Preview Cleveland Orchestra announces its 2014-2015 season CLEVELAND—March 16, 2014 The Cleveland Orchestra has re- leased program details for its 97th season in 2014-2015. Highlights include performances of J.S. Bach's Mass in b-minor, a three- program celebration of Pierre Boulez's 90th birthday, and Strauss's , all conducted by mu- sic director Franz Welser-Möst, and Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust, led by guest conductor Charles Du- toit. @1>?-=?5>?>5:/8@01<5-:5>?>)1T9 Bronfman, Lang Lang, Mitsuko Uchida, Jorge Federico Osorio, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Daniil Trifonov, Jeremy Denk and Marc-André Hamelin, violinists Hilary Hahn, Vadim Gluzman, Alina Ibragimova and Christian Tetzlaff, mezzo- Karen Cargill, cellists Alisa Weilerstein and Gautier Capuçon, and conductors Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Jahja 5:3-.5;@5>5-91>-2T3-:#;.5:%5//5-?55-:/-=8;@1==1=;-7@.=ůša, Tu- gan Sokhiev, Juanjo Mena, Lionel Bringuier, Susanna Mälkki and Bernard Labadie. The season includes a special appearance by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Fran- cisco Symphony with violinist Gil Shaham. The Joffrey Ballet will join the orchestra at the State Theatre for seven holiday perfor- mances of The Nutcracker conducted by Tito Muñoz. The complete schedule follows. The Cleveland Orchestra 2014-15 Season at Severance Hall

%&*) #,#%( )*(+*1()*'(&($% ** denotes Severance Hall debut Saturday, OCTOBER 4, 2014 at 8 p.m. Sunday, OCTOBER 5, 2014 at 3 p.m. The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) RAVEL Alborada del gracioso RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL La Valse Thursday, OCTOBER 9, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, OCTOBER 12, 2014 at 3 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Lang Lang, piano

MATTHIAS PINTSCHER idyl, for orchestra World premiere — Cleveland Orchestra Co-commission CHOPIN Andante spianato et Grand Polonaise brillante STRAUSS STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Friday, OCTOBER 10, 2014 at 7 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Lang Lang, piano KeyBank Fridays@7

MATTHIAS PINTSCHER idyl, for orchestra World premiere — Cleveland Orchestra Co-commission STRAUSS Burleske STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks GALA PROGRAM Saturday, OCTOBER 11, 2014 at 7 p.m. The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Lang Lang, piano TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Act II TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1

Thursday, OCTOBER 16, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, OCTOBER 18, 2014 at 8 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Joélle Harvey, soprano* Iestyn Davies, countertenor* Nicholas Phan, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, * Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus BACH Mass in B minor Thursday, OCTOBER 23, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, OCTOBER 24, 2014 at 8 p.m. Saturday, OCTOBER 25, 2014 at 8 p.m. -91>-2T3-:conductor Hilary Hahn, violin Cleveland Orchestra Chorus BACH Violin Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS Schicksalslied (“Song of Destiny”) BACH Violin Concerto No. 1 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5 (“Reformation”) Thursday, OCTOBER 30, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, NOVEMBER 1, 2014 at 8 p.m. Robin Ticciati, conductor Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano* TOSHIO HOSOKAWA Meditation* BERLIOZ Les Nuits d’été SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 (“Rhenish”) Friday, OCTOBER 31, 2014 at 11 a.m. Robin Ticciati, conductor Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano* BERLIOZ Les Nuits d’été SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 (“Rhenish”) Thursday, NOVEMBER 6, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 at 8 p.m. Sunday, NOVEMBER 9, 2014 at 3 p.m. Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Alisa Weilerstein, cello ARVO PÄRT Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten ELGAR Cello Concerto JOHN ADAMS Harmonielehre Saturday, NOVEMBER 15, 2014 at 8 p.m. San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Gil Shaham, violin LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Dance in the Village Inn) MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 (“Turkish”) SAMUEL CARL ADAMS Drift and Providence RAVEL Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloé State Theater, PlayhouseSquare Wednesday, NOVEMBER 26, 2014 at 7 p.m. Friday, NOVEMBER 28, 2014 at 2 p.m. Friday, NOVEMBER 28, 2014 at 7 p.m. Saturday, NOVEMBER 29, 2014 at 2 p.m. Saturday, NOVEMBER 29, 2014 at 7 p.m. Sunday, NOVEMBER 30, 2014 at 2 p.m. Sunday, NOVEMBER 30, 2014 at 7 p.m. The Cleveland Orchestra Tito Munoz, conductor The Joffrey Ballet Ashley Wheater, artistic director TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker [complete ballet] Thursday, DECEMBER 4, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, DECEMBER 6, 2014 at 8 p.m. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano* FALLA Suite from El amor brujo FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Friday, DECEMBER 5, 2014 at 7 p.m. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano* KeyBank Fridays@7

FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Thursday, JANUARY 8, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, JANUARY 9, 2015 at 8 p.m. Saturday, JANUARY 10, 2015 at 8 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Boulez 90th Birthday Celebration Concerts MOZART Symphony No. 41 (“Jupiter”) RAVEL Daphnis and Chloé (complete ballet music) Thursday, JANUARY 15, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Boulez 90th Birthday Celebration Concert WEBERN Variations for Orchestra STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919) BOULEZ sur Incises Friday, JANUARY 16, 2015 at 8 p.m. Saturday, JANUARY 17, 2015 at 8 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Boulez 90th Birthday Celebration Concerts RYAN WIGGLESWORTH New Work World premiere — Cleveland Orchestra Commission MAHLER Symphony No. 6 (“Tragic”) Friday, JANUARY 23, 2015 at 8 p.m. Saturday, JANUARY 24, 2015 at 8 p.m. Jakub Hrůša, conductor William Preucil, violin JANÁČEK Jealousy* DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition [transcribed for orchestra by Maurice Ravel] Thursday, JANUARY 29, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, JANUARY 31, 2015 at 8 p.m. Tugan Sokhiev, conductor* Vadim Gluzman, violin* SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 Friday, JANUARY 30, 2015 at 11 a.m. Tugan Sokhiev, conductor* SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 Thursday, FEBRUARY 12, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, FEBRUARY 14, 2015 at 8 p.m. Juanjo Mena, conductor* Alina Ibragimova, violin* SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 SIBELIUS Violin Concerto SCHOENBERG Pelleas and Melisande Thursday, FEBRUARY 19, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, FEBRUARY 20, 2015 at 8 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor )1T9=;:29-: piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 HAYDN Symphony No. 40* BRAHMS Selected Hungarian Dances Saturday, FEBRUARY 21, 2015 at 8 p.m. Sunday, FEBRUARY 22, 2015 at 3 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor )1T9=;:29-: piano

HAYDN Symphony No. 39 BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 Thursday, MARCH 12, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, MARCH 14, 2015 at 8 p.m. Fabio Luisi, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano LUCA FRANCESCONI Cobalt, Scarlet: Two Colors of Dawn* LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 Friday, MARCH 13, 2015 at 7 p.m. Fabio Luisi, conductor KeyBank Fridays@7

LUCA FRANCESCONI Cobalt, Scarlet: Two Colors of Dawn* BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 Thursday, MARCH 19, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, MARCH 21, 2015 at 8 p.m. Sunday, MARCH 22, 2015 at 3 p.m. Jahja Ling, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano ** Michael Sachs, trumpet SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 Friday, MARCH 20, 2015 at 11 a.m. Jahja Ling, conductor RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 Thursday, APRIL 9, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, APRIL 10, 2015 at 8 p.m. Saturday, APRIL 11, 2015 at 8 p.m. Mitsuko Uchida, piano and conductor William Preucil, concertmaster and leader Program includes: MOZART Piano Concerto No. 6 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 26 (“Coronation”) Thursday, APRIL 16, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, APRIL 18, 2015 at 8 p.m. Lionel Bringuier, conductor Gautier Capuçon, cello* RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 SCHMITT Suite from La Tragédie de Salomé RAVEL Boléro Friday, APRIL 17, 2015 at 11 a.m. Lionel Bringuier, conductor Gautier Capuçon, cello* RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 RAVEL Boléro Thursday, APRIL 23, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, APRIL 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. Susanna Mälkki, conductor* Jeremy Denk, piano* SIBELIUS The Oceanides BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3 STRAVINSKY Pétrouchka [1947 revision] Thursday, APRIL 30, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, MAY 2, 2015 at 8 p.m. Bernard Labadie, conductor Marc-André Hamelin, piano* Richard King, horn Jesse McCormick, horn – Cleveland Orchestra solo debut HAYDN Overture to L’isola disabitata* ) ;:/1=?;2;=%B;;=:>5:U-?9-6;= HAYDN Piano Concerto in D major HAYDN Symphony No. 101 (“The Clock”) Friday, MAY 1, 2015 at 11 a.m. Bernard Labadie, conductor Marc-André Hamelin, piano* HAYDN Overture to L’isola disabitata* HAYDN Piano Concerto in D major HAYDN Symphony No. 101 (“The Clock”) Thursday, MAY 7, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, MAY 9, 2015 at 8 p.m. Sunday, MAY 10, 2015 at 3 p.m. Charles Dutoit, conductor Ruxandra Donose, mezzo-soprano Paul Groves, tenor Christopher Feigum, baritone Willard White, bass Cleveland Orchestra Chorus BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust Thursday, MAY 14, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, MAY 16, 2015 at 8 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Christian Tetzlaff, violin HINDEMITH Concert Music for Strings and Brass JŐRG WIDMANN Violin Concerto* DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) Friday, MAY 15, 2015 at 7 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Christian Tetzlaff, violin KeyBank Fridays@7

JŐRG WIDMANN Violin Concerto* DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) Friday, MAY 22, 2015 at 8 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) STRAUSS Wednesday, MAY 27, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, MAY 30, 2015 at 8 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Regine Hangler, soprano (Daphne)* Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano (Gaea) Andreas Schager, tenor ()* Norbert Ernst, tenor (Leukippos)* Ain Anger, bass (Peneios) Men of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus STRAUSS Daphne (Opera in One Act)* (Sung in German with English supertitles) Thursday, MAY 28, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) STRAUSS Symphonia domestica Friday, MAY 29, 2015 at 8 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst, conductor MESSIAEN Hymne MESSIAEN Chronochromie DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 5

Published on clevelandclassical.com March 17, 2014