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TCO principal flute Joshua Smith stood out in seminal works for solo flute by Debussy and Takemitsu. Organist Paul Jacobs was a capable soloist in Poulenc’s concerto, while Franz Welser-Möst led imaginatively orchestrated segments of Prokofiev’s Visions fugitives.

The orchestra’s principal flute Joshua Smith was soloist for the local première of Matthias Pintscher’s Transir. Three Ravel favorites completed the program.

His recent bow out of the Vienna Staatsoper has been in the news, but last evening
Maestro Franz Welser-Möst was firmly in the saddle of the distinguished
Cleveland Orchestra as they performed in Amsterdam.

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in brilliantly clear Brahms at the Royal Albert Hall.