The Cleveland Orchestra November 13-15 Concerts

NOVEMBER 13 – 15, 2025

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Mahler’s Sixth Symphony

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THIS WEEK ’S PROGRAM

Mahler’s Sixth Symphony Tugan Sokhiev, conductor PRO GR AM NOTE S:

Mad Song

by Geoffrey Gordon • PAGE 10

Symphony No. 6 in A minor, “Tragic”

by Gustav Mahler • PAGE 14

Conductor & Artist Biographies • PAGE 23 PAG E 35

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I N T HE N EWS Noteworthy happenings at The Cleveland Orchestra PAG E 4 4

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I N TRO DU C TI ON

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GUSTAV MAHLER WAS A TORTURED SOUL who poured a life of tragedy into his powerful musical oeuvre. His first symphonies were composed under the pall of lost love, and his later works were tinged with the tragic loss of his eldest daughter, Maria Anna, and his own struggles with the heart condition that would eventually kill him.

In the middle of this troubled life, however, his wife, Alma, cast a warm glow. Gustav and Alma fell deeply in love when they first met, and within a year, they were married with a daughter.

Their second daughter arrived two years later, while Mahler was completing his Sixth Symphony — the centerpiece of this weekend’s concerts led by guest conductor Tugan Sokhiev.

Despite the joy at the center of Mahler’s life, dissatisfaction still dogged him, and he made significant changes to the symphony while preparing its premiere — switching the order of the second and third movements and decreasing the number of hammer blows in the final movement from five to three to two. Alma later claimed that these were “blows of fate,” and they have been posthumously read as representing the loss of Maria Anna and Mahler’s own heart condition. Like this interpretation, the nickname “Tragic” came along after the happy period in which Mahler composed this work.

Over 100 years earlier, William Blake published his Songs of Innocence and of Experience (see Blake’s own illustration above) — an equally apt title for Mahler’s symphony, written at a moment of blissful ignorance that, unbeknownst to him, would come to encapsulate impending tragedies.

Composer Geoffrey Gordon’s musical interpretation of Blake’s poem, “Mad Song,” is a perfect musical antecedent to Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. The solo English horn — played here by The Cleveland Orchestra’s own Robert Walters (see also page 35) — represents the poem’s speaker, wallowing in the comfort of darkness and unable to trust the hope of impending dawn. Meanwhile, the concerto’s orchestral timbres and rotational form feel reminiscent of Mahler and yet completely unique to Gordon’s contemporary voice. — Ellen Sauer Tanyeri Ellen Sauer Tanyeri is The Cleveland Orchestra’s archives & editorial assistant and is a PhD candidate in musicology at Case Western Reserve University.

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Mahler’s Sixth Symphony Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 7:30 PM Friday, November 14, 2025, at 7:30 PM Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 7:30 PM

Concert Preview with Roger Klein Reinberger Chamber Hall one hour prior to performance

Tugan Sokhiev, conductor Geoffrey Gordon (b. 1968)

Mad Song Concerto for English horn and Orchestra after the poem by William Blake

20 minutes

I. The wild winds weep, And the night is a-cold — II. Lo! to the vault Of paved heaven — III. Like a fiend in a cloud With howling woe Robert Walters, English horn

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)

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20 minutes

Symphony No. 6 in A minor, “Tragic”

80 minutes

I. Allegro energico, ma non troppo II. Andante moderato III. Scherzo IV. Finale Total approximate running time: 2 hours

PHOTO OF ROBERT WALTERS BY ROGER MASTROIANNI

On November 14, immediately following the performance, join us in the Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer for an opportunity to meet members of the Orchestra’s brass and percussion sections.

Thursday night’s concert is dedicated to the memory of Herbert E. and Marie Strawbridge in recognition of their love for The Cleveland Orchestra. clevelandorchestra.com

Also throughout the weekend: Visit the Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer to view a special exhibit and join a free panel discussion on November 15 to celebrate the centenary of composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, presented in partnership with the Cleveland State University School of Music and The Cleveland Museum of Art. See page 18 for more information.

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THE MUS I C

Mad Song Concerto for English horn and Orchestra after the poem by William Blake

by Geoffrey Gordon BORN : August 28, 1968, in Flint, Michigan

▶ COMPOSED: 2020 ▶ WORLD PREMIERE : November 17, 2022, featuring soloist Dimitri Mestdag, with Eduardo Strausser conducting the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra ▶ These concerts mark the first Cleveland Orchestra performances and the US premiere of Geoffrey Gordon’s Mad Song. ▶ ORCHESTRATION : 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (2nd doubling E-flat clarinet), bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (vibraphone, glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, bass drum, cymbals, tam-tams, gongs, triangles, crotales, mark tree, temple blocks, tubular bells, vibraslap), piano, celesta, harp, and strings, plus solo English horn

THE ENGLISH POET AND PAINTER

William Blake (1757 – 1827) claimed from a young age that he had prophetic dreams of God, Satan, heaven, eternity, and dead friends and relations, pouring the spiritual and emotional energy of these reveries into his literary and artistic works. His visions helped him develop a singular voice and aesthetic philosophy, but they also created a distance between him and other writers of his era, like William Wordsworth, who was fascinated by Blake but said, “There was no doubt that this poor man was mad.”

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Blake’s “Mad Song” (see page 12), originally published in his 1783 volume Poetical Sketches, is written from the perspective of someone who has known ostracism and isolation. Initially, the speaker presents as a tortured insomniac, expressing dread about the approaching dawn as a storm rages in the background and “the wild winds weep.” In the middle stanza, he reveals his agency, acknowledging that it is his own cries UK-based American composer Geoffrey Gordon’s impressive output includes works for orchestra, solo instruments, chorus, and chamber ensembles of various groupings.

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▶ DURATION : about 20 minutes

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THE MUSI C

“Mad Song”

by William Blake (c. 1783) The wild winds weep, And the night is a-cold; Come hither, Sleep, And my griefs infold: But lo! the morning peeps Over the eastern steeps, And the rustling birds of dawn The earth do scorn.

Lo! to the vault Of paved heaven,

that “make mad the roaring winds.”

By the third and final stanza, the speaker displays an understanding of his own idiosyncratic point of view, identifying himself as “a fiend in a cloud” and explaining that he turns his back on the clarity and brightness that gives others comfort because “light doth seize my brain / With frantic pain.”

“Mad Song” is full of sounds — the “rustling birds of dawn” and the speaker’s “howling woe,” to name two — and the throbbing resonances of the text make the poem a particularly fruitful site for musical adaptations. Several composers over the years have set the text for voice,

With sorrow fraught My notes are driven: They strike the ear of night, Make weep the eyes of day; They make mad the roaring winds, And with tempests play.

Like a fiend in a cloud With howling woe, After night I do crowd, And with night will go; I turn my back to the east, From whence comforts have increas’d; For light doth seize my brain With frantic pain.

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The text of this Mad Song speaks for itself — riveting, harrowing, full of passion and madness.

Who wouldn’t want to score that? Seize my brain, indeed.

— Geoffrey Gordon

but in his 2020 concerto Mad Song, Song American composer Geoffrey Gordon chose to represent the guttural cries of the poem’s subject with the reedy sound of an English horn.

In a 2024 recording of the concerto with soloist Dimitri Mestdag and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gordon recalls in the liner notes how “William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience lit my love of poetry in college. I have been looking for a way to write a Blake-inspired work ever since. … The text of this Mad Song speaks for itself — riveting,

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harrowing, full of passion and madness.

Who wouldn’t want to score that? Seize my brain, indeed.” In many of his works, Gordon chooses underappreciated members of the orchestra to tackle literary and mythic source material.

The English horn is strongly associated with pastoral contexts; for example, it plays a lonely shepherd’s call in the third movement of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique (“Scene in the Country”).

It is haunting to hear this instrument of forests and fields instead embody the crazed subject of “Mad Song,” who scorns the comforts of such bucolic imagery and wishes to remain ensconced in night and misery.

Gordon uses the three stanzas of the poem as inspiration for the concerto’s three continuously played movements.

In the opening, he writes violent swells in the percussion and brass, along with swirling sweeps and trills in the winds, bringing the stormy scene to life. The English horn’s entries are obsessed with a nagging, lamenting, falling half step.

Even when the soloist has explosive figures that traverse the range of the instrument, these moments of turbulence often come to settle on that simple, narrow interval. Close to the end of the first movement, the harp offers a few consolatory arpeggios, glimpses of dawn that only drive the music further into darkness.

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English painter Thomas Phillips created this famous portrait of William Blake in 1807, when the poet was 50.

It now hangs in London’s National Portrait Gallery.

from the soloist give the music the slightest hint of pastoral calm, but the percussion and brass continually interrupt with menacing chirps, those desperate notes that “strike the ear of night.”

These cries eventually take over the texture, leading to a thunderous climax and a cadenza in which the soloist develops the half-step idea, presenting it more and more frantically.

The orchestra reenters for the third movement, which begins with violent statements from the timpani and, after a section of glassy stillness, builds to a final, desperate expression of “howling woe.”

— Nicky Swett Cellist, writer, and music researcher Nicky Swett holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, where he was a Gates Scholar. He serves as a regular program annotator for concert presenters across the US and UK, including the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York Philharmonic, Music@Menlo, the BBC, and Wigmore Hall.

