Recorded live in Mandel Concert Hall at Severance, each episode of In Focus features full concert performances together with a backstage look at the Orchestra’s musicians and music-making. Available only on Adella Premium - https://donate2.app/OSydjM
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
RESPIGHI - Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3
WALKER - Antifonys (for string orchestra)
TCHAIKOVSKY – Souvenir de Florence
This opening performance for our In Focus series brings together new inspirations in the form of souvenirs from the past, w...
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
SCHNITTKE – Concerto for Piano and Strings
BEETHOVEN – String Quartet No. 10 (“Harp”) (for string orchestra)
For this broadcast, a pair of pieces reflects the sensibilities of two very different centuries. Schnittke’s v...
Pianist Mitsuko Uchida is showcased in a solo performance filmed especially for Cleveland Orchestra audiences on January 4, 2021 at London’s Wigmore Hall, playing one of Schubert’s most mesmerizing sonatas.
Uchida’s brilliant solo playing is paired with one of Mozart’s most popular and well-know...
BACH – Unaccompanied Cello Suites, Nos. 1-6
The Cleveland Orchestra presents a special solo recital performance of Alisa Weilerstein playing Bach’s complete cycle of Solo Cellos Suites recorded live at Severance Hall in January 2021. These six pieces, written from 1717-23 for Bach’s own use, wer...
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
HAYDN - Piano Concerto in D major
BARTÓK - Divertimento for Strings
One of the most beloved concert pianists on the stage today, Emanuel Ax returns to perform a charming concerto by Haydn. This delightful work is paired with a mesmerizingly soulful...
The Cleveland Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor and harpsichord
HANDEL - Overture and Pifa Pastorale from Messiah
CORELLI - Concerto Grosso Opus 6, No. 8 (“Christmas Concerto”)
BACH - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
MENDELSSOHN - String Symphony No. 7
Guest conductor Nicholas McGegan returns to ...
The Cleveland Orchestra
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Jung-Min Amy Lee, violin
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
GLASS – Glassworks: Opening (reworked by Christian Badzura)
PÄRT – Fratres (for solo violin, strings, and percussion)
BACH – Keyboard Concerto No. 5
ADAMS – Shaker Loops (for string orchestr...
SHCHEDRIN Carmen-Suite
(complete ballet music for percussion and string orchestra)
Bizet’s colorful and flamboyant opera Carmen, with its eye-popping portrayal of on-the-street living filled with smoking, fighting, and drinking women scandalized Parisian audiences but became wildly famous for i...
SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphony in C minor, Opus 110a
MESSIAEN Le Christ, lumière du Paradis [Christ, Light of Paradise]
from Éclairs sur l'Au-Delà [Illuminations of the Beyond]
Reflecting on the one year anniversary of the global pandemic, Franz Welser-Möst leads a program bringing togethe...
TAKEMITSU Air (for solo flute)
PROKOFIEV Visions fugitives, Opus 22a (15 movements for piano arranged by Rudolf Barshai for string orchestra)
DEBUSSY Syrinx (for solo flute)
POULENC Organ Concerto (for organ, strings, and timpani)
This episode looks at contrasts and musical impressions. Open...
DVOŘÁK String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Opus 77 (performed by string orchestra)
CORIGLIANO Conjurer: Concerto for Percussionist
This program offers discoveries new and old, highlighting music’s magical ability to uncover and reveal pleasures, dreams, and unexpected connections.
A modern conce...
RAVEL Sonatine
BRITTEN Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
This broadcast features two talented young musicians — one French, one English, and both with great gift for melody and form, style, and craft.
Frenchman Maurice Ravel wrote a short sonata movement to enter into a magazine contest i...
MOZART – Clarinet Quintet in A major
featuring
Afendi Yusuf, clarinet
Stephen Rose, violin
Jeanne Preucil Rose, violin
Lynne Ramsey, viola
Mark Kosower, cello
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BERG – Three Pieces from Lyric Suite
with
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, co...
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Michael Sachs, trumpet
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
KERNIS Elegy . . . for those we lost
KERNIS Musica Celestis
SUK Serenade for Strings, Opus 6
This program embraces the journey of finding meaning in grief and reflection, while also returning to the simple joys of...
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
GRIEG From Holberg’s Time: Suite in Olden Style
KORNGOLD Symphonic Serenade
Music for theater and film has strong historical roots, inspiring music of extraordinary character — vividly turning action into sound and creating moods of tenderne...
