A Taste of the 20th Century

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  • America: Variations on a Theme

    COPLAND Suite from ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
    GERSHWIN ๐˜™๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ
    ELLINGTON ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ-๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€™
    COPLAND Suite from ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ

    This program of three quintessentially American composers paints a musical portrait of the country as they knew it: full of promises, tensions, and fraught beauty. In c...

  • Rocking Out to Bartรณk

    BARTร“K String Quartet No. 3 (arr. Konopka)
    BARTร“K Suite from ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ

    Music Director Franz Welser-Mรถst and the Orchestra thread two of Bartรณkโ€™s demanding visions into a single, emotionally charged arc. Paired with favorites from Bartรณkโ€™s ballet ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, violist Sta...

  • Expressions of the Human Spirit

    STRAUSS ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ
    MOZART Requiem, K. 626

    In this digital production, Music Director Franz Welser-Mรถst discusses the importance and evolution of the Cleveland Sound under his 22-year tenure. Following an impassioned performance of Richard Straussโ€™s ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, take a tour behind the scenes...

  • John Adamsโ€™s America

    REICH Three Movements for Orchestra
    GLASS Faรงades from ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด
    SIMON ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด
    SMITH ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ด
    ADAMS ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด?

    Composer-conductor John Adams curates and conducts a program of living American composers โ€” from minimalist icons Steve Reich and Phi...

  • Blomstedt & โ€œThe Inextinguishableโ€

    NIELSEN Symphony No. 4 (โ€œThe Inextinguishableโ€)

    A man whose faith, spirituality, and communion with music imbue every rehearsal and performance, Herbert Blomstedt leads Nielsenโ€™s โ€œInextinguishableโ€ Fourth Symphony. Chief Artistic Officer Mark Williams sits down with Blomstedt for a glimpse into ...

  • Glover in London

    BRITTEN ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด
    VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด
    MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22

    Two towering artistic figures โ€” Dame Jane Glover and pianist Imogen Cooper โ€” reunite in Cleveland to perform Mozartโ€™s Piano Concerto No. 22, paired with quintessentially English...

  • George Walker: Lifting the Veil

    WALKER ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ด for voice and orchestra
    STRAUSS Suite from ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ (compiled by Welser-Mรถst)

    In a program showcasing the breadth and variety of 20th century music, Franz Welser-Mรถst leads The Cleveland Orchestra and soprano Latonia Moore in their first performance of George Walkerโ€™s ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข...