Cleveland, January 25, 2015 — The Cleveland Orchestra will play fifteen of seventeen Blossom Festival concerts this summer, which begins on July 2 and continues through September 6. Subscription Renewals are currently underway, and premier subscriptions and Create-Your-Own are now available for purchase. Pre-sale single tickets for current Cleveland Orchestra subscribers will go on sale on April 20 and individual tickets for the general public may be purchased beginning on May 12.
The complete schedule follows.
2015 Blossom Music Festival Calendar
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
Thursday, July 2, 2015, at 8:00 pm
Friday, July 3, 2015, at 8:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor – Blossom Music Festival debut
GOLDSMITH Fireworks – A Celebration
GERSHWIN Overture to Girl Crazy
GOULD “Pavanne” from American Symphonette No. 2
WILLIAMS “Flight to Neverland” from Hook
BERNSTEIN Candide: Suite for Orchestra
GOULD American Salute
COPLAND Old American Songs
WARD/arr. Dragon America the Beautiful
TCHAIKOVSKY “1812” Overture
A SALUTE TO AMERICA
Saturday, July 4, 2015, at 8:00 pm
Blossom Festival Band
Loras John Schissel, conductor
Harold Summy, xylophone – Blossom Music Festival debut
FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT: BEETHOVEN’S NINTH
Saturday, July 11, 2015, at 8:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Tamara Wilson, soprano – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Skelton, tenor – Blossom Music Festival debut
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone – Blossom Music Festival debut
Blossom Festival Chorus
MESSIAEN L’Ascension: 4 méditations symphoniques
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 (“Choral”)
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN: A BIG BAND TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA
Saturday, July 18, 2015, at 8:00 pm
Michael Feinstein, vocalist – Blossom Music Festival Debut
(The Cleveland Orchestra does not appear on this program.)
TCHAIKOVSKY’S FOURTH
Saturday, July 25, 2015, at 8:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano – Cleveland Orchestra debut
STRAVINSKY Concerto in E-flat major (“Dumbarton Oaks”)
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
ELGAR’S ENIGMA VARIATIONS
Sunday, July 26, 2015, at 7:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Jahja Ling, conductor
Franklin Cohen, clarinet (farewell appearance as a concerto soloist)
Program includes:
WEBER Clarinet Concerto No. 2
ELGAR Enigma Variations
BARBER AND BARTÓK
Saturday, August 1, 2015, at 7:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Brett Mitchell, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
with the Kent/Blossom Chamber Orchestra
DVOŘÁK The Noon Witch
BARBER Violin Concerto
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
* Kent/Blossom Chamber Orchestra performs music by Stravinsky at 7:00 pm The Cleveland Orchestra’s concert (program listed above) begins at 8:00 pm
BROADWAY DIVAS
Sunday, August 2, 2015, at 7:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Jack Everly, conductor
Selections from Wicked, Les Miz, Cabaret, My Fair Lady, Chicago, and more.
GARRICK OHLSSON PLAYS BEETHOVEN’S EMPEROR
Saturday, August 8, 2015, at 8:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
BEETHOVEN “Leonore” Overture No. 2
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”)
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
TCHAIKOVSKY’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
Saturday, August 15, 2015, at 8:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
James Feddeck, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin – Blossom Music Festival debut
WEBER Overture to Euryanthe
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5.
THE BRITISH INVASION: THE BEATLES, THE STONES, THE WHO, AND MORE
Sunday, August 16, 2015, at 7:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Michael Krajewski, conductor
Storm Large, vocalist – Cleveland Orchestra debut
Shem von Schroeck, vocalist – Cleveland Orchestra debut
BACH AND MOZART
Saturday, August 22, 2015, at 8:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Mark Kosower, cello
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3
HAYDN Cello Concerto in C major
J.C. BACH Sinfonia in G minor
MOZART Symphony No. 31 (“Paris”)
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS
Saturday, August 29, 2015, at 8:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
William Eddins, conductor – Blossom Music Festival debut
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – Combined Blossom Music Festival debut
Program includes:
MARSALIS Symphony No. 3 (Swing Symphony)
GIL SHAHAM PLAYS BRUCH
Sunday, August 30, 2015, at 7:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Edo de Waart, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
MAHLER Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”)
THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS
Saturday, September 5, 2015, at 8:00 pm
Sunday, September 6, 2015, at 8:00 pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Richard Kaufman, conductor
Music from Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T., Harry Potter, Superman, Jaws, Jurassic Park, and other films.