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THE MUSI C

Symphony No. 6 in A minor, “Tragic”

by Gustav Mahler BORN : July 7, 1860, in Kalischt, Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic) DIED : May 18, 1911, in Vienna

▶ COMPOSED: 1903 – 04 ▶ WORLD PREMIERE : May 27, 1906, with the composer conducting ▶ CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PREMIERE : October 12, 1967, led by Music Director George Szell ▶ ORCHESTRATION : 4 flutes (3rd and 4th doubling piccolo), piccolo, 4 oboes (3rd and 4th doubling English horn), English horn, 3 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons, contrabassoon, 8 horns, 6 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (xylophone, glockenspiel, snare drums, bass drum, cymbals, tam-tams, triangles, rattle, cowbells, rute, hammer, offstage bells), harps, celesta, and strings ▶ DURATION : about 80 minutes

GUSTAV MAHLER’S REGULAR ROUTINE , during the years when he was music director of the Vienna Court Opera (now the Vienna State Opera), was to devote the winter months to the opera house and the summer months to composition. To both activities, he devoted a heroic work ethic and a fanatical concentration, and it helped him for his “summer job” to get away from the city to work in total tranquility.

To this end, he built himself a villa at Maiernigg on the shores of the Wörthersee (a lake in southern Austria), with a further refuge being a small composing hut set away in the woods. The Fifth,

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Sixth, and Seventh symphonies were the astonishing fruit of this regimen.

These were happy years for Mahler.

He married the beautiful Alma Schindler in 1902, and she gave birth to their first child the same year. A second daughter was born in 1904. Mahler’s works were played with increasing frequency in Germany and Holland, and with his post at the Opera, he had reached the pinnacle of the musical profession. He was 43, rich, and in the prime of life.

Gustav and Alma Mahler enjoying a walk in the Alpine hills of Toblach, Italy, in 1909. It is in this region that Mahler composed his final works before his death in 1911.

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THE MUSI C

How then can we explain how the Sixth Symphony acquired the nickname, the “Tragic”? Like Schubert’s Fourth Symphony, on which Schubert himself wrote the German word Tragische even though the music is far from tragic in character, Mahler himself allowed the term to be applied to his Sixth, then later repressed it. Hindsight has played more part in the interpretation of this work than any other, and there is evidence that Mahler too saw his music in a different light when his life was darkened by tragedy.

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whether Mahler called for two or three (both reduced from the original five). In a huge orchestra with extensive percussion, it is merely a reinforcement to add a hammer to the already heavy thud of the bass drum. A hammer itself is not tragedy until it is described as a “hammer-blow of fate,” which Alma says Mahler came to interpret those moments in the finale.

The fateful three blows in the composer’s own life fell in quick succession in 1907, three years after the completion of the Sixth Symphony. He was diagnosed with a heart lesion, which eventually proved fatal; he resigned under heavy pressure from the Opera; and his adored elder daughter, Maria Anna, died at age 4.

He is said to have removed the third hammer blow from the score as a portent of his own death.

Then there is the curious fact that during the composition of the Fifth Symphony (before he had children of his own), Mahler had begun to set five poems by Friedrich Rückert: Kindertotenlieder, or Songs on the Death of Children. Surely, it is argued by those wanting to find it, his life was prophetically encoded in his own music.

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Many of Mahler’s works were controversial at first for their massive performing forces.

This Austrian cartoon from 1907 satirizes the Sixth Symphony specifically, with a caption that reads, “My God, I’ve forgotten the motor-horn! Now I shall have to write another symphony.”

To these points can the case for the Sixth Symphony as “Tragic” be made.

The evidence of our ears, meanwhile, places the arguments almost entirely on the other side. Any large work will encompass moods of every kind, including passages that might be dark and foreboding — but here, for much of the work, we have music that lifts the heart and seems to sing with the birds of summer.

The final bars conclude in the minor key, it is true, but these two pages cannot overturn the impression of the rest.

feet. Then there are hymn-like passages or chorales, sometimes reminiscent of Bruckner’s style. The second section of the first movement is such a passage, played by the winds over occasional plucked-string pizzicatos.

Taken as a whole, Mahler’s achievement in a purely orchestral work of such a size as the Sixth is remarkable, especially since the listener is free to determine its character. The “tragic” label may be right for some, but others will surely find in this music a broad landscape of great

A hammer itself is not tragedy until it is described as a “hammer-blow of fate,” which tradition says Mahler came to interpret those moments in the finale.

The two middle movements in particular, the Andante and the Scherzo, are respectively serene and light. Mahler originally placed the quick Scherzo second and the slower Andante third. At the first performance in February 1906, he decided to reverse the order and later always performed it as such. By that time, though, publishers had already printed the score with the Scherzo second. Arguments for the suitability of either sequence can be easily made, and it is normally the conductor’s choice in today’s performances.

Certain types of musical character are important in this work. March tempos, always a favorite for Mahler, appear in the first and last movements, and are especially striking at the beginning, as if to convey the stamping tread of marching clevelandorchestra.com

beauty, full of life and color, neither threatening nor doomed, a landscape wherein we may all enjoy the deepest satisfactions and always find something to smile at.

— adapted from a note by Hugh Macdonald Hugh Macdonald is Avis H. Blewett Professor Emeritus of Music at Washington University in St. Louis. He has written books on Beethoven, Berlioz, Bizet, and Scriabin, as well as Music in 1853: The Biography of a Year.

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Tugan Sokhiev INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED conductor Tugan Sokhiev divides his time between the symphonic and operatic repertoire, guest conducting the most prestigious orchestras around the world.

Sokhiev enjoys close relationships with orchestras such as the Vienna, Berlin, and Munich philharmonics, the orchestras of the Dresden and Berlin Staatskapelle, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Outside Europe, he is invited to conduct the finest US orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Boston and Chicago symphony orchestras, and spends several weeks each season with the NHK Symphony Orchestra. As music director of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse from 2008 to 2022, Sokhiev led numerous successful concert seasons, including several world premieres and numerous tours abroad, propelling the orchestra to international prominence.

Sokhiev began the 2025 – 26 season conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, with concerts in Vienna, Bratislava, Hamburg, and Luxembourg, and rejoined the orchestra in October for their gala concert on the occasion of the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss, Jr. Further highlights of the season include concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic, his debut with The Cleveland Orchestra, a new production of Tannhäuser at the Zurich Opera, and returns to the Orchestre

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Philharmonique de Radio France, Luxembourg Philharmonic, and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

Sokhiev’s discography includes recordings with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse on Naïve and Warner Classics, winning the Diapason d’Or in 2020. His recordings with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, where he was principal conductor from 2012 to 2016, are available on Sony Classical.

One of the last students of legendary teacher Ilya Musin at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Sokhiev is eager to share his expertise with future generations of musicians, leading him in 2016 to found the International Conducting Academy in Toulouse. He also works with the young musicians of the Angelika Prokopp Summer Academy of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Academy. He is honoured to be a patron of the Philharmonic Brass Education Program and was extremely proud to collaborate with the Philharmonic Brass on their first CD. | 23

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Tuesday, December 16, at 5:30 PM | Severance Music Center Relish in a joyful cocktail reception with live music and wrap up your holiday shopping in the boutique marketplace filled with local artisanal goods. Then, enjoy a private holiday concert by your Cleveland Orchestra, followed by an exquisite three-course dinner in Severance’s iconic Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer.

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THE ARTIST

Robert Walters, Solo English Horn

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SAMUEL C. AND BERNETTE K . JAFFE CHAIR ROBERT WALTERS HAS BEEN the solo English horn player of The Cleveland Orchestra since 2004. A fourth-generation college music professor, Walters has taught at Oberlin Conservatory since 2006 and was appointed professor of oboe and English horn in 2010. His students have secured positions in many leading orchestras throughout the United States.

Walters has appeared as a soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra on numerous occasions, performing the works of Rorem, Pēteris Vasks, J.S. Bach, Copland, and Bernard Rands. He has also made guest solo appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Beijing Radio Symphony, China Film Philharmonic, Qingdao Symphony Orchestra, New York Chamber Soloists, and The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.

Walters was formerly the solo English horn player with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He has performed and recorded with The Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic and was an active freelance musician in New York City for many years. He also spent five summers at the Marlboro Music Festival and toured as a member of Musicians from Marlboro.

Walters has taught and performed at the Aspen Music Festival and School,

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Bard Music Festival, Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Domaine Forget, Hidden Valley Music Seminars, Music Academy of the West, New World Symphony, Rice University, and Curtis Institute of Music. He was recently featured as a solo artist on NPR’s Performance Today and on the PBS Great Performances series Now Hear This.

A native of Los Angeles and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, Walters is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Richard Woodhams, and Columbia University, where he earned an MFA in poetry.

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AB OU T TH E CLEV EL AN D O RCH ESTR A NOW FIRMLY IN ITS SECOND CENTURY , The Cleveland Orchestra, under the leadership of Franz Welser-Möst since 2002, is one of the most sought-after performing ensembles in the world.

Year after year, the ensemble exemplifies extraordinary artistic excellence, creative programming, and community engagement. In recent years, The New York Times has called Cleveland “the best in America” for its virtuosity, elegance of sound, variety of color, and chamber-like musical cohesion.

Founded by Adella Prentiss Hughes, the Orchestra performed its inaugural concert in December 1918. By the middle of the century, decades of growth and sustained support had turned the ensemble into one of the most admired around the world.

The past decade has seen an increasing number of young people attending concerts, bringing fresh attention to The Cleveland Orchestra’s legendary sound and committed programming. More recently, the Orchestra launched several bold digital projects, including the streaming platform Adella.live and its own recording label. Together, they have captured the Orchestra’s unique artistry and the musical achievements of the Welser-Möst and Cleveland Orchestra partnership.

