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CONCERT FOUR: STRANGERS ON EARTH, AT HOME WITH BACH

Sunday, April 22, 2018   3:00 p.m.

Parklands villa, Shaker Heights

Close Encounters season 12 concert 4

PROGRAM

J.S. Bach  Suite No. 5 in c-minor for cello  (c. 1720)
J.S. Bach Selections from The Art of Fugue  (c. 1740)
J.S. Bach  Goldberg Variations  (1741) arr. for string trio by D. Sitkovetsky

ARTISTS

Jessica Lee, violin   
Joanna Patterson, viola    
Dane Johansen, cello

 

Dane Johansen, former cellist with the Escher Quartet, is the newest member of The Cleveland Orchestra’s cello section. He is also the producer of a full-length documentary, “Strangers on Earth” (presented at CIFF 2016), which charted his pilgrimage across Spain, cello strapped to his back, to perform Bach’s six cello suites on the ancient Camino de Santiago trail.

Dane presents our first all-Bach Close Encounters concert, featuring the dark fifth suite for solo cello, written early in Bach’s career as well as selections from a late work, “The Art of Fugue,” his most intense feat of counterpoint. The program concludes with Bach’s famous “Goldberg Variations,” which legend has it was commissioned by a sleepless Count for his resident harpsichord player, Goldberg. Dane is joined in this compelling adventure by Cleveland Orchestra colleagues Jessica Lee, newly appointed Assistant Concertmaster, and Omni Quartet violist Joanna Patterson.

Read about Close Encounters Season 12: 2017-18

 

Order early for guaranteed seats!

Season subscriptions, as well as individual concert tickets are available for purchase at Heights Arts, 2175 Lee Road in Cleveland Heights, via phone at 216-371-3457, or online beginning September 15, 2017. We are pleased to offer reduced-price tickets for students ages 8-23, thanks to generous funding from the Paul M. Angell Foundation. Students under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult (who also qualifies for the student ticket price).

All concert venues are wheelchair accessible. Directions for concerts at private residences are mailed a week in advance. Advance ticket purchase is necessary as seating is limited, and Close Encounters concerts have a tradition of selling out.

Season 12 Subscription to all four concerts  $200 | $160 Heights Arts members

Individual Concerts $55 | $45 Heights Arts members | $15 Student (additional $15 parent)

PLEASE CALL (216) 371-3457 TO BE PUT ON THE WAIT LIST FOR TICKETS!

We are grateful for the support of our Season 12 Gold Sponsor: Edward Jones Investments

Musician image courtesy GM Donley
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