Thursday, May 3, 2012, 8:00 PM
Friday, May 4, 2012, 11:00AM
Saturday, May 5, 2012, 8:00PM
Koopman conducts Mozart
Severance Hall

The Cleveland Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
Mark Kosower, cello

LOCATELLI - Introduzioen teatrale
BOCCHERINI - Cello Concerto
J.C.F. BACH - Sinfonia No. 20 (not played on Friday performance)
MOZART - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
MOZART - Symphony No. 31 ("Paris")

Sunday, May 6, 2012, 2:00PM
Family Concert — Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Severance Hall

The Cleveland Orchestra
Sasha Mäkilä, conductor
with special guests
Classical Kids Live!

This award-winning production is
based on a lively exchange of letters
between young Christoph and his
uncle about the “madman” in the
apartment upstairs, Ludwig van
Beethoven.  Featuring excerpts from
more than 20 of the composer’s most
beloved works.

Thursday, May 10, 2012, 8:00PM
Friday, May 11, 2012, 7:00PM
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 8:00PM
Sunday, May 13, 2012, 3:00PM
Stravinsky's Firebird
Severance Hall

The Cleveland Orchestra
Lionel Bringuier, conductor*
Alisa Weilerstein, cello

KODÁLY - Dances of Galánta (not played on Friday)
SHOSTAKOVICH - Cello Concerto No. 1
ROUSSEL - The Spider's Feast (not played on Friday)
STRAVINSKY - The Firebird Suite

Saturday, May 19, 2012, 8:00PM
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 8:00PM (Carnegie Hall, New York)
Saturday, May 26, 2012, 8:00PM
Salome — Opera-in-Concert
Severance Hall

The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor*
Nina Stemme, soprano
Rudolf Schasching, baritone
Jane Henschel, mezzo-soprano
Eric Owens, baritone
Garrett Sorenson, tenor

Sung in German with projected English supertitles.

*Sasha Mäkilä, Assistant Conductor