The 2025 – 26 season marks Franz Welser-Möst’s 24th year as Music Director, a period in which The Cleveland

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Orchestra has earned unprecedented acclaim around the world, including a series of residencies at the Musikverein in Vienna, the first of its kind by an American orchestra, and a number of celebrated opera presentations.

Since 1918, seven music directors — Nikolai Sokoloff, Artur Rodziński, Erich Leinsdorf, George Szell, Lorin Maazel, Christoph von Dohnányi, and Franz Welser-Möst — have guided and shaped the ensemble’s growth and sound. Through concerts at home and on tour, broadcasts, and a catalog of acclaimed recordings, The Cleveland Orchestra is heard today by a growing group of fans around the world.

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THE CLEV EL AN D ORC HESTR A

Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director KELVIN SMITH FAMILY CHAIR FIRST VIOLINS

SECOND VIOLINS

CELLOS

PICCOLO

Joel Link

Stephen Rose* Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair

Mark Kosower* Louis D. Beaumont Chair

Mary Kay Fink Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair

CONCERTMASTER

Blossom-Lee Chair Jung-Min Amy Lee ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair

Stephen Tavani ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Dr. Ronald H. Krasney Chair

Wei-Fang Gu Drs. Paul M. and Renate H. Duchesneau Chair Kim Gomez Elizabeth and Leslie Kondorossy Chair Chul-In Park Harriet T. and David L. Simon Chair Miho Hashizume Theodore Rautenberg Chair

Eli Matthews1 Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair Jason Yu2 James and Donna Reid Chair Sonja Braaten Molloy Carolyn Gadiel Warner Elayna Duitman Ioana Missits Jeffrey Zehngut^

Richard Weiss1 The GAR Foundation Chair Charles Bernard2 Helen Weil Ross Chair Bryan Dumm Muriel and Noah Butkin Chair Tanya Ell Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Chair Ralph Curry

Kathleen Collins

Brian Thornton William P. Blair III Chair

Beth Woodside

David Alan Harrell

Emma Shook Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair

Martha Baldwin

Yun-Ting Lee Deborah L. Neale Chair Jiah Chung Chapdelaine

Dane Johansen Marguerite and James Rigby Chair

OBOES Frank Rosenwein* Edith S. Taplin Chair Corbin Stair Sharon and Yoash Wiener Chair Jeffrey Rathbun2 Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair Robert Walters

ENGLISH HORN Robert Walters Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaffe Chair

CLARINETS

Paul Kushious

Afendi Yusuf* Robert Marcellus Chair

Jeanne Preucil Rose Larry J.B. and Barbara S. Robinson Chair

Liyuan Xie

BASSES

Gawon Kim

Alicia Koelz Oswald and Phyllis Lerner Gilroy Chair

Maximilian Dimoff* Clarence T. Reinberger Chair

Robert Woolfrey Victoire G. and Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Chair

VIOLAS

Charles Paul1 Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair

Daniel McKelway2 Robert R. and Vilma L. Kohn Chair

Derek Zadinsky2

Amy Zoloto

Yu Yuan Patty and John Collinson Chair

Wesley Collins* Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair

Mark Atherton

Isabel Trautwein Trevor and Jennie Jones Chair

Gareth Zehngut1^ Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair

Katherine Bormann

Stanley Konopka2

Analise Handke Gladys B. Goetz Chair

Mark Jackobs Jean Wall Bennett Chair

Henry Peyrebrune Charles Barr Memorial Chair

Zhan Shu

Lisa Boyko Richard and Nancy Sneed Chair

Scott Dixon

Richard Waugh

HARP

Lembi Veskimets The Morgan Sisters Chair

Trina Struble* Alice Chalifoux Chair

Eliesha Nelson^ Anthony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris Chair

FLUTES

Gareth Thomas

Joshua Smith* Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Chair

Jonathan Sherwin

Saeran St. Christopher

Jonathan Sherwin

Youngji Kim Paul and Lucille Jones Chair Genevieve Smelser

This roster lists full-time members of The Cleveland Orchestra. The number and seating of musicians on stage varies depending on the piece being performed. Seating within the string sections rotates on a periodic basis.

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Joanna Patterson Zakany William Bender Thomas Lauria and Christopher Lauria Chair

Thomas Sperl

Charles Carleton Brandon Mason

Jessica Sindell2^ Austin B. and Ellen W. Chinn Chair Mary Kay Fink

E-FLAT CLARINET Daniel McKelway Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair

BASS CLARINET Amy Zoloto Myrna and James Spira Chair

BASSOONS John Clouser* Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair

CONTRABASSOON

HORNS

TROMBONES

PERCUSSION

CONDUCTORS

Nathaniel Silberschlag* George Szell Memorial Chair

Brian Wendel* Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair

Marc Damoulakis* Margaret Allen Ireland Chair

Christoph von Dohnányi †

Thomas Sherwood

Taichi Fukumura

Tanner Tanyeri

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Jesse McCormick Robert B. Benyo Chair

Richard Stout Alexander and Marianna C. McAfee Chair

Hans Clebsch

Shachar Israel2

Richard King

BASS TROMBONE

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS

Meghan Guegold Hege^

Luke Sieve

TRUMPETS

EUPHONIUM & BASS TRUMPET

Michael Mayhew§ Knight Foundation Chair

Michael Sachs* Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair

Carolyn Gadiel Warner Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair

ENDOWED CHAIRS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED

TIMPANI

Virginia M. Lindseth, PhD, Chair

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Sidney and Doris Dworkin Chair DIRECTOR OF CHORUSES

Yasuhito Sugiyama* Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair

Michael Miller

PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR & MUSICAL ADVISOR OF THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Lisa Wong

Lyle Steelman2^ James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair

Michael Sachs* Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair

James Feddeck

Michael Ferraguto* Joe and Marlene Toot Chair

TUBA

CORNETS

Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair

LIBRARIAN

Jack Sutte

Michael Miller PHOTO BY AIREONNA McCALL-DUBE

Richard Stout

Peter Nichols

MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE

Zubin Hathi* Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair

Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair

Peter Nichols2 Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Smucker Chair

Sunshine Chair

Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair * Principal § Associate Principal 1

First Assistant Principal

2 Assistant Principal

^ Alum of The Cleveland

Orchestra Youth Orchestra

† In Memoriam

Sandra L. Haslinger Chair Rudolf Serkin Chair

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A Conversation with

Robert Walters Solo English Horn SAMUEL C. AND BERNETTE K. JAFFE CHAIR

In early November, the English horn receives the spotlight as The Cleveland Orchestra’s own Robert Walters performs the US premiere of Geoffrey Gordon’s Mad Song (November 13 – 15). We caught up with Walters to learn more about this fascinating concerto, the preparation involved, and what makes the English horn such a unique instrument.

TCO: How did you come across Geoffrey Gordon and his music? Why did you pick this concerto specifically?

ROBERT: He actually came across me!

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He reached out and said, “I’ve got this new English horn concerto. Would you be interested in giving the US premiere?”

I had heard his name but didn’t know his music, so I said, “Sure, I’ll listen.”

I was immediately struck by how well he writes not just for my instrument, but also for the orchestra. It’s masterful the way he uses every section. Usually, with new music, it takes me a while to form an opinion, but I was taken with this piece right away and knew I wanted to play it.

Principal Trumpet Michael Sachs (left) and Robert Walters (right) share a bow after a performance of Copland’s Quiet City with John Adams and The Cleveland Orchestra in fall 2018.

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What has your preparation process looked like?

Preparation is very important to me. My family has a house in upstate New York, and I spent a lot of time this summer immersing myself in the music. The first stage is to learn the piece, but you also have to practice performing it. Gordon made me a piano reduction so I can play it in various settings and identify problem areas before the first rehearsals with the Orchestra.

Leading up to the Severance performances, I’ve played it for a Bard College masterclass, for my studio at Oberlin, and for several friends and colleagues.

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What makes the English horn stand out as an orchestral instrument and also as a solo voice?

The English horn is sort of the cello version of an oboe. One of the things I love about my job is that my seat on stage is almost part of the cello section.

I have a lot of melodies in unison with the cellos; I watch their bows and the way they vibrate as my model.

In Italian opera houses, an early version of the English horn was called voce umana — the human voice. There is something very human and vocal about the instrument. In general, it’s used for slow, mournful melodies.

My mother used to jokingly call it the “anguish horn” — there’s a lot of pain and pathos that the English horn range is particularly good at expressing.

What I love about this concerto is that there are heartbreaking melodic gestures that are typical for English horn, but there’s also fleet, technical material that breaks out of our typecast.

The construction of the work feels like the William Blake poem it’s based on (Mad Song). There are three stanzas in the poem and three movements in the piece, but it’s through-composed like a Wagner opera. It’s almost like a storyboard for a film — there’s a real sense of narrative and journey.

What are some of the other solo works you’ve played with the Orchestra?

You hear English horn solos a lot if you come to Severance, but you don’t hear it as a concerto instrument that often.

In Italian opera houses, an early version of the English horn was called voce umana — the human voice. There is something very human and vocal about the instrument.

What can audience members listen for in this work? How does it complement the rest of the program?

When I learned the concerto would be paired with Mahler’s Sixth Symphony, I was thrilled. Mahler is one of the undisputed masters of orchestration; his music is fantastic, gripping, and immediate. There’s a similarity with how Gordon writes for orchestra that I think the audience will really hear.

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The first concerto I played in Cleveland was by Ned Rorem, and I did a beautiful concerto by Pēteris Vasks in 2011.

Another career highlight occurred 10 years ago: Oberlin commissioned Bernard Rands to write a concerto for me on the occasion of the Conservatory’s 150th anniversary. I premiered it with The Cleveland Orchestra and then recorded it with the Oberlin Orchestra a few months afterward.

