Loras John Schissel conducts The Cleveland Orchestra
debut as soloist in Gershwin’Äôs Rhapsody in Blue
Loras John Schissel conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in program of music by Gershwin, Ellington, and Rodgers at the Blossom Festival on July 25
Born in Tel Aviv in 1979, Inon Barnatan won the Avery Fisher Career Grant in April and has just finished his third season at a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’Äôs CMS Two, which spotlights young musicians in the early stages of major careers.
The July 25 program will begin with Alfred Newman’Äôs Street Scene (arranged by Edward Powell and Loras John Schissel), followed by Kurt Weill’Äôs Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Suite from The Threepenny Opera). Next on the program are David Raksin’Äôs ’ÄúLove is for the Very Young’Äù from The Bad and the Beautiful and Richard Rodgers’Äôs ’ÄúSlaughter on
New this season, Lawn/General Admission tickets allow patrons to sit on the lawn or in newly designated General Admission areas in the rear corner sections of the Pavilion, adding 1,500 lower-priced seats in the Pavilion. These seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis to any ticketholder.
Also new in 2009, children 12 and under will be admitted free to the Lawn for all concerts. For each adult ticket purchase, two children will be admitted free to the Lawn. Each child will receive a free Kids’Äô
The July 25 concert is sponsored by Fifth Third Bank and co-sponsored by The Sisler McFawn Foundation.
Inon Barnatan’Äôs appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by a contribution to the Orchestra’Äôs Guest Artist Fund from The Payne Fund.
Biographical information on Loras John Schissel and Inon Barnatan follows.
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TICKET PRICES: Pavilion $47, $36, $31; Lawn/General Admission $21. $87 box seats include complimentary parking in FirstEnergy Lot A and access to the Kulas Plaza VIP services. Children ages 12 and under are admitted to the Lawn seating area for free for all Blossom Festival concerts.
TICKETS for all 2009 Blossom Festival concerts are now on sale through the Severance Hall Ticket Office, the Blossom Music Center Box Office, online at clevelandorchestra.com and at all Ticketmaster outlets. The Severance Hall Ticket Office is located in the Smith Lobby. The entrance and 15-minute Ticket Service parking are along the west side of the building on
To charge tickets by telephone on American Express, Discover Card, MasterCard and Visa, call Cleveland Orchestra Ticket Services at (216) 231-1111 (local call for 216 and 440 area codes) or (800) 686-1141 during the regular Severance Hall Ticket Office hours listed above.
PARKING: Ample free parking is available. Patrons who buy Pavilion tickets at least 10 days prior to these performances will receive a free dated parking pass for one of Blossom’Äôs paved parking lots. (The 10-day advance purchase requirement is to allow time for postal delivery.) These paved parking lots are
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