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Deutsch's Urworte
Extras
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Piazzolla's Tangos with John Adams
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Chan Conducts Bartók
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Shostakovich's "The Year 1905"
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Ravel's Boléro
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Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
Beethoven’s 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘪𝘴 is rivaled only by his Ninth Symphony in power and scope. Through graceful solos and contemplative choruses, Beethoven imbues the ancient text with humanist theology and seamlessly integrates Gregorian chant, Baroque quotations, and his forward-looking late style, creat...
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Eric Whitacre's Eternity in an Hour
Grammy Award–winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre joins The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus to mark its 75th season in a special concert celebrating the ensemble’s rich legacy and bright future. Director of Choruses Lisa Wong opens the evening with the Dylan Thomas–inspired 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭 by John C...
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The Last Waltz
Franz Welser-Möst’s final concert as Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra is a lively homage to the Viennese musical tradition so near and dear to his heart. The evening opens with Schubert’s pastoral Overture to Rosamunde, followed by a series of spirited dances and overtures by Lanner and ...
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All Tchaikovsky
“The ultimate essence of the symphony is Life,” Tchaikovsky wrote of his Sixth Symphony. Full of sweeping melodies, passionate outbursts, and emotional extremes, his “Pathétique” Symphony remains one of the most resounding final symphonic statements in the repertoire. Conductor Kazuki Yamada lead...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Concert
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Strauss's Ein Heldenleben
Who is the hero of Richard Strauss’s 𝘌𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘯 — a historical figure, a mythic legend, or the composer himself? Though most agree that the work is a self-portrait of Strauss, this swashbuckling tone poem is nonetheless a feast for the ears, filled with bravado and derring-do. Guest conducto...
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Brahms's Requiem
Petr Popelka leads the combined forces of The Cleveland Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus in 𝘌𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘮, a contemplative and deeply moving reflection on life written as Brahms grieved the loss of his mother. The Orchestra also presents the world premiere of 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, an...
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Live from Paris: Strauss & Shostakovich
Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra perform two 20th-century masterpieces live in Paris. South African soprano Golda Schultz lends her radiant voice to Richard Strauss’s staggeringly beautiful "Four Last Songs", written in the sunset of the composer’s life. Complementing this, Shostakov...
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Bartók String Quartet No. 3 (arr. Konopka)
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...
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Víkingur Ólafsson in the Jazz Age
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...
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Limitless Fantasy
R. STRAUSS Salome’s Dance from 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘦
R. STRAUSS Symphonic Fantasy on 𝘋𝘪𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘶 𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯Franz 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 ...
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Rocking Out to Bartók
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 3 (arr. Konopka)
BARTÓK Suite from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯Music 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...
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Reach for the Stars
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...
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Fire in the Heavens: Australia 1973
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...
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Breathe: Osmo Vänskä
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...
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John Adams Conducts Frenzied Tango
Pioneering composer John Adams conducts a marquee lineup of Cleveland Orchestra premieres, including his Frenzy, an audacious work that reflects our dizzying modernity, and his own arrangements of Astor Piazzolla’s irresistible Argentine tangos. Pianist Aaron Diehl takes center stage in a concert...
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Beethoven’s Fifth
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...
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Hannigan’s Musical Community
HAYDN Symphony No. 44
VIVIER 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
LIGETI 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘰
STRAUSS 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯Moving 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...
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Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony
Acclaimed conductor Dalia Stasevska returns to Severance for two evocative musical depictions of the American continent. Informed by African American spirituals, Indigenous melodies, and Czech folk songs, Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony proceeds from one memorable tune to another, including its exquisite...
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Glover in London
BRITTEN 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘛𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘴
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22Two 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...
