MILHAUD La création du monde GUILLAUME CONNESSON A Kind of Trane POULENC Suite from Les Biches GERSHWIN An American in Paris A Frenchman in America, longtime Cleveland Orchestra guest conductor Stéphane Denève leads a spirited rendition of Gershwin’s An American in Paris, the iconic 1928 symphonic poem that inspired the Gene Kelly film. Denève also conducts two more works out of the Roaring Twenties by his countrymen Milhaud and Poulenc, as well as the Cleveland premiere of Guillaume Connesson’s saxophone concerto A Kind of Trane — inspired by the great John Coltrane and performed by the acclaimed Steven Banks. The Cleveland Orchestra This program’s Concert Preview lectures will be presented by Michael Strasser, Professor of Musicology, Baldwin Wallace University
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Steven Banks, saxophone
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"Carpenters. The Songs. The Stories" The show with Richard Carpenters' blessing. (10/17/25-10/17/25)
Severance Music Center is at 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH.
"Carpenters. The Songs. The Stories" The show with Richard Carpenters' blessing. (10/17/25-10/17/25)
Vox Humana (5/23/25-5/24/25)
Janáček's Jenůfa (5/17/25-5/25/25)
Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 (5/8/25-5/10/25)
Mozart and Elgar (4/24/25-4/26/25)
Bach’s Easter Oratorio (4/17/25-4/19/25)
Haydn & Stravinsky (3/14/25-3/14/25)
Haydn & Strauss (3/13/25-3/15/25)
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony (3/6/25-3/9/25)
Beethoven’s Eroica (2/27/25-3/1/25)
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Vuela Alto, Mamá ( Fly HIgh, Mom)
LatinUs Theater Compay (2/20 - 3/8)
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Arsenic & Old Lace
Weathervane Playhouse, Akron (4/30 - 5/24) | |
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A Taste of Ireland – The Irish Music and Dance Sensation
Performing Arts Center at Kent State Tuscarawas (3/17 - 3/17) | |
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James and the Giant Peach
Beck Center for the Arts (3/20 - 3/29) | |
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The Celestia Theater presents Easter with Elvis featuring Jesse Garron
The Celestia Theater (4/3 - 4/3) | |
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Elijah: Prophet of Fire
Ohio Star Theater (5/15 - 11/5) | |
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SANCTUARY CITY
Dobama Theatre (4/23 - 5/17) | |
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