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Upfront From the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Heritage Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

About the Orchestra Musical Arts Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 The Cleveland Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Roster of Musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 About Severance Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

WEEK 7 HANDEL’S MESSIAH Program: December 3, 4, 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Introducing the Concerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 HANDEL Messiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Sung Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Conductor: Robert Porco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Guest Soloists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Cleveland Orchestra Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

NEWS Cleveland Orchestra News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Emeritus Musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Support Heritage Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Sound for the Centennial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Corporate Annual Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Foundation/Government Annual Support . . . . . 59 Individual Annual Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Concerts & Calendars Concert Previews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Patron Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Concert Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Upcoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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Perspectives from the Executive Director

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The thousands of you who attend The Cleveland Orchestra’s con-certs here at home know from your own experience that this orches-tra is part of what makes Northeast Ohio great. And you know how good this orchestra is. Hearing them play here at Severance Hall and at Blossom, we experience their quality and versatility each year. It is nevertheless extraordinarily satisfying to read critics from across Eu-

rope praise the Orchestra’s artistic achievements, and realize that around the world, The Cleveland Orchestra is just as beloved as it is here at home.

A sampling of press commentary from the Orchestra’s 2015 European Tour and Vienna Residency, October 15-31, includes:

“Cleveland has one of the three best concert halls in the world. . . . The orchestra has long been considered as the most European of American orchestras. Today, it is quite simply the best.” —Le Soir, October 14, 2015 (Brussels)

“With this instrument, magnifi cent in its velvet clarity and deep, mellow sound, Welser-Möst’s subdued presentation was revealed to be a distillate of simplicity, ele-gance, and stylistic precision.” —Corriere Della Sera Milan, October 20, 2015 (Milan)

(Additional excerpts from reviews can be read on page 48 of this program book.)

Beyond the sheer quality of their music-making, I am always impressed with the Orch-estra’s dedication and focus on tour. Moving city to city, and adjusting to the diff erent concert halls, can be challenging and wearying. But for Franz and The Cleveland Orches-tra, energy and focus are never in question. As my tenure as executive director comes to an end, I have never been more proud to be associated with this great orchestra and to call this great city home.

As many of you know, at the end of December I will begin my long-planned retirement from The Cleveland Orchestra. Through all of my years here, I have been humbled by the outstanding support of this community, and equally, by the phenomenal dedication that is always displayed by musicians and staff of The Cleveland Orchestra. For this sup-port and dedication, I am sincerely grateful. For me, serving this institution has been, and remains, an experience of extraordinary excitement, meaningful challenge, and the greatest and most satisfying time of my life.

As I approach the end of my tenure, I want to express my sincere thanks to you, our generous supporters, for all that you have done, and all that you will do in the future, to ensure that Cleveland can continue to be home to the world’s greatest orch estra. Cleve-land will remain Barbara’s and my beloved home as we look ahead to joining you as pas-sionate subscribers and dedicated supporters of The Cleveland Orch estra.

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“Our very fi rst date was 46 years ago at a Cleveland Orchestra performance in Sev-erance Hall. The date was great and so was the music, and The Cleveland Orch estra has been a central part of our lives together,” says Yoash. “Participating in the gift annuity program is our way of thanking the Orchestra for all it has meant to us.”

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Joan and Gene* BuehlerGretchen L. BurmeisterStanley and Honnie Busch*Milan and Jeanne* BustaMrs. Noah L. Butkin*Mr. and Mrs. William C. ButlerMinna S. Buxbaum*Gregory and Karen CadaRoberta R. Calderwood*Jean S. Calhoun*Harry and Marjorie M. CarlsonJanice L. CarlsonDr.* and Mrs. Roland D. CarlsonMr. and Mrs. George P. Carmer*Barbara A. Chambers, D. Ed.Arthur L. Charni*Ellen Wade Chinn*NancyBell CoeKenneth S. and Deborah G. CohenRalph M. and Mardy R.* CohenVictor J. and Ellen E. CohnRobert and Jean* ConradMr. and Mrs. Gerald A. ConwayJames P. and Catherine E. Conway*Rudolph R. Cook*The Honorable Colleen Conway Cooney and Mr. John CooneyJohn D. and Mary D.* CorryDr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Cross*Martha Wood CubberleyDr. William S. Cumming*In Memory of Walter C. and Marion J. CurtisWilliam and Anna Jean CushwaAlexander M. and Sarah S. CutlerHoward CutsonMr.* and Mrs. Don C. DanglerMr. and Mrs. Howard J. DanzingerBarbara Ann DavisCarol J. DavisCharles and Mary Ann DavisWilliam E. and Gloria P. Dean, Jr.Mary Kay DeGrandis and Edward J. DonnellyNeeltje-Anne DeKosterCarolyn L. DessinWilliam R. Dew*Mrs. Armand J. DiLellioJames A. Dingus, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Richard C. DistadMaureen A. Doerner and Geoff rey T. WhiteHenry and Mary DollGerald and Ruth DombcikBarbara Sterk Domski

Mr.* and Mrs. Roland W. DonnemNancy E. and Richard M. DotsonMrs. John DrollingerDrs. Paul M.* and Renate H. DuchesneauGeorge* and Becky DunnWarren and Zoann Dusenbury*Mr. and Mrs. Robert DuvinPaul and Peggy EdenburnRobert and Anne Eiben*Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Eich, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Elias*Roger B. EllsworthOliver and Mary EmersonLois Marsh EppPatricia EspositoMargaret S. Estill*Dr. Wilma McVey Evans*C. Gordon and Kathleen A.* EwersPatricia J. FactorSusan L. Faulder*Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Fennell*Mrs. Mildred FieningGloria and Irving B. FineJules and Lena Flock*Joan Alice FordDr. and Mrs. William E. Forsythe*Mr.* and Mrs. Ralph E. FountainGil and Elle FreyArthur and Deanna FriedmanMr.* and Mrs. Edward H. FrostDawn FullHenry S. Fusner*Dr. Stephen and Nancy GageCharles and Marguerite C. Galanie*Barbara and Peter GalvinMr. and Mrs. Steven B. GarfunkelDonald* and Lois GaynorBarbara P. Geismer*Albert I. and Norma C. GellerCarl E. Gennett*Dr. Saul GenuthJohn H.* and Ellen P. GerberFrank and Louise GerlakDr. James E. GibbsIn Memory of Roger N. Giff ordDr. Anita P. Gilger*S. Bradley GillaughMr.* and Mrs. Robert M. GinnFred and Holly GlockRonald* and Carol GodesWilliam H. Goff Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. GoodmanJohn and Ann GoskyMrs. Joseph B. Govan*

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NON-RESIDENT TRUSTEES Virginia Nord Barbato (NY) Wolfgang C. Berndt (Austria) Laurel Blossom (SC)

Richard C. Gridley (SC) Loren W. Hershey (DC) Herbert Kloiber (Germany)

Ludwig Scharinger (Austria)

TRUSTEES EX-OFFICIO Faye A. Heston, President, Volunteer Council of Th e Cleveland Orchestra Dr. Patricia Moore Smith, President, Women’s Committee of Th e Cleveland Orchestra Elisabeth Hugh, President, Blossom Friends of Th e Cleveland Orchestra

Carolyn Dessin, Chair, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Operating Committee Beverly J. Warren, President, Kent State University Barbara R. Snyder, President, Case Western Reserve University

PAST PRESIDENTS D. Z. Norton 1915-21 John L. Severance 1921-36 Dudley S. Blossom 1936-38 Thomas L. Sidlo 1939-53

Percy W. Brown 1953-55 Frank E. Taplin, Jr. 1955-57 Frank E. Joseph 1957-68 Alfred M. Rankin 1968-83

Ward Smith 1983-95Richard J. Bogomolny 1995-2002, 2008-09James D. Ireland III 2002-08

RESIDENT TRUSTEES George N. Aronoff Dr. Ronald H. Bell Richard J. Bogomolny Charles P. Bolton Jeanette Grasselli Brown Helen Rankin Butler Scott Chaikin Paul G. Clark Robert D. Conrad Matthew V. Crawford Alexander M. Cutler Hiroyuki Fujita Paul G. Greig Robert K. Gudbranson Iris Harvie Jeffrey A. Healy Stephen H. Hoffman David J. Hooker Michael J. Horvitz Marguerite B. Humphrey David P. Hunt Christopher Hyland Trevor O. Jones

Betsy Juliano Jean C. Kalberer Nancy F. Keithley Christopher M. Kelly Douglas A. Kern John D. Koch S. Lee Kohrman Charlotte R. Kramer Dennis W. LaBarre Norma Lerner Virginia M. Lindseth Alex Machaskee Milton S. Maltz Nancy W. McCann Thomas F. McKee Beth E. Mooney John C. Morley Donald W. Morrison Meg Fulton Mueller Gary A. Oatey Katherine T. O’Neill The Honorable John D. Ong Larry Pollock

Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Clara T. RankinAudrey Gilbert Ratner Charles A. RatnerZoya ReyzisBarbara S. Robinson Paul RoseSteven M. RossRaymond T. SawyerLuci ScheyHewitt B. Shaw Richard K. SmuckerJames C. SpiraR. Thomas StantonJoseph F. Toot, Jr.Daniel P. WalshThomas A. WaltermireGeraldine B. WarnerJeffery J. WeaverJeffrey M. WeissNorman E. WellsPaul E. Westlake Jr.David A. Wolfort

OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dennis W. LaBarre, President Richard J. Bogomolny, Chairman The Honorable John D. Ong, Vice President

Norma Lerner, Honorary Chair Hewitt B. Shaw, Secretary Beth E. Mooney, Treasurer

Jeanette Grasselli Brown Matthew V. Crawford Alexander M. Cutler David J. Hooker Michael J. Horvitz

Douglas A. Kern Virginia M. Lindseth Alex Machaskee Nancy W. McCann John C. Morley

Larry PollockAlfred M. Rankin, Jr.Audrey Gilbert RatnerBarbara S. Robinson

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THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director Gary Hanson, Executive Director

HONORARY TRUSTEES FOR LIFE Gay Cull Addicott Oliver F. Emerson Allen H. Ford

Robert W. Gillespie Dorothy Humel Hovorka Robert P. Madison

Robert F. MeyersonJames S. Reid, Jr.

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A S I T N E A R S T H E C E N T E N N I A L O F its founding in 2018, The Cleveland Orch estra is undergoing a new trans-formation and renaissance. Under the leadership of Franz Welser-Möst, enter-ing his fourteenth year as the ensemble’s music director with the 2015-16 season, The Cleveland Orchestra is acknowledged among the world’s handful of best orches-tras. With Welser-Möst, the ensemble’s musicians, board of directors, staff , volun-teers, and hometown are working togeth-er on a set of enhanced goals for the 21st century — to continue the Orchestra’s legendary command of musical excel-lence, to renew its focus on fully serv-ing the communities where it performs through concerts, engagement, and music education, to develop the young-est audience of any orchestra, to build on its tradition of community support and fi nancial strength, and to move forward into the Orchestra’s next century with an unshakeable commitment to innovation and a fearless pursuit of success. The Cleveland Orchestra divides its time each year across concert seasons at home in Cleveland’s Severance Hall and each summer at Blossom Music Center. Additional portions of the year are devot-ed to touring and to a series of innovative and intensive performance residencies. These include an annual set of concerts and education programs and partnerships in Florida, a recurring residency at Vien-na’s Musikverein, and regular appearances at Switzerland’s Lucerne Festival, at New York’s Lincoln Center Festival, and at Indi-ana University.

Musical Excellence. The Cleve-land Orchestra has long been commit-ted to the pursuit of musical excellence in everything that it does. The Orchestra’s ongoing collaboration with Welser-Möst is widely-acknow ledged among the best orchestra-conductor partnerships of to-day. Performances of standard repertoire and new works are unrivalled at home, in residencies around the globe, on tour across North America and Europe, and through recordings, telecasts, and radio and internet broadcasts. Its longstand-ing championship of new composers and commissioning of new works helps audi-ences experience music as a living lan-guage that grows and evolves with each new generation. Recent performances with Baroque specialists, recording proj-ects of varying repertoire and in diff erent locations, fruitful re-examinations and juxtapositions of the standard repertoire, and acclaimed collaborations in 20th- and 21st-century masterworks together en-able The Cleveland Orchestra the ability to give musical performances second to none in the world. Serving the Community. Pro-grams for students and community en-gagement activities have long been part of the Orchestra’s commitment to serving Cleveland and surrounding communities, and have more recently been extended to its touring and residencies. All are be-ing created to connect people to music in the concert hall, in classrooms, and in everyday lives. Recent seasons have seen the launch of a unique “At Home” neigh-borhood residency program, designed to

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bring the Orchestra and citizens together in new ways. Additionally, a new Make Music! initiative is being developed, cham-pioned by Franz Welser-Möst in advocacy for the benefi ts of direct participation in making music for people of all ages. Future Audiences. Standing on the shoulders of more than nine decades of presenting quality music educa-tion programs, the Orchestra made national and international headlines through the creation of its Center for Future Audi-ences in 2010. Established with a signifi cant endowment gift from the Maltz Family Foundation, the Center is designed to provide ongoing funding for the Orches-tra’s continuing work to develop interest in classical music among young people. The fl agship “Un-der 18s Free” program has seen unparalleled success in increas-ing attendance and interest — with 20% of attendees now comprised of concertgoers age 25 and under. Innovative Programming. The Cleveland Orchestra was among the fi rst American orchestras heard on a regular series of radio broadcasts, and its Sever-ance Hall home was one of the fi rst concert halls in the world built with recording and broadcasting capabilities. Today, Cleve-land Orchestra concerts are presented in a variety of formats for a variety of audiences — including popular Friday night concerts (mixing onstage symphonic works with post-concert entertainment), fi lm scores performed live by the Orchestra, collabora-

tions with pop and jazz singers, ballet and opera presentations, and standard reper-toire juxtaposed in meaningful contexts with new and older works. Franz Wels-er-Möst’s creative vision has given the Orchestra an unequaled opportunity to explore music as a universal language of communication and understanding.

