Cleveland Orchestra debuts Fridays@7 series at Severance Hall on October 9

CLEVELAND ��� Music Director Franz Welser-M��st will conduct The Cleveland Orchestra in its first Fridays@7 concert at Severance Hall on Friday, October 9, at 7:00 p.m. The program features Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67, preceded by his Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Opus 58, with Mitsuko Uchida as soloist.

The new Fridays@7 series offers early-evening programs that are about 75 minutes long, performed straight through, followed by informal performances of music curated by Cleveland percussionist Jamey Haddad. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with bars open to serve drinks and light food. Each concert begins at 7 p.m. and runs without intermission. After the concert, audience members can move to the Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer just outside the Concert Hall and sample interesting cuisine, enjoy cocktails, and mingle with musicians while listening to world music.

On October 9, the featured group performing after the concert is Cyro Baptista's Beat the Donkey, an eight-person world-beat group that takes its name from the Brazilian expression "Pau Na Mula," meaning "Let's go, let's do it!"

Additional Fridays@7 programs this season:

November 20: Cello and Space with Alisa Weilerstein and guest conductor Jonathan Nott

January 8, 2010: Tragedy to Triumph, with guest conductor Jaap van Zweden leading Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4

February 19, 2010: Musical Obsession, with Music Director Franz Welser-M��st conducting orchestral excerpts of music by Richard Wagner

April 30, 2010: Royal Drums & Trumpets, with baroque specialist Bernard Labadie guest-conducting Handel's Water Music

TICKET PRICES: Orchestra: $71, $47; Dress Circle: $93, $55; Balcony: $71, $55, $31.
TICKET SERVICES:
The Severance Hall Ticket Office is located in the Smith Lobby. The entrance and 15-minute Ticket Service parking are along East Boulevard. Single tickets for all concerts in the 2009-10 season are now on sale.
Severance Hall Ticket Office Hours:
M-F 9-6
Sat. 10-6
Closed Sundays and major holidays, except for those days with performances, when the Ticket Office opens three hours prior to the performance start time.
To charge tickets by telephone on American Express, Discover Card, MasterCard, and Visa, call Cleveland Orchestra Ticket Services at (216) 231-1111 (Cleveland) or 800-686-1141 during the regular ticket office hours listed above. Subscriptions and single tickets are also available through The Cleveland Orchestra's website at clevelandorchestra.com. The website offers secure ticket transactions with any major credit card and provides complete concert listings.

PARKING:
For evening subscription concerts at Severance Hall, parking can be purchased for $10 per vehicle, when space permits, in the Campus Center Garage (the underground garage located directly behind Severance Hall). Pre-paid parking for the Campus Center Garage can be purchased in advance through the Ticket Office at the cost of $14 per concert (this includes City of Cleveland parking tax and handling fee). The pre-paid parking ensures patrons a parking space, but availability of these pre-paid parking passes is limited.
For further information, or to order pre-paid parking, patrons should call the Cleveland Orchestra Ticket Office during regular office hours at (216) 231-1111 or 800-686-1141. Pre-paid parking passes are also available through The Cleveland Orchestra's website at clevelandorchestra.com.

Friday, October 9, at 7:00 p.m.
Severance Hall
Fridays@7 Concert

New Fridays@7 concerts are performed without intermission, last approximately 75 minutes, and are followed by food, drinks, mingling with musicians, and live performances of world music.

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
FRANZ WELSER-M��ST, conductor
MITSUKO UCHIDA, piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Ticket Prices: $31-$93 ��� Call (216) 231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or order online at clevelandorchestra.com

Cleveland Orchestra���s Beethoven Ninth to support new Community Music Initiative

Saturday, September 26, at 8:30 p.m.

