SIBELIUS Prelude and Suite No. 1 (from The Tempest)
SIBELIUS Six Humoresques
ADÈS Märchentänze
ADÈS Five Spells (from The Tempest)

Composer-conductor Thomas Adès’s Cleveland Orchestra conducting debut features two musical interpretations of Shakespeare’s The Tempest — one by Sibelius, and the ot...

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

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 Symphony No. 5, a visionar...

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...

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4

Both conductor Franz Welser-Möst and composer Anton Bruckner began their creative journeys in Upper Austria, where rolling hills, deep-rooted Catholic faith, and the resilient spirit of its people provided the fertile ground for their artistic evolutions. Those kindred sp...

FARRENC Symphony No. 3
MUSSORGSKY 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (orch. Ravel)

Join Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and the Orchestra in a journey of discovery featuring a long-neglected piece by Louise Farrenc and Welser-Möst’s very first time conducting a familiar favorite — Ravel’s orchestration ...

STRAUSS 𝘌𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘯 (A Hero’s Life)

Franz Welser-Möst believes in approaching music with “open ears,” especially in a piece as rich with extra-musical context as Strauss’s very personal 𝘌𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘯. Welser-Möst shares the work’s connection to the composer’s life and his own classical app...

SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D Minor
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10

En route to their first collaboration — an electric reading of Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto — conductor Klaus Mäkelä and violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider discuss the rewarding and hectic realities of life as a touring performer. B...

WALKER 𝘓𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘴 for voice and orchestra
STRAUSS Suite from 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 (compiled by Welser-Möst)

In a program showcasing the breadth and variety of 20th century music, Franz Welser-Möst leads The Cleveland Orchestra and soprano Latonia Moore in their first performance of George Walker’s 𝘓𝘪𝘭𝘢...

DEUTSCH 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 (World Premiere)
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

How does a composer envision a brand new piece of music after composing many? How can a conductor make a familiar piece feel new again? Franz Welser-Möst pairs the world premiere of Bernd Richard Deutsch’s 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 with...

ABRAHAMSEN 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (World Premiere)
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2

Emerging from a collective period of isolation and reflection, Franz Welser-Möst, pianist Igor Levit, Principal Horn Nathaniel Silberschlag, and composer Hans Abrahamsen discuss the evocative power of silence and the recipro...