Ravel's Mother Goose at Severance Music Center

DIETER AMMANN glut

GEORGE BENJAMIN Dream of the Song

KNUSSEN The Way to Castle Yonder

RAVEL Mother Goose (complete ballet)

The Cleveland Orchestra
George Benjamin, conductor
Tim Mead,countertenor
Women of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Themes of nostalgia, childhood, and the passage of time abound in this whimsical concert, which concludes with Ravel’s enchanting ballet score, transporting us to the forest where Tom Thumb's trail of crumbs falls victim to various songbirds, amidst a sweetly innocent love scene between Beauty and the Beast, and concludes with an ecstatic celebration of nature in "The Enchanted Garden."

This program’s Concert Preview lectures will be presented by James Wilding, Professor of Composition and Theory, University of Akron