promise to captivate and inspire. We recently caught up with him to discuss the season’s most anticipated performances, his longstanding collaborations with renowned artists, and the stories and vision guiding his programming decisions this year.

Looking ahead to our 23rd season together is like being a kid in a candy store! Which program would you highlight as particularly special to you?

FRANZ :  One program that stands out to me is the one where we perform Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde [November 21–23]. The Orchestra and I haven’t played that piece in over 16 years — it’s been a long time coming. Mahler’s later works, especially this one, are profound and mind-boggling in their reflections on life and farewells. It’s a piece that has a special place in my heart.

Your choice of the tenor-baritone version for Das Lied is interesting, especially since the tenor-alto version is more commonly performed. What drove that decision?

FRANZ :  It’s really strange — I think it’s a deeply personal choice. The male voice in this piece has always resonated with me on an emotional level. I think it has to do with my first exposure to Das Lied, which was through a recording of baritone Hermann Prey singing it. I listened to it often as a child, and that experience has stayed with me throughout my life. The tenor-baritone version brings a certain gravitas and intimacy that I find particularly compelling, and I’m looking forward to performing it with Limmie [Pulliam] and Iurii [Samoilov] this fall.

The Beethoven piano concerto cycle with Igor Levit is obviously another major highlight this season [November 6–17]. How do you approach preparing for such an extensive cycle compared to your usual concert weeks? ▶ ▶ ▶

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FRANZ :  The preparation isn’t very different from my end, but it’s certainly a marathon for the soloist. For Igor, it’s more intense — each concerto demands a different mindset and emotional investment. But he’s one of the most exceptional pianists in the world today and is more than up to the challenge. For the Orchestra, it’s all about maintaining consistency and energy across multiple performances. Frankly, this cycle is going to be much more stressful for Igor than it will be for us!

You’ll also be performing a special program with Lithuanian soprano

Asmik Grigorian [March 13 & 15, 2025] before we leave for Carnegie Hall. Can you tell us more about your collaboration with her and this unique program?

FRANZ :  Asmik is an extraordinary artist, one of those rare talents who appears maybe once every 50 years. I’m not exaggerating. We’ve worked together on several opera productions, and her intensity on stage is something to

behold. I’ve heard some people say they haven’t experienced such intensity since Maria Callas. Our concert with her will feature Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs. Asmik has sung the Four Last Songs many times, and she brings a unique depth to them. But I felt that wasn’t enough to truly showcase her talent, so I suggested we also perform the final scene from Puccini’s Suor Angelica, which is incredibly powerful and will leave the audience deeply moved. I seriously expect some weeping at the end of the program!

With such diverse repertoire, how do you navigate the demands of these works and the need to keep the performances engaging for both the musicians and the audience?

FRANZ :  It’s about finding the right emotional balance and pacing. With works like Das Lied and the Four Last Songs, for example, there’s a need for

Pianist Igor Levit joins The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst from November 6–17 for a much-anticipated Beethoven piano concerto cycle.

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introspection and emotional depth. But it’s equally important to ensure that each performance feels fresh and spontaneous. That’s where the relationship between conductor and orchestra becomes crucial. Our musicians and I have worked together for many years, and there’s a deep level of trust and understanding. This allows us to explore new nuances in the music, even in pieces we’ve performed many times before.

Speaking of long-standing relationships, you’ve worked with many great musicians throughout your career. How does your approach differ when collaborating with a new artist compared to someone you’ve worked with for years?

FRANZ :  The first time you work with someone, there’s always an element of discovery. You’re learning about each other’s musical instincts and finding a common language. But when you’ve worked with someone over many years, there’s a deep, almost unspoken understanding that develops. It allows you to go further in your interpretations, to take risks, and to explore the music in new ways.

With Asmik, for example, we’ve developed a very close musical relationship over several years, starting with our collaboration on Salome in Salzburg in 2018. That production was a turning point for her career, and it was a

privilege to be part of that journey with her. When you have that kind of connection, it brings a special energy to the performance.

One last question: Which concerts this season, outside of the ones you are leading, are you most looking forward to as an audience member?

FRANZ :  That’s always a tough one! But I’m particularly interested in the Tan Dun concert with Marc Damoulakis [October 31 & November 2]. Tan Dun’s music is incredibly innovative, and Marc is such a creative and skilled player. It’s going to be fascinating to see how they bring this unique Water Concerto to life.

I also think Thomas Adès’s program [February 20 & 22, 2025] is beautifully structured. America: A Prophecy is such a great piece. And there’s something about living composers conducting their own works that makes such programs very special.

Rising Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian will perform works by Richard Strauss and Puccini in her Cleveland Orchestra debut on March 13 & 15, 2025.

BETWEEN SCORE AND PODIUM:

Three Leading Composer-Conductors Come to Cleveland

THE ARTS OF COMPOSING and conducting emphasize opposite ends of the personality spectrum: the former tends to be an intensely private activity associated with the solitude of the studio, while the latter relies on the extrovert’s affinity for communicating with the public. Yet both can converge in the same artist.

This season, The Cleveland Orchestra is showcasing three stellar exemplars of the phenomenon. Esa-Pekka Salonen ascends the podium on October 10, 12, and 13, while Tan Dun makes his Cleveland conducting debut a few weeks later, on October 31 and November 2. And on February 20 and 22, 2025, Thomas Adès, returns to lead the Orchestra in a major new commission.

All three artists are leading figures in

the international classical music scene. Naturally, each brings unique “insider” knowledge when it comes to conducting their own music. But their insights into the creative process will likewise illuminate the works by other composers that they have selected for their respective programs.

Far from a novelty, the combination of composer-conductor roles was commonplace before the increasing complexity of professional musical life began to favor specialization. The Cleveland Orchestra’s own past includes numerous composer-conductors who made the trip to Cleveland to work with its fabled musicians. Maurice Ravel stopped by on his first American tour in 1928 —  though Nikolai Sokoloff, the Orchestra’s first music director, complained that

his conducting was “both messy and ghastly” — while Igor Stravinsky began his association with the Orchestra in 1925. After leading a program of his works in 1955, he declared: “I am really a happy man batoning this fine group.”

Esa-Pekka Salonen initially envisioned a life devoted wholeheartedly to composition. But in 1983, at age 25, he impressed the music world when he filled in at the last minute for Michael Tilson Thomas to conduct the Philharmonia Orchestra in Mahler’s Third Symphony. To his own surprise, he thereby launched one of the preeminent conducting careers of our era.

After a decade or so spent immersing himself in the music of others as a conductor, Salonen recalled, he came to understand that “there is more than one truth,” compositionally speaking: it was not monopolized by the avant-garde European language in which he had been trained. That epiphany led to a creative breakthrough and a new focus on his work as a composer.

Salonen, now 66, has channeled some of his most innovative ideas as a composer through the age-old concerto format. Along with Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony, Salonen’s Cleveland program will feature his expansive Cello Concerto, which was premiered in 2017. Originally written for Yo-Yo Ma, it will introduce Cleveland audiences to the remarkable young Finnish cellist Senja Rummukainen.

