Season 16

Church of the Covenant
University Circle
11205 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
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Janáček: Suite for Strings

Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 99 “Prague”

Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 “Prague”

A musical dialogue with an Eastern European flair inspires our March concert. 1999 Cleveland International Piano Competition winner and 2001 Van Cliburn Silver Medalist Antonio Pompa-Baldi solos with BlueWater in Kabalevsky’s Concerto No. 4, “Prague,” with its nod to Bohemian sensibilities and its many quotes from Czech folk music.

Slavic spirit continues with Mozart’s inventive Symphony No. 38 in D Major, “Prague.” Czech composer Leoš Janáček’s Suite for Strings opens this intriguing, rewarding evening as we explore the 23-year-old’s earliest composition for large ensemble.

Experience Handel’s Messiah like never before in this stunning ballet adaptation, featuring BlueWater Chamber Orchestra with Cleveland Chamber Choir performing the renowned masterpiece. The production follows the biblical narrative, from the prophecy of Christ’s birth to his crucifixion and triumphant resurrection. An immersive performance where live music and dance are intertwined.

Church of the Covenant
University Circle
11205 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
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Brouwer: The Art of Sailing at Dawn

Copland: Music for the Theatre

Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. 61

We embark on an emotional journey that begins on Lake Erie at sunrise, in Cleveland composer Margaret Brouwer’s peaceful tone poem The Art of Sailing at Dawn.  Then flow to the jazzy undercurrent of Music for the Theatre, an early work by Aaron Copland, written during the Roaring Twenties. Finally, we arrive at the “King of Violin Concertos,” with David McCarroll, Concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, as soloist in Beethoven’s monumental 1806 Violin Concerto, an unappreciated sleeper during the composer’s lifetime that became one of the most beloved works ever written for violin. Join us and immerse yourself in a vast musical voyage navigated via the baton of maestro Daniel Meyer.

Rocky River Presbyterian Church
Artist Series
21750 Detroit Road
Rocky River, OH 44116
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Lakewood Civic Auditorium
14100 Franklin Boulevard
Lakewood, OH 44107
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SEHNSUCHT
Nicholas Rose | Elgar: Serenade for Strings

ADAGIO FOR TWO
Heinz Poll | Albinoni: Adagio in G minor

AIRS
Paul Taylor | Handel: Various Excerpts

Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major

Explore the relationship between music and dance as BlueWater collaborates with Ohio Contemporary Ballet in a program featuring dance favorites — Sehnsucht, choreographed to the music of Elgar’s Serenade for Strings, Adagio for Two, set to Albinoni’s Adagio in G minor and Paul Taylor’s Airs, with music by George Frideric Handel.  The orchestra will solo in Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major by Franz Schubert. Hear BlueWater Artistic Director Daniel Meyer and OCB Producing Artistic Director Dr. Margaret Carlson share a glimpse behind the scenes into the discussions and choices that inform a synergistic creative endeavor of this scale.