Severance Hall

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA

FRANZ WELSER-M��ST, conductor

TWYLA ROBINSON, soprano

MICHAELA MARTENS, mezzo-soprano

FRANK LOPARDO, tenor

RAYMOND ACETO, bass

CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHORUS

Robert Porco, director

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 ("Choral")

A Benefit for The Cleveland Orchestra's Community Music Initiative

Ticket Prices: $68-$159 ��� Call (216) 231-1111 or 1-800-686-1141, or order online at clevelandorchestra.com

CLEVELAND, September 1, 2009 ��� The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-M��st will open the Orchestra's 2009-10 season with a one-night-only performance of Beethoven's stirring Symphony No. 9 ("Choral") at Severance Hall on Saturday, September 26, at 8:30 p.m. This opening-night performance is a benefit concert to support the Orchestra's new Community Music Initiative, which will broaden the Orchestra's connections to the community and provide access to great music for more Northeast Ohioans than ever before.

Vocal soloists for this performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony will be soprano Twyla Robinson, mezzo-soprano Michaela Martens, tenor Frank Lopardo, and bass Raymond Aceto. The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, prepared by Cleveland Orchestra Director of Choruses Robert Porco, will also take part in the performance.

Since 2004, Twyla Robinson has appeared with The Cleveland Orchestra in works including Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Haydn's "Lord Nelson" Mass, Mozart's Requiem, the Verdi Requiem, Strauss's Four Last Songs, and in the role of Mrs. Ford in Verdi's Falstaff. Michaela Martens will be making her Cleveland Orchestra debut with this performance. Frank Lopardo previously appeared with the Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at the Blossom Festival in July 2000, and at Severance Hall in January 2007, a performance recorded live and released on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Raymond Aceto's performances with the Orchestra have included the role of Zuniga in Bizet's Carmen in August 1999, the Verdi Requiem in June 2004, and Jan����ek's Glagolitic Mass in January 2009, with an additional performance at Carnegie Hall the following month.

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The Cleveland Orchestra's Community Music Initiative is aimed at diversifying the Orchestra's offerings and reaching more children, adults, teachers, students, musicians, and families in Northeast Ohio than ever before. During the 2009-10 season (and beyond), members of The Cleveland Orchestra will participate in a wide range of educational and community activities throughout Northeast Ohio, including concerts in two Cleveland high schools and a Family Concert at Severance Hall conducted by Franz Welser-M��st; a "Music Mentors" program supporting instrumental music in Cleveland public schools; "Music Masters," supporting high-school band and orchestra programs throughout Northeast Ohio; and "Musical Neighborhoods," a part of PNC's Grow Up Great: A Great Early Start in the Arts program, in which musicians and teachers use music to build school readiness skills for pre-school-aged children in local Head Start programs. These new programs complement The Cleveland Orchestra's already vibrant education and community programs, such as the Learning Through Music school partnership program, the annual free Star-Spangled Spectacular Community Concert at Public Square, the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert and Community Open House, youth ensembles, Education Concerts and Family Concerts at Severance Hall, and a host of other programs that have introduced children and families to symphonic music for decades.

Tickets to the September 26 concert go on sale to the general public on Tuesday, September 8. Prices range from $68 to $159. Severance Hall boxes and other selected seats are available in conjunction with a post-concert event hosted by community leaders. To receive an invitation to the post-concert event, contact openingnight@clevelandorchestra.com.

TICKET SERVICES:

The Severance Hall Ticket Office is located in the Smith Lobby. The entrance and 15-minute Ticket Service parking are along East Boulevard. Single tickets for the 2009-10 season go on sale Tuesday, September 8.

Severance Hall Ticket Office Hours:

M-F 9-6

Sat. 10-6 (beginning September 12)

Closed Sundays and major holidays, except for those days with performances, when the Ticket Office opens three hours prior to the performance start time.

To charge tickets by telephone on American Express, Discover Card, MasterCard, and Visa, call Cleveland Orchestra Ticket Services at (216) 231-1111 (Cleveland) or 800-686-1141 during the regular ticket office hours listed above. Subscriptions and single tickets are also available through The Cleveland Orchestra's website at clevelandorchestra.com. The website offers secure ticket transactions with any major credit card and provides complete concert listings.

PARKING:

Limited parking is available for the Opening Night Benefit in Case Western Reserve University's Campus Center Garage adjacent to Severance Hall. Convenient alternative parking is available at these locations:

�Ģ CWRU Lot 1, located off Euclid Avenue across from Severance Hall, is a surface lot within walking distance of Severance Hall. Cost per car: $10.