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I love the chance to stand in front of the Orchestra, and the work I put into a concerto certainly raises the level of what I do when I sit inside the Orchestra.

The week after this concerto, we’re performing Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony [November 20–23]. I’m sure playing that famous English horn solo is going to feel much better than usual, having just done the concerto.

Besides this concert, what other ones are you looking forward to this season?

Definitely Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 in Cleveland [January 8 – 10, 2026] and then at Carnegie Hall [January 21, 2026]. There’s a huge English horn solo, clevelandorchestra.com

Robert Walters playing the prominent oboe d’amore solo in Ravel’s Boléro, as seen during the recent Adella broadcast of The Cleveland Orchestra’s season-opening concert.

which is one of the great moments in the repertoire. And we’re also doing Sibelius’s The Swan of Tuonela in Miami [March 27 – 28, 2026]. It’s one of the biggest English horn solos there is, almost like a mini concerto. It’s funny: When I joined The Cleveland Orchestra, I came from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. At that point, I hadn’t played in a symphony orchestra for a long time, and The Swan of Tuonela was on the first rehearsal of my first week on the job in Cleveland! I’m very excited to revisit it again. | 37

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Richard K. Smucker Honored with 2025–26 Distinguished Service Award & Named Leadership Chair THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IS PROUD

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to honor Richard K. Smucker, Chairman Emeritus of The J.M. Smucker Company, with the 2025 – 26 Distinguished Service Award, recognizing his extraordinary leadership as he concludes his tenure as Chairman of the Orchestra’s Board of Trustees. Established in 1996, the institution’s highest award celebrates individuals whose exceptional commitment and service have shaped the Orchestra’s success.

Smucker has served as a Trustee of The Cleveland Orchestra since 1989, contributing his expertise to numerous committees, including Finance, Blossom Board of Overseers, Personnel, Campaign Steering, Nominating and Governance, and Patron Experience. In 2017, he was elected the Orchestra’s 13th Board Chair, succeeding Dennis W. LaBarre, and has since worked in close partnership with the Board’s officers, Executive Committee, and Trustees to provide steady guidance and direction.

As he steps down as Board Chair following a remarkably successful nineAs Richard K. Smucker concludes his tenure as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Cleveland Orchestra honors his decades of leadership and dedicated service with its Distinguished Service Award.

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year tenure, The Cleveland Orchestra also recognizes Smucker’s inspirational stewardship and generosity by creating the Richard K. Smucker President & CEO Chair, its first-ever permanently CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ▶ ▶ ▶

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS 1996 – 97

Dorothy Humel Hovorka, trustee

1997 – 98

David Zauder, trumpet and Orchestra personnel manager

1998 – 99

Ward Smith, trustee

1999 – 2000 Christoph von Dohnányi, music director emeritus 2000 – 01

Gary Hanson, executive director

2001 – 02

John Mack, oboe

2002 – 03

Richard J. Bogomolny, trustee

2003 – 04

Thomas W. Morris, executive director

2004 – 05

Alex Machaskee, trustee

2005 – 06

Klaus G. Roy, program editor and annotator

2006 – 07

Amb. John D. Ong, trustee

2007 – 08

Gerald Hughes, chorus

2008 – 09

Louis Lane, assistant conductor

2009 – 10

Clara Taplin Rankin, trustee

2010 – 11

Robert Conrad, trustee and president of WCLV

2011 – 12

Richard Weiner, percussion

2012 – 13

Milton and Tamar Maltz, trustees

2013 – 14

Pierre Boulez, conductor

2014 – 15

James D. Ireland III, trustee

2015 – 16

Rosemary Klena, assistant to the executive director

2016 – 17

Robert Vernon, viola

2017 – 18

Dennis W. LaBarre, trustee

2018 – 19

Franz Welser-Möst, music director

2019 – 20

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

2021 – 22

Joela Jones, keyboard

2022 – 23

Jane B. Nord, philanthropist

2023 – 24

Robert P. Madison, architect and entrepreneur

2024 – 25

Nancy McCann, cultural arts activist

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named staff position. This endowed chair will forever associate the position of Cleveland Orchestra President & CEO, currently held by André Gremillet, with Smucker’s name and honor his remarkable service, philanthropy, and transformative impact on The Cleveland Orchestra.

“It has been a privilege to work alongside Richard. His passion for music and steadfast belief in the importance of The Cleveland Orchestra, both locally and internationally, have inspired us all.

He has guided this institution with wisdom, generosity, and a deep commitment to our musicians, our audiences, and our community. Establishing this chair in his name in perpetuity is our

way of thanking him for his outstanding leadership and decades of support,” said Gremillet.

Smucker’s leadership and philanthropy have left a lasting impact on the Orchestra’s artistic excellence, financial strength, and deep connection to the community.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD COMMITTEE Katherine T. O’Neill, chair Richard J. Bogomolny Helen Rankin Butler David J. Hooker Richard J. Kramer Dennis W. LaBarre Nancy W. McCann Meredith Smith Weil

S. LEE KOHRMAN , Honorary Trustee for Life of The Cleveland Orchestra, passed away on August 20, just shy of his 98th birthday.

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Lee joined the Board of the Musical Arts Association in 2002 and offered guidance as a member of its Investment Committee (since 2003), Audit Committee (since 2005), and Finance Committee (since 2005). He was elected Trustee Emeritus in 2019 and named Honorary Trustee for Life in 2022.

Lee was not only a dedicated and trusted steward of this institution but also a cherished member of the Cleveland community. His integrity, wisdom, and leadership left lasting impressions on all who crossed his path. We extend our deepest condolences to Lee’s family and join them in celebrating his legacy.

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IN MEMORIAM : S. Lee Kohrman

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JANUARY 20

JANUARY 23 & 24

VERDI’S REQUIEM

VERDI’S REQUIEM

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Asmik Grigorian, soprano Deniz Uzun, mezzo-soprano Joshua Guerrero, tenor Tareq Nazmi, bass The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Asmik Grigorian, soprano Deniz Uzun, mezzo-soprano Joshua Guerrero, tenor Tareq Nazmi, bass The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

VERDI Requiem

VERDI Requiem

JANUARY 21

JANUARY 28

MOZART’S JUPITER SYMPHONY

ITZHAK PERLMAN: CINEMA SERENADE

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Taichi Fukumura, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin

MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905”

JANUARY 30 & 31

BRONFMAN PLAYS BEETHOVEN For more information about all upcoming TCO events — in Cleveland and around the globe — visit clevelandorchestra.com

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

MARCH 27 & 28

THE RITE OF SPRING Rafael Payare, conductor Sergey Khachatryan, violin with members of the New World Symphony PERLMAN

SIBELIUS The Swan of Tuonela SIBELIUS Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

MARCH 29

THE PRINCESS BRIDE

WELSER-MÖST

Lucas Waldin, conductor Full film with live orchestral underscore

GRIGORIAN BRONFMAN

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CALE N DAR FALL NOV 20 – 23 DVOŘÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY

FEB 5 – 7 HADELICH PLAYS MENDELSSOHN Antonello Manacorda, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin

REVUELTAS La Noche de los Mayas* DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No. 2 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”

NOV 28 – 30 YUJA WANG PLAYS RAVEL

FEB 12 & 14 HANNIGAN CONDUCTS GERSHWIN

Petr Popelka, conductor Yuja Wang, piano

Barbara Hannigan, conductor Johanna Wallroth, soprano

RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand LIGETI Concerto for Piano and Orchestra MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition

CRUMB A Haunted Landscape RUGGLES Sun-Treader BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915 GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. Bennett)

Dalia Stasevska, conductor

DEC 4 – 6 HANDEL’S MESSIAH Bernard Labadie, conductor Liv Redpath, soprano Tim Mead, countertenor Andrew Haji, tenor Philippe Sly, bass-baritone The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

RECITAL FEB 17 MAO FUJITA IN RECITAL Mao Fujita, piano Works by Beethoven, Wagner, Berg, Mendelssohn, and Brahms

FEB 19 – 21 FRENZIED TANGO

HANDEL Messiah

John Adams, conductor Aaron Diehl, piano

WINTER

IVES From Greenland’s Icy Mountains* TIMO ANDRES Made of Tunes JOHN ADAMS Frenzy: a short symphony PIAZZOLLA La Mufa (arr. Adams)* PIAZZOLLA Oblivion (arr. Adams)* PIAZZOLLA Libertango (arr. Adams)

JAN 8 – 10 MOZART’S JUPITER SYMPHONY Franz Welser-Möst, conductor MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905”

JAN 15, 17 & 18 VERDI’S REQUIEM Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Asmik Grigorian, soprano Deniz Uzun, mezzo-soprano Joshua Guerrero, tenor Tareq Nazmi, bass The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus VERDI Requiem

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FEB 26 – 28 STRAUSS’S DON JUAN Alain Altinoglu, conductor Alisa Weilerstein, cello UNSUK CHIN Cello Concerto R . STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks R . STRAUSS Don Juan

MAR 5, 7 & 8 BRAHMS’S THIRD SYMPHONY Jakub Hrůša, conductor BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 MARTINŮ Symphony No. 3 KAPRÁLOVÁ Military Sinfonietta

MAR 12 – 15 BEETHOVEN’S FATEFUL FIFTH Elim Chan, conductor Michael Sachs, trumpet STRAVINSKY Suite from Pulcinella HAYDN Trumpet Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

RECITAL MAR 17 THE KANNEH-MASONS IN RECITAL Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano Works by Mendelssohn, N. Boulanger, R. Schumann, and Clarke

