The Cleveland Orchestra will be playing July 4
CLEVELAND, May 11, 2012 – The Cleveland Orchestra, under the direction of Jahja Ling, will perform The Star-Spangled Spectacular brought to you by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, its 23rd annual free community concert in downtown Cleveland, on Monday, July 2, on Public Square. The concert and festival will be hosted by WCPN ideastream’s Dee Perry.
Beginning at 9:00 p.m., The Cleveland Orchestra and Jahja Ling will perform a program featuring popular American favorites including Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide, Samuel Ward’s America the Beautiful, and John Philip Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever. The concert culminates with Tchaikovsky’s “1812” Overture and will be followed by a fireworks display, weather permitting.
Janice Chandler-Eteme will return to perform with The Cleveland Orchestra, as soloist in “Summertime” from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. The Washington Post has called her rendition of Bess a “knockout performance.”
Jahja Ling joined the conducting staff of The Cleveland Orchestra in 1984 and served as resident conductor from 1985 to 2002 and as Blossom Festival Director for six seasons, from 2000 to 2005. Since 2005, he has continued to appear with the Orchestra each season, making a continuous relationship with the Orchestra of 28 years.
A pre-concert festival of musical entertainment will begin at 5:00 p.m. with a diverse program of Cleveland-area performing arts organizations appearing in the hours leading up to the Orchestra’s concert. New this year will be a line-up of Cleveland’s gourmet food trucks to provide a variety of cuisines to concertgoers. The 9:00 p.m. concert will be broadcast live on 90.3 WCPN and WCLV 104.9 FM.
The Star-Spangled Spectacular brought to you by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture receives additional support from The Avenue at Tower City Center, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, media partners WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream, and logistical partners City of Cleveland and Downtown Cleveland Alliance.
Public Square Photo by Roger Mastroianni
Janice Chandler-Eteme Photo from Sprizzo Artists
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The Star-Spangled Spectacular brought to you by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture with The Cleveland Orchestra
Date: Monday, July 2, 2012
Cleveland Orchestra Concert
Time: Concert will begin at 9:00 p.m. and will end at approximately 10:15 p.m., followed by fireworks (weather permitting)
Where: Public Square in Downtown Cleveland
Superior Avenue and Ontario Street
Cleveland, OH 44114
What: The Cleveland Orchestra
Jahja Ling, conductor
Dee Perry, host
Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano
Program: JOHN STAFFORD SMITH The Star-Spangled Banner
FRANZ VON SUPPÉ Overture to The Light Cavalry
EDWARD ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 4
MORTON GOULD American Salute
LEONARD BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
GEORGE GERSHWIN “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess
Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano
ANTONĺN DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 8
JOHANN STRAUSS JR. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
SAMUEL WARD America the Beautiful
PIOTR I. TCHAIKOVSKY “1812” Overture
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA March, The Stars and Stripes Forever
Pre-Concert Festival
Dee Perry, host
Time: 5:00-8:00 p.m., prior to the Orchestra’s performance
Where: Public Square in Downtown Cleveland
Superior Avenue and Ontario Street
Cleveland, OH 44114
What: Festival performances by Cleveland-area performing arts organizations
Cleveland Food Trucks
Time: 5:00-10:00 p.m., prior to and during the Orchestra’s performance
Where: Public Square in Downtown Cleveland
Superior Avenue and Ontario Street
Cleveland, OH 44114