�Ģ University Circle Inc. Lot 13A on Adelbert Road is also within walking distance of Severance Hall. Cost per car: $10.

�Ģ The Cleveland Botanical Garden parking garage, located on the corner of East Boulevard and Wade Oval, offers two levels of covered parking. Cost per car: up to $10.

�Ģ Metered street parking along East Boulevard is also available.

For further information, patrons should call the Cleveland Orchestra Ticket Office during regular office hours at (216) 231-1111 or 800-686-1141. Pre-paid parking passes are also available through The Cleveland Orchestra's website at clevelandorchestra.com.

Jayce Ogren conducts The Cleveland Orchestra

David Fray makes his Cleveland Orchestra debut as soloist in Mozart���s Piano Concerto No. 25

Jayce Ogren conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in ���Mozart Masterpieces��� program featuring Symphonies Nos. 40 and 41 (���Jupiter���) at the Blossom Festival on August 15

CLEVELAND, July 24, 2009 ��� Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Conductor Jayce Ogren will conduct The Cleveland Orchestra in a program titled ���Mozart Masterpieces��� at the Blossom Festival on Saturday, August 15, at 8:00 p.m. The program features Mozart���s Symphonies Nos. 40 and 41. French pianist David Fray will make his Cleveland Orchestra debut as soloist in Mozart���s Piano Concerto No. 25. The concert will mark Mr. Ogren���s final performance with the Orchestra as one of its assistant conductors.

The August 15 program begins with Wolfgang Amad�� Mozart���s Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550. Next on the program is Mozart���s Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503, with David Fray (pronounced FRY) as soloist. After intermission, the program concludes with Mozart���s Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (���Jupiter���).

Program notes are available at www.clevelandorchestra.com by the week of the program.

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��� Lawn Pass. Kids��� Lawn Passes will be available at the Severance Hall Ticket Office, the Blossom Box Office, and the Lawn Ticket Booth at Blossom, and also will be available for downloading and printing online at BlossomLawnFun.com. Kids��� Lawn Passes are required for all children 12 and under on the Lawn. The passes are not valid for entry into the Pavilion. Anyone wishing to sit in the new General Admission area of the Pavilion needs to have a Lawn/General Admission Ticket.

Prior to the concert, The Cleveland Orchestra will offer patrons an All-American Cookout on the Blossom grounds. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. for picnicking. Concertgoers may purchase grilled fare including hot dogs, hamburgers, and ribs as well as potato salad, baked beans, and more, prepared by Blossom chefs. As usual, patrons are welcome to bring their own picnics, packed with everything needed to make the evening complete.

The Blossom Grille will be open for pre-concert dining also. Dinner reservations may be made by calling (330) 916-6063 Monday-Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or after 4:00 p.m. on Festival concert nights.

The August 15 concert is sponsored by The Sherwin-Williams Company. David Fray���s appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by a contribution to the Orchestra���s Guest Artist Fund from The Hershey Foundation.

Biographical information on Jayce Ogren and David Fray is available on request.

A video clip from a documentary film on David Fray and his CD recording of Bach keyboard concertos is available on YouTube.

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TICKET PRICES: Pavilion $42, $31, $26; Lawn/General Admission $19. $82 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 remaining 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 East Boulevard. The Ticket Office is open during the summer Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Blossom Music Center Box Office is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. (and through intermission on Blossom Festival concert dates).

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. Subscriptions and single tickets are also available through The Cleveland Orchestra���s website at clevelandorchestra.com. The website offers secure ticket transactions with any major credit card and provides complete concert listings. Please note: There are no added service charges or handling fees for Blossom Festival concert tickets purchased in person or by phone through the Blossom or Severance Hall ticket offices, or online through the Orchestra���s website.

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���s paved parking lots. (The 10-day advance purchase requirement is to allow time for postal delivery.) These paved parking lots are ADA accessible with ADA transport services to the Pavilion. In addition, there are a limited number of paid parking spaces available in the FirstEnergy Lot A (behind the Box Office) for purchase at $15 per vehicle (10-day advance purchase required). Call (216) 231-1111 or (800) 686-1141 for further details.

