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...

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 explores the brilliance of an e...

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...

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...

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...

SMITH 𝘛𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴
ADAMS 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘛𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘴?
SIMON 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘴
GLASS Façades from 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴
REICH Three Movements for Orchestra

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