BARTÓK String Quartet No. 3 (arr. Konopka)

Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and the Orchestra showcase the demanding vision of Bartók’s Third String Quartet — a score he devoured during his tumultuous Chicago adolescence, a time when “Bartók became kind of my Metallica.” Presented here in violis...

RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major

The so-called “Roaring Twenties” unfurled as an explosion of ideas that reshaped cultural and political landscapes, artistic expression, and scientific frontiers. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst discusses Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major as a seminal work that c...

R. STRAUSS Salome’s Dance from 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘦
R. STRAUSS Symphonic Fantasy on 𝘋𝘪𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘶 𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯

Franz Welser-Möst and the Orchestra explore the boundless theatrical imagination of Richard Strauss through excerpts from two treasured operas. These sumptuous scores capture different extremes of the ...

BARTÓK String Quartet No. 3 (arr. Konopka)
BARTÓK Suite from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯

Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and the Orchestra thread two of Bartók’s demanding visions into a single, emotionally charged arc. Paired with favorites from Bartók’s ballet 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯, violist Sta...

BEETHOVEN 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 Overture No. 3
JANÁČEK 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 Suite (arr. Jilek)

Franz Welser-Möst leads a pair of works centered on freedom: Beethoven’s propulsive 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 Overture No. 3 and excerpts from Leoš Janáček’s intensely dramatic opera 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥.

Welser-Möst dis...

This archival documentary relives the Cleveland Orchestra’s electrifying 1973 tour of Australia and New Zealand — a sweeping musical journey across two nations under the batons of Erich Leinsdorf and Stanisław Skrowaczewski, featuring pianist Jörg Demus. The tour reached its historic peak in Sydn...

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”

Conductor Osmo Vänskä leads the Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s masterfully orchestrated and emotionally expansive Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique” — a musical journey that encompasses desperation as well as joy.

Off the podium, Vänskä recalls a childhood in Finl...

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Music Director Franz Welser-Möst leads an exuberant performance of Beethoven’s fiery Fifth Symphony — from its iconic first four notes through its euphoric finale.

At Vienna’s Leopold Museum, surrounded by some of his favorite paintings and sculptures, Welser-Möst explo...

HAYDN Symphony No. 44
VIVIER 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
LIGETI 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘰
STRAUSS 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

Moving listeners through memory, love, loneliness, triumph, and surrender, Barbara Hannigan leads the Orchestra in a program of Haydn, Vivier, Ligeti, and Strauss. She discusses the role music played in he...

BRITTEN 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘛𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘴
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22

Two towering artistic figures — Dame Jane Glover and pianist Imogen Cooper — reunite in Cleveland to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22, paired with quintessentially English...

DEUTSCH 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 (World Premiere)
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

How does a composer envision a brand new piece of music after composing many? How can a conductor make a familiar piece feel new again? Franz Welser-Möst pairs the world premiere of Bernd Richard Deutsch’s 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 with...

ABRAHAMSEN 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (World Premiere)
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2

Emerging from a collective period of isolation and reflection, Franz Welser-Möst, pianist Igor Levit, Principal Horn Nathaniel Silberschlag, and composer Hans Abrahamsen discuss the evocative power of silence and the recipro...

FARRENC Symphony No. 3
MUSSORGSKY 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (orch. Ravel)

Join Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and the Orchestra in a journey of discovery featuring a long-neglected piece by Louise Farrenc and Welser-Möst’s very first time conducting a familiar favorite — Ravel’s orchestration ...

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4

Both conductor Franz Welser-Möst and composer Anton Bruckner began their creative journeys in Upper Austria, where rolling hills, deep-rooted Catholic faith, and the resilient spirit of its people provided the fertile ground for their artistic evolutions. Those kindred sp...

LOGGINS-HULL 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦? (World Premiere)
BARBER Cello Concerto

A Cleveland Orchestra commission by Allison Loggins-Hull and Alisa Weilerstein’s rendition of Barber’s technically demanding yet infinitely rewarding Cello Concerto take center stage in this captivating program, conducted by Music ...

MAHLER Symphony No. 4

Guest conductor Daniel Harding contemplates the distinct beauty of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and his profound connection to the composer’s work, as well as the privilege of performing such timeless masterpieces. Before the performance, Harding strolls to the Cleveland Museum...