CALENDAR LISTING

Saturday, August 15, 2009, at 8:00 p.m.

Blossom Music Center

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA

JAYCE OGREN, conductor

DAVID FRAY, piano

���Mozart Masterpieces���

MOZART Symphony No. 40, K. 550

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503

MOZART Symphony No. 41 (���Jupiter���), K. 551

Concert Sponsor: The Sherwin-Williams Company

Guest Artist Fund: The Hershey Foundation

TICKETS: Pavilion $82 (box), $42, $31, $26; Lawn/General Admission $19

Lawn seating for children 12 and under: FREE

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Jahja Ling conducts The Cleveland Orchestra

Jahja Ling conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in program featuring works by Brahms and Schumann at the Blossom Festival on August 9

Garrick Ohlsson is soloist in Brahms���s Piano Concerto No. 2

CLEVELAND, July 16, 2009 ��� Jahja Ling, music director of the San Diego Symphony and former Blossom Festival Director, will conduct The Cleveland Orchestra in a program featuring Brahms���s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Garrick Ohlsson as soloist, and Schumann���s Symphony No. 2 at the Blossom Festival on Sunday, August 9, at 7:00 p.m.

Mr. Ling, who is celebrating his 25^th consecutive season of concerts with The Cleveland Orchestra, also will conduct the Orchestra at Blossom on Sunday, August 2, in a different program.

The August 9 program begins with Robert Schumann���s Symphony No. 2 in C major, Opus 61. After intermission, the program concludes with Johannes Brahms���s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Opus 83, featuring Garrick Ohlsson as soloist.

Program notes are available at www.clevelandorchestra.com by the week of the program.

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��� Lawn Pass. Kids��� Lawn Passes will be available at the Severance Hall Ticket Office, the Blossom Box Office, and the Lawn Ticket Booth at Blossom, and also will be available for downloading and printing online at BlossomLawnFun.com. Kids��� Lawn Passes are required for all children 12 and under on the Lawn. The passes are not valid for entry into the Pavilion. Anyone wishing to sit in the new General Admission area of the Pavilion needs to have a Lawn/General Admission Ticket.

The August 9 concert is sponsored by The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation and co-sponsors The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

Biographical information is available on request and also at http://www.opus3artists.com/artists/jahja-ling for Jahja Ling. Biographical information on Garrick Ohlsson and a video clip of an interview with him is available at http://www.opus3artists.com/artists/garrick-ohlsson.

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TICKET PRICES: Pavilion $42, $31, $26; Lawn/General Admission $19. $82 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 remaining 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 East Boulevard. The Ticket Office is open during the summer Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Blossom Music Center Box Office is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. (and through intermission on Blossom Festival concert dates).

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. Subscriptions and single tickets are also available through The Cleveland Orchestra���s website at clevelandorchestra.com. The website offers secure ticket transactions with any major credit card and provides complete concert listings. Please note: There are no added service charges or handling fees for Blossom Festival concert tickets purchased in person or by phone through the Blossom or Severance Hall ticket offices, or online through the Orchestra���s website.

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���s paved parking lots. (The 10-day advance purchase requirement is to allow time for postal delivery.) These paved parking lots are ADA accessible with ADA transport services to the Pavilion. In addition, there are a limited number of paid parking spaces available in the FirstEnergy Lot A (behind the Box Office) for purchase at $15 per vehicle (10-day advance purchase required). Call (216) 231-1111 or (800) 686-1141 for further details.

CALENDAR LISTING

Sunday, August 9, 2009, at 7:00 p.m.

Blossom Music Center

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA

JAHJA LING, conductor

GARRICK OHLSSON, piano

SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2

Concert Sponsors: The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation and co-sponsors

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

TICKETS: Pavilion $82 (box), $42, $31, $26; Lawn/General Admission $19

Lawn seating for children 12 and under: FREE

Volunteers needed for the 2009-10 Cleveland Orchestra concert and event season at Severance Hall

Severance Hall seeks volunteers to serve as ushers, greeters, ticket takers, tour guides, and store volunteers

CLEVELAND, July 15, 2009 ��� Severance Hall, home of The Cleveland Orchestra, is seeking volunteer ushers, greeters, ticket takers, tour guides, and store volunteers for the 2009-10 season. The season includes evening subscription, matinee, education, family, and holiday concerts by The Cleveland Orchestra; performances by the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, the Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony, and the Cleveland Women���s Orchestra; and many other musical and non-musical events.