An Enduring Tradition of Com-munity Support. The Cleveland Orches-tra was born in Cleveland, created by a group of visionary citizens who believed in the power of music and aspired to having the best performances of great orchestral music possible anywhere. Generations of Clevelanders have supported this vision and enjoyed the Orchestra’s concerts. Hun-dreds of thousands have learned to love music through its education programs and celebrated important events with its music. While strong ticket sales cover just under half of each season’s costs, it is the generos-

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Franz Welser-Möst leads a concert at John Adams High School. Through such In-School Performances and Education Concerts at Severance Hall, The Cleveland Orchestra has introduced more than 4 million young people to symphonic music over the past nine decades.

ity of thousands each year that drives the Orchestra forward and sustains its extraor-dinary tradition of excellence onstage, in the classroom, and for the community. Evolving Greatness. The Cleveland Orchestra was founded in 1918. Over the ensuing decades, the Orch estra quickly grew from a fi ne regional organization to being one of the most admired sympho-ny orchestras in the world. Seven music directors have guided and shaped the ensemble’s growth and sound: Nikolai Soko loff , 1918-33; Artur Rodzinski, 1933-43; Erich Leins dorf, 1943-46; George Szell, 1946-70; Lorin Maazel, 1972-82; Christoph von Dohnányi, 1984-2002; and Franz Wels-er-Möst, since 2002. The opening in 1931 of Severance Hall as the Orchestra’s permanent home, with later acoustic refi nements and remodeling

of the hall under Szell’s guidance, brought a special pride to the ensemble and its home-town, as well as providing an enviable and intimate acoustic environment in which to develop and refi ne the Orch estra’s artistry. Touring performances throughout the Unit-ed States and, beginning in 1957, to Europe and across the globe have confi rmed Cleve-land’s place among the world’s top orches-tras. Year-round performances became a reality in 1968 with the opening of Blossom Music Center, one of the most beautiful and acoustically admired outdoor concert facili-ties in the United States. Today, concert performances, com-munity presentations, touring residencies, broadcasts, and recordings provide access to the Orchestra’s acclaimed artistry to an enthusiastic, generous, and broad constitu-ency around the world.

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The Orchestra

FIRST VIOLINSWilliam PreucilCONCERTMASTER

Blossom-Lee ChairYoko MooreASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair

Peter OttoFIRST ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Jung-Min Amy LeeASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair

Takako MasamePaul and Lucille Jones Chair

Wei-Fang GuDrs. Paul M. and Renate H. Duchesneau Chair

Kim GomezElizabeth and Leslie Kondorossy Chair

Chul-In ParkHarriet T. and David L.Simon Chair

Miho HashizumeTh eodore Rautenberg Chair

Jeanne Preucil RoseDr. Larry J.B. and Barbara S. Robinson Chair

Alicia KoelzOswald and Phyllis Lerner Gilroy Chair

Yu YuanPatty and John Collinson Chair

Isabel TrautweinTrevor and Jennie Jones Chair

Mark DummGladys B. Goetz Chair

Alexandra PreucilKatherine BormannAnalisé Denise Kukelhan

SECOND VIOLINSStephen Rose*

Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair

Emilio Llinas 2

James and Donna Reid ChairEli Matthews 1

Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair

Sonja Braaten MolloyCarolyn Gadiel WarnerStephen WarnerIoana MissitsJeffrey Zehngut

Vladimir DeninzonSae ShiragamiScott WeberKathleen CollinsBeth WoodsideEmma ShookElayna DuitmanYun-Ting Lee

VIOLASRobert Vernon*

Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair

Lynne Ramsey1

Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair

Stanley Konopka 2

Mark JackobsJean Wall Bennett Chair

Arthur KlimaRichard WaughLisa BoykoLembi VeskimetsEliesha NelsonJoanna Patterson ZakanyPatrick Connolly

CELLOSMark Kosower*

Louis D. Beaumont ChairRichard Weiss1

Th e GAR Foundation ChairCharles Bernard2

Helen Weil Ross ChairBryan Dumm

Muriel and Noah Butkin ChairTanya Ell

Th omas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Chair

Ralph CurryBrian Thornton

William P. Blair III ChairDavid Alan HarrellPaul KushiousMartha Baldwin

BASSESMaximilian Dimoff *

Clarence T. Reinberger ChairKevin Switalski 2

Scott Haigh1

Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair

Mark AthertonThomas SperlHenry Peyrebrune

Charles Barr Memorial ChairCharles CarletonScott DixonDerek Zadinsky

HARPTrina Struble*

Alice Chalifoux Chair

This roster lists the fulltime mem-bers of The Cleveland Orchestra. The number and seating of musicians onstage varies depending on the piece being performed.

F R A N Z W E L S E R - M Ö S T M U S I C D I R E C T O R Kelvin Smith Family Chair

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The Orchestra

FLUTESJoshua Smith*

Elizabeth M. andWilliam C. Treuhaft Chair

Saeran St. ChristopherMarisela Sager 2

Austin B. and Ellen W. Chinn ChairMary Kay Fink

PICCOLOMary Kay Fink

Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair

OBOESFrank Rosenwein*

Edith S. Taplin ChairCorbin StairJeffrey Rathbun 2

Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair

Robert Walters

ENGLISH HORNRobert Walters

Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaff e Chair

CLARINETSRobert WoolfreyDaniel McKelway 2

Robert R. and Vilma L. Kohn Chair

Linnea Nereim

E-FLAT CLARINETDaniel McKelway

Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair

BASS CLARINETLinnea Nereim

BASSOONSJohn Clouser *

Louise Harkness Ingalls ChairGareth ThomasBarrick Stees2

Sandra L. Haslinger ChairJonathan Sherwin

CONTRABASSOONJonathan Sherwin

HORNSMichael Mayhew §

Knight Foundation ChairJesse McCormick

Robert B. Benyo ChairHans ClebschRichard KingAlan DeMattia

TRUMPETSMichael Sachs*

Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair

Jack SutteLyle Steelman2

James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair

Michael Miller

CORNETSMichael Sachs*

Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair

Michael Miller

TROMBONESMassimo La Rosa*

Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair

Richard StoutAlexander andMarianna C. McAfee Chair

Shachar Israel2

BASS TROMBONEThomas Klaber

EUPHONIUM AND BASS TRUMPETRichard Stout

TUBAYasuhito Sugiyama*

Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair

TIMPANIPaul Yancich*

Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss ChairTom Freer 2

Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker Chair

PERCUSSIONMarc Damoulakis*

Margaret Allen Ireland ChairDonald MillerTom FreerThomas Sherwood

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTSJoela Jones*

Rudolf Serkin ChairCarolyn Gadiel Warner

Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair

LIBRARIANSRobert O’Brien

Joe and Marlene Toot ChairDonald Miller

ENDOWED CHAIRS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIEDSidney and Doris Dworkin ChairDr. Jeanette Grasselli Brownand Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair Sunshine ChairRobert Marcellus ChairGeorge Szell Memorial Chair

* Principal § Associate Principal 1 First Assistant Principal 2 Assistant Principal

CONDUCTORSChristoph von DohnányiMUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE

Giancarlo GuerreroPRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR,CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA MIAMI

Brett MitchellASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR

Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair

Robert PorcoDIRECTOR OF CHORUSES

Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair

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Concert Previews Cleveland Orchestra Concert Previews are presented before every regular subscription concert, and are free to all ticketholders to that day’s performance. Previews are designed to enrich the concert-going experience for audi-ence members of all levels of musical knowledge through a variety of interviews and through talks by local and national experts. Concert Previews are made possible by a generous endowment gift from Dorothy Humel Hovorka.

December 3, 4, 5“Handel’s Messiah: It’s More Than Hallelujah” with Rose Breckenridge, administrator and lecturer, Cleveland Orchestra Music Study Groups

January 7, 9“Beethoven: Communicating Through Music”(Musical works by Beethoven) with guest speaker David J. Rothenberg, associate professor of musicology, Case Western Reserve University

January 8 FRIDAY MORNING CONCERT

“Thanksgiving and Triumph”(Musical works by Beethoven) with Rose Breckenridge

January 14, 15“Shakespeare and Shostakovich”(Musical works by Shostakovich & Abrahamsen) with guest speaker Meaghan Heinrich, director of conservatory connections, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music

February 4, 6“French Images and Connections” (Musical works by Ravel, Debussy, & Dalbavie) with guest speaker Eric Charnofsky, professor of musicology, Case Western Reserve University

LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MUSIC

The Cleveland Orchestra off ers a vari-ety of options for learning more about the music before each concert begins. For each concert, the program book includes program notes commenting on and providing background about the composer and his or her work being performed that week, along with biographies of the guest artists and other information. You can read these before the concert, at intermis-sion, or afterward. (Program notes are also posted ahead of time online at clevelandorchestra.com, usually by the Monday directly preceding the concert.) The Orchestra’s Music Study Groups also provide a way of explor-ing the music in more depth. These classes, professionally led by Dr. Rose Breckenridge, meet weekly in locations around Cleveland to explore the music being played each week and the sto-ries behind the composers’ lives. Free Concert Previews are pre-sented one hour before most subscrip-tion concerts throughout the season at Severance Hall. The previews (see listing at right) feature a variety of speakers and guest artists speaking or conversing about that weekend’s program, and often include the op-portunity for audience members to ask questions.

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Concert Program — Week 7

These concerts are sponsored by Medical Mutual of Ohio, a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence.

The December 5th performance is dedicated to Barbara and David Wolfort in recognition of their extraordinary generosity in support of The Cleveland Orchestra’s Annual Fund.

The concert will end on Thursday at about 9:55 p.m. and at approximately 10:25 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

LIVE RADIO BROADCAST Saturday evening’s concert is being broadcast live on WCLV (104.9 FM). The concert will be rebroadcast as part of regular weekly programming on WCLV on Friday, December 25, at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 27, 2016, at 4:00 p.m.

Severance HallThursday evening, December 3, 2015, at 7:30 p.m.Friday evening, December 4, 2015, at 8:00 p.m.Saturday evening, December 5, 2015, at 8:00 p.m.

Robert Porco, conductor

MESSIAH by GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)

YULIA VAN DOREN, sopranoJENNIFER JOHNSON CANO, mezzo-sopranoJOHN TESSIER, tenorNATHAN BERG, bass-baritone

CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHAMBER CHORUS

Part the First: The Christmas Story The prophesy and realization of God’s plan to redeem humanity by the coming of the Messiah

INTERMISSION

Part the Second: The Passion and Second Coming The accomplishment of redemption by the sacrifi ce of Jesus, humanity’s rejection of God’s offer and utter defeat when trying to oppose the power of the Almighty

Part the Third: Eternal Life A Hymn of Thanksgiving for the fi nal overthrow of Death


Robert Porco’s conducting of this weekend’s concerts is made possible by a contribution to the Orchestra’s Guest Artist Fund from Roger and Anne Clapp.

Yulia Van Doren’s appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by a contribution to the Orchestra’s Guest Artist Fund from Mrs. Warren H. Corning.

Jennifer Johnson Cano’s appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by a contribution to the Orchestra’s Guest Artist Fund from Mrs. Paul D. Wurzburger.

H A N D E L’ S MESS IAH was written in 1742 and premiered in Dublin the day before Easter Sunday in the spring of 1743. It won acclaim and admiration right from the start, and soon became one of the best-known and most-played Christian oratorio.

Handel and his librettist collaborator, Charles Jen-nens, created the work in three parts, using Bible texts from both the New and Old Testament. The fi rst part is the prophecy for and birth of Jesus. The second part is of Christ’s sacrifi ce and death. And the third part is an ode to the promise of eternal life. Over the centuries, performing traditions for Messiah have varied from the original small group of performers to performances by mega-choirs of hun-dreds and reorchestrated instrumentation. The glory and majesty of the music has always managed to shine through — and even many of the more subtle and sen-

sitive details that Handel created. This season’s Cleveland Orchestra presentation leans back to small force, featuring the Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus and an appropriately-sized orchestral ensemble. The Orchestra’s esteemed choral director, Robert Porco, leads these performances just as the Christmas season is upon us. (And while many in the audience know many of these choruses by heart, let us resist the temptation to sing along — and leave that pleasure for another day.) —Eric Sellen

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Holidays&Hallelujah!

Introducing the Concerts

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Messiahcomposed August-September 1741

H A N D E L fi rst came to London in 1710 and, with some brief re-turns to his native Germany, remained there for the rest of his life. Otherwise, he scarcely ever left the capital, with the single exception of a long visit in 1841-42 to Dublin, which was then, like all of Ireland, within the British King’s domain. In Dublin, Handel was engaged to give a season of concerts in a new concert hall that had just been built, the Great Music Hall, which seated six hundred and survives today only in its white entrance arch. Al-though Messiah had been composed at great speed in London a few months before he left, he did not include it in this series, but performed three of his other oratorios, twice each. These initial concerts were a huge success, so he was persuaded to give a second series of six concerts. But he still did not present Messiah, playing instead two of his oratorios twice each and one of his Italian operas (Imeneo) twice. Dublin audiences being now thoroughly familiar with his music and burning with enthusiasm to hear more, it was time to produce “Mr. Handel’s new Grand Oratorio call’d the Messiah.” Like the great dramatist he was, and experienced in the art of handling popular acclaim, Handel seems to have kept his pow-der dry in holding his masterpiece back until it was guaranteed such thunderous applause as would still ring round the world

Handel wrote Messiah between August 22 and September 14, 1741. The text was compiled by Charles Jennens from Bible verses. The fi rst performance took place in Dublin, Ireland (at Neal’s new Music Hall in Fishamble Street), on April 13, 1742, the day before Easter Sunday. The Cleveland Orchestra is using the score edition of Watkins Shaw (fi rst published in 1959 on the 200th anniversary of Handel’s death), which calls for an orchestra of 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 trumpets, timpani, harpsichord, organ, and strings. This weekend’s performanc-

es feature a commonly presented selection of numbers from the score, comprising about 90% of the music that Handel created; a few numbers are omitted from the Second and Third parts of the score. The Cleveland Orchestra has often presented excerpts from Messiah, especially at Christmas Concerts. The entire oratorio was fi rst performed by the Orchestra in December 1965, led by Robert Shaw. The most recent performances of the oratorio’s three parts were presented in December 2009, under Robert Porco’s direction.

