Star-Spangled Spectacular Concert and Festival

Come to Public Square after work Friday for the Star-Spangled Spectacular Concert and Festival. There's been much discussion in the print and digital community on the present and future of Public Square in the past month. This event, besides a chance to enjoy the sounds of the world-renowned Orchestra, is a rare opportunity to see thousands descend upon the Square and see the four quadrants unified into a single public open space.

The following calendar courtesy of the Cleveland Orchestra pressroom.

CALENDAR LISTING

Star-Spangled Spectacular Concert and Festival

Date: Friday, July 7, 2006
Time: Concert will begin at 9:00 p.m. and will end at approximately 10:15 p.m.
Where: Public Square in Downtown Cleveland
What: The Cleveland Orchestra
Assistant Conductor James Gaffigan, conductor
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
Dee Perry, host
Fireworks

Program:
J.S. SMITH The Star-Spangled Banner
WAGNER Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
WAGNER “Dich, teure Halle” from Tannhäuser
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
ANDERSON The Syncopated Clock
ANDERSON Blue Tango
ANDERSON Bugler’s Holiday
GERSHWIN “Summertime” and “My Man’s Gone Now” from Porgy and Bess
BRAHMS Hungarian Dances Nos. 3 and 1
TCHAIKOVSKY “1812” Overture
WARD America, the Beautiful
SOUSA March, “The Stars and Stripes Forever”

Pre-Concert Festival (programmed in collaboration with the 2006 Ingenuity Festival of Art and Technology)

Time: 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. prior to the Orchestra’s performance
Where: Public Square in Downtown Cleveland
What: Festival performances by Cleveland-based music groups

4:00-4:40 p.m. Grupo Brasil
Portuguese music with Samba & Capoeira dancers
4:40-4:45 p.m. Video art of Kasumi
5:00-5:40 p.m. Halim El-Dabh and the Kent Community Drummers
Egyptian classical percussion music with traditional instruments
5:40-5:45 p.m. Video art of Kasumi
6:00-6:40 p.m. Joe Hunter’s Swinging Six and the Get Hep Dancers
Swing music with vocalist Erin Kusel & the Get Hep Swing Dancers
6:40-6:45 p.m. Video art of Kasumi
7:10-7:55 p.m. Cats on Holiday and The Prayer Warriors
Roots/Americana music with gospel singers
7:55-8:00 p.m. Video art of Kasumi
8:00 p.m. 2006 Cleveland Arts Prize videotaped award presentation