Yo-Yo Ma, as it happens, was featured on the soundtrack of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the Ang Lee film from 2000, for which Tan Dun’s music won both an Oscar and a Grammy Award. Born in a village in Hunan Province in 1957 and an émigré to New York, Tan Dun has become known for his imaginative fusions of Chinese and Western musical traditions.

left: After a 21-year absence, Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to Cleveland to conduct his own Cello Concerto alongside works by Ravel and Sibelius.

right: Tan Dun’s Water Concerto, which calls for the percussion soloist to interact with translucent bowls filled with water, is the centerpiece of an elementallyinspired program.

A gripping theatricality and sense of ritual imbue many of Tan Dun’s works, which frequently incorporate musical ideas inspired by natural elements. He will conduct two of his own compositions that manifest these traits. With his 1998 Water Concerto, which calls for the soloist — in this performance, Cleveland’s Principal Percussionist Marc Damoulakis — to manipulate basins filled with water, Tan Dun writes that he hopes to encourage the audience to “listen and rediscover life’s elements, things that are around us but we don’t notice.” His 2012 Concerto for Orchestra draws on his earlier opera, Marco Polo, about the legendary Italian traveler of the Silk Road.

The unique sound world that Tan Dun has developed gives him an unparalleled perspective on Britten’s Four Sea Interludes, which similarly originate from an opera, his landmark Peter Grimes. An early Stravinsky piece, Fireworks, will pay homage to still more elements as the concert’s dazzling opener.

Thomas Adès, born in London in 1971, made his conducting debut with The Cleveland Orchestra in spring 2023. For his return engagement, Adès has revised his millennial work America: A Prophecy. An apocalyptic meditation setting Mayan poetry and other texts, this newly expanded version of the piece was co-commissioned by the Orchestra and features The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus alongside mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor. Adès will juxtapose his music with the infrequently played Orchestral Set No. 2 by Charles Ives and a pair of sea-related works by Sibelius and the late Kaija Saariaho. When asked about performing the music of others, Adès responded, “The score is just a map of intentions. …  The music came before the score. And the music is the thing behind the surface.” With this season’s stellar lineup of composer-conductors, we can fully expect each to illuminate the music beneath the score in the intriguing programs they have constructed.   — Thomas May

Thomas May is a writer, critic, educator, and translator. A regular contributor to The New York Times, The Seattle Times, Gramophone, and Strings magazine, he is the English-language editor for the Lucerne Festival.

Among the world’s most acclaimed living composers, Thomas Adès will lead the Orchestra in a fascinating program, ranging from the sea-inspired Oltra Mar by Saariaho to his own America: A Prophecy, a meditation on the turn of the millennium.

A Conversation with Marc Damoulakis

Principal Percussion

MARGARET ALLEN IRELAND CHAIR

Later this fall, Severance Music Center will be filled with sounds quite unusual for a concert hall — that of water dripping, splashing, and bubbling. Rest assured, a pipe has not burst in the basement! Rather, these sounds will be an integral part of Tan Dun’s 1998 Water Concerto, conducted by the Academy–Award winning composer-conductor on October 31 and November 2. We recently sat down with Principal Percussionist Marc Damoulakis to learn about performing this unique work and the preparations involved.

Will this be your first solo venture with the Orchestra?

MARC :  I performed John Corigliano’s Conjurer concerto during Covid, which was my first solo appearance with the Orchestra. We were distanced, since it’s for strings and percussion only, and it was recorded for Adella.

How did you come across Tan Dun’s Water Concerto? Have you known about it for a long time, or was this a recent discovery?

MARC :  It was written for my teacher, Christopher Lamb, and commissioned by the New York Philharmonic. I heard him play it in Boston in 2001 while I was in the New World Symphony and was absolutely taken by it. As percussion concertos go, it’s a fascinating one and I thought it would be great to give it a shot someday.

Was this also your first exposure to Tan Dun’s music?

MARC :  He wrote a concerto for cello and percussion quartet that I played as a student, so I was familiar with him and his music. I didn’t realize he did film scores until Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was released, which is probably the opposite for most people. I knew him first as a concert composer!

This is an incredibly unique piece in terms of the setup and instruments required. Describe a bit about what that entails. What does your preparation look like? ▶ ▶ ▶

MARC :  Finding and sourcing this stuff has taken tons and tons of hours. The soloist has two large acrylic hemispheres that are filled with water, miked, and placed on stands that are lit from beneath. Each member of the percussion section also has one of these bowls. As far as sounds go, there’s water dripping, plucking, splashing, bubbling. There are wooden bowls that are flipped upside down, float on the surface, and act as drums, alongside other cylinders, cups, and tubes that manipulate the water. Tan Dun calls for an instrument called the waterphone — this steel resonator that’s filled with water that can be bowed or drummed — which looks and sounds amazing. There are also some traditional instruments like gongs, bells, and vibraphone. So, it’s been really challenging to explore all these sounds. It’s like learning a completely different language.

Looking through the score, it seems like there’s some flexibility to put your own spin on the work. Do you feel that when you’ve been preparing it?

MARC :  Yes, I do! There’s room for creativity and improvisation as well. The piece also has a theatrical element, but it comes honestly. It embodies the element of water. Tan Dun has taken something that’s so familiar to everybody and isolated it, putting it under a microscope. It’s an entirely original way to say something.

How would you tell someone who’s not familiar with the piece or Tan Dun’s music what to listen for? How would you recommend they go into this experience?

MARC :  I would say just enjoy the experience. It’s a unique piece and utterly different than anything else. On one level, it stays true to a lot of what we percussionists do, engineering sounds and playing grooves, yet here, these are displaced on instruments that are completely one-of-a-kind.

Should people in the front row bring a poncho? I’m sure you’ll be wearing something that can get splashed!

MARC : Oh gosh … Hopefully not! There are many interpretations of this piece, and some span the spectrum of how crazy they get. Tan Dun dedicated the concerto to Tōru Takemitsu, so in my mind, that evokes more of a quiet garden rather than wild splashing. But we’ll see what happens!

The intricate setup for Tan Dun’s Water Concerto includes two translucent bowls filled with water, chimes, gongs, bells, and a waterphone.

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FALL

NOV 6 & 7

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO CYCLE PROGRAM 1

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Igor Levit, piano

Augustin Hadelich, violin

Julia Hagen, cello

BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3

NOV 9 & 12

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO CYCLE PROGRAM 2

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Igor Levit, piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4

NOV 15–17

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO CYCLE PROGRAM 3

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Igor Levit, piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”

NOV 21–23

MAHLER’S SONG OF THE EARTH

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Limmie Pulliam, tenor

Iurii Samoilov, baritone

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 7

MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde

NOV 29–DEC 1

RHAPSODY IN BLUE

David Robertson, conductor

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

COPLAND Suite from Appalachian Spring

GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue

ELLINGTON New World A-Comin’

COPLAND Suite from The Tender

Land

RECITAL

DEC 4

GERSTEIN IN RECITAL

Kirill Gerstein, piano

R. SCHUMANN Carnaval

FRANCISCO COLL Waltzes Toward Civilization

RAVEL La valse (trans. for piano)

LISZT Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude

LISZT Piano Sonata in B minor

DEC 5–7

AX PLAYS MOZART

Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

Emanuel Ax, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10

WINTER

JAN 9, 11 & 12

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

Stéphane Denève, conductor

Steven Banks, saxophone

MILHAUD La création du monde

GUILLAUME CONNESSON A Kind of Trane

POULENC Suite from Les biches

GERSHWIN An American in Paris

JAN 16–18

HAHN PLAYS BRAHMS

Elim Chan, conductor

Hilary Hahn, violin

BRAHMS Violin Concerto

LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra

FEB 7–9

ALSO SPRACH

ZARATHUSTRA

Thomas Guggeis, conductor

Mark Kosower, cello

R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra

DUTILLEUX Tout un monde lointain...