About the Music

At a Glance

About the Music

by George FridericHANDELborn February 23, 1685Halle, Prussia

diedApril 14, 1759London


nearly three centuries later. The choirs of both of Dublin’s ca-thedrals were brought in as reinforcement. Since that April day in Dublin in 1742, Messiah has never dropped out of sight and hearing. With this single work, Handel broke down the age-old assumption that music belongs to its own time and to its own time only. Gregorian chant was sup-posed to be eternal, but all the music that Bach and Vivaldi, for example, were expected to write was also expected to be re-placed by the next generation of composers. Bach’s sons held their father in great respect, but were bound to compose in

newer, more up-to-date styles. In a new era, however, the Enlightenment had produced an antiquarian spirit that caused such men as Handel’s young friend Dr. Burney to research the music of previous centuries, so that it gradually became possible for music to outlive its creator. Taking an interest in medieval music or Monteverdi was, for the fi rst time, rewarding to men with intellectual curiosity and a scientifi c turn of mind. Still, new music was much appreciated. By performing Messiah on his return to London in 1742, and then reviving it in 1743, Handel encountered a stumbling block in the form of puritanical objections that the theater was the wrong place to perform such a sacred piece, and that the musical setting was in any case too theatrical and secular, blasphemous even. This undercurrent of resistance was overcome in 1750 when Handel gave a performance in the Foundling Hospital recently founded for the charitable care of orphans and needy children. This was such a success — and its motives were so charitable — that he repeated the performance every year until his death, in parallel with performances every year at Covent Garden theater. By the time he died in 1759, Handel had presided over thirty-six performances of Messiah, a far greater number than he could have expected when he composed it. Performances continued in London and the provinces

after his death, so the work inevitably took center stage in the huge Handel commemoration that took place in Westminster Abbey in 1784 (mistakenly thought to be the centennial of his birth), with massed forces of perhaps fi ve hundred taking part. After such an expansion, Messiah not only survives until today as a repertory work for choral societies, it has won the aff ection of the entire Christian world to a degree scarcely rivaled by any

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other piece of music. It was normal in the 18th century to adapt a work every time it was performed, since the right instrumentalists and especially sing-ers were not always available. Star singers were accustomed to de-manding (and getting) replacements for arias that they did not like or which did not suit their voice. Handel and his librettist Charles Jennens were also free to shift their opinion of how the work should go. With so many performances under his own direction, Handel left innumerable revisions and alternatives in the score of Messiah. It was generally revised in the direction of expansion, so that what began, in his draft score, as a work requiring little more than strings and continuo as accompaniment, soon gained additional arias and alternative keys. It also became very long, so that modern perfor-mances almost invariably present only a selection from its fi fty-odd movements. In 1790, Mozart re-wrote the orchestration to adapt Messiah to Viennese conditions and taste, so it then included clarinets, and it was customary to add trombones and even percussion as late as the mid-20th century. Today, we witness a wide variety of approaches, made possible by Handel’s own compulsive tinkering — and by the recognition that in his grander movements such as the Hallelu-jah! Chorus and the Amen Chorus — Handel is ill-served by a mere

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An 18th-century lithograph showing the interior of the chapel at London’s Foundling Hospital, where Handel pre-sented Messiah every year from 1750 until 1759, raising money for the hospital and increasing the orato-rio’s popularity.

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handful of singers and players. In any case, the world’s larger choral societies are not going to yield up some of their favorite repertory to the high priests of “authentic” performance.

T H E M U S I C It was not really necessary for Handel to call his new work a “Sacred” Oratorio, since most oratorios were settings of epi-sodes in the Bible, usually the Old Testament. From Italian opera, of which Handel had proved himself the supreme master in the period 1710 to 1730, he took the aria as a separate number for a single voice, refl ecting on the situation and the dilemma or tension it creates. In an oratorio, such an aria could also tackle a theological issue, but the A-B-A “da capo” form was still use-ful, with a contrasting B section before a return to the A section unchanged. There are four such arias in Messiah, including the aff ecting “He was despised” for alto (soloists today usually prefer the designation “mezzo-soprano”) early in Part II. Some arias dispense with the “B” section, as in the bass aria “The people that walked in darkness” in Part I, which also illustrates the principle of aff ekt. In this doctrine, the music makes a point of illustrating as closely as possible something in the text, here the wander-ing course of the benighted people. At other times it might be dying, or lamentation, or joy, and so on, that provides the clue. A spectacular example is provided by the tenor aria in Part II “Thou shalt break them,” the culmination of a sequence from Psalm 2 where the psalmist rails against God’s enemies. The bass soloist furiously defi es the kings and rulers who “take counsel together against the Lord,” prompting the chorus to break out in fury “Let us break their bonds asunder.” Then, with sadistic relish, the tenor concludes the sequence with “Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” The image of rage and destruction is perfectly captured in Handel’s quivering, leaping violin line. Like the three-act Italian operas of Handel’s day, oratorios were divided into three parts, and were expected to provide an entertainment of at least three hours’ length. (During the two intermissions, it was Handel’s habit to play an organ concerto or a concerto grosso, not to be listened to, but simply to amuse the audience as they moved about the theater talking with one another.) In both opera and oratorio, the action of the story is told in recitative, with a speech-like delivery over sporadic chords. This

Handel’s librettist collaborator for Messiah, Charles Jennens.

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is often given to the tenor soloist. Since there is little narrative action in Messiah, the recitatives are short. The new element that most operas lacked was the chorus, who are not simple observers as in Greek trag-edy, but participants in the action. The stories Handel chose for setting as oratorios — such as Israel in Egypt, Saul, Samson, Judas Maccabaeus, and others — allowed the chorus to represent the people, or individual groups or tribes, sometimes very vividly. Messiah is diff erent in this regard, since the chorus represents name-less and numberless subscribers to the Christian faith, and the action, such as it is, is picturesque rather than dramatic. With a text entirely drawn from the Bible, the words are prose, not the verse that was habitually provided for operas and even for biblical oratorios. The telling of the Christmas story, in Part I, requires the chorus to represent the “heaven’ly host” in “Glory to God,” but it involves no confl ict. And many details of the story, such as Herod and the Massacre of the Innocents, are omitted. In selecting passages from the Bible, Jennens and Handel preferred to stand back from the story with passages of prophecy or contemplation. This is more pronounced as the work proceeds, with Part II refl ecting on (rather than narrating) the Passion of Christ, and his Resurrection and Ascension, culminating in the great shout of Hallelujah.

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Part III begins with the beautiful aria “I know that my redeemer liveth” and goes on to refl ect on the afterlife for us all: “Even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” The trumpet sounds the victory-call over death and we are called upon to “rejoice greatly” at God’s triumph over Origi-nal Sin. The solo voices do not represent persons in the story. In fact, Handel’s choice of four solo voices — soprano, alto, tenor, and bass — seems to have been a refl ection of the four-part make-up of his chorus. They normally sing alone, although there is one duet (similarly rare in operas), “O death, where is thy sting” in Part III, which neatly refl ects the alternation of “O death” and “O grave.” Curiously, Handel’s habit of re-cycling his own (and sometimes other people’s) earlier music has made very familiar some vocal duets that he wrote many years earlier in Italy. These found their much more famous form in “And he shall purify” (Part I), “His yoke is easy” (end of Part I), and “All we like sheep” (Part II), each of which can be imagined as the alternating exchange of a duet and in which all four parts of the chorus have some spectacular tripping and running that was normally the province of soloists. Taking part in move-ments such as these is what gives Messiah its eternal appeal to choral singers who never thought they could rise to such virtuosity. Later in the work the chorus has a more weighty role, as for example in the three choruses that run together in Part II (in this version): “Lift up your heads,” “The Lord gave the word,” and “Their sound is gone out.” When trumpets and drums join the chorus and the key moves to D major for “Glory to God” (Part I), Handel displays that festive brilliance which places him above all composers of his time, and indeed of any time. The same celebration marks the Hallelujah! Chorus at the end of Part II and the immense Amen that closes the work. The orchestra is given two spots on its own. The “Sinfonia” that opens the work is a French-style overture in two parts, the fi rst broad and jerky, the second a business-like fugue that leads immediately into the opening recitative. Later in Part I, there is a “Pifa,” often known as the “Pastoral Symphony,” a movement setting the scene for the shepherds abiding in the fi eld. Such movements were usually scored for recorders or fl utes, but Handel wrote for strings alone, over long-held bass notes, allowing for other instruments to be added if the occasion arose.

—Hugh Macdonald © 2015

Hugh Macdonald is Avis H. Blewett Professor Emeritus of Music at Washington University in St. Louis. He has written books on Beethoven, Berlioz, Bizet, and Scriabin.

About the Music


PART THE FIRST

Sinfonia — OVERTURE

Recitativo Accompagnato — TENOR

Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God; Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned. Th e voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Air — TENOR

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low, the crooked straight and the rough places plain.

ChorusAnd the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all fl esh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

—isaiah 40:1-5

Recitativo Accompagnato — BASS

Th us saith the Lord of Hosts: Yet once a little while and I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land; and I will shake all nations; and the desire of all nations shall come. —haggai 2:6-7

Th e Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts.

Air — ALTO

But who may abide the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appeareth? For He is like a refi ner’s fi re.

ChorusAnd He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may off er unto the Lord an off ering in righteousness. —malachi 3:1-3

Recitativo — ALTO Behold, a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Emmanuel, God with us. —isaiah 7:14; matthew 1:23

Air and Chorus — ALTO AND CHORUS

O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain: O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength,lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Arise, shine, for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. —isaiah 40:9; 60:1


For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. —isaiah 60:2-3

MESSIAH A Sacred Oratorio in Three Parts by GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)

To a Libretto Drawn from the Old and New Testaments by CHARLES JENNENS (1700-1773)

With Four-Part Chorus and Four Soloists — soprano, alto (mezzo-soprano), tenor, bass

Messiah — Sung Text


Air — BASS

Th e people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. —isaiah 9:2

ChorusFor unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. —isaiah 9:6

Pifa — PA STO R A L SY M P H O N Y

Recitativo — SOPRANO

Th ere were shepherds abiding in the fi eld, keeping watch over their fl ocks by night.

Recitativo Accompagnato And lo! Th e Angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.

RecitativoAnd the Angel said unto them, Fear not; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people; for unto you is born this day in the City of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. —luke 2:8-11

Recitativo — SOPRANO

And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying:

ChorusGlory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, goodwill toward men. —luke 2:13-14

Air — SOPRANO

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout! O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh unto thee! He is the righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen. —zechariah 9:9-10

Recitativo — ALTO

Th en shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped.Th en shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing. —zechariah 35:5-6

Air — ALTO AND SOPRANO

He shall feed His fl ock like a Shepherd; and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Come unto Him, all ye that labor, that are heavy laden, and He will give you rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall fi nd rest unto your souls. —isaiah 40:11; matthew 11:28-9

ChorusHis yoke is easy and His Burthen is light. —matthew 11:30

I N T E R M I S S I O N



PART THE SECOND

ChorusBehold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. —john 1:29

Air — ALTO

He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: He hid not His face from shame and spitting. —isaiah 53:3; 50:6

ChorusSurely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows! He was wound ed for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him.

ChorusAnd with His stripes we are healed.

ChorusAll we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way. And the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all. —isaiah 53:4-6


All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn; they shoot out their lips and shake their heads saying:

ChorusHe trusted in God that He would deliver Him; let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him. —psalm 22:7-8




Th y rebuke hath broken His heart: He is full of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there was no man, neither found He any to comfort Him. —psalm 69:21

Airioso — TENOR

Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow. —lamentations 1:12

Recitativo Accompagnato — SOPRANO

He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of Th y people was He stricken. —isaiah 53:8

Air — SOPRANO

But Th ou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Th ou suff er Th y Holy One to see corruption. —psalm 16:10 ChorusLift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in.

Who is this King of Glory? Th e Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in.

Who is this King of Glory?Th e Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory. —psalm 24:7-10

ChorusTh e Lord gave the word, great was the company of the preachers. —psalm 68:11

Air — SOPRANO

How beautiful are the feet of themthat preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. —isaiah 52:7; psalm 19:4

Air — BASS

Why do the nations so furiously rage together, and why do the people imagine a vain thing? Th e kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against His Anointed.

ChorusLet us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us.

Recitativo — TENOR

He that dwelleth in Heaven shall laugh them to scorn; the Lord shall have them in derision. —psalm 2:1-4

Air — TENOR

Th ou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Th ou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. —psalm 2:9

ChorusHallelujah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. Th e kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, Hallelujah! —revelation 19:6; 11:15; 19:16



PART THE THIRD

Air — SOPRANO

I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth; and though worms destroy this body, yet in my fl esh shall I see God.

For now is Christ risen from the dead, the fi rst-fruits of them that sleep. —job 19:25-6; 1 corinthians 15:20

ChorusSince by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. —1 corinthians 15:21-22


Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. —1 corinthians 15:51-52

Air — BASS

Th e trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptiblemust put on incorruptionand this mortal must put on immortality. —1 corinthians 15:51-52

Recitativo — ALTO

Th en shall be brought to passthe saying that is written:Death is swallowed up in victory. —1 corinthians 15:54

Duet — ALTO AND TENOR

O death, where is thy sting?O grave, where is thy victory?Th e sting of death is sin,and the strength of sin is the law. —1 corinthians 15:51-52

ChorusBut thanks be to God,who giveth us the victorythrough our Lord Jesus Christ. —1 corinthians 15:57

Air — SOPRANO

If God be for us,who can be against us?Who shall lay anythingto the charge of God’s elect?It is God that justifi eth,who is he that condemneth?It is Christ that died,yea rather, that is risen again,who is at the right hand of God,who makes intercession for us. —romans 8:31; 8:33-34

ChorusWorthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

Blessing and honour, glory and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen. —revelation 5:12-14


43Severance Hall 2015-16 Conductor

Robert Porco Director of Choruses Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Endowed Chair The Cleveland Orchestra

Robert Porco became director of choruses for The Cleveland Orchestra in 1998. In ad-dition to overseeing choral activities and preparing the Cleveland Orchestra Cho-rus and the Blossom Festival Chorus for a variety of concert programs each season, Mr. Porco conducts the Orchestra’s annual series of Christmas concerts at Severance Hall and regularly conducts subscription concert programs, both at Severance Hall and Blossom. In recent seasons, he has led performances of Handel’s Messiah, Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony, Verdi’s Requiem, and evenings of Broadway and American favorites at Blossom. Highlights of Mr. Porco’s Cleveland tenure have included preparing the Cleve-land Orchestra Chorus for a wide variety of performances and repertoire, including performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 conducted by Franz Welser-Möst in January 2007, released as a Deutsche Grammophon recording. He has pre-pared the Chorus for touring appearances with the Orchestra, including the 2013 European Tour, and performances at the Edinburgh International Festival, Lucerne Festival, London Proms, and Carnegie Hall, as well as for the series of operas at Severance Hall under Welser-Möst’s direc-tion. In 2011, Mr. Porco was honored by Chorus America with its annual Michael Korn Founders Award for a lifetime of sig-nifi cant contributions to the professional choral art. His activities and achievements across four decades of work have includ-ed preparing choruses for such prominent conductors as Pierre Boulez, James Con-

lon, Christoph von Dohnányi, Raymond Leppard, James Levine, Jesús López-Co-bos, Zubin Meh-ta, André Previn, Kurt Sanderling, Robert Shaw, and Franz Welser-Möst, among oth-ers. As a guest conductor, Mr. Porco has led per-formances across North America, and in Europe and Asia, with ap-pearances from Edinburgh to Lucerne, Reykjavik to Taipei, and from Chicago’s Grant Park Festival to the Cincinnati May Festival, where he has served as director of choruses since 1989. Ohio native Robert Porco served as chairman of the choral department at Indi-ana University 1980-98, and in recent years taught doctoral-level conducting at the school. Highlights of his work at Indiana University have included a special perfor-mance by 250 students of Leonard Ber-nstein’s Mass as part of the Tanglewood Music Festival’s celebration of the com-poser’s 70th birthday. As teacher and mentor, Mr. Porco has guided and infl uenced the develop-ment of hundreds of musicians, many of whom are now active as professional conductors, singers, or teachers. As a sought-after guest instructor and coach, his teaching work has included programs at Harvard University, Westminster Choir College, and the University of Miami Frost School of Music.


