Conquering Busoni’s Piano Concerto in Cleveland

Von Timothy Robson, 09 Februar 2019

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“a hybrid between a demonic tarantella and the soundtrack of a chase scene in a Bugs Bunny cartoon”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland, am 7 Februar 2019

Haydn, Symphonie Nr. 100 in G-Dur "Militär", Hob.I:100

Busoni, Concerto in C major for piano, orchestra and male choir, Op.39, BV 247

Garrick Ohlsson, Klavier

Men of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

The Cleveland Orchestra

Alan Gilbert, Musikalische Leitung

American Sound: Welser-Möst mit dem Cleveland Orchestra in Luzern

Phillip Richter, 1st September

Erschütternde Fünfte Symphonie Tschaikowskys folgt Víkingur Ólafssons liedhaftem Klavierspiel.

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Verführerischer Bruckner mit dem Cleveland Orchestra in Amsterdam

Michael Klier, 6th September

Franz Welser-Möst zeichnet eine puristische Neunte Symphonie des zu Lebzeiten so wenig geschätzten Tondichters.

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Kühle Präzision des Cleveland Orchestras

Daniel Url, 19th August

Franz Welser-Möst und sein amerikanisches Orchester zeigten mit einem Programm von Strauss und Bartók ihr Können, konnten damit aber nicht vollends überzeugen.

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Von Jesus, Orpheus und Zarathustra

David Renke, 25th October

Zusammen mit dem Pianisten Radu Lupu führen das Cleveland Orchestra und Dirigent Franz Welser-Möst gekonnt durch ein vielfältiges Programm.

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Barbara Hannigan surveys American voices with The Cleveland Orchestra

Sam Jacobson, 14th February

Works by Crumb, Ruggles, Barber and Gershwin offer four distinct ideas of what American music can sound like in Barbara Hannigan’s explorative Cleveland Orchestra program.

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The Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall: symphonic extremes

Sam Jacobson, 21st January

Following a polished account of Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony, Shostakovich’s Eleventh erupted with visceral force, as Franz Welser-Möst led The Cleveland Orchestra in a performance of gripping intensity.

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Timothy Robson

We are saddened to learn of the death of Tim Robson, a long-time Bachtrack contributor (2012-21). Tim was an organist in Cleveland, Ohio and his repertoire extended to all musical periods, with a special interest in contemporary music. As a blogger he was a regular contributor to ClevelandClassical.com. In his parallel career as a librarian, Tim was Associate Director for Academic Engagement at the Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University. Our condolences to his family.

Ohlsson and Gilbert conquer Busoni’s Piano Concerto in Cleveland