RAVEL La valse

FEB 13 & 15

BRUCKNER’S SEVENTH

Fabio Luisi, conductor

Tim Mead, countertenor

SILVIA COLASANTI Time’s Cruel Hand

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7

FEB 20 & 22

ADÈS CONDUCTS ADÈS

Thomas Adès, conductor

Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

SIBELIUS The Oceanides

SAARIAHO Oltra Mar

THOMAS ADÈS America: A Prophecy

IVES Orchestral Set No. 2

RECITAL

FEB 23

ÓLAFSSON & WANG IN RECITAL

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano

Yuja Wang, piano

BERIO Wasserklavier

SCHUBERT Fantasie in F minor

CAGE Experiences No. 1

NANCARROW Study No. 6

(arr. Adès)

JOHN ADAMS Hallelujah Junction

ARVO PÄRT Hymn to a Great City

RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

FEB 27–MAR 1

BEETHOVEN’S EROICA

Alan Gilbert, conductor

Leonidas Kavakos, violin

SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 2

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

MAR 6–9

TCHAIKOVSKY’S FOURTH SYMPHONY

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Seong-Jin Cho, piano

RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole

RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

MAR 13 & 15

HAYDN & STRAUSS

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Asmik Grigorian, soprano

HAYDN Symphony No. 52

R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs

JANÁČEK Suite from From the House of the Dead

PUCCINI Final Scene from Suor Angelica

MAR 14

HAYDN & STRAVINSKY

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

HAYDN Symphony No. 52

STRAVINSKY Pétrouchka

SPRING

RECITAL

MAR 27

ANDSNES IN RECITAL

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

GRIEG Piano Sonata

TVEITT Piano Sonata No. 29, “Sonata Etere”

CHOPIN 24 Preludes

APR 17–19

BACH’S EASTER ORATORIO

Bernard Labadie, conductor

Joélle Harvey, soprano

Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano

Andrew Haji, tenor

Gordon Bintner, bass-baritone

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

J.S. BACH Easter Oratorio

J.S. BACH Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29

J.S. BACH Magnificat

APR 24–26

MOZART & ELGAR

Kazuki Yamada, conductor

Francesco Piemontesi, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25

ELGAR Symphony No. 1

RECITAL

MAY 7

KISSIN IN RECITAL

Evgeny Kissin, piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 7

CHOPIN Nocturne in G minor, Op. 15, No. 3

CHOPIN Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55, No. 2

CHOPIN Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72, No. 1

CHOPIN Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, “Military”

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Sonata No. 2

SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor

SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue in D-flat major

SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude and Fugue in D minor

MAY 8–10

MOZART’S SYMPHONY NO. 40

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

MOZART Symphony No. 40

ALLISON LOGGINS-HULL New Work

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 3 *

MAY 17, 22 & 25

JANÁČEK’S JENŮFA

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Latonia Moore, soprano

Pavol Breslik, tenor

Miles Mykkanen, tenor

Nina Stemme, soprano

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus JANÁČEK Jenůfa

Opera presentation sung in Czech with projected supertitles

MAY 23 & 24

VOX HUMANA

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Sarah Aristidou, soprano

Tony Sias, narrator

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

POULENC La voix humaine

J.S. BACH Concerto from Komm, Jesu, komm

USTVOLSKAYA Symphony No. 5, “Amen”

J.S. BACH Aria from Komm, Jesu, komm

R. STRAUSS Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten

* Not performed on the Friday     matinee concert

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The Cleveland Orchestra Takes Europe by Storm

ON AUGUST 23 , The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst departed on a two-week tour of Europe, featuring eight concerts in six venues across five countries. This occasion marked the Orchestra’s 80th international tour in its 107-year history.

Kicking off the tour was an ambitious concert at the Berlin Philharmonie. Presented as part of the genre-defying Berlin MusikFest, the Orchestra performed works by John Adams and Prokofiev alongside the European premiere of Can You See? by Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow Allison Loggins-Hull.

The second leg of the tour was particularly notable, marking The Cleveland Orchestra’s return to Finland for the first time since 1965. In the first of two concerts at Helsinki’s Musiikkitalo, pianist Víkingur Ólafsson joined the Orchestra for Schumann’s Piano Concerto. Enthusiastic ovations greeted the ensemble both nights, leading one critic to exclaim, “One hopes that [the Orche-

stra’s] next visit to Finland is to take place without another sixty-year hiatus.”

Three days later, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony — and the Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde as an encore —  capped a program at the KKL during the Lucerne Festival, one of the Orchestra’s frequent and much-loved stopping places.

A concert on September 4 marked another special occasion: the 200th birthday of Anton Bruckner. To kick off Brucknerfest Linz 2024, the Orchestra performed the composer’s Fourth Symphony in his hometown of Ansfelden, mere steps away from where he was born —  a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Near the end of the tour, the Orchestra enjoyed a brief yet welcome excursion to Bratislava’s Reduta Hall — another city it had not performed in since 1965 —  before two final concerts at Vienna’s Musikverein, where the Orchestra has enjoyed a regular residency since 2003.

Though the Orchestra has seen many international tours over the years, this one in particular — with its mix of destinations both familiar and less familiar — made it a tour to remember.

left: The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, and Víkingur Ólafsson perform at Helsinki’s stunning Musiikkitalo.

right: While in Finland, the Blossom Quartet (comprising Orchestra members Stephen Tavani, Yun-Ting Lee, William Bender, and Dane Johansen) gave a short recital for some Cleveland Orchestra friends at Ainola, the home of Jean Sibelius.

New Audio Recording & Adella Concert Feature Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony

2024 IS A GREAT TIME to be a fan of Anton Bruckner. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Austrian composer’s birth, and The Cleveland Orchestra has been commemorating the occasion in several ways.

On August 16, the Orchestra released a new audio recording of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4, led by Music Director Franz Wesler-Möst. This marks The Cleveland Orchestra’s third audio release of 2024, following Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 6 and an album featuring works by Béla Bartók. The recording is available for digital streaming and download in spatial audio on all major platforms.

Several days later, a new video production of the symphony was released on the Orchestra’s digital streaming

platform, Adella.live, featuring an interview with Welser-Möst. Both this and the audio recording were recorded live at Severance in March 2024.

These releases preceded the Orchestra’s recent tour of Europe with WelserMöst, which included two performances of Bruckner’s Fourth in Austria. The first was part of a concert given in Ansfelden, the composer’s hometown, on his birthday, September 4.

“Bruckner’s music was deeply rooted in the traditions of his homeland, but in many ways, his compositions were far ahead of his time,” Welser-Möst said before the tour. “This may be one of the reasons why his music has not lost its appeal. It inspires audiences through a profound listening experience.”

Visit clevelandorchestra.com/recordings and adella.live for more information.

