COPLAND Suite from 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨
GERSHWIN 𝘙𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦
ELLINGTON 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘈-𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯’
COPLAND Suite from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥

This program of three quintessentially American composers paints a musical portrait of the country as they knew it: full of promises, tensions, and fraught beauty. In c...

JOHN ADAMS 𝘌𝘭 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘰

Hailed as “intelligent, emotional and sometimes magical” by the BBC, John Adams’s 𝘌𝘭 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘰 imagines a modern-day miracle, retelling the story of Handel’s 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘩 through a constellation of references ranging from medieval chant to contemporary Latin American poetry. In conversa...

RAVEL 𝘓𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶 𝘥𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Cello Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

Esa-Pekka Salonen leads a shimmering performance of Ravel’s exquisitely French 𝘓𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶 𝘥𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯; his own demanding and evocative Cello Concerto, brought to life by Senja Rummukainen; and Sibelius’s Sympho...

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...

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...

L. BOULANGER 𝘋’𝘶𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘴 (On a Spring Morning)
UNSUK CHIN 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘢́ for Orchestra
DEBUSSY 𝘓𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳 (The Sea)

Light, shade, and color play an integral role in this luminously French program of Boulanger, Debussy, and Korean composer Unsuk Chin. Conductor Alan Gilbert reminisces about his ...

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.

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...

NIELSEN Symphony No. 4 (“The Inextinguishable”)

A man whose faith, spirituality, and communion with music imbue every rehearsal and performance, Herbert Blomstedt leads Nielsen’s “Inextinguishable” Fourth Symphony. Chief Artistic Officer Mark Williams sits down with Blomstedt for a glimpse into ...

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

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