Oliver Knussen Guest Conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in Finney Chapel Feb. 11
By Marci Janas '91
February 7, 2005

Oliver Knussen will conduct the Cleveland Orchestra in Finney Chapel Friday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m. in a program that includes Magnus Lindberg's Concerto for Orchestra, which will have received its United States premiere the previous evening in Severance Hall. Oberlin audiences will be hearing the Orchestra perform other works new to its repertoire as well. Knussen's own work, Violin Concerto, will have had its Cleveland Orchestra debut the previous evening, along with Igor Stravinsky's transcriptions of Frederic Chopin's Nocturne in A-flat, Op. 32, No. 2, and Valse brilliante, Op. 18. Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio espagnole rounds out the program.

The Times of London calls Knussen "a composer at the height of his power." When he celebrated his 50th birthday in 2002, he was feted with three retrospective concerts in London and special concerts in Cleveland and Amsterdam, confirming his position at the forefront of the international contemporary music scene. His music occupies a respected and regularly revisited place in concert and opera programs worldwide. As an acclaimed and much-invited conductor, the force of his presence and influence on contemporary music has been felt in many parts of the world.

William Preucil, concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra since 1994, is featured in Knussen's Violin Concerto.

Reserved-seat tickets are still available for the concert, which is part of Oberlin's Artist Recital Series. Student tickets are $10; tickets for Oberlin College faculty, staff, alumni, area educators, and senior citizens are $22; all others are $26. Tickets purchased at the door are an additional $3. Please call Oberlin's Central Ticket Service at 440-775-8169 for more information.

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