Yulia Van Doren soprano

Russian-American soprano Yulia Van Doren made her Cleveland Orchestra debut in October 2014. She was born in Moscow and grew up in the United States. A fellow at the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Tanglewood Music Festival, and Villecroze Académie, Ms. Van Doren earned her master’s degree from Bard College. Her honors also include being a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow and receiving a Beebe Grant. Yulia Van Doren’s recent and upcoming schedule includes perfor-mances with the orchestras of Baltimore, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Nashville, San Francisco, and Toronto, as well as the Folger Consort, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Mark Morris Dance Group, and the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic. Ms. Van Doren has appeared with many North American Baroque orchestras and festivals, and is the only singer to be awarded a top prize in all four U.S. Bach vocal competitions. She has also performed in operas by Lera Auerbach, Handel, Scarlatti, and Shosta-kovich, and has recorded on the Deutsche Grammophon and Naxos labels. For more information, visit www.yuliavandoren.com.

Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano

American mezzo-soprano Jennifer John-son Cano received the 2014 George Lon-don-Norma Newton Award, 2012 Richard Tucker Career Grant, and a 2009 Sullivan Foundation Award. The Missouri native earned degrees in music from Webster University and Rice University and gradu-ated from the Metropolitan Opera’s Linde-mann Young Artist Development Program. Ms. Johnson Cano’s recent and upcoming schedule includes performances with the orchestras of Boston, Kansas City, Los An-geles, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Tucson, and with the opera companies of Arizona, Boston, Cincinnati, Des Moines, and New York. Ms. Johnson Cano also appears in recital throughout the United States. Her tour concerts with Musicians from Marlboro of compositions by Cuck-son and Respighi were recorded live by the Marlboro Recording Society. She can also be heard in Mahler’s Song of the Earth with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and on the DVDs of Robert LePage’s production of Wagner’s Ring for the Metropolitan Opera. Jennifer Johnson Cano made her Cleveland Orches-tra debut in May 2012 and most recent appearances in May 2014. To learn more, visit www.jenniferjohnsoncano.net.

Guest Soloists


John Tessier tenor

Canadian tenor John Tessier sings inter-nationally in opera, concert, and recital. He made his debut with The Cleveland Orchestra in December 2005, and most recently sang here in March 2014. His re-cent and upcoming schedule includes ap-pearances at the Boston Lyric Opera, New Zealand Opera, Seattle Opera, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and the Vienna State Opera. He has also performed with English National Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Minnesota Opera, L’Opéra de Montréal, Netherlands Opera, New York City Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro Colón, and Wash-ington National Opera — in roles from Bellini to Wagner, from Puccini to a world premiere by Robin de Raaff . In concert, John Tessier has sung with the orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Nashville, New York, Philadel-phia, San Francisco, Sydney, and Toronto, as well as Le Concert d’Astrée, Orchestra of Saint Luke’s, and the Russian National Orchestra. His discography on BIS, Dorian, Naxos, and Telarc includes works by Bach, John Corigliano, Mozart, and Stephen Paulus. For additional information, visit www.johnptessier.com.

Nathan Berg bass-baritone

Canadian bass-baritone Nathan Berg sings a wide-ranging repertoire — from Bach to Verdi, from the concert hall to the operatic stage. Mr. Berg studied music in Canada, France, and the United States, complet-ing his education at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he won the gold medal for singers. His other honors include prizes in the Royal Over-Seas League, and the Kathleen Fer-rier, Walther Gruner, and Peter Pears song competitions, three Grammy nominations, and a Juno Award. Mr. Berg has appeared with many of the world’s major orchestras and period ensembles. In opera, he has appeared in the major opera venues of North America and Europe; he made his debut at Italy’s La Scala earlier this year in the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli’s CO2. Nathan Berg’s discography includes more than 30 albums and DVDs, featur-ing works by Bach, Beethoven, Dvořák, Handel, Mozart, Purcell, Rameau, and Ros-sini. His German artsong albums feature music by Othmar Schoeck. Mr. Berg made his Cleveland Orchestra debut in 1996 and most recently appeared here in March 2011. For more information, visit www.nathanberg.com.

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47Severance Hall 2015-16 Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

SOPRANOSSusan CucuzzaEmily EngleLisa HrusovskyHope Klassen-KayKate MacyLisa ManningJulie Myers-PruchenskiJennifer Heinert O’LearySarah Henley OsburnLenore M. PershingMonica SchieMelissa Vandergriff Sharilee WalkerKiko Weinroth

ALTOSMarie Bucoy-CalavanCarolyn DessinKathy Jo GutgsellBetty HuberSarah N. HutchinsKarla McMullenMary-Francis MillerMarta Perez-StableAlanna M. ShadrakeIna Stanek-MichaelisRachel ThiboMartha Cochran TrubyGina VentreMeredith Sorenson

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TENORSBrent ChamberlinManuel GomezCorey Hill *Michael J. HivesPatrick KnaubertPeter KvideraDaniel May, Jr. Tremaine B. OatmanMatthew RizerWilliam VenableSteven Weems

BASSESChristopher D. AldrichKevin CalavanChristopher DewaldKurtis B. Hoff manJoshua JonesJason LevyScott MarkovTom MoormannGlenn ObergefellDaniel ParsleyThomas ShawJames B. SnellCaleb A. Wright

Carolyn Dessin, Chair, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Operating CommitteeJill Harbaugh, Manager of Choruses

Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Robert Porco, Director Lisa Wong, Assistant Director Joela Jones, Principal Accompanist

Th e Cleveland Orchestra Chorus is one of the few professionally-trained, all-volunteer choruses sponsored by a major American orchestra. Founded at the request of George Szell in 1952 and following in the footsteps of a number of earlier community choruses, the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus has sung in hundreds of performances at home, at Carnegie Hall, and on tour, as well as in more than a dozen recordings. Its members hail from nearly fi ft y Cleveland-area communities and together contribute over 15,000 volunteer hours to the Orchestra’s music-making each year.

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* Shari Bierman Singer Fellow

Welser-Möst and Cleveland Orchestra acclaimed throughout European Tour/Vienna Residency


Franz Welser-Möst led The Cleveland Orchestra on their sixteenth international concert tour and eighth biennial Vienna Residency together, performing twelve concerts in ten cities be-tween October 15 and 31. The tour featured performances in a number of Europe’s premier concert halls, including their debut performance at the new Philharmonie de Paris. The fol-lowing excerpts are taken from from reviews and commentary about these concerts:

“The Cleveland Orchestra’s sheer virtuosity, the honed precision of its interac-tion, and the scintillating silver gleam that was once its trademark, are still breathtaking.” —Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 19, 2015

“From the famous theme to the most tragic or airy passages, the conductor showed his masterful skill, not leaving out any detail, and transcending each motif. The prom-ise of a very high quality concert was kept, giving the audience the opportunity to hear one of the best American orchestras in Europe.” —Crescendo, October 15, 2015 (Brussels)

“Welser-Möst’s uncommonly vivid conducting left no doubt — the interpretation was an argument that this work, as Beethoven said of his “Pastoral,” is more an ex-pression of feeling than a painting. . . . The burst of excitement that followed gave the strings another opportunity to demonstrate their excellence.” —Luxemburger Wort, October 19, 2015

“Without a doubt, the superb Cleveland Orchestra, which prefers roundness to bril-liance and never fl ashy virtuosity, adheres to the approach perfectly. Their Austrian director successfully avoids the trap of going overboard and shows he knows how to conduct the music, from start to fi nish, making a tight, unifi ed ensemble.” —ConcertoNet, October 22, 2015 (Paris)

“The strings and brass provided gleaming opulence, and Welser-Möst played the mountain guide in overdrive. Overall, as was made clear at the Konzerthaus this eve-ning, the musicians from Cleveland can play anything.” —Westfälische Nachrichten Münster-Stadt, October 24, 2015 (Dortmund)

“Conductor Franz Welser-Möst also strikes the necessary balance between attack and withdrawal, using timbre to maintain the internal tension. . . . Also key: the orch-estra’s clarity and transparency are always present in service of expression. . . . It was a brilliant evening by a great orchestra.” —Der Standard, October 29, 2015 (Vienna)

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New DVD Brahms cycleto be released; available now at Severance HallFollowing their critically-acclaimed releases of Anton Bruckner symphonies with Clasart, Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orch estra are releasing an all-Brahms DVD box set this fall. The set features all four symphonies, Piano Con-certos Nos. 1 and 2 with Yefim Bronfman and the Violin Concerto with Julia Fischer, and selected other orchestral works. The set was released in Europe in October and will be released in Janu-ary. All performances were recorded live — at Severance Hall, during a BBC Proms concert at Royal Albert Hall in London, and in Vienna’s Musikverein.

The set is specially available for purchase at the Cleveland Orchestra Store in December, prior to the general U.S. release.

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In addition, Cleveland Orchestra Gift Certi-ficates and Blossom Lawn Ticket Books for the Orchestra’s 2016 Blossom Music Festival are avail-able through the Severance Hall Ticket Office by calling 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or onlineat clevelandorchestra.com.

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Sonja Braaten MolloyIoana MissitsEliesha NelsonPeter OttoChul-In ParkJoanna Patterson ZakanyHenry PeyrebruneAlexandra PreucilLynne RamseyJeffrey RathbunJeanne Preucil RoseStephen RoseFrank RosenweinMarisela SagerJonathan SherwinSae ShiragamiEmma ShookJoshua SmithThomas SperlBarrick SteesRichard StoutJack SutteKevin SwitalskiBrian ThorntonIsabel TrautweinRobert VernonCarolyn Gadiel WarnerScott WeberRichard WeissBeth WoodsideRobert WoolfreyDerek ZadinskyJeffrey Zehngut

M.U.S . I .C . I .A .N S .A .L .U .T .E

The Musical Arts Association gratefully acknow ledges the artistry and dedication of all the musicians of The Cleveland Orch-estra. In addition to rehearsals and concerts throughout the year, many musicians donate performance time in support of commun-ity engagement, fundraising, education, and audience development activities. We are pleased to recognize these musicians, listed below, who have volunteered for such events and presentations during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.


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André Gremillet, managing director of the Mel-bourne Symphony Orchestra, will succeed Gary Hanson as executive director of The Cleveland Orchestra. The appointment was announced by Dennis W. LaBarre, president of the Musical Arts Association, over the summer. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Hanson will have served the institution for more than twenty-seven years, with nearly twelve years in his current position. Gremillet will become executive di-rector at the beginning of January; Hanson will retire in December. In making the ap-pointment, LaBarre said, “André Gremillet has an impressive artistic back-ground, including corporate leadership experience, and has successfully enhanced the fi scal health of two symphony orchestras. I am delighted that André has accepted our off er and I look forward to working with him to extend The Cleveland Orches-tra’s strong record of achievement.”

“André’s leadership qualities together with his artistic sensibilities are a great match for The Cleveland Orchestra,” stated music director Franz Welser-Möst. “I’m very enthusiastic about our choice. Combining the long-term partnership that the musicians and I already have developed, to-gether with André’s international experience along with the extraordinary support and commitment of the Board of Trustees, will help further develop in-novative and thoughtful programming as we look to our centennial in 2018 and build into the Orches-tra’s second century.” “I can think of no individual better suited to take the executive reins of The Cleveland Orchestra,” stated Gary Hanson. “I’m confi dent that André will feel, as I do, that serving this great Orchestra is a true privilege. With his broad experience and record of achievement, André is an ideal leader to pursue ever-greater institutional goals in a time of immense change and challenge for symphony or-chestras.”

“The Cleveland Orchestra represents the brightest example of what a great orchestra should

be in the 21st century,” said André Gremillet. “It is truly an honor to be appointed its next executive director and to succeed Gary Hanson, who has had a remarkable tenure. I look forward to working with the superb artists that are Franz Welser-Möst and the musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as with a Board and staff who are leaders in the orchestra world, to extend the Orchestra’s achievement in musical excellence, commitment to community, and fi nancial strength.” André Gremillet has been managing direc-tor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra since November 2012. During his tenure, the MSO has deepened its engagement with the Melbourne community, resulting in a signifi cant increase in ticket sales and fundraising, and completed a highly successful European Tour. From 2007 to 2012, Gremillet was president and CEO of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO), where his tenure marked a fi nancial turnaround for the organization. Prior to joining the NJSO, Gremi-llet served for four years as president of the internationally-renowned pipe organ building company Casavant Frères in Québec, Canada. He is a conservatory-trained pianist, holding a master’s degree from the Mannes College of Music and an MBA from McGill University.

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Orchestra’s next executive director appointed — André Gremillet takes reins in January


listing as of October 2015


FIRST VIOLINKeiko Furiyoshi 2005 — 34 yearsAlvaro de Granda 2 2006 — 40 yearsErich Eichhorn 2008 — 41 yearsBoris Chusid 2008 — 34 yearsGary Tishkoff 2009 — 43 yearsLev Polyakin 2 2012 — 31 years SECOND VIOLINRichard Voldrich 2001 — 34 years Stephen Majeske * 2001 — 22 years Judy Berman 2008 — 27 years Vaclav Benkovic 2009 — 34 years VIOLALucien Joel 2000 — 31 yearsYarden Faden 2006 — 40 years CELLOMartin Simon 1995 — 48 years Diane Mather 2 2001 — 38 yearsStephen Geber * 2003 — 30 yearsHarvey Wolfe 2004 — 37 yearsCatharina Meints 2006 — 35 yearsThomas Mansbacher 2014 — 37 years BASSLawrence Angell * 1995 — 40 yearsHarry Barnoff 1997 — 45 years Thomas Sepulveda 2001 — 30 yearsMartin Flowerman 2011 — 44 years HARPLisa Wellbaum * 2007 — 33 years FLUTE/PICCOLOWilliam Hebert 1988 — 41 yearsJohn Rautenberg § 2005 — 44 years Martha Aarons 2 2006 — 25 years

OBOERobert Zupnik 1977 — 31 years Elizabeth Camus 2011 — 32 years CLARINETTheodore Johnson 1995 — 36 yearsThomas Peterson 2 1995 — 32 years Franklin Cohen ** 2015 — 39 years BASSOONPhillip Austin 2011 — 30 yearsRonald Phillips 2 2001 — 38 years HORNMyron Bloom * 1977 — 23 years Richard Solis * 2012 — 41 years TRUMPET/CORNETBernard Adelstein * 1988 — 28 years Charles Couch 2 2002 — 30 years James Darling 2 2005 — 32 years TROMBONEEdwin Anderson 1985 — 21 yearsAllen Kofsky 2000 — 39 yearsJames De Sano 2003 — 33 years PERCUSSIONJoseph Adato 2006 — 44 yearsRichard Weiner * 2011 — 48 years LIBRARIANRonald Whitaker * 2008 — 33 years

** Principal Emeritus * Principal § Associate Principal 1 First Assistant Principal 2 Assistant Principal

Appreciation

R E T I R E D M U S I C I A N S

Listed here are the living members of The Cleveland Orchestra who served more than twenty years. Appointed by and playing under four music directors, these 44 musicians collectively completed a total of 1560 years of service — representing the Orchestra’s ongoing service to music and to the greater Northeast Ohio community.