MAR 19 – 21 CHAN CONDUCTS BARTÓK Elim Chan, conductor Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin DANIEL KIDANE Sun Poem* BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 1 BARTÓK Dance Suite* SCRIABIN The Poem of Ecstasy

SPRING APR 2 – 4 DEBUSSY’S LA MER Daniele Rustioni, conductor Paul Jacobs, organ FAURÉ Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande POULENC Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Timpani CASELLA Italia DEBUSSY La mer

clevelandorchestra.com APR 9 – 11 SCHUBERT & SHOSTAKOVICH Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor Sol Gabetta, cello SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 2 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9, “The Great”

RECITAL APR 16 ALEXANDRE KANTOROW IN RECITAL Alexandre Kantorow, piano Works by J.S. Bach, Medtner, Chopin, Scriabin, and Beethoven

APR 23, 25 & 26 BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEM

APR 30 & MAY 2 MENDELSSOHN’S REFORMATION SYMPHONY Jörg Widmann, conductor JÖRG WIDMANN Fanfare for Ten Brass Instruments JÖRG WIDMANN Con brio JÖRG WIDMANN Danse macabre MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”

RECITAL MAY 5 MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN & MARIA JOÃO PIRES IN RECITAL Marc-André Hamelin, piano Maria João Pires, piano Program to be announced

Daniel Harding, conductor Tamara Wilson, soprano Andrew Staples, tenor Ludwig Mittelhammer, baritone The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus BRITTEN War Requiem

MAY 7 – 9 WAGNER’S GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Jörg Widmann, clarinet PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, “Classical” OLGA NEUWIRTH Zones of Blue* WAGNER Excerpts from Götterdämmerung

MAY 16, 21 & 24 BEETHOVEN’S FIDELIO Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Malin Byström, soprano (Leonore) David Butt Philip, tenor (Florestan) Tomasz Konieczny, bass-baritone (Don Pizarro) Martin Summer, bass (Rocco) Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (Don Fernando) Ashley Emerson, soprano (Marzelline) Owen McCausland, tenor (Jaquino) The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus BEETHOVEN Fidelio Opera presentation sung in German with projected supertitles

MAY 22 HERO’S SONG Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin Trina Struble, harp ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed BACEWICZ Symphony No. 4 JÜRI REINVERE Concerto for Violin, Harp, and Orchestra DVOŘÁK Hero’s Song * Not performed on the Friday matinee concert

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Behind every powerful performance is a community of supporters who bring the music to life. We are deeply thankful for the generosity of every member of The Cleveland Orchestra family.

To learn more, visit clevelandorchestra.com/give Adella Prentiss Hughes Society Gifts of $1,000,000 & more Mr. & Mrs.* Geoffrey Gund Haslam 3 Foundation Joan Y. Horvitz* Anne H. & Tom H. Jenkins Milton & Tamar Maltz Mrs. Jane B. Nord Mr. & Mrs.* Richard K. Smucker Gifts of $200,000 to $999,999 The Musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra (in-kind contribution for community programs and opportunities to secure funding) Bruce* & Eleanor Kendrick Dr.* & Mrs. Anthony T. Lauria Mrs. Norma Lerner Jan R. Lewis Robert Lugibihl Deborah L. Neale Mr. & Mrs. Albert B. Ratner Jenny & Tim Smucker Richard & Nancy Sneed Roy C. Waas* Gifts of $100,000 to $199,999 Art of Beauty Company, Inc. Mr. Yuval Brisker Rebecca Dunn Dr. Michael Frank & Patricia A.* Snyder Dr. Hiroyuki & Mrs. Mikiko Fujita Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz The Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Herbert Kloiber (Europe) Thomas & Jessica Lauria (Miami) Ms. Beth E. Mooney Estate of Bernadette Norwood Jim & Myrna Spira Mr.* & Mrs. Donald W. Strang, Jr. Ms. Ginger Warner Paul & Suzanne Westlake Tony & Diane Wynshaw-Boris Anonymous (3)

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Lillian Baldwin Society Gifts of $75,000 to $99,999 Mr. & Mrs. Alexander M. Cutler Mr.* & Mrs. Bernard H. Eckstein JoAnn & Robert Glick Mr. & Mrs. Douglas A. Kern Richard & Christine Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre Ms. Cathy Lincoln Mr. & Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. George Szell Society Gifts of $50,000 to $74,999 Randall & Virginia Barbato Brenda & Marshall B. Brown Mr.* & Mrs. Robert W. Gillespie Ms. Alexandra Hanna Richard & Michelle Jeschelnig Elizabeth B. Juliano Cynthia Knight Mr. & Mrs. Ben Mathews Nancy W. McCann The Oatey Foundation (Cleveland, Miami) William J. & Katherine T. O’Neill Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin N. Pyne Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Sr.* Ilana & Chuck Horowitz Ratner Saul & Mary Sanders (Miami) Astri Seidenfeld The Seven Five Fund R. Thomas & Meg Harris Stanton Holly Strawbridge (Miami) Mr. & Mrs. Franz Welser-Möst Barbara & David Wolfort Mrs. Jayne M. Zborowsky Elisabeth DeWitt Severance Society Gifts of $25,000 to $49,999 Victor & Abby Alexander Mr. & Mrs. A. Chace Anderson Gerrie E. Berena Dr. & Mrs. Wolfgang Berndt (Europe) Robin Dunn Blossom Mr. Richard J. Bogomolny & Ms. Patricia M. Kozerefski Dr. Ben H. & Julia Brouhard Jeanette Grasselli Brown* & Glenn R. Brown*

Dr. Robert Brown & Mrs. Janet Gans Brown J. C. & Helen Rankin Butler Irad & Rebecca Carmi Jim & Mary Conway Judith & George W. Diehl Budd & Judy Dworkin Mary Jo Eaton (Miami) Drs. Wolfgang & Gabi Eder (Europe) Peter & Christina Gold (Miami) David & Robin Gunning Sondra & Steve Hardis Iris & Tom Harvie Mary & Jon* Heider (Cleveland, Miami) Mrs. Lynn Heisler Amy & Stephen Hoffman David & Nancy Hooker Richard Horvitz & Erica Hartman-Horvitz (Cleveland, Miami) Mrs. Marguerite B. Humphrey* Allan V. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley Rob & Laura Kochis Jon A. & Virginia M. Lindseth, PhD Mr. Stephen McHale Loretta J. Mester & George J. Mailath Randy & Christine Myeroff Jennifer & Alexander Ogan The Honorable John Doyle Ong Mr. J. William & Dr. Suzanne* Palmer Catherine & Hyun Park Douglas & Noreen Powers Mr. & Mrs. James A. Ratner James & Marguerite Rigby Mark & Shelly Saltzman The Ralph and Luci Schey Foundation Mr. Eric A. Seed & Ms. Ellen Oglesby Donna E. Shalala (Miami) Dr. Elizabeth Swenson Dr. Russell A. Trusso Herbert Wainer & Jody Bernon-Wainer Tom & Shirley* Waltermire John & Deborah Warner Anya Weaving & Tom Mihaljevic Meredith & Michael Weil Tony & Christine White Anonymous (2)

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Dudley S. Blossom Society Gifts of $15,000 to $24,999 Mr. & Mrs. William Winfield Baker Ms. Viia R. Beechler Mr. & Mrs. Jules Belkin Mel Berger & Jane Haylor Mr. & Mrs. C. Perry Blossom Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Bolton Dr. Christopher P. Brandt & Dr. Beth Sersig Mr. D. McGregor Brandt, Jr. Meghan & Trent Brown Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Callahan Ellen E.* & Victor J. Cohn Kathleen A. Coleman Ted & Donna Connolly Mr. & Mrs. Kevin C. Conway Mrs. Barbara Cook Mr. & Mrs. Matthew V. Crawford Maureen A. Doerner & Geoffrey T. White Nancy & Richard Dotson Peter & Sandy Earl Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ehrlich (Europe) Mr. Brian L. Ewart & Mr. William McHenry Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Fedorovich Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra Richard & Ann Gridley Gary L. & Cari T. Gross Mr. & Mrs. Harley I. Gross Ms. Marianne Gymer Kathleen E. Hancock Jack Harley & Judy Ernest Matthew & Elizabeth Horvitz Gerald Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Brinton L. Hyde Sarah Liotta Johnston & Jeff Johnston Eeva & Harri Kulovaara (Miami) Mr. & Mrs. S. Ernest Kulp Ms. Heather Lennox In honor of Emma Skoff Lincoln Linda Litton Mr. Jeff Litwiller Anne R. & Kenneth E. Love Mr. & Mrs. Alex Machaskee Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Malone Alan Markowitz MD & Cathy Pollard Mr. Fredrick W. Martin Mr.* & Mrs. Arch J. McCartney Miba AG and Dr. & Mrs. Peter Mitterbauer (Europe) Ann Jones Morgan Sally S. & John C. Morley* Mr. & Mrs. Scott C. Mueller Richard Organ & Jamie Nash Mr. Winthrop Quigley & Ms. Bonnie Crusalis Dr. Isobel Rutherford Rachel R. Schneider Dr. & Mrs. James L. Sechler