Tour guides conduct public and private tours and offer historical and architectural detail about Severance Hall. Store volunteers offer sales assistance in the Cleveland Orchestra Store during weekdays and weekends at concert times.

Severance Hall also seeks middle- and high-school students to join the Junior Volunteer Corps. Students assist at Family Concerts, Musical Rainbow performances, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra concerts, Holiday concerts, and other special events (mostly daytime performances during the weekend). An orientation and training program prepares students for service as ushers, ticket takers, and Cleveland Orchestra Store volunteers. Adult ushers also serve as mentors.

Severance Hall volunteers are asked to commit for the entire season from September through June, and are required to attend a two-hour training and orientation session in September, at the beginning of the season. Training session dates are September 22 and 24 at 6:00 p.m. and September 24 at 9:00 a.m.

Open interviews for new volunteers will be held at Severance Hall on Friday, August 28, from 5 - 7 p.m. and Saturday, August 29, from 10 a.m. ��� 2 p.m. Stop in any time during these hours to fill out an application, and learn about the program and speak with Front of House Staff members.

While providing excellent customer service, Severance Hall volunteers have the opportunity to hear great music in a beautiful venue, enjoy the company of other music-loving volunteers, and contribute their talents and time to a premier arts organization.

Those interested in more information about volunteering at Severance Hall may call the House Manager���s Office at Severance Hall at (216) 231-7425.

Jahja Ling conducts The Cleveland Orchestra

Jahja Ling conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in program featuring Dvo��k's Symphony No. 8 at the Blossom Festival on August 2

Johannes Moser is soloist in Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1

Tito Mu��oz conducts Kent/Blossom Chamber Orchestra in works by Mendelssohn and Mussorgsky

CLEVELAND, July 14, 2009 ��� Jahja Ling, music director of the San Diego Symphony and former Blossom Festival Director, will conduct The Cleveland Orchestra in an extended-length program at the Blossom Festival on Sunday, August 2, at 7:00 p.m. The program presents The Cleveland Orchestra and the Kent/Blossom Chamber Orchestra separately and in a side-by-side performance of Dvo��k's Symphony No. 8. Cellist Johannes Moser will be featured with The Cleveland Orchestra in Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1.

Mr. Ling will return to conduct the Orchestra at Blossom on Sunday, August 9, in a different program.

The August 2 program begins with two works performed by the Kent/Blossom Chamber Orchestra led by Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Conductor Tito Mu��oz. They are: Claude Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (arranged by Arnold Schoenberg) and Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 in A major, Opus 90 ("Italian"). After the first intermission, The Cleveland Orchestra's portion of the program, conducted by Jahja Ling, begins with Modest Mussorgsky's Prelude to Khovanshchina, followed by Dmitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Opus 107, featuring Johannes Moser as soloist. After a second intermission, members of the Kent/Blossom Chamber Orchestra will join The Cleveland Orchestra for Anton��n Dvo��k's Symphony No. 8 in G major, Opus 88.

Program notes are available at www.clevelandorchestra.com by the week of the program.

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' Lawn Pass. Kids' Lawn Passes will be available at the Severance Hall Ticket Office, the Blossom Box Office, and the Lawn Ticket Booth at Blossom, and also will be available for downloading and printing online at BlossomLawnFun.com. Kids' Lawn Passes are required for all children 12 and under on the Lawn. The passes are not valid for entry into the Pavilion. Anyone wishing to sit in the new General Admission area of the Pavilion needs to have a Lawn/General Admission Ticket.

The August 2 concert is co-sponsored by the Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust and by Mr. and Mrs. William C. Zekan.

Biographical information is available on request, as well as at http://www.opus3artists.com/artists/jahja-ling for Jahja Ling and at http://www.titomunoz.com/ for Tito Mu��oz.

