R. STRAUSS Salome’s Dance from 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘦
R. STRAUSS Symphonic Fantasy on 𝘋𝘪𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘶 𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯

Franz Welser-Möst and the Orchestra explore the boundless theatrical imagination of Richard Strauss through excerpts from two treasured operas. These sumptuous scores capture different extremes of the ...

POULENC 𝘓𝘢 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘹 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦

Soprano Sarah Aristidou delivers a riveting, emotionally charged performance of Poulenc’s 𝘓𝘢 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘹 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦, an intimate monodrama capturing the last telephone conversation between a woman and her unseen lover.

In conversation, Aristidou describes the work as “a palette of...

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...

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...

MAHLER Selected Songs from 𝘋𝘦𝘴 𝘒𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯
MAHLER Selected Songs from 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘴ä𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘻𝘦𝘪𝘵
MAHLER Symphony No. 7

Baritone Simon Keenlyside, a peerless interpreter of art song, performs selections from Mahler’s 𝘋𝘦𝘴 𝘒𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯 and 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘴ä𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘻𝘦𝘪𝘵...

KRENEK 𝘒𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦
MAHLER Adagio from Symphony No. 10

Franz Welser-Möst traverses worlds of wit and longing in this evocative program. Krenek’s sly and restless 𝘒𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦, a forgotten work born of the turbulent 1920s, is followed by the intimate, meditative Adagio from Mahler’s final...

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...

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...

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...

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...

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27

Pianist Garrick Ohlsson brings his elegant artistry to Mozart’s intimate and lyrical Piano Concerto No. 27, the composer’s final work in the genre. Ohlsson reminisces about growing up in a “transplanted European culture” just outside New York City, and, at age 9, att...

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...