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Meredith M. Seikel Hewitt & Paula Shaw Robyn Shifrin Roy Smith Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Stovsky Kathryn & Duncan Stuart Alan & Barbara Taylor Bruce & Virginia Taylor Philip & Sarah* Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Umdasch (Europe) Karen Walburn Mr. Daniel & Mrs. Molly Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery J. Weaver Robert C. Weppler Sandy* & Ted Wiese Katie & Donald Woodcock Max & Beverly Zupon Anonymous (3) Frank H. Ginn Society Gifts of $10,000 to $14,999 Dr. & Mrs. D. P. Agamanolis Mr. & Mrs.* Eugene J. Beer Deena & Jeff Bellman Laura & Jon Bloomberg Mrs. Catharina M. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. Chester F. Crone Mr. & Mrs. Manohar Daga Allan* & Connie Dechert Gregory Dobbins Michael Dunn Dr.* & Mrs. Lloyd H. Ellis Jr. Joan Alice Ford Dr. Edward S. Godleski André & Ginette Gremillet Calvin & Sherry Griffith Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gröller (Europe) Alfredo & Luz Maria Gutierrez (Miami) Robin Hitchcock Hatch Dr. Robert T. Heath & Dr. Elizabeth L. Buchanan Dr. Fred A. Heupler Donald* & Joyce Ignatz Donna Jackson Barbara & Michael J. Kaplan Jonathan & Tina Kislak (Miami) John D. & Giuliana C. Koch David C. Lamb Dr. Edith Lerner Dr. David* & Janice Leshner Drs. Amy & James Merlino Claudia Metz & Thomas Woodworth John & Rebecca Minnillo Mr. Bert & Dr. Marjorie Moyar Brian & Cindy Murphy Patricia Perry Nock Mr. & Mrs. John Olejko Mr. David A. Osage & Ms. Claudia C. Woods Dr. Roland S. Philip & Dr. Linda M. Sandhaus Julia & Larry Pollock

Ms. Rosella Puskas* Beth & Clay Rankin Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Rankin Mrs. Vicki Ann Resnick Amy & Ken Rogat Kim Russel & Dirk Brom Dr. & Mrs.* Martin I. Saltzman David M. & Betty Schneider Gary Schwartz & Constance Young Kenneth Shafer Rev. George Smiga Sandra & Richey* Smith Taras Szmagala & Helen Jarem Joe & Marlene Toot Dr. Gregory Videtic & Rev. Christopher McCann Susanne Wamsler & Paul Singer (Europe) Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Watkins Denise G. & Norman E. Wells, Jr. Sandy Wile* & Sue Berlin Anonymous (7) The 1929 Society Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999 Ms. Nancy A. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Todd C. Amsdell Mr. James Babcock Claudia Bacon Robert & Dalia Baker Thomas & Laura Barnard Dr. James Bates Fred G. & Mary W. Behm Marilyn & Jeffrey Bilsky Dr. & Mrs. Eugene H. Blackstone Doug & Barbara* Bletcher Laurel Blossom Jeff & Elaine Bomberger Mitchell & Caroline Borrow Ms. Kristina E. Boykin Mr. & Mrs. David* Briggs James & Mary Bright Dr. Thomas Brugger* & Dr. Sandra Russ Frank & Leslie Buck Mr. Gregory & Mrs. Susan Bulone Douglas M. Bunker James Burke Michael & Linda Busta Joseph & Susan Carney William & Barbara Carson Ms. Maria Cashy Victor A. Ceicys MD & Mrs. Kathleen Browning Ceicys Mr. & Mrs. James B. Chaney Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Chelm Ellen Chesler & Matthew Mallow (Miami) Drs. Wuu-Shung & Amy Chuang Drs. Mark Cohen & Miriam Vishny Diane Lynn Collier & Robert J. Gura Marjorie Dickard Comella * DECEASED

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Mr.* & Mrs. Ralph Daugstrup Ronald J. Davis & Cheryl A. Davis Pete & Margaret Dobbins Henry & Mary* Doll Brian & Renae Durdle Carl Falb Regis & Gayle Falinski Dagmar & Frederick Fellowes Mr. & Mrs. Mark Filippell Bruce* & Nancy Fisher Jan & John Fitts Ms. Nancy Flogge Mr. & Ms. Dale Freygang Barbara & Peter* Galvin Joy E. Garapic Mr. James S. Gascoigne & Ms. Cynthia Prior Anne* & Walter Ginn Brenda & David Goldberg Mrs. Florence Goodman Barbara H. Gordon Nancy Hancock Griffith Candy & Brent Grover The Thomas J. and Judith Fay Gruber Charitable Foundation Nancy* & James Grunzweig Agnes Gund Graham* & Ann Gund (Miami) Mr. Arthur C. Hall III Mr. Newman T. Halvorson, Jr. Mr.* & Mrs. David P. Handke, Jr. Gary Hanson & Barbara Klante Clark Harvey & Holly Selvaggi Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Hatch Barbara L. Hawley & David S. Goodman Matthew D. Healy & Richard S. Agnes Anita & William Heller Ms. Susan K. Hemry Malcolm & Vivian Henoch Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Herschman Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Hoke Dr. Keith A. & Mrs. Kathleen M. Hoover James* & Claudia Hower Elisabeth Hugh Ms. Mary Joe Hughes David & Dianne Hunt Ms. Kimberly R. Irish Dr. & Mrs. Paul C. Janicki Richard & Jayne Janus Robert & Linda Jenkins Mr. David* & Mrs. Cheryl Jerome Mr. Jeremy V. Johnson Karmendot Fund Andrew & Katherine Kartalis Rod Keen & Denise Horstman Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Kirtz* Audrey Knight Mr. & Mrs. S. Lee Kohrman* Dr. Ronald H. Krasney & Vicki Kennedy*

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Douglas & Monica Kridler Peter* & Cathy Kuhn Dr. Jeanne Lackamp Mr. & Mrs.* Arthur J. Lafave, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. John R. Lane Kenneth M. Lapine & Rose E. Mills John N.* & Edith K. Lauer Charles & Josephine Robson Leamy* Michael Lederman & Sharmon Sollitto Joan & Young Sei Lee Mr. & Mrs. Roger J. Lerch in Memory of Carl J. & Winifred J. Lerch Judith & Morton Q . Levin Dr. Stephen B. & Mrs. Lillian S. Levine Dr. Alan & Mrs. Joni Lichtin Drs. Todd & Susan Locke Eric Logan David & Janice* Logsdon Joan C. Long Caetano R. Lopes (Miami) Neil & Susan Luria Peter & Pamela Luria (Miami) Dr. Kalle J. Lyytinen David Mann & Bernadette Pudis Janet A. Mann Diann & Tom Mann Mr. Ryan T. Marrie Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. McKenna Ms. Nancy L. Meacham Dr. & Mrs. Kevin Meany Dr.* & Mrs. Dale Meers James & Virginia Meil Dr. Susan M. Merzweiler Lynn & Mike Miller Drs. Terry E. & Sara S. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Andy Moock Ms. Nancy C. Morgan Amy & Marc Morgenstern Elizabeth Morris Eudice M. Morse Mr. Raymond M. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Myers Richard & Kathleen Nord Mr. & Mrs. Forrest A. Norman III Courtney & Michael Novak Thury O’Connor Richard* & Elizabeth Osborne Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Osenar Mr. Henry Ott-Hansen Dale & Susan Phillip Dr. Marc A. & Mrs. Carol Pohl Dr. & Mrs. John N. Posch Mr. Robert & Mrs. Susan Price Sylvia Profenna Pysht Fund Lute & Lynn Quintrell James* & Donna Reid Elizabeth & Robert J. Reid David J. Reimer & Raffaele DiLallo Mr. D. Keith* & Mrs. Margaret B. Robinson

Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Ross Robert* & Margo Roth Dr. Adel S. Saada Dr. Vernon E. Sackman & Ms. Marguerite Patton* Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Satre Sandra Sauder Bob & Ellie Scheuer Ms. Beverly J. Schneider John* & Barbara Schubert Sally & Larry Sears John Sedor & Geri Presti Deborah Sesek Mr.* & Mrs. Michael Shames Mr. Philip & Mrs. Michelle Sharp Elizabeth & Timothy Sheeler Mr. John F. Shelley & Ms. Karen P. Fleming Paul & Betsy Shiverick (Miami) Zachary & Shelby Siegal Howard & Beth Simon Mr. James S. Simon The Shari Bierman Singer Family Drs. Charles Kent Smith & Patricia Moore Smith Mrs. Gretchen D. Smith Mr. & Mrs. William E. Spatz Diane M. Stack Maribeth & Christopher Stahl George & Mary* Stark Sue Starrett & Jerry Smith Bill & Trish Steere Ms. Lorraine S. Szabo Robert & Carol Taller Mr. John R. Thorne & Family Bill & Jacky Thornton Brian & Elizabeth Tierney Mr. & Mrs. Gary B. Tishkoff Mr. Christopher Towe Mr.* & Mrs. Robert N. Trombly Steve & Christa Turnbull Dr. & Mrs. Wulf H. Utian Robert & Marti* Vagi Bobbi & Peter* van Dijk Mr*. & Mrs. Lee Vandenberg Mr. & Mrs. Les C. Vinney Kenneth Kirtz* George & Barbara von Mehren Mr. Randall Wagner Randall E. Wagner Ron Wakser John & Jeanette Walton Greg & Lynn Weekley Tilles-Weidenthal Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Mark Allen Weigand Paul & Nancy Wellener Dr. Edward L. & Mrs. Suzanne Westbrook Dr. Paul R. & Catherine Williams Ms. Linda L. Wilmot Bob & Kat Wollyung Mr. Graham Wood Anonymous (3)