Johannes Moser, cello

To hear audio clips of Johannes Moser, visit his website at http://www.johannes-moser.com/discs/

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TICKET PRICES: Pavilion $42, $31, $26; Lawn/General Admission $19. $82 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 remaining 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 East Boulevard. The Ticket Office is open during the summer Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Blossom Music Center Box Office is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. (and through intermission on Blossom Festival concert dates).

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. Subscriptions and single tickets are also available through The Cleveland Orchestra's website at clevelandorchestra.com. The website offers secure ticket transactions with any major credit card and provides complete concert listings. Please note: There are no added service charges or handling fees for Blossom Festival concert tickets purchased in person or by phone through the Blossom or Severance Hall ticket offices, or online through the Orchestra's website.

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's paved parking lots. (The 10-day advance purchase requirement is to allow time for postal delivery.) These paved parking lots are ADA accessible with ADA transport services to the Pavilion. In addition, there are a limited number of paid parking spaces available in the FirstEnergy Lot A (behind the Box Office) for purchase at $15 per vehicle (10-day advance purchase required). Call (216) 231-1111 or (800) 686-1141 for further details.

CALENDAR LISTING

Sunday, August 2, 2009, at 7:00 p.m.

Blossom Music Center

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA

KENT/BLOSSOM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

JAHJA LING, conductor

TITO MU��OZ, conductor

JOHANNES MOSER, cello

DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

(arranged by Arnold Schoenberg)

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 ("Italian")

Kent/Blossom Chamber Orchestra, Tito Mu��oz conducting

MUSSORGSKY Prelude to Khovanshchina

SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1

The Cleveland Orchestra, Jahja Ling conducting

DVO���K Symphony No. 8

The Cleveland Orchestra and Kent/Blossom Chamber Orchestra,

Jahja Ling conducting

Concert Co-sponsors: Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust and

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Zekan

TICKETS: Pavilion $82 (box), $42, $31, $26; Lawn/General Admission $19

Lawn seating for children 12 and under: FREE

David Zinman conducts The Cleveland Orchestra

David Zinman conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in Tchaikovsky���s Symphony No. 5 at the Blossom Festival on August 1

Ingrid Fliter is soloist in the Schumann Piano Concerto

Aspen Academy conductor James Feddeck makes his Cleveland Orchestra debut with a Mendelssohn overture

CLEVELAND, July 13, 2009 ��� David Zinman, music director of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich and music director of the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado, will conduct The Cleveland Orchestra in a program featuring Tchaikovsky���s Symphony No. 5 at the Blossom Festival on Saturday, August 1, at 8:00 p.m. The program also features the Schumann Piano Concerto with pianist Ingrid Fliter as soloist. James Feddeck will make his Cleveland Orchestra debut conducting the opening work on the program, Mendelssohn���s Overture: ���The Fair Melusina.���

James Feddeck, a participant at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen for the summers of 2006-2008, and assistant conductor there this summer, was selected to conduct the Orchestra through a partnership between The Cleveland Orchestra and the Aspen Festival and School, where David Zinman created and leads the American Academy of Conducting. In March 2009, Mr. Feddeck was appointed an assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra and music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, to begin in September 2009.

Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter, recipient of the 2006 Gilmore Artist Award, one of the most prestigious awards for pianists, made her Cleveland Orchestra debut at the Blossom Festival in August 2007. Ms. Fliter made her major American orchestra debut with the Atlanta Symphony in January 2006, just days after the announcement of her Gilmore Award. Since then, in addition to The Cleveland Orchestra, she has made debut appearances with the orchestras of Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Saint Louis, San Francisco, and Toronto, as well as with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C. and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, and at the Aspen, Grant Park, and Mostly Mozart festivals. Equally busy as a recitalist, Ms. Fliter has recently performed in New York at Zankel Hall in Carnegie Hall and at the Metropolitan Museum, in Fort Worth for the Van Cliburn Foundation, and in Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Vancouver.

The August 1 program will begin with Felix Mendelssohn���s Overture: ���The Fair Melusina,��� Opus 32, conducted by James Feddeck. David Zinman will conduct the remainder of the program, which continues with Robert Schumann���s Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 54, with Ingrid Fliter as soloist. After intermission, the program concludes with Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky���s Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Opus 64.