Listed by instrument section and within each by retirement year, followed by years of service.


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W.E .L .C .O.M.EPercussionist joins Orchestra with 2015-16 season Thomas Sherwood be-came the newest member of The Cleveland Orchestra at the start of the musicians’ contract year at the begin-ning of September. He per-formed the fi nal weekend of concerts at Blossom, and continues with the new season (he has a previ-ous performing commitment outside Cleveland the week of September 21-26). Prior to being selected by Franz Welser-Möst, Sherwood had served as principal percussion of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 1999. He gradu-ated with a bachelor of music in percussion performance from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. A student of Tom Siwe, he was the youngest recipient of the Edgard Varèse Memorial Scholarship. He earned his master of

music degree from Temple University, where he studied with Alan Abel (former associ-ate principal percussion of the Philadelphia Orchestra). Prior to joining the Atlanta Sym-phony Orchestra, Sherwood was a member of Miami’s New World Symphony for three seasons. Since 2008, he has been artistic director and percussionist for the contem-porary music ensemble, Sonic Generator. He also created and has directed the Modern Snare Drum Competition (an annual event for students from all over the country, which has led to the creation of more than a dozen new pieces for snare drum).

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In anticipation of The Cleveland Orchestra’s 100th anniversary in 2018, we have em-barked on an ambitious fundraising campaign. The Sound for the Centennial Campaign seeks to build the Orchestra’s Endowment through cash gifts and legacy commitments, while also securing broad-based and increasing annual support from across Northeast Ohio. The generous individuals and organizations listed on these pages have made long-term commitments of annual support, endowment funds, and legacy declarations to the

Campaign. We gratefully recognize their extraordinary commitment toward the Orchestra’s future success. Your participation can make a crucial diff erence in helping to ensure that future generations of concertgoers experience, embrace, and enjoy performances, collaborative presentations, and education programs by The Cleveland Orchestra. To join this growing list of visionary contributors, please contact Jon Limbacher, Chief Development Offi cer, at 216-231-7520. Listing as of November 5, 2015.

Art of Beauty Company, Inc.BakerHostetlerMr. William P. Blair IIIMr. Richard J. Bogomolny and Ms. Patricia M. KozerefskiMrs. M. Roger ClappEatonFirstEnergy FoundationForest City Enterprises, Inc. The George Gund FoundationMr. and Mrs. Michael J. HorvitzHyster-Yale Materials Handling NACCO Industries, Inc. Jones DayThe Walter and Jean Kalberer FoundationMr. and Mrs. Joseph P. KeithleyKeyBankKulas FoundationMr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarreMrs. Norma LernerThe Lubrizol CorporationThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Ms. Beth E. MooneySally S.* and John C. MorleyJohn P. Murphy FoundationDavid and Inez Myers FoundationThe Eric & Jane Nord Family FundOhio Arts CouncilThe Honorable and Mrs. John Doyle OngThe Payne FundPNC BankJulia and Larry PollockMr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.James and Donna ReidBarbara S. RobinsonThe Leighton A. Rosenthal Family Foundation The Sage Cleveland FoundationThe Ralph and Luci Schey FoundationThe Kelvin and Eleanor Smith FoundationMr. and Mrs. Richard K. SmuckerThe J. M. Smucker CompanyJoe and Marlene TootAnonymous (3)

GIFTS OF $5 MILLION AND MORE

The Cleveland FoundationCuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and CultureMr. and Mrs. Alexander M. CutlerNancy Fisher and Randy Lerner in loving recognition of their mother, Norma Lerner

Maltz Family FoundationMrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. RatnerAnonymous

GIFTS OF $1 MILLION TO $5 MILLION

Sound for the Centennial Campaign

Dennis W. LaBarre, President, Musical Arts Association Richard J. Bogomolny, MAA Chairman and Fundraising Chair Nancy W. McCann, Fundraising Vice Chair Alexander M. Cutler, Special Fundraising Beth E. Mooney, Pension Fundraising John C. Morley, Legacy Giving Hewitt B. Shaw, Annual Fund


Gay Cull AddicottDarby and Jack AshelmanJeanette Grasselli Brown and Glenn R. Brown Robert and Jean* ConradDr. and Mrs. Hiroyuki Fujita GAR FoundationRichard and Ann GridleyThe Louise H. and David S. Ingalls FoundationMartha Holden Jennings FoundationMyra Tuteur Kahn Memorial Fund of The Cleveland FoundationMr. and Mrs. Douglas A. KernJames and Gay* KitsonVirginia M. and Jon A. Lindseth

Ms. Nancy W. McCannMedical Mutual of OhioNordson Corporation FoundationParker Hannifi n CorporationCharles and Ilana Horowitz RatnerSally and Larry SearsSquire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Thompson Hine LLP Timken Foundation of CantonMs. Ginger Warner Anonymous (3)

GIFTS OF $500,000 TO $1 MILLION

The Abington FoundationAkron Community FoundationAmerican Greetings CorporationMr. and Mrs. George N. Aronoff Jack L. BarnhartFred G. and Mary W. BehmBen and Ingrid BowmanDr. Christopher P. Brandt and Dr. Beth SersigBuyers Products CompanyMr. and Mrs. David J. CarpenterMary Kay DeGrandis and Edward J. DonnellyJudith and George W. DiehlGeorge* and Becky Dunn Ernst & Young LLPMr. Allen H. FordFrantz Ward LLPDr. Saul GenuthThe Giant Eagle FoundationJoAnn and Robert GlickHahn Loeser & Parks LLPIris and Tom HarvieJeff and Julia HealyThe Hershey FoundationMr. Daniel R. HighMr. and Mrs. Donald M. Jack, Jr.

Bernie and Nancy KarrMr. and Mrs.* S. Lee KohrmanKenneth M. Lapine and Rose E. MillsDr. David and Janice LeshnerLitigation Management, Inc.Jeff rey LitwillerLinda and Saul LudwigDr. and Mrs. Sanford E. MarovitzMr. Thomas F. McKeeThe Miller Family: Sydell Miller Lauren and Steve Spilman Stacie and Jeff HalpernThe Margaret Clark Morgan FoundationThe Nord Family FoundationMr. Gary A. OateyOlympic Steel, Inc.Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. Helen Rankin Butler and Clara Rankin Williams The Reinberger FoundationAmy and Ken RogatAudra and George RoseRPM International Inc.Mr. Larry J. Santon

Raymond T. and Katherine S. SawyerMrs. David SeidenfeldDavid ShankNaomi G. and Edwin Z. SingerDrs. Charles Kent Smith and Patricia Moore SmithSandra and Richey SmithMs. Lorraine S. SzaboVirginia and Bruce TaylorTucker EllisDorothy Ann TurickThe Denise G. and Norman E. Wells, Jr. Family FoundationMr. Max W. WendelPaul and Suzanne WestlakeMarilyn J. WhiteThe Edward and Ruth Wilkof FoundationKatie and Donald WoodcockWilliam Wendling and Lynne WoodmanAnonymous (4)

GIFTS OF $100,000 TO $250,000

Randall and Virginia BarbatoJohn P. Bergren* and Sarah S. EvansThe William Bingham FoundationMr. and Mrs.* Harvey BuchananCliff s Natural ResourcesThe George W. Codrington Charitable FoundationThe Helen C. Cole Charitable TrustThe Mary S. and David C. Corbin

FoundationMr. and Mrs. Matthew V. CrawfordWilliam and Anna Jean CushwaNancy and Richard DotsonPatricia EspositoSidney E. Frank FoundationAlbert I. and Norma C. Geller

The Gerhard FoundationMary Jane HartwellDavid and Nancy HookerMrs. Marguerite B. HumphreyJames D. Ireland III*Trevor and Jennie JonesElizabeth B. JulianoMr. Clarence E. Klaus, Jr.Giuliana C. and John D. KochDr. Vilma L. Kohn*Mrs. Emma S. LincolnMr. and Mrs. Alex MachaskeeRobert M. Maloney and Laura GoyanesElizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather Fund Mr. Donald W. Morrison

Margaret Fulton-MuellerNational Endowment for the ArtsWilliam J. and Katherine T. O’NeillQuality Electrodynamics (QED)Mr. and Mrs. James A. SaksHewitt and Paula ShawThe Skirball FoundationRichard and Nancy SneedR. Thomas and Meg Harris StantonMr. and Mrs. Jules Vinney*David A. and Barbara Wolfort

GIFTS OF $250,000 TO $500,000

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PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE$300,000 AND MORE

Hyster-Yale Materials HandlingNACCO Industries, Inc.KeyBankRaiff eisenlandesbank Oberösterreich (Europe) The J. M. Smucker Company

PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE$200,000 TO $299,999BakerHostetlerEatonFirstEnergy FoundationJones DayPNC Bank

PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE$100,000 TO $199,999Forest City Enterprises, Inc.The Lincoln Electric FoundationMedical Mutual of OhioNordson Corporation Foundation Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLPThompson Hine LLPWhite & Case (Miami)

$50,000 TO $99,999

Dollar BankParker Hannifi n CorporationQuality Electrodynamics (QED)voestalpine AG (Europe)Anonymous

$25,000 TO $49,999Buyers Products CompanyGreenberg Traurig (Miami)Litigation Management, Inc.The Lubrizol CorporationOlympic Steel, Inc.RPM International Inc.

$2,500 TO $24,999Akron Tool & Die CompanyAmerican Fireworks, Inc.American Greetings CorporationBank of AmericaBDIBrothers Printing Co., Inc.Brouse McDowellEileen M. Burkhart & Co LLCCalfee, Halter & Griswold LLPCleveland ClinicThe Cleveland Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co.Cohen & Company, CPAsConsolidated SolutionsDominion FoundationErnst & Young LLPEvarts TremaineThe Ewart-Ohlson Machine CompanyFeldman Gale, P.A. (Miami) Ferro CorporationFirstMerit BankFrantz Ward LLPArthur J. Gallagher & Co.The Giant Eagle FoundationGreat Lakes Brewing CompanyGross BuildersHahn Loeser & Parks LLPHuntington National BankKPMG LLPLittler Mendelson, P.C.Live Publishing CompanyMacy’sMaterion CorporationMiba AG (Europe)MTD Products, Inc.North Coast Container Corp.Northern HaserotOatey Co.Ohio CATOhio Savings Bank, A Division of New York Community BankOswald CompaniesPark-Ohio Holdings Corp.The Plain DealerPolyOne CorporationThe Prince & Izant CompanyThe Sherwin-Williams CompanyStern Advertising AgencyStruktol Company of AmericaSwagelok CompanyTucker EllisUBSUniversity HospitalsVer Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A. (Miami)WCLV Foundation Westlake Reed LeskoskyMargaret W. Wong & Assoc. Co., LPAAnonymous (2)

Annual Supportgifts of $2,500 or more during the past year, as of September 5, 2015

Cumulative GivingJOHN L. SEVERANCE SOCIETY$5 MILLION AND MORE

KeyBankPNC Bank

$1 MILLION TO $5 MILLION

BakerHostetlerBank of AmericaEatonFirstEnergy FoundationForest City Enterprises, Inc.The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyHyster-Yale Materials HandlingNACCO Industries, Inc.Jones DayThe Lubrizol Corporation / The Lubrizol FoundationMedical Mutual of OhioParker Hannifi n CorporationThe Plain DealerPolyOne CorporationRaiff eisenlandesbank Oberösterreich (Europe) The J. M. Smucker CompanyUBS

Th e John L. Severance Society recognizes the generosity of those giving $1 million or more in cumulative support. Listing as of September 2015.

Th e Cleveland Orchestra gratefully acknowledges and salutes these corporations for their generous support toward the Orchestra’s Annual Fund, benefi t events, tours and residencies, and special projects.

Corporate Support


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The Cleveland FoundationCuyahoga County residents through

Cuyahoga Arts & CultureThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

$500,000 TO $999,999The George Gund FoundationOhio Arts CouncilTimken Foundation of Canton

$250,000 TO $499,999Knight Foundation (Miami)Kulas FoundationJohn P. Murphy FoundationThe Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund

$100,000 TO $249,999GAR FoundationElizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather FundDavid and Inez Myers FoundationThe Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation

$50,000 TO $99,999Paul M. Angell Family FoundationThe George W. Codrington Charitable FoundationThe Gerhard Foundation, Inc.Ann and Gordon Getty FoundationThe William Randolph Hearst FoundationMartha Holden Jennings FoundationMyra Tuteur Kahn Memorial Fund of The Cleveland FoundationMarlboro 2465 FoundationMiami-Dade County Department of Cultural Aff airs (Miami)The Nord Family FoundationThe Payne FundThe Sage Cleveland Foundation

Annual Support gifts of $2,500 or more during the past year, as of September 5, 2015

Th e Cleveland Orchestra gratefully acknowledges and salutes these Foundations and Government agencies for their generous support toward the Orchestra’s Annual Fund, benefi t events, tours and residencies, and special projects.

$20,000 TO $49,999The Batchelor Foundation, Inc. (Miami) Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening FoundationMary E. and F. Joseph Callahan FoundationThe Helen C. Cole Charitable TrustThe Mary S. and David C. Corbin FoundationMary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable TrustThe Helen Wade Greene Charitable TrustNational Endowment for the ArtsThe Frederick and Julia Nonneman FoundationPeacock Foundation, Inc. (Miami)The Reinberger FoundationJames G. Robertson Fund of Akron Community FoundationThe Sisler McFawn FoundationThe Veale Foundation

$2,500 TO $19,999The Abington FoundationAyco Charitable Foundation The Ruth and Elmer Babin FoundationDr. NE & JZ Berman FoundationThe Bernheimer Family Fund of The Cleveland FoundationElisha-Bolton FoundationThe Conway Family FoundationThe Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable FoundationFunding Arts Network (Miami)The Hankins FoundationThe Muna & Basem Hishmeh FoundationRichard H. Holzer Memorial FoundationThe Laub FoundationVictor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation TrustThe Lehner Family FoundationThe G. R. Lincoln Family FoundationBessie Benner Metzenbaum Foundation The Margaret Clark Morgan FoundationThe M. G. O’Neil Foundation Paintstone FoundationThe Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial FoundationThe Leighton A. Rosenthal Family FoundationSCH FoundationAlbert G. & Olive H. Schlink FoundationJean C. Schroeder FoundationKenneth W. Scott FoundationLloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Memorial FoundationThe South Waite FoundationThe George Garretson Wade Charitable TrustThe S. K. Wellman FoundationThe Welty Family FoundationThomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank TrustThe Edward and Ruth Wilkof FoundationThe Wuliger FoundationAnonymous (2)

Cumulative GivingJOHN L. SEVERANCE SOCIETY$10 MILLION AND MORE

The Cleveland FoundationCuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts & CultureKulas FoundationMaltz Family FoundationState of OhioOhio Arts CouncilThe Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation


The George Gund FoundationKnight Foundation (Cleveland, Miami)The Andrew W. Mellon FoundationJohn P. Murphy Foundation


The William Bingham FoundationThe George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation GAR FoundationAnn and Gordon Getty FoundationThe Louise H. and David S. Ingalls FoundationMartha Holden Jennings FoundationElizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather FundDavid and Inez Myers FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsThe Eric & Jane Nord Family FundThe Payne FundThe Reinberger FoundationThe Sage Cleveland Foundation

Th e John L. Severance Society recognizes the generosity of those giving $1 million or more in cumulative support. Listing as of September 2015.