Franz Welser-Möst discusses the artistry behind Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony preceding a performance of the work on Adella.live.

Barrick Stees Retires After 23 Years

THIS SUMMER , Assistant Principal Bassoon Barrick Stees stepped down after 23 years of performances with The Cleveland Orchestra.

Alongside concerts at Severance, Blossom, and on tour, Stees frequently played chamber music with his Cleveland colleagues. He most recently appeared alongside Cleveland Orchestra flutist Mary Kay Fink and members of the New World Symphony in Dai Fujikura’s Cosmic Breath, part of a chamber concert given during the Orchestra’s South Florida Residency in November 2023.

Stees taught bassoon at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Kent Blossom Music Festival, Michigan State University, and

Interlochen Center for the Arts, among others. Over the years, he played with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra (where he was previously principal bassoon), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and appeared at music festivals throughout North America, South America, and Europe. He was awarded the Presidential Scholar Teacher Recognition Award from the United States Secretary of Education.

Stees gave his final concert at Severance with The Cleveland Orchestra on July 25. After the performance of Dvořák’s Sixth Symphony, guest conductor Petr Popelka invited the bassoonist to the front of the stage for a solo bow, which was met with a rousing ovation from the audience and musicians.

Barrick Stees held the Sandra L. Haslinger Chair.

above: Barrick Stees after the Orchestra’s second Summers at Severance concert on July 25.

Orchestra Receives Generous Gifts

2024 HAS SEEN A WAVE of generosity from supporters of The Cleveland Orchestra, particularly through three major gifts from longtime patrons.

In August, the Orchestra announced a gift from the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation, funding the Kelvin Smith Family Chair currently held by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst for the rest of his tenure. The Foundation makes grants to nonprofit, charitable organizations around Cleveland that adhere to excellence in their missions, creativity in approach, fiscal responsibility, and dynamic leadership in their service to the community.

said, “I want to express my gratitude to the Smith Foundation for this gift. Now in the 23rd year of my partnership with The Cleveland Orchestra, I am astounded by the breadth and depth of what we have accomplished together.”

Earlier this year, longtime patrons and supporters Myrna and Jim Spira gave a special gift to support the Orchestra’s artistic programming, pension fund, and annual fund. The gift also endowed the Myrna and Jim Spira Bass Clarinet Chair, currently occupied by Amy Zoloto.

Jim Spira, a member of the Orchestra’s Board of Trustees since 2014, said, “It’s a privilege to be part of a community that has supported the development of an orchestra of this caliber in a city of this size. It’s a remarkable civic accomplishment.” President & CEO André Gremillet added to the sentiment: “This incredible gift is not only inspiring

It’s a privilege to be part of a community that has supported the development of an orchestra of this caliber in a city of this size. It’s a remarkable civic accomplishment.

— Jim Spira, Cleveland Orchestra Trustee

“The Smith Foundation wishes to applaud Franz Welser-Möst’s impactful leadership with a meaningful gift honoring his longstanding commitment to Cleveland,” said Ellen Stirn Mavec, president and chairman of the Foundation and granddaughter of the late Kelvin and Eleanor Smith. In response, Welser-Möst

but also essential in supporting our efforts to broaden and deepen relationships with Cleveland Orchestra audiences. This meaningful support also helps to ensure our sustainability and legacy for future generations.”

Another recently endowed musician chair came thanks to the generosity of

Tony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris, who established the Anthony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris Chair, currently occupied by violist Eliesha Nelson.

At a reception ceremony, the couple reflected on their decision to endow a viola chair. “I played viola when I was young,” Tony said. “And we have had several opportunities to hear what a wonderful musician [Eliesha] is when she played in community chamber concerts.” Diane commented further: “We have witnessed the efforts made by

the Orchestra and musicians to reach out and engage the entire Cleveland community, from schools to neighborhoods. We greatly appreciate and are proud of those efforts. [Tony and I] are honored and privileged to be able to endow a viola chair for Eliesha and do our small part to ensure that The Cleveland Orchestra maintains its excellence far into the future.”

Tony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris (left, right) and Eliesha Nelson (center) celebrate the endowed chair at a reception in Mandel Concert Hall on March 5.

SNAPSHOTS

MANDEL OPERA & HUMANITIES FESTIVAL: POWER

right: 1) The centerpiece of the 2024 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival was an imaginative production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Directed by Nikolaus Habjan and conducted by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, it featured the singers performing alongside larger-than-life puppets (including a dramatic Queen of the Night, dazzlingly sung by Kathryn Lewek).

Other festival highlights included:   2) a performance by jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, 3) a kidfriendly introduction to the opera —  complete with activities in Smith Lobby —  and 4) a panel discussion on diversity in classical music, moderated by (l-r) Jeremy Johnson and featuring Jessica Lee, Aaron Flagg, and Liza Grossman.

left: 5) Summertime in Northeast Ohio meant the start of the Blossom Music Festival and new opportunities to make memories with friends and family.

This season featured a fantastic lineup of classical gems, pops and Broadway favorites, and thrilling movies.  6) Superstar banjoist Béla Fleck jumpstarted Blossom’s classical concerts with his mesmerizing transcription of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, which turned 100 this year.

7) The season also featured two collaborations with the Blossom Festival Chorus: presentations of The Return of the King — the final film in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy — as well as a performance of Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, conducted by Domingo Hindoyan

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CLOCKWISE

LEFT: PHOTOS BY ROGER MASTROIANNI, KEVIN LIBAL, JULIAN DUBE, YEVHEN GULENKO–HUMAN ARTIST, EXTRAORDINAIRE PHOTOS, ROGER MASTROIANNI, KEVIN LIBEL

EDUCATION EVENTS

above: The Cleveland Orchestra’s Education & Community department stayed busy this summer with several events in and around Cleveland.

1) Instrument “petting zoos” delighted our youngest fans at local summer festivals such as PRIDE in the CLE and Parade the Circle.  2) At Blossom on July 13, Hispanic Family Night brought people together for great food and great camaraderie.

3) The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO) ended their 2023–24 season with a special exchange with the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, beginning with a joint concert at Blossom followed by a trip to Toronto to perform together at Roy Thomson Hall.

SUMMERS AT SEVERANCE

right: 4) After a brief hiatus, Summers at Severance returned with food and drinks on the front terrace followed by a concert in Mandel Concert Hall. The July 11 concert featured the Cleveland debut of conductor Oksana Lyniv and the Severance debut of pianist Inon Barnatan

BLOSSOM SUMMER SOIRÉE

below: 5) July 21 marked the annual Blossom Summer Soirée. Attendees were treated to a pre-concert reception with food and drinks, followed by a spectacular concert with Leslie Odom, Jr. and The Cleveland Orchestra.  6) Dressed in their summer best, (l-r) Peggy Koblenzer, Anne Dunn, Laura Milo, Katie Orendorf, and Tatiana Harris enjoy the evening’s festivities. 7) Hyun and Catherine Park smile for the camera during the reception held at Knight Grove at Blossom Music Center.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: PHOTOS BY TEAGAN WEBB, SCOTT ESTERLY PHOTOGRAPHY, (PHOTOS 5-7) YEHVEN GULENKO–HUMAN ARTIST, AIREONNA MCCALL-DUBE, ROGER MASTROIANNI

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Adella Prentiss Hughes Society

Gifts of $1,000,000 and more

Mr. and Mrs.* Geoffrey Gund

Joan Y. Horvitz*

Anne H. and Tom H. Jenkins

Milton and Tamar Maltz

Mrs. Jane B. Nord

Mr. and Mrs.* Richard K. Smucker

Gifts of $200,000 to $999,999

The Musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra (in-kind contribution for community programs and opportunities to secure funding)

Art of Beauty Company, Inc.

