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A Hero's Life
Friday & Saturday
January 28 & 29, 2011
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben ("A Hero's Life")
The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst begin the 2011 Miami Residency concert series with Richard Strauss' glowing self-portrait, "A Hero's Life." Plus, Debussy's captivating musical depiction of quiet woodland adventures in "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun." Also, Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs Schumann's romantic Piano Concerto. "Aimard takes exploration to exhilarating extremes," raves The New York Times.
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Boléro
Friday & Saturday
March 4 & 5, 2011
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
KABALEVSKY Overture to Colas Breugnon
ELGAR “Enigma” Variations
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
RAVEL Boléro
It begins softly. A single snare drum. Then, a flute. Gradually, each instrument of The Cleveland Orchestra joins in. One after the other, until Ravel's "Boléro" reaches one of the greatest climaxes in all of music. Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Ravel's hypnotic, exotic showpiece. Plus, Elgar's great and noble "Enigma Variations." And, Mendelssohn's beloved Violin Concerto with prodigy Augustin Hadelich, who has been hailed as a courageous, powerful virtuoso.
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Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Friday & Saturday
April 8 & 9, 2011
Jiří Bĕlohlávek, conductor
Horacio Gutiérrez, piano
HAYDN Symphony No. 96 (“Miracle”)
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
DVORÁK Symphony No. 7
He was plagued by self-doubt and had abandoned his music. But when inspired to compose again, Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote the music that would make him immortal. Thundering Cuban keyboard master Horacio Gutiérrez performs Rachmaninoff's ravishing Second Piano Concerto. And Ji?í B?lohlávek conducts two Cleveland Orchestra specialties – Haydn's "Miracle" Symphony, and Dvo?ák's spirited Symphony No. 7. |