Foundation & Government Support

59Severance Hall 2015-16 59Foundation and Government Annual Support

Individual Annual Support

Th e Cleveland Orchestra gratefully recognizes the individuals listed here, who have provided generous gift s of cash or pledges of $2,500 or more to the Annual Fund, benefi t events, tours and residencies, and special annual donations.


Lifetime Giving JOHN L. SEVERANCE SOCIETY

$10 MILLION AND MORE

Jan and Daniel Lewis (Miami, Cleveland)Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Sr.


Mr. Richard J. Bogomolny and Ms. Patricia M. KozerefskiMr. and Mrs. Alexander M. CutlerMrs. Norma Lerner and The Lerner FoundationMr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner


Irma and Norman Braman (Miami) Mr. Francis J. Callahan*Mrs. M. Roger ClappMr. George Gund III *Francie and David Horvitz (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz Mr. James D. Ireland III *The Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre Peter B. Lewis* and Janet Rosel Lewis (Miami)Sue Miller (Miami) Sally S.* and John C. Morley The Family of D. Z. NortonThe Honorable and Mrs. John Doyle Ong Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.Charles and Ilana Horowitz RatnerJames and Donna Reid Barbara S. Robinson The Ralph and Luci Schey FoundationMr.* and Mrs. Ward SmithMr. and Mrs. Richard K. SmuckerAnonymous (2)

Th e John L. Severance Society is named to honor the philanthropist and business leader who dedicated his life and fortune to creating Th e Cleveland Orch-estra’s home concert hall, which stands today as an emblem of unrivalled quality and community pride.

Lifetime giving listing as of September 2015.

Giving Societiesgifts during the past year, as of September 5, 2015

In celebration of the critical role individuals play in supporting Th e Cleveland Orchestra each year, donors of $2,500 and more are recognized as members of special Leadership Giving Societies. Th ese societies are named to honor important and inspirational leaders in the Orchestra’s history. ��Th e Adella Prentiss Hughes Society honors the Orchestra’s founder and fi rst manager, who from 1918 envisioned an ensemble dedicated to community service, music education, and performing excellence. Th e George Szell Society is named aft er the Orchestra’s fourth music director, who served for twenty-four seasons (1946-70) while refi ning the ensemble’s international reputation for clarity of sound and unsurpassed musical excellence. Th e Elisabeth DeWitt Severance Society honors not only the woman in whose memory Severance Hall was built, but her selfl ess sharing, including her insistence on nurturing an orches-tra not just for the wealthy but for everyone. Th e Dudley S. Blossom Society honors one of the Orchestra’s early and most generous benefactors, whose dedication and charm rallied thousands to support and nurture a hometown orchestra toward greatness. Th e Frank H. Ginn Society honors the man whose judicious management of Severance Hall’s fi nances and construction created a beautiful and welcoming home for Cleveland’s Orchestra. Th e 1929 Society honors the vibrant com-munity spirit that propelled 3,000 volunteers and donors to raise over $2 million in a nine-day campaign in April 1929 to meet and match John and Elisabeth Severance’s challenge gift toward the building of the Orchestra’s new concert hall.

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INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $500,000 AND MORE

Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker

INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $200,000 TO $499,999

Irma and Norman Braman (Miami) The Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Mrs. Norma Lerner and The Lerner Foundation Peter B. Lewis* and Janet Rosel Lewis (Miami) Jan and Daniel Lewis (Miami) Sue Miller (Miami) James and Donna Reid


George* and Becky DunnDr. and Mrs. Hiroyuki Fujita Dee and Jimmy HaslamDavid and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation (Miami) James D. Ireland III* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. KeithleyDr. and Mrs. Herbert Kloiber (Europe)Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre Mrs. Emma S. Lincoln Milton and Tamar MaltzElizabeth F. McBride Mary M. Spencer (Miami) Ms. Ginger Warner (Cleveland, Miami) Janet* and Richard Yulman (Miami)

George Szell Society



Mr. William P. Blair III Mr. Richard J. Bogomolny and Ms. Patricia M. Kozerefski Dr. Wolfgang Eder Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz Elizabeth B. JulianoMr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Kern The Honorable and Mrs. John Doyle Ong Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Franz Welser-Möst


Sheldon and Florence Anderson (Miami) Blossom Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra

Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Glenn R. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Cutler Hector D. Fortun (Miami)Mrs. John A. Hadden, Jr.T. K. and Faye A. Heston Giuliana C. and John D. KochR. Kirk Landon* and Pamela Garrison (Miami)Toby Devan LewisMr. and Mrs. Edward A. LozickRobert M. Maloney and Laura Goyanes Ms. Nancy W. McCann Ms. Beth E. Mooney Sally S.* and John C. Morley Margaret Fulton-Mueller The Claudia and Steven Perles Family Foundation (Miami)Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Sr.Charles and Ilana Horowitz Ratner Barbara S. Robinson Sally and Larry Sears Hewitt and Paula Shaw Barbara and David Wolfort Women’s Committee of The Cleveland OrchestraAnonymous (2)

Elisabeth DeWitt Severance Society



Daniel and Trish Bell (Miami) Dr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Berndt (Europe) Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Bolton The Brown and Kunze FoundationJudith and George W. DiehlMr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Gund Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Healy Milton A. and Charlotte R. Kramer Charitable FoundationVirginia M. and Jon A. LindsethJulia and Larry Pollock The Ralph and Luci Schey Foundation

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Jonathan and Tina Kislak (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Moshe MeidarThe Miller Family Sydell Miller Lauren and Steve Spilman Stacie and Jeff HalpernMr. and Mrs. Donald Stelling (Europe)Gary L. Wasserman and Charles A. Kashner (Miami) The Denise G. and Norman E. Wells, Jr. Family Foundation Anonymous gift from Switzerland (Europe)


Art of Beauty Company, Inc.Marsha and Brian Bilzin (Miami) Dr. Christopher P. Brandt and Dr. Beth Sersig Dr. Ben H. and Julia BrouhardJill and Paul ClarkMr. and Mrs. William E. Conway Mrs. Barbara CookPeter D. and Julia Fisher Cummings (Miami)Do Unto Others Trust (Miami)Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ehrlich (Europe)Mr. Mike S. Eidson, Esq. and Dr. Margaret Eidson (Miami)Colleen and Richard Fain (Miami) Mr. Allen H. FordMs. Dawn M. FullRichard and Ann Gridley Gary Hanson and Barbara Klante Jack Harley and Judy ErnestSondra and Steve HardisDavid and Nancy Hooker Richard and Erica Horvitz (Cleveland, Miami)Allan V. Johnson Trevor and Jennie Jones Tati and Ezra Katz (Miami) Mr. Jeff LitwillerMr. and Mrs. Thomas B. McGowanMr. Thomas F. McKee Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. MeiselEdith and Ted* Miller Lucia S. NashMr. Gary A. Oatey (Cleveland, Miami) Mrs. David Seidenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Oliver E. SeikelKim Sherwin Rick, Margarita, and Steven Tonkinson (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. WalshTom and Shirley Waltermire Mr. and Mrs. Jeff rey J. WeaverMr. and Mrs. Jeff rey M. Weiss

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INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $12,500 TO $14,999 Mrs. Barbara Ann Davis Robert K. Gudbranson and Joon-Li Kim Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manuel*Mr. and Mrs. Stephen MyersPaul A. and Anastacia L. Rose Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Umdasch (Europe)Sandy and Ted Wiese

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Rachel R. Schneider Richard and Nancy Sneed (Cleveland, Miami) R. Thomas and Meg Harris Stanton


In dedication to Donald Carlin (Miami)Martha and Bruce Clinton (Miami)Robert and Jean* Conrad Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. ConwayJoAnn and Robert Glick Mrs. Marguerite B. Humphrey Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Jack, Jr.Junior Committee of The Cleveland OrchestraThomas E Lauria (Miami)Susan Morgan Martin, Patricia Morgan Kulp, and Ann Jones Morgan Mrs. Jane B. NordWilliam J. and Katherine T. O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. James A. RatnerMr. and Mrs. David A. Ruckman Mr. and Mrs. James A. Saks Marc and Rennie SaltzbergMr. Larry J. Santon Jim and Myrna SpiraPaul and Suzanne Westlake

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Gay Cull Addicott Mr. and Mrs. William W. BakerRandall and Virginia BarbatoMr. and Mrs. David J. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Matthew V. Crawford Jeff rey and Susan Feldman (Miami)Dr. Edward S. Godleski Mary and Jon Heider (Cleveland, Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Kelly


Ronald H. BellHenry C. DollJudy ErnestNicki GudbransonJack Harley Iris Harvie

Faye A. HestonBrinton L. HydeDavid C. LambLarry J. SantonRaymond T. Sawyer

Barbara Robinson, chairRobert Gudbranson, vice chair

Th e Leadership Patron Program recognizes generous donors of $2,500 or more to the Orchestra’s Annual Campaign. For more information on the benefi ts of playing a supporting role each year, please contact Elizabeth Arnett, Manager, Leader-ship Giving, by calling 216-231-7522.

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Dr. and Mrs. D. P. AgamanolisSusan S. AngellAgnes ArmstrongMrs. Elizabeth H. AugustusMr. and Mrs. Robert H. Baker Jennifer Barlament and Ken PotsicStephen Barrow and Janis Manley (Miami) Fred G. and Mary W. BehmMr. and Mrs. Jules BelkinMr. William BergerDr. and Mrs. Eugene H. BlackstoneSuzanne and Jim BlaserDr.* and Mrs. Jerald S. BrodkeyFrank and Leslie Buck Mr. and Mrs. William C. ButlerMs. Maria Cashy Dr. William and Dottie ClarkKathleen A. Coleman

Diane Lynn Collier and Robert J. Gura Marjorie Dickard ComellaCorinne L. Dodero Foundation for the Arts and Sciences Mr. Kamal-Neil Dass and Ms. Teresa LarsenMr. and Mrs. Ralph DaugstrupMr. and Mrs. Thomas S. DavisPete and Margaret Dobbins Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. DziedzickiMr. and Mrs. Bernard H. EcksteinDr. and Mrs. Robert ElstonMary and Oliver Emerson Ms. Karen FethJoseph Z. and Betty Fleming (Miami)Scott A. FoersterJoan Alice FordBarbara and Peter GalvinJoy E. Garapic

Brenda and David GoldbergMr. and Mrs. Henry J. GoodmanPatti Gordon (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Randall J. GordonRobert N. and Nicki N. Gudbranson David and Robin GunningAlfredo and Luz Maria Gutierrez (Miami)Douglas M. and Amy Halsey (Miami)Lilli and Seth HarrisClark Harvey and Holly Selvaggi Dr. Robert T. Heath and Dr. Elizabeth L. BuchananJanet D. Heil*Anita and William Heller Thomas and Mary Holmes John and Hollis Hudak (Miami)Bob and Edith Hudson (Miami)Elisabeth Hugh


Robert and Alyssa Lenhoff -BriggsMr. and Mrs. Stanley Cohen (Miami) Ellen E. & Victor J. Cohn Supporting Foundation Henry and Mary Doll Linda and Lawrence D. Goodman (Miami)Harry and Joyce GrahamMr. Paul GreigIris and Tom Harvie Mrs. Sandra L. HaslingerHenry R. Hatch Robin Hitchcock Hatch

Amy and Stephen Hoff man Mr. and Mrs. Brinton L. HydePamela and Scott Isquick Ms. Elizabeth JamesRichard and Michelle JeschelnigJoela Jones and Richard Weiss Kenneth M. Lapine and Rose E. Mills Judith and Morton Q. Levin Mr. and Mrs. Alex Machaskee Claudia Metz and Thomas Woodworth Mr. J. William and Dr. Suzanne Palmer Pannonius Foundation Nan and Bob Pfeifer

Rosskamm Family TrustDrs. Michael and Judith Samuels (Miami)Patricia J. Sawvel Drs. Daniel and Ximena Sessler Bill* and Marjorie B. Shorrock Mrs. Gretchen D. SmithDr. Gregory Videtic Robert C. Weppler Dr. and Mr. Ann WilliamsAnonymous (3)

INDIVIDUAL GIFTS OF $10,000 TO $12,499William Appert and Christopher Wallace (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. George N. Aronoff Mr. and Mrs. Dean Barry Drs. Nathan A. and Sosamma J. Berger Jayusia and Alan Bernstein (Miami) Laurel Blossom Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. BowenMr. D. McGregor Brandt, Jr.Paul and Marilyn Brentlinger*Mr. and Mrs. Marshall BrownJ. C. and Helen Rankin Butler Scott Chaikin and Mary Beth Cooper Drs. Wuu-Shung and Amy Chuang Richard J. and Joanne ClarkJim and Karen Dakin Mr. and Mrs. Paul DomanNancy and Richard DotsonMr. and Mrs. Robert P. Duvin Mary Jo Eaton (Miami)Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Ellis Jr.Mr. Brian L. Ewart and Mr. William McHenry Nelly and Mike Farra (Miami)Mr. Isaac Fisher (Miami)Kira and Neil Flanzraich (Miami)

Sheree and Monte Friedkin (Miami) Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. GarrettAlbert I. and Norma C. Geller Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. GillespieMr. David J. GoldenKathleen E. HancockMichael L. HardyMary Jane Hartwell Mr. and Mrs. James A. Haslam IIJoan and Leonard HorvitzRuth and Pedro Jimenez (Miami)Cherie and Michael Joblove (Miami)Mrs. Elizabeth R. Koch Tim and Linda Koelz Stewart and Donna KohlDr. David and Janice LeshnerMr.* and Mrs. Arch. J. McCartneyMr. Donald W. Morrison Joy P. and Thomas G. Murdough, Jr. (Miami) Brian and Cindy MurphyMr. Raymond M. Murphy Dr. Anne and Mr. Peter Neff Mr. and Mrs. William M. Osborne, Jr. Douglas and Noreen PowersAudra and George Rose