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Composer’s Circle Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999 Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Abbey Mr. Leonard H. Abrams* David & Sharon Anderson Sarah May Anderson Gabrielle Aryeetey Jack & Darby Ashelman Ronen Avinir (Miami) Ms. Bonnie M. Baker Don Baker* Eric Barbato & Elisha Swindell Lucy Battle Kathryn & Gerald Berkshire Mr. Jeffrey & Dr. Sheila Berlin Margo & Tom Bertin Zeda W. Blau Marilyn & Lawrence Blaustein Ms. Pamela M. Blemaster Blossom Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra Howard & Arlyne Bochnek Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Bohn Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Bole David & Julie Borsani, in memory of Marissa I. Borsani Dwight Bowden Lisa & Ronald Boyko William & AnnaMarie Brancovsky Adam & Vikki Briggs Matthew D. Brocone Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Brogan Dale & Wendy Brott Bennett Brown Mrs. Nancy E. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Henry G. Brownell Mr. Felix Brueck & Ms. Ann Kowal Smith Mrs. Frances Buchholzer William Busta & Joan Tomkins Dr. & Mrs. William E. Cappaert Peter & Joanna Carfagna Mr.* & Mrs. John J. Carney Dr. Ronald Chapnick* & Mrs. Sonia Chapnick Gertrude Kalnow Chisholm & Homer D.W. Chisholm Dr. Gary Chottiner & Anne Poirson Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Chuhna Natalie Cipriano Robert & Judy Ciulla Pete Clapham & Anita Stoll Mr. & Mrs. David Clark Richard J. & Joanne Clark Drs. John* & Mary Clough Mary* & Bill Conway Mr. John Couriel & Dr. Rebecca Toonkel (Miami)

Laura Cox Jane Cronin Dr. Lucy Ann Dahlberg Karen & Jim Dakin Mrs. Jane Dangler Dr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Daniel Mrs. Lois Joan Davis Jeffrey Dean and Barbara & Karen Claas Prof. George & Mrs. Rebecca Dent Michael & Amy Diamant Dr. & Mrs. Howard Dickey-White Ms. Marlene Dirksen Do Unto Others Trust (Miami) Carl Dodge Jack & Elaine Drage Ms. Mary Lynn Durham Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Duvin Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Dziedzicki Erich Eichhorn & Ursel Dougherty Mr. Mike S. Eidson, Esq. & Dr. Margaret Eidson (Miami) S. Stuart Eilers Peter & Kathryn Eloff Louis* & Patricia Esposito Andy & Leigh Fabens Anne Ferguson & Peter Drench Mr. William & Dr. Elizabeth Fesler Joan & Philip Fracassa Mr. & Mrs. Larry Frankel Howard Freedman & Rita Montlack Marvin Ross Friedman & Adrienne bon Haes (Miami) Robert Friedman & Elizabeth MacGowan Mr. William Gaskill & Ms. Kathleen Burke Mr. & Mrs. Bengt Gerborg Mr. & Mrs. M. Lee Gibson Daniel & Kathleen Gisser Holly & Fred Glock Dr.* & Mrs. Victor M. Goldberg Lawrence Goodman & Stephanie Betts Ms. Aggie Goss Mr. Robert Goss Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gould Bob Graf & Mia Zaper Mr. James Graham & Mr. David Dusek Dr. Ruffin Graham Robert K. Gudbranson & Joon-Li Kim Mr. & Mrs. John E. Guinness Mr. Davin & Mrs. Jo Ann Gustafson Mr. Ian S. Haberman Mary Louise Hahn Dr. James O. Hall Megan Hall & James Janning Dr. Haifa & Dr. Michael A. Hanna John Hannon

Mrs. Martha S. Harding Mr. Samuel D. Harris Thomas & Darlene Hawkins Dr. Toby Helfand In Memory of Hazel Helgesen Drs. Gene & Sharon Henderson T. K.* & Faye A. Heston Eric & Karen Hillenbrand Richard & Jean Hipple Arnold & Janice Hirshon Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Holler Charles M. Hoppel & Marianne Karwowski Hoppel Lois Krejci-Hornbostel & Roland Hornbostel Xavier-Nichols Foundation / Robert & Karen Hostoffer Phillip Huber Dr. Diane Huey Mr. Brooks G. Hull & Mr. Terry Gimmellie Dr. & Mrs. Grant Hunsicker Mrs. Laura Hunsicker Mr.* & Mrs. J. David Hunter Ms. Melanie Ingalls Bruce & Debbie Jarosz Dylan Jin Eric & Susan Johnson Joela Jones & Richard Weiss Steven Jones Dr. Eric Kaler Mr. Donald J. Katt & Mrs. Maribeth Filipic-Katt Dr. Richard* & Roberta Katzman The Kendis Family Trust: Hilary & Robert Kendis and Susan & James Kendis Joanne Kim & Jim Nash Mrs. Judith A. Kirsh Steve & Beth Kish Mr. & Mrs. Stuart F. Kline Michael Kluger & Heidi Greene Stewart Kohl Mr. Ronald & Mrs. Kimberly Kolz Ursula Korneitchouk Margaret Kotz & Ed Covington Dr. & Mrs. John P. Kristofco Mr. & Mrs. David S. Kushner Alfred & Carol Lambo Mr. & Mrs. John J. Lane, Jr. Dr.* & Mrs. Roger H. Langston Mrs. Susan D. LaPine Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Larrabee Mrs. Sandra S. Laurenson Richard & Barbara Lederman Mr. Elliot & Mrs. Christine Legow Michael & Lois Lemr Robert G. Levy Mr. & Mrs.* Thomas A. Liederbach Eva & Rudolf Linnebach

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Patrick J. Holland Drs. Raymond R. Rackley & Carmen M. Fonseca Dr. James & Lynne Rambasek Mr. Todd J. Reese Dr. Robert W. Reynolds David & Gloria Richards Joan & Rick Rivitz Mr. & Mrs. Jay F. Rockman Michael & Jodi Rogoff David & Mitsuko Rosinus (Miami) Steven & Ellen Ross Drs. Edward & Teresa Ruch Nathan & Marie Rutherford Anne Sagsveen Ms. Patricia E. Say Bryan & Jenna Scafidi Don Schmitt & Jim Harmon Richard B. & Cheryl A. Schmitz Mr. Don Schriver & Mrs. Jane Schriver Mr. James Schutte Nicklaus Schwenk Ms. Kathryn & Mr. Michael Seider Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Selden Dr. Judith Sewell & Mr. Donald Sewell Caltha Seymour Lee Shackelford Donald Shafer & Katherine Stokes-Shafer Steve & Marybeth Shamrock Ginger & Larry Shane Harry & Ilene Shapiro Ms. Frances L. Sharp Larry Oscar & Jeanne Shatten Charitable Fund of the Jewish Federation Dr. & Mrs. William C. Sheldon Mr. Richard Shirey MindCrafted Systems Jim Simler & Dr. Amy Zhang Dr. Edward & Mrs. Barbara Sivak G. Michael & Kathy* Mead Skerritt Bruce L. Smith Mr. Christopher & Mrs. Michelle Smith David Kane Smith Mr. Joshua Smith Mr. Eugene Smolik Drs. Nancy & Ronald Sobecks Drs. Thomas & Terry Sosnowski SPÄNGLER PRIVATSTIFTUNG Edward R. & Jean Geis Stell Foundation Ryan & Melissa Stenger Ronald & Lauren Sterbank Janet Stern Ms. Natalie Stevens Frederick & Elizabeth Stueber Nancy & Patrick Sullivan

Mike & Wendy Summers Mr. Marc L. Swartzbaugh Mr. Robert D. Sweet Mrs. Mary L. Sykora Mr. & Mrs. Michael Taipale Rebecca & Jeffrey Talbert Eca & Richard Taylor Dr. James Taylor & Ms. Susan Slugg Jill & Jim Taylor Caroline Theus Ms. Aileen Thong-Dratler Dr. & Mrs. Thomas* A. Timko Dr. & Mrs. Michael B. Troner (Miami) Drs. Anna* & Gilbert True Ms. Christeen Tuttle Dr. Doug Van Auken & Mr. John Corlett Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Venezia Teresa Galang-Viñas & Joaquin Viñas (Miami) Philip Volpe Neha & Sanjay Vyas Mr. & Mrs. Eric Wald Jessica & James Warren Margaret & Eric* Wayne Mr. Peter & Mrs. Laurie Weinberger Emily Westlake & Robertson Gilliland Mr. & Mrs. John W. Wilhelm John & Nancy Woelfl Mr. James M. Wood Sr. Dale & Cynthia Woodling Ms. Jennifer Wynn Rad & Patty Yates Ms. Carol A. Yellig Dr. Rosemary Gornik & Dr. William Zelei Mr. Paul Zraik Mr. Kal Zucker & Dr. Mary Frances Haerr John & Jane Zuzek Anonymous (8)

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Mr. Henry Lipian Dr. & Mrs. Jack Lissauer Dr. George I. Litman Ms. Agnes Loeffler Mary Lohman Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Lopez-Cantera (Miami) Virginia Lovejoy Linda* & Saul Ludwig Elsie* & Byron Lutman Mr. & Mrs.* Robert P. Madison Herbert L. & Ronda Marcus Dr.* & Mrs. Sanford E. Marovitz Ms. Dorene Marsh Kevin Martin & Hansa Jacob-Martin Ms. Amanda Martinsek Ms. Judith E. Matsko Stephen & Christine McClure Bruce & Karen McDiarmid Mr. & Mrs. Sandy McMillan Mr. James E. Menger Leah Merritt-Mervine Dr. Miloslava Mervart Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. Messerman Mr. Glenn A. Metzdorf David Michel & Lynne Killgore Beth M. Mikes Amy Miller & Nikhil Rao Mr. & Mrs. David S. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Leon Miller Mr. Tom Millward Anton & Laura Milo Michael Milo Jon Morrell Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Morris Ken & Sharon Mountcastle Susan B. Murphy Dave & Nancy Murray Karen & Bernie Murray Joan Katz Napoli & August Napoli Dr. Anne & Mr. Peter Neff Karen Nemec Andrea Nobil (Miami) Mark & Paula Nylander Richard & Jolene O’Callaghan Robert & Mary Ann Olive Dr. & Mrs. Paul T. Omelsky Harvey* & Robin Oppmann Dr. Douglas Orr & Ms. Kimberley Barton George Parras & Mary Spencer Drs. James & Marian Patterson Dr. Lewis E. & Janice B. Patterson David Pavlich & Cherie Arnold Matt Peart Alan & Charlene Perkins John Perko Robert S. Perry Mark & Eve Pihl Mr. Richard W. Pogue Mr. & Mrs. Frank Porter

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Cheers!