Mary Freer Cannon*

Iris and Tom Harvie

Haslam 3 Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Lauria

Mrs. Norma Lerner

Jan R. Lewis

Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner

Jenny and Tim Smucker

Anonymous

Gifts of $100,000 to $199,999

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Mr. and Mrs.* Eugene J. Beer

Mr. Yuval Brisker

Rebecca Dunn

Dr. Michael Frank and Patricia A.* Snyder

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz

The Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Kloiber (Europe)

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre

Thomas E. Lauria (Miami)

Ms. Beth E. Mooney

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Barbara and David Wolfort

Tony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris

Anonymous

Elisabeth DeWitt

Severance Society

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Victor and Abby Alexander

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Mr. William P. Blair III*

Robin Dunn Blossom

Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Glenn R. Brown*

Dr. Robert Brown and

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Dr. Thomas Brugger* and Dr. Sandra Russ

J. C. and Helen Rankin Butler

Jim and Mary Conway

Judith and George W. Diehl

Elliot and Judith Dworkin

Mary Jo Eaton (Miami)

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Drs. Wolfgang and Gabi Eder (Europe)

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ehrlich (Europe)

Mrs. Connie M. Frankino

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Gillespie

David and Robin Gunning

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Amy and Stephen Hoffman

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Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz (Cleveland, Miami)

Mrs. Marguerite B. Humphrey*

Allan V. Johnson

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Cynthia Knight

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Ms. Cathy Lincoln

Jon A. and Virginia M. Lindseth, PhD

Mr. Jeff Litwiller

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mathews

Mr. Stephen McHale

Randy and Christine Myeroff

The Honorable John Doyle Ong

Catherine and Hyun Park

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Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ratner

James and Marguerite Rigby

Mr.* and Mrs. David A. Ruckman

Mark and Shelly Saltzman

Donna E. Shalala (Miami)

Hewitt and Paula Shaw

R. Thomas and Meg Harris Stanton

Mr.* and Mrs. Donald W. Strang, Jr.

Tom and Shirley* Waltermire

Anya Weaving and Tom Mihaljevic

Meredith and Michael Weil

Anonymous (2)

Dudley S. Blossom Society

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Mr. James Babcock

Mr. and Mrs. Jules Belkin

Mr. and Mrs. C. Perry Blossom

Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Bolton

Dr. Christopher P. Brandt and Dr. Beth Sersig

Mr. D. McGregor Brandt, Jr.

Dr. Ben H. and Julia Brouhard

Meghan and Trent Brown

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Mary* and Bill Conway

Mrs. Barbara Cook

Mrs. Anita Cosgrove

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew V. Crawford

Maureen A. Doerner and Geoffrey T. White

Nancy and Richard Dotson

Mr. Brian L. Ewart and Mr. William McHenry

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Fedorovich

Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra

Richard and Ann Gridley

Mr. Calvin Griffith

Gary L. and Cari T. Gross

Mr. and Mrs. Harley I. Gross

Kathleen E. Hancock

Jack Harley and Judy Ernest

Gerald Hughes

Mr. and Mrs. Brinton L. Hyde

Sarah Liotta Johnston and Jeff Johnston

Rob and Laura Kochis

Eeva and Harri Kulovaara (Miami)

Mr. and Mrs. S. Ernest Kulp

Ms. Heather Lennox

Daniel R. Lewis (Miami)

In honor of Emma Skoff Lincoln

Linda Litton

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Alan Markowitz M.D. and Cathy Pollard

Ann Jones Morgan

Sally S. and John C. Morley*

Jennifer and Alexander Ogan

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Saul and Mary Sanders (Miami)

Rachel R. Schneider

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Robyn Shifrin

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Philip and Sarah Taylor

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Robert C. Weppler

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Frank H. Ginn Society

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Dr. and Mrs. D. P. Agamanolis

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Ms. Viia R. Beechler

Laura and Jon Bloomberg

Ted and Donna Connolly

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Joan Alice Ford

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Alfredo and Luz Maria Gutierrez (Miami)

Robin Hitchcock Hatch

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Barbara and Michael J. Kaplan

Andrew and Katherine Kartalis

Jonathan and Tina Kislak (Miami)

David C. Lamb

Charles and

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Drs. Amy and James Merlino

Loretta J. Mester and George J. Mailath

Claudia Metz and Thomas Woodworth

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Julia and Larry Pollock

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Mr. and Mrs. Roger F. Rankin

Kim Russel and Dirk Brom

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Dr. and Mrs.* Martin I. Saltzman

Patricia J. Sawvel

David M. and Betty Schneider

Kenneth Shafer

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Roy Smith

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Taras Szmagala and Helen Jarem

Dr. Gregory Videtic and Rev. Christopher McCann

Susanne Wamsler and Paul Singer (Europe)

Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Watkins

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Sandy and Ted Wiese

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Anonymous (6)

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Mr. and Mrs. Todd C. Amsdell

Claudia Bacon

Robert and Dalia Baker

Thomas and Laura Barnard

Fred G. and Mary W. Behm

Deena and Jeff Bellman

Mel Berger and Jane Haylor

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Beyer

Marilyn and Jeffrey Bilsky

Dr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Blackstone

Doug and Barbara* Bletcher

Laurel Blossom

Jeff and Elaine Bomberger

Ms. Kristina E. Boykin

Mr. and Mrs. David* Briggs

Frank and Leslie Buck

William and Barbara Carson

Ms. Maria Cashy

Victor A. Ceicys M.D. and Mrs. Kathleen Browning Ceicys

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Chaney

Ellen Chesler and Matthew Mallow (Miami)

Drs. Wuu-Shung and Amy Chuang

Drs. Mark Cohen and Miriam Vishny

Ellen E.* and Victor J. Cohn

Kathleen A. Coleman

Diane Lynn Collier and Robert J. Gura

Marjorie Dickard Comella

Robert and Jean* Conrad

Mr. and Mrs. Manohar Daga

Mr.* and Mrs. Ralph Daugstrup

Allan and Connie Dechert

Pete and Margaret Dobbins

Henry and Mary* Doll

Michael Dunn

Carl Falb

Regis and Gayle Falinski

Bruce* and Nancy Fisher

Jan and John Fitts

Ms. Nancy Flogge

Mr. and Ms. Dale Freygang

Barbara and Peter* Galvin

Joy E. Garapic

Mr. James S. Gascoigne and Ms. Cynthia Prior

Anne* and Walter Ginn

Brenda and David Goldberg

Barbara H. Gordon

André and Ginette Gremillet

Nancy Hancock Griffith

Candy and Brent Grover

The Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber

Charitable Foundation

Nancy* and James Grunzweig

Ms. Marianne Gymer

Mr. Newman T. Halvorson, Jr.

