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James Ehnes and colleagues launch the 2023 edition of Seattle Chamber Music Society's month-long summer festival on an exhilarating note with trios by Dohnányi, Bartók and Ravel.

Gustavo Gimeno conducts a program anchored by Scheherazade as well as a cello concerto by Ginastera, featuring Cleveland Orchestra principal Mark Kosower.

Sir Andrew Davis also led superb performances of Delius’ Brigg Fair and Strauss’ Don Quixote, with Mark Kosower and Wesley Collins as soloists.

The orchestra's principal cellist Mark Kosower gave a performance of Haydn's Concerto in C notable for its transparency and grace at this late summer Blossom Festival concert.

The Cleveland Orchestra's principal cellist Mark Kosower gives a solid performance in Dvořák’s concerto, coupled with Tchaikovsky's “Pathétique” Symphony under Herbert Blomstedt's direction. 

A summer season concert at the Blossom Music Center would not be the normal place for The Cleveland Orchestra to give first performances, but through a coincidental oddity of programming, there were two orchestra premières: Samuel Barber’s 1945 Cello Concerto, Op.