Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra 2008-2009 Season

Dr. Victor H. Liva, Music Director

William Slocum, Director Emeritus


(musical score)
Sunday, October 12, 2008 3:00 p.m.
Music of Nations: Germany
Cuyahoga Community College (map)
Western Campus Theater
11000 West Pleasant Valley Road, Parma
Victor Liva, conductor
Cara Tweed, violin
Mendelssohn:  Violin Concerto
BeethovenSymphony No. 6
(flute)
Two performances in December --

 

Sunday, December 7, 2008 3:00 p.m.
Family Concert with Verb Ballets
Cuyahoga Community College (map)
Western Campus Theater 
11000 West Pleasant Valley Road, Parma
Victor Liva, conductor
Verb Ballets, Hernando Cortez, Artistic Director;
Margaret Carlson, Executive Director

 

Prokofiev:   Peter and the Wolf, narrated by John Simna
With Verb Ballets; choreography by Hernando Cortez, Artistic Director
Rimsky-Korsakov:   Christmas Eve Suite
Strauss:   Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz

 

Saturday, December 13, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Special Holiday Concert
Zion United Church of Christ (link)
2716 West 14th Street, Cleveland

 

Victor Liva, conductor
Rimsky-Korsakov:   Christmas Eve Suite
Strauss:   Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
Prokofiev:   Peter and the Wolf, narrated by John Simna
With traditional music for the holiday season
(violin)

 

 

Sunday, January 18, 2009 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
Cuyahoga Community College (map)
Metropolitan Campus Auditorium
Woodland Avenue at East 30th Street, Cleveland

 

Victor Liva, conductor
Obie Shelton, violin
William Grant Still: Festive Overture
Beethoven: Romance in F for Violin
Select Spirituals arranged for Violin & Orchestra
Free Concert – Tickets are required
Contact Tri-C for ticket information
216-987-4805
(horn)  
Sunday, March 1, 2009 3:00 p.m.
Music of Nations: Russia
Lakewood Civic Auditorium(map)
14100 Franklin Boulevard, Lakewood
Victor Liva, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Elegie for String Orchestra
With the Lakewood High School Chamber Orchestra
Elizabeth Hankins, Director
Shostakovich; Cello Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

    

Sunday, April 5, 2009 3:00 p.m.
Music of Nations: Scandinavia
Cuyahoga Community College (map)
Western Campus Theater 
11000 West Pleasant Valley Road, Parma
Birch Browning, guest conductor
John Perrine, Saxophone
Nielsen:  Prelude to Act II from "Saul and David"
Larsson:  Saxophone Concerto
Sibelius:  Symphony No. 5
(oboe)

    

Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:00 p.m.
Music of Nations: Great Britain
Lakewood Civic Auditorium(map)
14100 Franklin Boulevard, Lakewood
Victor Liva, conductor
Stephanie Lee, Piano, winner of the 2009 Schumacher Young Artist Competition
ElgarSerenade for Strings
With the Lakewood High School Chamber Orchestra
Elizabeth Hankins, Director

 

Tickets:
 Music of Nations series:
$10 for adults; $7 for seniors; $5 for students.
Children age 5 and under are admitted free.

Special Concerts:
Dec. 7 - Adult/Senior, $12; Student, $8
Dec. 13 - all tickets $15 or 2 for $25; call Zion UCC 216-861-2371
Coupon and ticket discount offers apply to "Music of Nations" series only.

For information call 216-556-1800 or email:admin@clevephil.org
All programs and artists are subject to change.
Seating is general admission.

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