Gary Hanson and Barbara Klante

Clark Harvey and Holly Selvaggi

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hatch

Barbara L. Hawley and David S. Goodman

Matthew D. Healy and Richard S. Agnes

Dr. Toby Helfand

Anita and William Heller

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Herschman

Mr. and Mrs. Martin R. Hoke

Dr. Keith A. and Mrs. Kathleen M. Hoover

James* and Claudia Hower

Phillip M. Hudson III (Miami)

Elisabeth Hugh

Mrs. Laura Hunsicker

David and Dianne Hunt

Richard and Jayne Janus

Reuben Jeffery (Miami)

Robert and Linda Jenkins

Mr. David and Mrs. Cheryl Jerome

Dr. Richard* and Roberta Katzman

Rod Keen and Denise Horstman

Howard and Michele Kessler

Joanne Kim and Jim Nash

Dr. and Mrs.* William S. Kiser

Audrey Knight

Mr. and Mrs.* S. Lee Kohrman

Dr. Ronald H. Krasney and Vicki Kennedy*

Douglas and Monica Kridler

Peter* and Cathy Kuhn

Mr. and Mrs.* Arthur J. Lafave, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. John R. Lane

Dr.* and Mrs. Roger H. Langston

Kenneth M. Lapine and Rose E. Mills

John N.* and Edith K. Lauer

Young Sei Lee

Judith and Morton Q. Levin

Dr. Stephen B. and Mrs. Lillian S. Levine

Drs. Todd and Susan Locke

David and Janice* Logsdon

Joan C. Long

Caetano R. Lopes (Miami)

Anne R. and Kenneth E. Love

Richard and Terry Lubman (Miami)

Neil and Susan Luria

David Mann and Bernadette Pudis

Mr. Keith G. Marsh

Dr. Ernest and Mrs. Marian Marsolais

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce V. Mavec

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Lynn and Mike Miller

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Curt and Sara Moll

Amy and Marc Morgenstern

Eudice M. Morse

Mr. Bert and Dr. Marjorie Moyar

Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Mueller

Mr. Raymond M. Murphy

Mr. Christopher B. Nance and Ms. Jessica V. Colombi

Richard and Kathleen Nord

Mr. and Mrs. Forrest A. Norman III

Malinda and Robert Och

Thury O’Connor

Harvey* and Robin Oppmann

Richard Organ and Jamie Nash

Mr. Henry Ott-Hansen

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Outcalt

Chris and Susan Pappas

Eliot Pedrosa (Miami)

Alan and Charlene Perkins

Dr. Marc A. and Mrs. Carol Pohl

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Porter

Dr. and Mrs. John N. Posch

Mr. Robert and Mrs. Susan Price

Sylvia Profenna

Pysht Fund

Lute and Lynn Quintrell

Beth and Clay Rankin

Brian and Patricia Ratner

Mr. and Mrs.* Robert J. Reid

Ms. Julie Severance Robbins

Lisa Robinson and Robert Hansel

Amy and Ken Rogat

Robert* and Margo Roth

Dr. Adel S. Saada

Dr. Vernon E. Sackman and Ms. Marguerite Patton*

Mr. and Mrs.* James A. Saks

Richard Salomon and Laura Landro

Richard B. and Cheryl A. Schmitz

Ms. Beverly J. Schneider

Gary Schwartz and Constance Young

Sally and Larry Sears

Mr. Eric A. Seed and Ms. Ellen Oglesby

Deborah Sesek

Drs. Daniel and Ximena Sessler

Mr.* and Mrs. Michael Shames

Mr. Philip and Mrs. Michelle Sharp

Howard and Beth Simon

Mr. James S. Simon

The Shari Bierman Singer Family

Drs. Charles Kent Smith and Patricia Moore Smith

Mrs. Gretchen D. Smith

Sandra and Richey* Smith

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Spatz

George and Mary* Stark

Howard Stark M.D. and Rene Rodriguez (Miami)

Sue Starrett and Jerry Smith

AJ and Nancy Stokes

Ms. Lorraine S. Szabo

Robert and Carol Taller

Alan and Barbara Taylor

Mr. John R. Thorne and Family

Mr. and Mrs. Gary B. Tishkoff

Mr.* and Mrs. Robert N. Trombly

Drs. Anna* and Gilbert True

Steve and Christa Turnbull

Robert and Marti* Vagi

Bobbi and Peter* van Dijk

Mr. and Mrs. Les C. Vinney

Kenneth H. Kirtz*

Mr. Randall Wagner

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Wald

John and Jeanette Walton

Greg and Lynn Weekley

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Allen Weigand

Dr. Edward L. and Mrs. Suzanne Westbrook

Stephen Whyte and Rebecca Ralston

Dr. Paul R. and Catherine Williams

Ms. Linda L. Wilmot

Bob and Kat Wollyung

Mr. Graham Wood

Anonymous (3)

Composer’s Circle

Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999

Mr. Leonard H. Abrams*

Ms. Nancy A. Adams

Kristen and Matthew Alloway

Sarah May Anderson

Susan S. Angell

Chris Ansbacher

Ms. Bonnie M. Baker

Eric Barbato and Elisha Swindell

Ms. Katherine Barnes

Dr. James Bates

Mrs. Lois Robinson Beck

Drs. Nathan A.* and Sosamma J. Berger

Margo and Tom Bertin

Mitch and Liz Blair

Zeda W. Blau

Marilyn and Lawrence Blaustein

Ms. Pamela M. Blemaster

Blossom Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra

Mr. John and Mrs. Robyn Boebinger

Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Bohn

Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Bole

David and Julie Borsani

Ms. Ellen Botnick

Dr. David Bowers

Lisa and Ronald Boyko

Adam and Vikki Briggs

Matthew D. Brocone

Mr. and Mrs. Dale R. Brogan

Dale and Wendy Brott

Bennett Brown

Mrs. Frances Buchholzer

Mr. Gregory and Mrs. Susan Bulone

James Burke

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Busha

Mr. and Mrs. William D. Buss II

Mr. William Busta and Joan Tomkins

Dr. and Mrs. William E. Cappaert

Peter and Joanna Carfagna

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Carney

Dr. Ronald Chapnick* and Mrs. Sonia Chapnick

Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Chelm

Gregory and Kathrine Chemnitz

Gertrude Kalnow Chisholm and Homer D.W. Chisholm

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Chuhna

Robert and Judy Ciulla

Pete Clapham and Anita Stoll

Jill and Paul Clark

Richard J. and Joanne Clark

Dr. William and Dottie Clark

Drs. John and Mary Clough

Mr. John Couriel and Dr. Rebecca Toonkel (Miami)

Laura Cox

Drs. Kenneth and Linda Cummings

Karen and Jim Dakin

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Daniel

Jeffrey Dean and Barbara and Karen Claas

Mr. Douglas Dever

Michael and Amy Diamant

Dr. and Mrs. Howard Dickey-White

Mr. and Mrs. David C. Dillemuth

Do Unto Others Trust (Miami)

Carl Dodge

Jack and Elaine Drage

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dreshfield

Mr. Barry Dunaway and Mr. Peter McDermott

Bill Durham (Miami)