To Our Gala Supporters We thank the following donors for their generous and continued support of The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2025 Gala.

DIAMOND SPONSOR Mrs. Norma Lerner Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner Mr. and Mrs.* Richard K. Smucker

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GOLD SPONSOR Haslam 3 Foundation KeyBank Foundation Richard and Christine Kramer Milton and Tamar Maltz SILVER SPONSOR Randall and Virginia Barbato J. C. and Helen Rankin Butler Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Cutler Dr. Michael Frank Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, NACCO Industries, Inc. Richard and Michelle Jeschelnig Park-Ohio Holdings

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Parker Hannifin Foundation R. Thomas and Meg Harris Stanton Suzanne and Paul Westlake BRONZE SPONSOR Meghan and Trent Brown Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Case Western Reserve University Peter and Sandy Earl Dr. Hiroyuki and Mrs. Mikiko Fujita Matthew and Elizabeth Horvitz Jones Day Foundation Elizabeth B. Juliano Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Kern Nancy W. McCann Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Mueller Catherine and Hyun Park Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin N. Pyne Thompson Hine LLP Astri Seidenfeld

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Corporate, Foundation & Government Support The Cleveland Orchestra extends heartfelt gratitude to these generous organizations and partners who bring concerts and educational programs to life for our community.

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Gifts of $300,000 & more The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Hyster-Yale, Inc. NACCO Industries, Inc. Gifts of $200,000 to $299,999 Jones Day Foundation Ohio CAT The J. M. Smucker Co. Gifts of $100,000 to $199,999 KeyBank White & Case (Miami) Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999 FirstEnergy Foundation NOPEC Parker Hannifin Foundation PNC Quality Electrodynamics Thompson Hine LLP Anonymous Gifts of $15,000 to $49,999 Acme Fresh Markets Akron Children’s BakerHostetler Buyers Products Company Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Cuffs Clothing Company Dealer Tire LLC DLR Group | Westlake Reed Leskosky Frantz Ward LLP The Giant Eagle Foundation Lake Effect Health Miba AG (Europe) Northern Haserot Olympic Steel, Inc. Park-Ohio Holdings RPM International Inc. RSM US LLP Welty Enterprises Westfield Anonymous

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Gifts of $2,500 to $14,999 BDI Berkadia Blue Technologies, Inc. BNY Wealth Brothers Printing Company The Cedarwood Companies The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation Consolidated Solutions Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Eaton Evarts Tremaine The Ewart-Ohlson Machine Company GPD Group Gross Residential Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Hunsicker Family Dental Jones Group Interiors Inc. Karlie Newton II Insurance Agency Kohrman Jackson & Krantz, LLP KPMG LLP The Lincoln Electric Foundation MGM Resorts Foundation Nordson Corporation Foundation Northern Trust Ohio Real Title The Sherwin-Williams Company Sikich Ver Ploeg & Marino (Miami) Warby Parker Young Presidents’ Organization

FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Gifts of $1,000,000 & more The Brown and Kunze Foundation The Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation David and Inez Myers Foundation State of Ohio The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Richard & Emily Smucker Family Foundation Timken Foundation of Canton

Gifts of $500,000 to $999,999 The William Bingham Foundation Mary E. & F. Joseph Callahan Foundation Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Ohio Arts Council The Payne Fund Gifts of $250,000 to $499,999 Kulas Foundation John P. Murphy Foundation The Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation, Inc. (Miami) Gifts of $100,000 to $249,999 Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation Park Foundation Wesley Family Foundation Anonymous Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999 The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation The Jean, Harry and Brenda Fuchs Family Foundation, in memory of Harry Fuchs GAR Foundation The George Gund Foundation Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Myra Tuteur Kahn Memorial Fund of the Cleveland Foundation Gifts of $15,000 to $49,999 The Abington Foundation Akron Community Foundation The Batchelor Foundation, Inc. (Miami) The Bruening Foundation The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust The Sam J. Frankino Foundation The Gerhard Foundation, Inc. The Catherine L. & Edward A. Lozick Foundation LISTINGS AS OF OCTOBER 2025

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With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners The Nord Family Foundation PWC Foundation The Esther and Hyman Rapport Philanthropic Trust The Reinberger Foundation Albert G. & Olive H. Schlink Foundation The Sisler McFawn Foundation The Veale Foundation The George Garretson Wade Charitable Trust The Welty Family Foundation The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust Anonymous

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Gifts of $2,500 to $14,999 The Bernheimer Family Fund of the Cleveland Foundation The C.R.E.W. Foundation The Frances G. and Lewis Allen Davies Endowment James Deering Danielson Foundation Dorn Family Foundation Fisher-Renkert Foundation The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation The Hankins Foundation The Muna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation The Kirk Foundation (Miami) The Laub Foundation The Lehner Family Foundation The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust The G. R. Lincoln Family Foundation Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather Fund The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund The M. G. O’Neil Foundation The O’Neill Brothers Foundation Paintstone Foundation The Perkins Charitable Foundation Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation SCH Foundation Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Memorial Foundation The South Waite Foundation Sterling Chamber Players Third Federal Foundation Uvas Foundation The Edward and Ruth Wilkof Foundation The Wuliger Foundation Anonymous (2)

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O FFI CERS Richard J. Kramer Chair André Gremillet President & CEO Richard K. Smucker Immediate Past Chair Richard J. Bogomolny Chair Emeritus Dennis W. LaBarre Chair Emeritus Norma Lerner Honorary Chair David J. Hooker Secretary

RES I DE N T TRUSTEES Victor Alexander Robin Dunn Blossom Yuval Brisker Helen Rankin Butler Nancy Slocum Callahan Irad Carmi Bill Clawson Matthew V. Crawford Lisa Fedorovich Michael Frank, MD JD Hiroyuki Fujita Robert Glick Arthur C. Hall III Iris Harvie Dee Haslam Stephen H. Hoffman David J. Hooker Michelle Shan Jeschelnig Sarah Liotta Johnston Elizabeth B. Juliano Nancy F. Keithley Douglas A. Kern John D. Koch Richard J. Kramer Dennis W. LaBarre Heather Lennox Cathy Lincoln Robert W. Malone Ben Mathews Nancy W. McCann Stephen McHale Scott C. Mueller Christine Myeroff Katherine T. O’Neill Hyun Park Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. Charles A. Ratner

Zoya Reyzis Richard K. Smucker James C. Spira R. Thomas Stanton Richard Stovsky Russell A. Trusso Daniel P. Walsh Thomas A. Waltermire Jes Warren Jeffery J. Weaver Anya Weaving Meredith Smith Weil Paul E. Westlake Jr. David A. Wolfort Anthony Wynshaw-Boris N ATI ON AL TRUSTEES Virginia Nord Barbato (NY) Mary Jo Eaton (FL) Michael J. Horvitz (FL) Thomas E Lauria (FL) Loretta Mester (PA) Benjamin N. Pyne (NY) Geraldine B. Warner (OH) Tony White (OH) I N TERN ATIO N AL TRUSTEES Wolfgang C. Berndt (Austria) Herbert Kloiber (Germany) E X-O FFIC IO TRUSTEES André Gremillet Todd Diacon Sarah Hutchins Eric Kaler Judith E. Matsko Beverly J. Schneider TRUSTEE EMERIT US Thomas F. McKee HO N O R ARY TRUSTEES FO R LIFE Richard J. Bogomolny Charles P. Bolton Robert D. Conrad Alexander M. Cutler Richard C. Gridley Norma Lerner Virginia Lindseth Alex Machaskee Robert P. Madison Milton S. Maltz Beth E. Mooney John D. Ong Audrey Gilbert Ratner Hewitt B. Shaw Luci Schey Spring

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IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY Contact an usher or a member of house staff if you require medical assistance. Emergency exits are clearly marked throughout the building. Ushers and house staff will provide instructions in the event of an emergency.

AGE GUIDELINES Regardless of age, each person must have a ticket and be able to sit quietly in a seat throughout the

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performance. Classical Season subscription concerts are not recommended for children under 8.

However, there are several ageappropriate series designed specifically for children and youth, including Music Explorers (for 3 to 6 years old) and Family Concerts (for ages 7 and older).

FOOD & MERCHANDISE Beverages and snacks are available at bars throughout Severance Music Center. Only bottled water is permitted in the hall. For Cleveland Orchestra apparel, recordings, and gift items, visit the Welcome Desk in Lerner Lobby.

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The Cleveland Orchestra is grateful to the following organizations for their ongoing generous support of The Cleveland Orchestra: the State of Ohio and Ohio Arts Council and to the residents of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

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The Cleveland Orchestra is proud of its long-term partnership with Kent State University, made possible in part through generous funding from the State of Ohio.

The Cleveland Orchestra is proud to have its home, Severance Music Center, located on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, with whom it has a long history of collaboration and partnership. ©2025 The Cleveland Orchestra and the Musical Arts Association Program books for Cleveland Orchestra concerts are produced by The Cleveland Orchestra and are distributed free to attending audience members.

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