Pierre Boulez leads The Cleveland Orchestra in concerts featuring works by Stravinsky on February 16, 17, and 18 at Severance Hall
Pierre-Laurent Aimard is soloist in Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 1
Thursday, February 16, at 8 p.m.
Friday, February 17, at 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 18, at 8 p.m.
Pierre Boulezconducts The Cleveland Orchestrain Severance Hall concerts featuring Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments (original edition, 1920) and Symphony of Psalms (1948 revision), the latter with the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimardis soloist in Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 1. The program also includes Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1, Opus 9; these will be the first performances of a new edition of the full orchestra version of 1914.
These concerts conclude a two-week engagement with the Orchestra for Pierre Boulez. The program for his first week of concerts (February 9, 11, and 12) includes Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 and three choral-orchestral works by Schubert. Pierre Boulez has conducted The Cleveland Orchestra in more than 200 concerts since making his debut with the ensemble in 1965. Former Music Director George Szell appointed Mr. Boulez to the post of principal guest conductor beginning in 1969. Following Szell’s death in 1970, Mr. Boulez served also as musical advisor of the Orchestra, from 1970 to 1972. Mr. Boulez’s recordings with the Orchestra have won five Grammy Awards. His most recent recordings with the Orchestra are of the Ravel piano concertos with Pierre-Laurent Aimard as soloist, and a DVD recording of Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn with mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená and baritone Christian Gerhaher, plus the Adagio from Mahler’s Symphony No. 10. For excerpts from this new DVD recording of Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn, click here.
Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimardmade his Cleveland Orchestra debut in 1996 and has performed with the Orchestra in a dozen different works in more than 35 concerts, including tour performances. Mr. Aimard served as Artist-in-Residence with The Cleveland Orchestra for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. The position is supported by the Malcolm E. Kenney Artist-in-Residence Endowment Fund. In February 2010, Mr. Aimard recorded Ravel’s piano concertos with the Orchestra under the direction of Pierre Boulez, for Deutsche Grammophon. His most recent performances with the Orchestra were in a three-week series of concerts conducted by Franz Welser-Möst in January and February 2011 at Severance Hall, during the Orchestra’s residency in Miami, and on tour, including a concert at Carnegie Hall.
FREE CONCERT PREVIEWS
Beginning one hour prior to the February 16, 17, and 18 concerts, a Concert Preview titled “Symphonies of Sounds” will be given in Reinberger Chamber Hall by Michael Strasser, professor of musicology at the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. This series is funded by a generous endowment gift from Dorothy Humel Hovorka.
These concerts are sponsored by Forest City Enterprises, a Cleveland Orchestra Partner in Excellence.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra is made possible by a contribution to the Orchestra’s Guest Artist Fund from The Gerhard Foundation.
TICKET AND PARKING INFORMATION
FEBRUARY 16 TICKET PRICES: Orchestra: $64, $44; Dress Circle: $87, $50; Balcony: $64, $50, $31.
FEBRUARY 17 and 18 TICKET PRICES: Orchestra: $69, $50; Dress Circle: $93, $57; Balcony: $69, $57, $39.
Call the Ticket Office at 216-231-1111 for Box seat availability.
The Severance Hall Ticket Office is located in the Smith Lobby. The entrance and 15-minute Ticket Service parking are along East Boulevard. The Ticket Office is open9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday-Friday, and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The office is closed Sundays and holidays, except for those days with performances, when it opens 3 hours before concert start time.
Group Sales (groups of 10 or more): Call the Cleveland Orchestra Group Sales Office at Severance Hall at 216-231-7493 or email groupsales@clevelandorchestra.comfor information.
For information about parking for Severance Hall concerts, click here.
Venue information: Severance Hall, which opened in 1931 as the home of The Cleveland Orchestra, is located at 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
For more information or to order tickets, call 216-231-1111 or 800-686-1141, or visit clevelandorchestra.com
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