Lorenzo Viotti makes a strong impression in Cleveland Orchestra debut

Par Timothy Robson, 01 décembre 2019

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“Wang’s playing was self-effacing, almost introverted, gorgeously and delicately voiced.”

Critique faite à Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland, le 29 novembre 2019

Prokofiev, L'Amour des trois oranges : suite symphonique, Op.33bis

Rachmaninov, Concerto pour piano et orchestre no. 4 en sol mineur, Op.40

Poulenc, Sinfonietta, FP 141

Ravel, La Valse

Gluck, Melodie (Encore)

Yuja Wang, Piano

Lorenzo Viotti, Direction

The Cleveland Orchestra

Cleveland et Franz Welser-Möst en hérauts des temps passés

Julien Hanck, 16th October

Ces dernières années, on a surtout entendu Mahler sculpté par des baguettes démiurges : celles de Rattle, de Nézet-Séguin ou de Harding. Toutes ces lectures paraîtraient outrancières face à celle que proposait Franz Welser-Möst et l'Orchestre de Cleveland à la Philharmonie.

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Brahms à la Salle Pleyel

Luca Dupont-Spirio, 20th September

Arrivés à Paris pour l'avant-dernière étape de leur tournée européenne, Franz Welser-Möst et l'Orchestre de Cleveland ont interprété Brahms avec une précision aussi intimidante que remarquable.

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From a ‘classical‘ symphony to Götterdämmerung in Cleveland

Sam Jacobson, 7th May

Franz Welser-Möst leads a program reflective of the artistic threads that have defined his Cleveland tenure: Prokofiev, contemporary Austrian music and Wagner.

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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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A study in control and proportion: the Clevelanders’ Verdi Requiem

Edward Sava-Segal, 20th January

Asmik Grigorian leads a strong quartet of soloists and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus shape the performance at Carnegie Hall.

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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.

Conductor Lorenzo Viotti makes a strong impression in Cleveland Orchestra debut