Program notes are available at www.clevelandorchestra.com by the week of the program.

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��� Lawn Pass. Kids��� Lawn Passes will be available at the Severance Hall Ticket Office, the Blossom Box Office, and the Lawn Ticket Booth at Blossom, and also will be available for downloading and printing online at BlossomLawnFun.com. Kids��� Lawn Passes are required for all children 12 and under on the Lawn. The passes are not valid for entry into the Pavilion. Anyone wishing to sit in the new General Admission area of the Pavilion needs to have a Lawn/General Admission Ticket.

The August 1 concert is sponsored by National City, now a part of PNC, a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence.

Biographical information on David Zinman, James Feddeck, and Ingrid Fliter is available on request. For a recent interview with James Feddeck in The Aspen Times, see http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20090708/NEWS/907079955/1060

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TICKET PRICES: Pavilion $42, $31, $26; Lawn/General Admission $19. $82 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 remaining 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 East Boulevard. The Ticket Office is open during the summer Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Blossom Music Center Box Office is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. (and through intermission on Blossom Festival concert dates).

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. Subscriptions and single tickets are also available through The Cleveland Orchestra���s website at clevelandorchestra.com. The website offers secure ticket transactions with any major credit card and provides complete concert listings. Please note: There are no added service charges or handling fees for Blossom Festival concert tickets purchased in person or by phone through the Blossom or Severance Hall ticket offices, or online through the Orchestra���s website.

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���s paved parking lots. (The 10-day advance purchase requirement is to allow time for postal delivery.) These paved parking lots are ADA accessible with ADA transport services to the Pavilion. In addition, there are a limited number of paid parking spaces available in the FirstEnergy Lot A (behind the Box Office) for purchase at $15 per vehicle (10-day advance purchase required). Call (216) 231-1111 or (800) 686-1141 for further details.

Loras John Schissel conducts The Cleveland Orchestra

Pianist Inon Barnatan makes his Cleveland Orchestra

debut as soloist in Gershwin���s 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

CLEVELAND, July 2, 2009 ��� Loras John Schissel will conduct The Cleveland Orchestra in a program featuring music by George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Kurt Weill, and others at the Blossom Festival on Saturday, July 25, at 8:00 p.m. The program includes Gershwin���s Rhapsody in Blue (in the original jazz band version, arranged by Ferde Grof��) with pianist Inon Barnatan as soloist, in his Cleveland Orchestra debut.

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���s CMS Two, which spotlights young musicians in the early stages of major careers.

The July 25 program will begin with Alfred Newman���s Street Scene (arranged by Edward Powell and Loras John Schissel), followed by Kurt Weill���s Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Suite from The Threepenny Opera). Next on the program are David Raksin���s ���Love is for the Very Young��� from The Bad and the Beautiful and Richard Rodgers���s ���Slaughter on Tenth Avenue��� from On Your Toes (orchestrated by Hans Spialek). After intermission, the program continues with George Gershwin���s Rhapsody in Blue (original jazz band version, arranged by Ferde Grof��), with Inon Barnatan as soloist. Next on the program are Edward K. (Duke) Ellington���s Sophisticated Lady (arranged by Morton Gould) and Cole Porter���s Night and Day (arranged by Hans Spialek). The program concludes with Gershwin���s Final Ballet Sequence from Shall We Dance?

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��� Lawn Pass. Kids��� Lawn Passes will be available at the Severance Hall Ticket Office, the Blossom Box Office, and the Lawn Ticket Booth at Blossom, and also will be available for downloading and printing online at BlossomLawnFun.com. Kids��� Lawn Passes are required for all children 12 and under on the Lawn. The passes are not valid for entry into the Pavilion. Anyone wishing to sit in the new General Admission area of the Pavilion needs to have a Lawn/General Admission Ticket.

The July 25 concert is sponsored by Fifth Third Bank and co-sponsored by The Sisler McFawn Foundation.

Inon Barnatan���s appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by a contribution to the Orchestra���s 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 East Boulevard. The Ticket Office is open during the summer Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (closed Monday, July 6). The Blossom Music Center Box Office is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. (and through intermission on Blossom Festival concert dates).