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald J. RossSteven and Ellen RossDr. Isobel RutherfordRaymond T. and Katherine S. SawyerCarol* and Albert SchuppDr. Gerard and Phyllis Seltzer and the Dr. Gerard and Phyllis Estelle Seltzer FoundationMr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Serota (Miami)Howard Stark M.D. and Rene Rodriguez (Miami)Lois and Tom Stauff erCharles B. and Rosalyn Stuzin (Miami) Mrs. Jean H. TaberBruce and Virginia Taylor Joseph F. TetlakJoe and Marlene TootDr. Russell A. TrussoMr. and Mrs. Fred A. Watkins Florence and Robert Werner (Miami)Anonymous (3)


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Ms. Nancy A. AdamsMr. and Mrs. Robert J. AmsdellDr. Ronald and Diane Bell Margo and Tom BertinHoward R. and Barbara Kaye BesserMr. and Mrs. David BialoskyCarmen Bishopric (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. BrownellMs. Mary R. Bynum and Mr. J. Philip CalabreseDr. and Mrs. William E. CappaertJohn Carleton (Cleveland, Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. CarpenterMr. Owen ColliganDrs. Mark Cohen and Miriam Vishny Mr. and Mrs. David G. de RouletMrs. April C. DemingPeter and Kathryn Eloff Peggy and David* FullmerLoren and Michael GarrutoDr. and Mrs. Edward C. Gelber (Miami)Dr. and Mrs. Ronald L. GouldNancy and James GrunzweigMr. Robert D. HartMary S. HastingsHazel Helgesen* and Gary D. Helgesen

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry HerschmanMr. Robert T. HexterDr. Keith A. and Mrs. Kathleen M. Hoover Dr. Fred A. HueplerDr. and Mrs. Scott R. InkleyMr. and Mrs. Richard A. JanusBarbara and Michael J. KaplanDr. and Mrs. Richard S. KaufmanJames and Gay* Kitson Mrs. Natalie D. KittredgeDr. Gilles* and Mrs. Malvina Klopman Mr. James Krohngold Ronald and Barbara Leirvik Dr. Edith LernerMary LohmanHerbert L. and Rhonda MarcusMartin and Lois MarcusMs. Nancy L. MeachamDr. Susan M. MerzweilerBert and Marjorie MoyarSusan B. MurphyRichard B. and Jane E. NashDavid and Judith NewellMr. and Mrs. Peter R. OsenarDr. Lewis and Janice B. PattersonMr. Carl Podwoski

Ms. Sylvia ProfernnaMr.* and Mrs. Thomas A. QuintrellAlfonso Rey and Sheryl Latchu (Miami)Dr. Robert W. ReynoldsCarol Rolf and Steven AdlerRobert and Margo RothFred Rzepka and Anne Rzepka Family FoundationDr. and Mrs. Martin I. Saltzman Mr. Paul H. Scarbrough Ginger and Larry ShaneHarry and Ilene ShapiroMr. Richard Shirey Howard and Beth SimonMs. Ellen J. SkinnerMr. Richard C. StairMr. Taras G. Szmagala, Jr.Mr. Karl and Mrs. Carol TheilErik TrimbleDrs. Anna* and Gilbert TrueMargaret and Eric* WayneRichard Wiedemer, Jr. Tony and Diane Wynshaw-BorisMarcia and Fred* Zakrajsek


Mr. and Mrs. Charles Abookire, Jr. Dr. Jacqueline Acho and Mr. John LeMayStanley I.* and Hope S. AdelsteinMr. and Mrs.* Norman Adler Mr. and Mrs. Monte Ahuja

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Aronoff Geraldine and Joseph BabinMr. Mark O. Bagnall (Miami)Ms. Delphine BarrettMr. and Mrs. Belkin

Mr. Roger G. BerkKerrin and Peter Bermont (Miami)Barbara and Sheldon BernsJohn and Laura BertschMs. Deborah A. Blades


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Ms. Carole HughesMs. Charlotte L. HughesMr. David and Mrs. Dianne Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hyland Donna L. and Robert H. JacksonRudolf D. and Joan T. KamperAndrew and Katherine KartalisMilton and Donna* KatzDr. Richard and Roberta KatzmanMr. John and Mrs. Linda KellyDr. and Mrs. William S. KiserMr. and Mrs.* S. Lee KohrmanMr. and Mrs. Peter A. Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Lafave, Jr.David C. Lamb Anthony T. and Patricia A. Lauria Ivonete Leite (Miami)Irvin and Elin Leonard Mr. Lawrence B. and Christine H. LeveyDr. Alan and Mrs. Joni Lichtin Mr. and Mrs.* Thomas A. LiederbachMr. Jon E. Limbacher and Patricia J. LimbacherMr. Rudolf and Mrs. Eva Linnebach Anne R. and Kenneth E. LoveRobert and LaVerne* LugibihlElsie and Byron LutmanMr. and Mrs.* Robert P. Madison Ms. Jennifer R. MalkinMr. and Mrs. Morton L. MandelAlan Markowitz M.D. and Cathy PollardMr. and Mrs. E. Timothy McDonelJames and Virginia Meil

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mitchell Curt and Sara MollGeorgia and Carlos Noble (Miami) Richard and Kathleen NordMr. Thury O’ConnorMr. Henry Ott-HansenMr. and Mrs. Christopher I. Page Mr. and Mrs. John S. PietyMr. Robert Pinkert (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Pogue In memory of Henry PollakMartin R. Pollock and Susan A. GiffordDr. and Mrs. John N. Posch Ms. Rosella PuskasDrs. Raymond R. Rackley and Carmen M. FonsecaDr. James and Lynne Rambasek Mr. and Mrs. Roger F. RankinBrian and Patricia RatnerMs. Deborah ReadMr. and Mrs. Robert J. ReidMrs. Charles Ritchie Amy and Ken RogatDr. and Mrs. Michael Rosenberg (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. RuhlMrs. Florence Brewster Rutter Bob and Ellie ScheuerDavid M. and Betty SchneiderLinda B. SchneiderDr. and Mrs. James L. SechlerLee and Jane SeidmanMr. Eric Sellen and Mr. Ron SeidmanSeven Five Fund

Ms. Marlene Sharak Mrs. Frances G. ShoolroyNaomi G. and Edwin Z. Singer Family Fund Bruce SmithDrs. Charles Kent Smith and Patricia Moore Smith David Kane Smith Dr. Marvin* and Mimi Sobel Mr. and Mrs. William E. Spatz George and Mary Stark Dr. and Mrs. Frank J. StaubMr. and Mrs. Donald W. Strang, Jr.Stroud Family TrustDr. Elizabeth Swenson Ms. Lorraine S. Szabo Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thornton Mr.* and Mrs. Robert N. TromblyMiss Kathleen Turner Robert and Marti Vagi Don and Mary Louise VanDykeTeresa Galang-Viñas and Joaquin Viñas (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Mark Allen Weigand Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Weil, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. WeinbergDr. R. Morgan and Dr. S. Weirich (Miami)Tom and Betsy WheelerNancy V. and Robert L. Wilcox Sandy Wile and Susan Namen Bob and Kat WollyungAnonymous (3)

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Your Role . . . in The Cleveland Orchestra’s Future Genera ons of Clevelanders have supported the Orchestra and enjoyed its concerts. Tens of thousands have learned to love music through its educa on programs, celebrated im-portant events with its music, and shared in its musicmaking — at school, at Severance Hall, at Blossom, downtown at Public Square, on the radio, and with family and friends. Ticket sales cover less than half the cost of presen ng The Cleveland Orchestra’s season each year. To sustain its ac vi es here in Northeast Ohio, the Orchestra has undertaken the most ambi ous fundraising campaign in our history: the Sound for the Centennial Cam-paign. By making a dona on, you can make a crucial diff erence in helping to ensure that future genera ons will con nue to enjoy the Orchestra’s performances, educa on pro-grams, and community ac vi es and partnerships. To make a gi to The Cleveland Orches-tra, please visit us online, or call 216-231-7562.

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Bill* and Zeda BlauDoug and Barbara BletcherDr. Charles Tannenbaum & Ms. Sharon BodineMr. and Mrs. Richard H. BoleMrs. Loretta BorsteinMs. Andrea L. BoydLisa and Ron BoykoMr. and Mrs. David BriggsDr. Thomas Brugger and Dr. Sandra RussLaurie BurmanMrs. Millie L. CarlsonIrad and Rebecca CarmiLeigh CarterMr. and Mrs. James B. ChaneyDr. and Mrs. Ronald ChapnickMr. Gregory R. ChemnitzMr. and Mrs. Homer D. W. ChisholmMrs. Robert A. ClarkDr. John and Mrs. Mary CloughKenneth S. and Deborah G. CohenMr. Mark CorradoDr. Dale and Susan Cowan Mr. and Mrs. Manohar Daga Mrs. Frederick F. DannemillerDr. Eleanor DavidsonMr. and Mrs. Edward B. DavisJeff rey and Eileen DavisMrs. Lois Joan DavisDr. and Mrs. Richard C. DistadMr. George and Mrs. Beth Downes Esther L. and Alfred M. Eich, Jr. Drs. Heidi Elliot and Yuri NovitskyHarry and Ann FarmerMr. William and Dr. Elizabeth FeslerMr. Paul C. ForsgrenRichard J. FreyMr. Wilbert C. Geiss, Sr.Anne and Walter GinnMr. and Mrs. David A. Goldfi nger The Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber

Charitable Foundation Mr. Davin and Mrs. Jo Ann GustafsonDr. Phillip M. and Mrs. Mary HallMr. and Mrs. David P. Handke, Jr.Elaine Harris GreenMr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hastings Matthew D. Healy and Richard S. AgnesMr. Loren W. HersheyMr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hertzberg (Miami)Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. HinnesMr. Larry HolsteinDr. Randal N. Huff and Ms. Paulette Beech Ms. Luan K. Hutchinson Ruth F. IhdeMrs. Carol Lee and Mr. James IottRobert and Linda JenkinsDr. Michael and Mrs. Deborah JoyceMr. Peter and Mrs. Mary JoyceMr. Stephen JudsonRev. William C. KeeneAngela Kelsey and Michael Zealy (Miami)The Kendis Family Trust: Hilary and Robert Kendis and Susan and James KendisBruce and Eleanor KendrickMr. James KishFred* and Judith KlotzmanJacqueline and Irwin* Kott (Miami)Ellen Brad and Bart KovacDr. Ronald H. Krasney and Vicki Kennedy Mr. Donald N. Krosin

Eeva and Harri Kulovaara (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. John J. Lane, Jr. Mr. Gary LeidichMichael and Lois A. LemrDr. Stephen B. and Mrs. Lillian S. Levine Robert G. Levy Ms. Grace LimMrs. Idarose S. LuntzJanet A. MannMr. and Mrs. Raul Marmol (Miami)Dr. and Mrs. Sanford E. Marovitz Ms. Dorene MarshDr. Ernest and Mrs. Marian MarsolaisMr. Fredrick MartinMs. Amanda MartinsekMr. Julien L. McCallWilliam C. McCoyMr. James E. MengerStephen and Barbara Messner Ms. Betteann MeyersonDrs. Terry E. and Sara S. Miller Jim and Laura MollSteven and Kimberly MyersDeborah L. NealeMarshall I. Nurenberg and Joanne KleinRichard and Jolene O’Callaghan Dr. Guilherme OliveiraMr. and Mrs. Robert D. PaddockGeorge Parras Dr. and Mrs. Gosta PetterssonHenry Peyrebrune and Tracy RowellDr. Roland S. Philip and Dr. Linda M. Sandhaus Ms. Maribel Piza (Miami)Dr. Marc and Mrs. Carol PohlMrs. Elinor G. PolsterKathleen PudelskiDavid and Gloria RichardsMichael Forde RipichMr. and Mrs. James N. Robinson II (Miami)Mr. Timothy D. Robson Ms. Linda M. RocchiMiss Marjorie A. RottMr. Kevin Russell (Miami)Mrs. Elisa J. Russo Dr. Harry S. and Rita K. RzepkaPeter and Aliki RzepkaDr. Vernon E. Sackman and Ms. Marguerite PattonRev. Robert J. SansonMs. Patricia E. Say Mr. James Schutte Dr. John Sedor and Ms. Geralyn PrestiMs. Kathryn SeiderCharles Seitz (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Seitz Ms. Frances L. SharpMs. Jeanne ShattenDr. Donald S. SheldonDr. and Mrs. William C. Sheldon Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Shiverick Mr. Robert SieckMs. Lois H. Siegel (Miami)David* and Harriet SimonDr. and Mrs. Conrad SimpfendorferThe Shari Bierman Singer FamilyGrace Katherine SipusicRobert and Barbara SlaninaSandra and Richey Smith Roy SmithMs. Barbara Snyder

Lucy and Dan SondlesMs. Sharmon SollittoMichalis and Alejandra Stavrinides (Miami)Mr. Louis StellatoMr. and Mrs. Joseph D. SullivanRobert and Carol TallerKen and Martha TaylorDr. and Mrs. Thomas A. TimkoSteve and Christa Turnbull Mrs. H. Lansing Vail, Jr.Robert A. ValenteBrenton Ver Ploeg (Miami)Mr. and Mrs. Les C. VinneyDr. Michael Vogelbaum and Mrs. Judith RosmanBarbara and George von MehrenAlice & Leslie T. Webster, Jr.Mr. and Mrs.* Jerome A. WeinbergerMr. Peter and Mrs. Laurie WeinbergerRichard and Mary Lynn WillsMr. Martin WisemanMichael H. Wolf and Antonia Rivas-WolfKatie and Donald WoodcockElizabeth B. Wright Rad and Patty YatesDr. William ZeleiMr. Kal Zucker and Dr. Mary Frances HaerrMr. Max F. ZuponAnonymous (5)

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Th e Cleveland Orchestra is sustained through the support of thousands of generous patrons, including members of the Leadership Patron Program listed on these pages. Listings of all annual donors of $300 and more each year are published in the Orchestra’s Annual Report, which can be viewed online at CLEVELANDORCHESTRA.COM

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H A I L E D A S O N E O F the world’s most beautiful concert halls, Severance Hall has been home to The Cleveland Or-chestra since its opening on February 5, 1931. After that fi rst concert, a Cleve-land newspaper editorial stated: “We believe that Mr. Severance intended to build a temple to music, and not a tem-ple to wealth; and we believe it is his intention that all music lovers should be welcome there.” John Long Severance (president of the Musical Arts Associa-tion, 1921-1936) and his wife, Elisabeth, donated most of the funds necessary to erect this magnifi cent building. De-signed by Walker & Weeks, its elegant

Georgian exterior was constructed to harmonize with the classical architec-ture of other prominent buildings in the University Circle area. The interior of the building refl ects a combination of design styles, including Art Deco, Egyp-tian Revival, Classicism, and Modernism. An extensive renovation, restoration, and expansion of the facility was com-pleted in January 2000. In addition to serving as the home of The Cleveland Orchestra for concerts and rehearsals, the building is rented by a wide variety of local organizations and private citi-zens for performances, meetings, and special events each year.

