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...

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...