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Mäkelä guides Cleveland Orchestra through monumental Mahler
Klaus Mäkelä helms Mahler’s Third Symphony, the composer’s longest work, in a journey to remember with inspired playing from instrumentalists and vocalists alike.
Jakub Hrůša leads TCO in John Adams’ On the Transmigration of Souls
A brilliant programming decision paired Adams’s 9/11 memorial with Mahler’s life-affirming Symphony no. 4, with the fine soprano Joelle Harvey as soloist.
Carmina Burana at Blossom: A new look at an old friend
A fresh and compelling performance of Carl Orff’s classic. Aaron Copland’s rarely-performed Statements filled out the orchestra’s last concert performance at the Blossom Music Festival for 2018.
Cleveland Orchestra opens 100th season with a stunning Cunning Little Vixen
The Cleveland Orchestra’s centennial season was off to an auspicious start with an encore presentation of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen.
The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst capture Mahler’s sound world in his Symphony No. 3
Mezzo-soprano Kelly O’Connor proves herself a sensitive and dark-hued soloist, with fine support from the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.
A memorable Damnation of Faust in Cleveland
Paul Groves, Sir Willard White and Ruxandra Donose are the top-flight principals, with excellent support from the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.