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AT SEVERANCE HALLRESTAURANT AND CONCESSION SERVICE Pre-Concert Dining: Severance Restaurant at Severance Hall is open for pre-concert dining for evening and Sunday afternoon performances, and for lunch following Friday Morning Concerts. For reservations, call 216-231-7373, or online by visiting clevelandorchestra.com/opentable. Intermission & Pre-Concert: Concession service of beverages and light refreshments is avail-able before most concerts and at intermissions at a variety of lobby locations. Post-Concert Dining: Severance Restaurant is open after most evening concerts with à la carte dining, desserts, full bar service, and coffee. For Friday Morning Concerts, a post-concert luncheon service is offered.

CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA STORE A variety of items relating to The Cleveland Orchestra — including logo apparel, DVD and com-pact disc recordings, and gifts — are available for purchase at the Cleveland Orchestra Store before and after concerts and during intermissions. The Store is also open Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 216-231-7478 for more information, or visit the Store online at cleveland-orchestra.com.

ATM — Automated Teller Machine For our patrons’ convenience, an ATM is located in the Lerner Lobby of Severance Hall, across from the Cleveland Orchestra Store on the ground fl oor.

QUESTIONS If you have any questions, please ask an usher or a staff member, or call 216-231-7300 during regular weekday business hours, or email to [email protected].

RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES Severance Hall, a Cleveland landmark and home of the world-renowned Cleveland Orches-

tra, is the perfect location for business meetings and conferences, pre- or post-concert dinners and receptions, weddings, and social events. Catering provided by Marigold Catering. Premium dates are available. Call the Facility Sales Offi ce at 216-231-7420 or email to [email protected]

BEFORE THE CONCERTGARAGE PARKING AND PATRON ACCESS Pre-paid parking for the Campus Center Ga-rage can be purchased in advance through the Tick-et Offi ce for $15 per concert. This pre-paid parking ensures you a parking space, but availability of pre-paid parking passes is limited. To order pre-paid parking, call the Ticket Offi ce at 216-231-1111. Parking can be purchased (cash only) for the at-door price of $11 per vehicle when space in the Campus Center Garage permits. However, the ga-rage often fi lls up and only ticket holders with pre-paid parking passes are ensured a parking space. Parking is also available in several lots within 1-2 blocks of Severance Hall. Visit the Orchestra’s web-site for more information and details.

FRIDAY MATINEE PARKING Due to limited parking availability for Friday Matinee performances, patrons are strongly en-couraged to take advantage of these convenient off-site parking and round-trip bus options: Shuttle bus service from Cleveland Heights is available from the parking lot at Cedar Hill Baptist Church (12601 Cedar Road). The round-trip service rate is $5 per person. Suburban round-trip bus transportation is availble from four locations: Beachwood Place, Crocker Park, Brecksville, and Akron’s Summit Mall. The round-trip service rate is $15 per person per concert, and is provided with support from the Women’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra.

CONCERT PREVIEWS Concert Preview talks and presentations begin one hour prior to most regular Cleveland Orchestra concerts at Severance Hall.

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74 The Cleveland OrchestraGuest Information

AT THE CONCERTCOAT CHECK Complimentary coat check is available for concertgoers. The main coat check is located on the street level midway along each gallery on the ground fl oor.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND SELFIES,VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDING Photographs of the hall and selfi es to share with others can be taken when the performance is not in progress. However, audio recording, pho-tography, and videography are prohibited during performances at Severance Hall. And, as courtesy to others, please turn off any phone or device that makes noise or emits light.

REMINDERS Please disarm electronic watch alarms and turn off all pagers, cell phones, and mechanical devices before entering the concert hall. Patrons with hearing aids are asked to be attentive to the sound level of their hearing devices and adjust them ac-cordingly. To ensure the listening pleasure of all patrons, please note that anyone creating a distur-bance may be asked to leave the concert hall.

LATE SEATING Performances at Severance Hall start at the time designated on the ticket. In deference to the comfort and listening pleasure of the audience, late-arriving patrons will not be seated while music is being performed. Latecomers are asked to wait quietly until the fi rst break in the program, when ushers will assist them to their seats. Please note that performances without intermission may not have a seating break. These arrangements are at the discretion of the House Manager in consulta-tion with the conductor and performing artists.

SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Severance Hall provides special seating op-tions for mobility-impaired persons and their com-panions and families. There are wheelchair- and scooter-accessible locations where patrons can remain in their wheelchairs or transfer to a concert seat. Aisle seats with removable armrests are also available for persons who wish to transfer. Tickets for wheelchair accessible and companion seating can be purchased by phone, in person, or online. As a courtesy, Severance Hall provides wheel-chairs to assist patrons in going to and from their seats. Patrons can make arrangement by calling the House Manager in advance at 216-231-7425. Infrared Assistive Listening Devices are avail-able from a Head Usher or the House Manager for most performances. If you need assistance, please

contact the House Manager at 216-231-7425 in advance if possible. Service animals are welcome at Severance Hall. Please notify the Ticket Offi ce as you buy tickets.

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY Emergency exits are clearly marked throughout the building. Ushers and house staff will provide instructions in the event of an emergency. Contact an usher or a member of the house staff if you re-quire medical assistance.

SECURITY For security reasons, backpacks, musical instru-ment cases, and large bags are prohibited in the concert halls. These items must be checked at coat check and may be subject to search. Severance Hall is a fi rearms-free facility. No person may possess a fi rearm on the premises.

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Regardless of age, each person must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly in a seat through-out the performance. Cleveland Orchestra sub-scription concerts are not recommended for chil-dren under the age of 8. However, there are sev-eral age-appropriate series designed specifi cally for children and youth, including: Musical Rainbows (recommended for children 3 to 6 years old) and Family Concerts (for ages 7 and older). Our Under 18s Free ticket program is designed to encourage families to attend together. For more details, visit clevelandorchestra.com/under18.

TICKET SERVICESTICKET EXCHANGES Subscribers unable to attend on a particular concert date can exchange their tickets for a dif-ferent performance of the same week’s program. Subscribers may exchange their subscription tickets for another subscription program up to fi ve days prior to a performance. There will be no service charge for the fi ve-day advance ticket exchanges. If a ticket exchange is requested within 5 days of the performance, there is a $10 service charge per concert. Visit clevelandorchestra.com for details and blackout dates.

UNABLE TO USE YOUR TICKETS? Ticket holders unable to use or exchange their tickets are encouraged to notify the Ticket Offi ce so that those tickets can be resold. Because of the demand for tickets to Cleve land Orchestra perfor-mances, “turnbacks” make seats available to other music lovers and can provide additional income to the Orchestra. If you return your tickets at least two hours before the concert, the value of each ticket can be a tax-deductible contribution. Patrons who turn back tickets receive a cumulative donation acknowledgement at the end of each calendar year.


A Place to Be Remembered . . . The Cleveland Orchestra is entering the public phase of a major fund-raising eff ort, the Sound for the Centennial Campaign. The campaign is focused on adding more value to our community by securing fi nancial strength for the Orchestra’s second century. The campaign is building the Orch estra’s endowment through cash gi s and legacy commitments, while also securing broad-based and increasing annual support from across Northeast Ohio. Campaign supporters are eligible for special and unique recogni on. From concert dedica ons and program book recogni on to limited-term or permanent naming opportuni es of musician chairs. Plus unique op ons to name spaces and seats in Severance Hall or Blossom Music Center. All available only by suppor ng The Cleveland Orchestra.

You too can play a cri cal part in securing The Cleveland Or ch estra’s role in making the Northeast Ohio community great. To learn more about receiving special recogni on through the Sound for the Centennial Campaign, please contact the Philanthropy & Advancement Department by calling 216-231-7558.

clevelandorchestra.com/100campaign

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A U T U M N S E A S O NSymphonie fantastiqueNovember 27 — Friday at 8:00 p.m. <18s November 28 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m. November 29 — Sunday at 3:00 p.m. <18s

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRALionel Bringuier, conductorRobert Walters, english horn

DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

RANDS Concerto for English Horn WORLD PREMIERE — COMMISSIONED BY OBERLIN CONSERVATORY BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Sponsor: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

Handel’s MessiahDecember 3 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m.December 4 — Friday at 8:00 p.m. <18s December 5 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRARobert Porco, conductorYulia Van Doren, sopranoJennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-sopranoJohn Tessier, tenorNathan Berg, bass-baritoneCleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus

HANDEL Messiah Sponsor: Medical Mutual of Ohio

AT THE MOVIESBack to the FutureDecember 10 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRABrett Mitchell, conductor

Power up your DeLorean . . . recharge your fl ux capacitor . . . and get ready to celebrate the 30th anniversary of an unforgettable movie classic as you’ve never seen and heard it before! Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) fi nds himself transported back to 1955, where he struggles to change the destiny of his parents (Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover) and rescue an eccentric friend (Christopher Lloyd), all while trying to ensure he has a future to get back to. With Alan Silvestri’s dazzling musical score performed by The Cleve-land Orchestra.

Sponsor: PNC Bank

Concert Calendar

PNC HOLIDAY RAINBOWChristmas Brass QuintetDecember 11 — Friday at 10:00 a.m. <18s

December 12 — Saturday at 11:00 a.m. <18s

with Jack Sutte, trumpet Michael Miller, trumpet Hans Clebsch, horn Richard Stout, trombone Kenneth Heinlein, tuba

For young people and their families. A special holiday edition of our popular Musical Rainbows series, featuring brass sounds of the yuletide, ringing in music for the sea-son and the new year. With Host Maryann Nagel.

Sponsor: PNC Bank

HOLIDAY FESTIVALCleveland Orchestra Christmas ConcertsDecember 11 thru December 20 THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAand the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHORUSwith guest choruses SEE CALL-OUT AT FAR RIGHT.

AT THE MOVIESHome AloneDecember 16 — Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRABrett Mitchell, conductor

A true holiday favorite, this beloved comedy classic fea-tures renowned composer John Williams’s delightful score performed live by The Cleveland Orchestra. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy acci-dently left behind at Christmas. Hilarious and heart-warm-ing, Home Alone is holiday fun for the entire family!

Sponsor: PNC Bank

Bronfman Plays BeethovenJanuary 7 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m.January 8 — Friday at 11:00 a.m. <18s January 9 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAFranz Welser-Möst, conductorYefi m Bronfman, pianoCleveland Orchestra Chorus* BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 15 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy * * not part of Friday Morning Concert

Sponsor: BakerHostetler

<18sUnder 18s Free FOR FAMILIES

Concerts with this symbol are eligible for "Under 18s Free" ticketing. The Cleveland Orchestra is committed to developing the youngest audience of any orchestra. Our "Under 18s Free" program off ers free tickets for young people attending with families (one per full-price paid adult for concerts marked with the symbol above).

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CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA TICKETS PHONE 216-231-1111 800-686-1141 clevelandorchestra.com

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For a complete schedule of future events and performances, or to purchase tickets online 24/ 7 for Cleveland Orchestra concerts, visit www.clevelandorchestra.com.

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Shostakovich’s Fourth SymphonyJanuary 14 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m.January 15 — Friday at 8:00 p.m. <18s

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAFranz Welser-Möst, conductorBarbara Hannigan, soprano

ABRHAHAMSEN let me tell you UNITED STATES PREMIERE

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4Sponsor: Jones Day

Martin Luther King Jr.Celebration ConcertJanuary 16 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRARobert Porco, conductorHannah White, violinMartin Luther King Jr. Celebration ChorusWilliam Henry Caldwell, director and conductor

The Cleveland Orchestra’s 35th annual concert cele-brating the spirit of Dr. King’s life, leadership, and vision. Presented in collaboration with the City of Cleveland.TICKETS: Admission is free, but tickets are required.

Tickets are available beginning January 4.Or listen to the concert live on Cleveland radio stations WCLV (104.9 FM) or WCPN (90.3 FM).

Sponsor: KeyBank

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Severance Hall Open HouseJanuary 18 — Monday from noon to 5 p.m.

Severance Hall joins in the city-wide celebration of Martin Luther King’s life and achievements with a free public open house featuring musical performances by groups from across Northeast Ohio. Details at clevelandorchestra.com.

Ravel and DebussyFebruary 4 — Thursday at 7:30 p.m.February 5 — Friday at 7:00 p.m. <18s February 6 — Saturday at 8:00 p.m. THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAVladimir Jurowski, conductor

, piano

DALBAVIE La Source d’un Regard*RAVEL Piano Concerto in G majorDEBUSSY Images * not part of Fridays@7 concert

Sponsors: Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.Sponsors: KeyBank (Fridays@7)

Cleveland Orchestra CHRISTMASFriday December 11 at 7:30 p.m.Saturday December 12 at 2:30 & 7:30 p.m.Sunday December 13 at 2:30 p.m.Thursday December 17 at 7:30 p.m.Friday December 18 at 7:30 p.m.Saturday December 19 at 2:30 & 7:30 p.m.Sunday December 20 at 2:30 & 7:30 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRARobert Porco, conductor

and guest choruses

Celebrate the holiday season with a favorite Cleveland tradition — with The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus in these annual offerings of music for the Christmas Season. Including sing-alongs and holiday cheer, all in the festive yuletide splendor of Severance Hall.

Sponsored by Dollar Bank

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See also the concert calendar listing on previous pages, or visit The Cleveland Orchestra online for a complete schedule of future events and performances, or to purchase tickets online 24/ 7 for Cleveland Orchestra concerts.

TICKETS 216-231-1111 clevelandorchestra.com

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AT THE MOVIESHOME ALONEWednesday December 16 at 7:30 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRABrett Mitchell, conductorCleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus

A true holiday favorite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Wil-liams’s delightful score performed live by The Cleveland Orchestra. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy accidently left behind when his family leaves for Christ-mas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves. Hilarious and heart-warming, Home Alone is holiday fun for the entire family!

Home Alone © 1990 Twentieth Century Fox. All rights reserved.

Sponsored by PNC Bank

BRONFMAN PLAYS BEETHOVENThursday January 7 at 7:30 p.m.Friday January 8 at 11:00 a.m. <18s

Saturday January 9 at 8:00 p.m.THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRAFranz Welser-Möst, conductorYefi m Bronfman, pianoCleveland Orchestra Chorus*

A Cleveland favorite, Yefi m Bronfman’s commanding technique and exceptional lyri-cal gifts have won consistent critical acclaim from audiences worldwide. This all-Beethoven concert features Bronfman playing the dash-ing Third Piano Concerto and joining in for the Choral Fantasy. Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 15 is presented, played by the exquisite strings of The Cleveland Orchestra. Sponsored by BakerHostetler

* Not appearing on Friday morning matinee concert.

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