Ms. Mary Lynn Durham

Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Duvin

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Dziedzicki

Peter and Sandy Earl

Erich Eichhorn and Ursel Dougherty

S. Stuart Eilers

Peter and Kathryn Eloff

Andy and Leigh Fabens

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Fellowes

Anne Ferguson and Peter Drench

Mr. William and Dr. Elizabeth Fesler

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Filippell

Nancy M. Fischer

Mr. Dean Fisher

Joan and Philip Fracassa

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Frankel

Howard Freedman and Rita Montlack

Mr. William Gaskill and Ms. Kathleen Burke

Mr. and Mrs. M. Lee Gibson

Daniel and Kathleen Gisser

Holly and Fred Glock

Dr.* and Mrs. Victor M. Goldberg

Pamela G. Goodell

Ms. Aggie Goss

Mr. Robert Goss

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Gould

Bob Graf and Mia Zaper

Mr. James Graham and Mr. David Dusek

Drs. Erik and Ellen Gregorie

Mr. Morgan Griffiths

Mr. Davin and Mrs. Jo Ann Gustafson

Mr. Ian S. Haberman

Mary Louise Hahn

Dr. James O. Hall

Megan Hall and James Janning

Mr. and Mrs. David P. Handke, Jr.

Jane Hargraft and Elly Winer

Mr. Samuel D. Harris

Lilli and Seth* Harris

In Memory of Hazel Helgesen

Drs. Gene and Sharon Henderson

T. K.* and Faye A. Heston

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hirshon

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Holler

Thomas and Mary Holmes

Charles M. Hoppel and Marianne Karwowski Hoppel

Lois Krejci-Hornbostel and Roland Hornbostel

Xavier-Nichols Foundation/ Robert and Karen Hostoffer

Phillip Huber

Mr. Brooks G. Hull and Mr. Terry Gimmellie

Dr. and Mrs. Grant Hunsicker

Donald* and Joyce Ignatz

Ruth F. Ihde*

Ms. Melanie Ingalls

Ms. Kimberly R. Irish

Dr. and Mrs. Paul C. Janicki

Dylan Jin

Mr. Jeremy V. Johnson

Joela Jones and Richard Weiss

Dr. Eric Kaler

Mr. Donald J. Katt and Mrs. Maribeth Filipic-Katt

Milton and Donna* Katz

Mr. Karl W. Keller

The Kendis Family Trust:

Hilary & Robert Kendis and Susan & James Kendis

Bruce* and Eleanor Kendrick

Mrs. Judith A. Kirsh

Steve and Beth Kish

Michael Kluger and Heidi Greene

Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Kimberly Kolz

Ursula Korneitchouk

Dr. and Mrs. John P. Kristofco

Dr. Christine A. Krol

Dr. Jeanne Lackamp

Alfred and Carol Lambo

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Lane, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Larrabee

Mrs. Sandra S. Laurenson

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Lavin

Richard and Barbara Lederman

Mr. Elliot and Mrs. Christine Legow

Michael and Lois Lemr

Robert G. Levy

Mr. and Mrs.* Thomas A. Liederbach

Eva and Rudolf Linnebach

Mr. Henry Lipian

Ms. Agnes Loeffler

Mary Lohman

Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Lopez-Cantera (Miami)

Linda* and Saul Ludwig

Peter and Pamela Luria

Mr. and Mrs.* Robert P. Madison

Robert M. Maloney and Laura Goyanes

Janet A. Mann

Herbert L. and Ronda Marcus

Martin and Lois* Marcus

Dr.* and Mrs. Sanford E. Marovitz

Ms. Dorene Marsh

Kevin Martin and

Hansa Jacob-Martin

Ms. Amanda Martinsek

Mr. and Mrs. Sandy McMillan

Ms. Nancy L. Meacham

Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Meany

Mr. James E. Menger

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Messerman

Mr. Glenn A. Metzdorf

Beth M. Mikes

Amy Miller and Nikhil Rao

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Miller

Mary Ellen Miller

Mr. Tom Millward

Anton and Laura Milo

Dr. Shana Miskovsky

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Morris

Susan B. Murphy

B Murray

Dave and Nancy Murray

Karen and Bernie Murray

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Myers

Joan Katz Napoli and August Napoli

Dr. Anne and Mr. Peter Neff

Mark and Paula Nylander

Richard and Jolene O’Callaghan

Mr. and Mrs. John Olejko

Dr. and Mrs. Paul T. Omelsky

George Parras and Mary Spencer

Drs. James and Marian Patterson

Dr. Lewis E. and Janice B. Patterson

David Pavlich and Cherie Arnold

Robert S. Perry

Dale and Susan Phillip

Mr. Richard W. Pogue

Donna L. Pratt* and

Patrick J. Holland

Karen Pritzker

Drs. Raymond R. Rackley and Carmen M. Fonseca

Dr. James and Lynne Rambasek

Mr. Todd J. Reese

David J. Reimer and Raffaele DiLallo

Dr. Robert W. Reynolds

Mr. Chris Rhodes

David and Gloria Richards

Joan and Rick Rivitz

Mr. D. Keith* and Mrs. Margaret B. Robinson

Mr. and Mrs. Jay F. Rockman

Eric Rose (Miami)

David and Mitsuko Rosinus (Miami)

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Ross

Drs. Edward and Teresa Ruch

Anne Sagsveen

Michael and Deborah Salzberg

Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Satre

Ms. Patricia E. Say

Bryan and Jenna Scafidi

Mr. Paul H. Scarbrough

Don Schmitt and Jim Harmon

John and Barbara Schubert

Mr. James Schutte

Dr. John Sedor and Ms. Geralyn Presti

Ms. Kathryn and Mr. Michael Seider

Caltha Seymour

Lee Shackelford

Ginger and Larry Shane

Harry and Ilene Shapiro

Ms. Frances L. Sharp

Larry Oscar & Jeanne Shatten

Charitable Fund of the Jewish Federation

Dr. and Mrs. William C. Sheldon

Mr. John F. Shelley and Ms. Karen P. Fleming

Mr. Richard Shirey

Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Shiverick

Michael Dylan Short

Zachary and Shelby Siegal

Jim Simler and Dr. Amy Zhang

James Simon

Sarah Sloboda and Oskar Bruening

Bruce L. Smith

David Kane Smith

Mr. Joshua Smith

Mr. Eugene Smolik

Drs. Nancy and Ronald Sobecks

Drs. Thomas and Terry Sosnowski

Diane M. Stack

Maribeth and Christopher Stahl

Edward R. & Jean Geis Stell Foundation

Ms. Natalie Stevens

Frederick and Elizabeth Stueber

Mike and Wendy Summers

Mr. Marc L. Swartzbaugh

Mr. Robert D. Sweet

Eca and Richard Taylor

Ms. Aileen Thong-Dratler

Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. Troner (Miami)

Dr. and Mrs. Wulf H. Utian

Joan Venaleck

Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Venezia

Teresa Galang-Viñas and Joaquin Viñas (Miami)

George and Barbara von Mehren

John and Deborah Warner

Margaret and Eric* Wayne

Tilles-Weidenthal Foundation

Mr. Peter and Mrs. Laurie Weinberger

Emily Westlake and Robertson Gilliland

Ms. Jennifer Wynn

Rad and Patty Yates

Ms. Carol A. Yellig

Ms. Helen Zakin

Dr. Rosemary Gornik and Dr. William Zelei

Mr. Kal Zucker and Dr. Mary Frances Haerr

John and Jane Zuzek

Anonymous (7)

CORPORATE SUPPORT

The Cleveland Orchestra extends heartfelt gratitude to these generous organizations and partners who bring concerts and educational programs to life for our community.

