2012 2-CONCERT SERIES

Friday, March 2 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 3 at 8 p.m.

Nicola Luisotti, conductor
Dawn Upshaw, soprano

VERDI Triumphal March and Ballet Music from Aïda
GOLIJOV Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra (Miami Premiere)
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

This vibrant program, spanning five continents and three centuries, takes you on a musical journey around the world. Experience the radiant voice of American soprano Dawn Upshaw in the Miami premiere of three hauntingly beautiful songs by Argentinean composer Osvaldo Golijov. The triumphant trumpets of Verdi’s AÏda celebrate an ancient Egyptian victory, and the rallying cry of Prokofiev’s stirring Fifth Symphony summon the Russian people in the darkest hours of World War Two.

Friday, March 23 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 24 at 8 p.m.

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Gabriela Montero, piano

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6
GRIEG Piano Concerto
RESPIGHI The Pines of Rome

Giancarlo Guerrero returns in his inaugural season as Miami Residency Principal Guest Conductor to lead The Cleveland Orchestra in a concert of masterpieces. The evening begins with a musical walk in the woods, presented through Beethoven’s lovingly detailed sixth Symphony, “Pastoral,” complete with the sounds of birdcalls and a thrilling thunderstorm. Venezuelan-American pianist Gabriela Montero joins the Orchestra for Edvard Grieg’s splendidly tuneful and popular Piano Concerto. And the concert closes with brass blazing in Respighi’s masterful The Pines of Rome.

Also on sale now, the 2012 Cleveland Orchestra Miami Family Concert
with Tiempo Libre

Saturday, March 24 at 2 p.m.

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Tiempo Libre
The Cleveland Orchestra

For the 2012 Family Concert, The Cleveland Orchestra partners with one of the hottest young Latin bands today, the three-time Grammy-nominated music group Tiempo Libre, for a program that explores the DNA of orchestral music traditions from its early origins in Africa, through Europe, to the Caribbean and Latin America, to the modern day concert hall.

Join us for a journey of "musical crossings" that pairs Tiempo Libre's high-voltage musicians, classically trained at Cuba's premiere conservatories, with The Cleveland Orchestra, one of the world's top orchestras, in a joyful, dance-inducing, hour-long concert for the entire family!