Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Severance Hall
SWAN LAKE
The Cleveland Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Franklin Cohen, clarinet
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (excerpts)
Cleveland favorite Osmo Vänskä returns to Severance Hall with a program of inspired and divergent sounds. The concert begins with a classically-informed work from Finland’s greatest composer, the majestic Third Symphony of Jean Sibelius. The Orchestra’s Principal Clarinet Franklin Cohen then stars as soloist in Aaron Copland’s jazz-infused Clarinet Concerto, written for and first performed by Benny Goodman. And after intermission, the magical sounds of Tchaikovsky’s first great ballet, Swan Lake, come to life under Vänskä's baton. Considered a failure when it premiered, this fairytale ballet conquered the world only after choreographer Marius Petipa refashioned the story and dance to match Tchaikovsky’s masterful music.
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