STRAUSS 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯
MOZART Requiem, K. 626

In this digital production, Music Director Franz Welser-Möst discusses the importance and evolution of the Cleveland Sound under his 22-year tenure. Following an impassioned performance of Richard Strauss’s 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯, take a tour behind the scenes...

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27

Pianist Garrick Ohlsson brings his elegant artistry to Mozart’s intimate and lyrical Piano Concerto No. 27, the composer’s final work in the genre. Ohlsson reminisces about growing up in a “transplanted European culture” just outside New York City, and, at age 9, att...

MOZART Symphony No. 29
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2

Tchaikovsky considered Ukraine a second home and refuge, and he began work on his Second Symphony while staying just outside of Kyiv. One of his most joyful compositions, this symphony ingeniously incorporates Ukrainian folk songs. Equally lively...

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...

MOZART Divertimento No. 2
SCHOENBERG Variations for Orchestra

At home in Austria, Franz Welser-Möst takes a walk through Vienna, a city steeped in centuries of music history as the home of many famous composers — including Mozart and Schoenberg — and the storied Musikverein. Best remembered for ...

MOZART Symphony No. 36 (“Linz”)

Written on a trip from Vienna to Salzburg, Mozart’s “Linz” Symphony was named for Franz Welser-Möst’s Austrian hometown. The Music Director recalls the cultural flowering he witnessed there as a student and reminisces about his earliest days as an aspiring conduct...

MOZART Symphony No. 38 (“Prague”) in D Major

Dame Jane Glover revels in the “wonderful exuberance and nonchalant brilliance” of Mozart’s “Prague” symphony. She describes the freedom of conducting from memory, the relationship between composer and conductor, and her own deep connection with Mozart.