Learn more at cleveland orchestra.com/partners

Gifts of $300,000 and more

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

NACCO Industries, Inc.

Gifts of $200,000 to $299,999

Jones Day Foundation

Ohio CAT

The J. M. Smucker Co.

Gifts of $100,000 to $199,999

CIBC

KeyBank

Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999

FirstEnergy Foundation NOPEC

Parker Hannifin Foundation

PNC

Gifts of $15,000 to $49,999

Akron Children’s Hospital

BakerHostetler

Buyers Products Company

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland Clinic

DLR Group | Westlake Reed Leskosky

Frantz Ward LLP

The Giant Eagle Foundation

Lake Effect Health

Miba AG (Europe)

Northern Haserot

Northern Trust

Olympic Steel, Inc.

Park-Ohio Holdings

RPM International Inc.

RSM US LLP

Thompson Hine LLP

Westfield Insurance

Anonymous

Gifts of $2,500 to $14,999

BDI

Blue Technologies, Inc.

Brothers Printing Company

BWX Technologies, Inc.

Callahan Carpet

The Cedarwood Companies

Citymark Capital

The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation

Eaton

Evarts Tremaine

The Ewart-Ohlson Machine Company

Gross Residential

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz, PLL

The Lincoln Electric Foundation

McKinley Strategies

Nordson Corporation

The Sherwin-Williams Company

Solich Piano & Music

Ver Ploeg & Marino (Miami)

Margaret W. Wong & Associates LLC

FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Gifts of $1,000,000 and more

The Brown and Kunze Foundation

Mary E. & F. Joseph Callahan Foundation

The Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation

David and Inez Myers Foundation

State of Ohio

The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation

Richard & Emily Smucker Family Foundation

Timken Foundation of Canton

Gifts of $500,000 to $999,999

The William Bingham Foundation

Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture

Ohio Arts Council

The Payne Fund

Gifts of $250,000 to $499,999

The Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation, Inc. (Miami)

Gifts of $100,000 to $249,999

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

Cleveland Browns Foundation

The Cleveland Foundation

Haslam 3 Foundation

Jewish Federation of Cleveland

Myra Tuteur Kahn Memorial Fund of the Cleveland Foundation

Kulas Foundation

John P. Murphy Foundation

Park Foundation

Anonymous

Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999

The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation

The Jean, Harry and Brenda Fuchs Family Foundation, in memory of Harry Fuchs

GAR Foundation

The George Gund Foundation

Martha Holden Jennings Foundation

The Oatey Foundation

Wesley Family Foundation

Gifts of $15,000 to $49,999

The Abington Foundation

Akron Community Foundation

The Batchelor Foundation, Inc. (Miami)

The Bruening Foundation

The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation

Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust

The Sam J. Frankino Foundation

The Gerhard Foundation, Inc.

The Helen Wade Greene Charitable Trust

The Catherine L. & Edward A. Lozick Foundation

With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners

National Endowment for the Arts

The Nord Family Foundation

The PNC Charitable Trusts

The Esther and Hyman Rapport Philanthropic Trust

The Reinberger Foundation

Albert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation

The Sisler McFawn Foundation

Third Federal Foundation

The Veale Foundation

The George Garretson Wade Charitable Trust

The Welty Family Foundation

The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust

Anonymous

Gifts of $2,500 to $14,999

The Ruth and Elmer Babin Foundation

The Bernheimer Family Fund of the Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland State University Foundation

C.S. Craig Family Foundation

Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities

James Deering Danielson Foundation

Dorn Family Foundation

Fisher-Renkert Foundation

The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation

The Hankins Foundation

The Muna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation

George M. and Pamela S. Humphrey Fund

In His Step Foundation

The Kirk Foundation (Miami)

The Laub Foundation

The Lehner Family Foundation

The G. R. Lincoln Family Foundation

Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather Fund

Ohio Humanities Council

The M. G. O’Neil Foundation

The O’Neill Brothers Foundation

The Perkins Charitable Foundation

Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie

Memorial Foundation

SCH Foundation

Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith

Memorial Foundation

The South Waite Foundation

Stroud Family Trust

Uvas Foundation

The Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation

The Wuliger Foundation

Anonymous

Listing as of August 2024

YOUR VISIT

LATE SEATING

As a courtesy to the audience members and musicians in the hall, late-arriving patrons are asked to wait quietly until the first convenient break in the program. These seating breaks are at the discretion of the House Manager in consultation with the performing artists.

PAGERS, CELL PHONES & WRISTWATCH ALARMS

As a courtesy to others, please silence all devices prior to the start of the concert.

PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOGRAPHY & RECORDING

Audio recording, photography, and videography are prohibited during performances at Severance. Photographs can only be taken when the performance is not in progress.

HEARING AIDS & OTHER HEALTH-ASSISTIVE DEVICES

For the comfort of those around you, please reduce the volume on hearing aids and other devices that may produce a noise that would detract from the program. For Infrared Assistive-Listening Devices, please see the House Manager or Head Usher for more details.

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY

Contact an usher or a member of house staff if you require medical assistance. Emergency exits are clearly marked throughout the building. Ushers and house staff will provide instructions in the event of an emergency.

AGE RESTRICTIONS

Regardless of age, each person must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly in a seat throughout the performance. Classical Season sub-

FREE MOBILE APP TICKET WALLET

Download today for instant, secure, and paperless access to your concert tickets.

For more information and direct links to download, visit clevelandorchestra.com/ticketwallet or scan the code with your smartphone camera to download the app for iPhone or Android.

Available for iOS and Android on Google Play and at the Apple App Store.

Cleveland Orchestra performances are broadcast as part of regular programming on ideastream/WCLV Classical 90.3 FM, Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 4 PM.

scription concerts are not recommended for children under the age of 8. However, there are several age-appropriate series designed specifically for children and youth, including Music Explorers (for 3 to 6 years old) and Family Concerts (for ages 7 and older).

FOOD & MERCHANDISE

Beverages and snacks are available at bars throughout Severance Music Center. For Cleveland Orchestra apparel, recordings, and gift items, visit the Welcome Desk in Lerner Lobby.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE

We are so glad you joined us! Want to share about your time at Severance? Send your feedback to cx@clevelandorchestra.com Hearing directly from you about what we are doing right and where we can improve will help us create the best experience possible.

The Cleveland Orchestra is grateful to the following organizations for their ongoing generous support of The Cleveland Orchestra: the State of Ohio and Ohio Arts Council and to the residents of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

The Cleveland Orchestra is proud of its long-term partnership with Kent State University, made possible in part through generous funding from the State of Ohio.

The Cleveland Orchestra is proud to have its home, Severance Music Center, located on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, with whom it has a long history of collaboration and partnership.

© 2024 The Cleveland Orchestra and the Musical Arts Association Program books for Cleveland Orchestra concerts are produced by The Cleveland Orchestra and are distributed free to attending audience members.

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