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. Subscriptions and single tickets are also available through The Cleveland Orchestra���s website at clevelandorchestra.com. The website offers secure ticket transactions with any major credit card and provides complete concert listings. Please note: There are no added service charges or handling fees for Blossom Festival concert tickets purchased in person or by phone through the Blossom or Severance Hall ticket offices, or online through the Orchestra���s website.

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���s paved parking lots. (The 10-day advance purchase requirement is to allow time for postal delivery.) These paved parking lots are ADA accessible with ADA transport services to the Pavilion. In addition, there are a limited number of paid parking spaces available in the FirstEnergy Lot A (behind the Box Office) for purchase at $15 per vehicle (10-day advance purchase required). Call (216) 231-1111 or (800) 686-1141 for further details.

Music Director Franz Welser-M��st conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in Shostakovich���s Symphony No. 5

Music Director Franz Welser-M��st conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 at the Blossom Festival on July 18

Nikolaj Znaider is soloist in the Beethoven Violin Concerto

Music Director Franz Welser-M��st will conduct The Cleveland Orchestra in a program featuring Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 at the Blossom Festival on Saturday, July 18, at 8:00 p.m. The program also will feature Nikolaj Znaider as soloist in Beethoven's Violin Concerto.

Following Mr. Znaider's performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto with The Cleveland Orchestra and guest conductor Pinchas Steinberg in February 2009, the Cleveland Plain Dealer commented, "Znaider met Brahms' challenge with a commanding, Apollonian technique. His bowing was flawless, moving among the strings seamlessly, and the triple-stopped chords in the lengthy first movement were played as precisely as if they had been sounded on a keyboard. Yet there was fire aplenty. Beneath Brahms' hard-fought logic there is a suppressed passion that Znaider emphasized brilliantly in his phrasing and attack."

The July 18 program will begin with Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 61. After intermission, the program concludes with Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 in D minor, opus 47. The Cleveland Orchestra and Mr. Welser-M��st will perform the Shostakovich symphony in four cities during their fall 2009 European Tour/Musikverein Residency, which begins in Toronto, Canada, and takes place from October 20-November 3.

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' Lawn Pass. Kids' Lawn Passes will be available at the Severance Hall Ticket Office, the Blossom Box Office, and the Lawn Ticket Booth at Blossom, and also will be available for downloading and printing online at BlossomLawnFun.com. Kids' Lawn Passes are required for all children 12 and under on the Lawn. The passes are not valid for entry into the Pavilion. Anyone wishing to sit in the new General Admission area of the Pavilion needs to have a Lawn/General Admission Ticket.

Biographical information on Franz Welser-M��st follows. Biographical information on Nikolaj Znaider is available on request.

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TICKET PRICES: Pavilion $42, $31, $26; Lawn/General Admission $19. $82 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 East Boulevard. The Ticket Office is open during the summer Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (closed Monday, July 6). The Blossom Music Center Box Office is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. (and through intermission on Blossom Festival concert dates).

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. Subscriptions and single tickets are also available through The Cleveland Orchestra's website at clevelandorchestra.com. The website offers secure ticket transactions with any major credit card and provides complete concert listings. Please note: There are no added service charges or handling fees for Blossom Festival concert tickets purchased in person or by phone through the Blossom or Severance Hall ticket offices, or online through the Orchestra's website.

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's paved parking lots. (The 10-day advance purchase requirement is to allow time for postal delivery.) These paved parking lots are ADA accessible with ADA transport services to the Pavilion. In addition, there are a limited number of paid parking spaces available in the FirstEnergy Lot A (behind the Box Office) for purchase at $15 per vehicle (10-day advance purchase required). Call (216) 231-1111 or (800) 686-1141 for further details.

CALENDAR LISTING

Saturday, July 18, 2009, at 8:00 p.m.

Blossom Music Center

THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA

FRANZ WELSER-M��ST, conductor

NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER, violin

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

TICKETS: Pavilion $82 (box), $42, $31, $26; Lawn/General Admission $19

Lawn seating for children 12 and under: FREE