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ViennaThe Cleveland Orchestra

© Julia Wesely
Liszt, Martinů, Brahms
The Cleveland Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst

ViennaThe Cleveland Orchestra

© Julia Wesely
Strauss R., Shostakovich
The Cleveland Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst

StockholmRichard Strauss with Asmik Grigorian

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Strauss R.
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst; Asmik Grigorian

BambergSymphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

© Julia Wesely
Bruckner: Symphony no. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst

ViennaVienna Philharmonic

Musikverein Wien
Beethoven: Mass in D major, “Missa solemnis”, Op.123
Vienna Philharmonic; Franz Welser-Möst; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien; Golda Schultz; Deniz Uzun; Daniel Behle

ViennaSingverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien

© Marianne Feiler
Schubert, Bruckner
Franz Welser-Möst; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien; Unknown
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Franz Welser-Möst begins his Cleveland farewell

Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra © Aireonna McCall-Dube
Wagner, contemporary fireworks, and Straussian extravagance make for a characteristic Welser-Möst program as The Cleveland Orchestra's Music Director looks towards his final season.
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A tale of one city: Franz Welser-Möst celebrates Vienna in Berlin

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker © Stephan Rabold
At the Berlin Philharmonie, Franz Welser-Möst guides the audience through two centuries of Viennese music, including the German premiere of Bernd Deutsch's Intensity.
***11
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From a ‘classical’ symphony to Götterdämmerung in Cleveland

Jörg Widmann, Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra © Yevhen Gulenko
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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The Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall: symphonic extremes

Franz Welser-Möst © Edward Lee
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

Franz Welser-Möst and Asmik Grigorian © Chris Lee
Asmik Grigorian leads a strong quartet of soloists and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus shape the performance at Carnegie Hall. 
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An uneven symphonic pairing from Franz Welser-Möst in Cleveland

Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra © Yevhen Gulenko, courtesy of The Cleveland Orchestra
Mozart and Shostakovich make an uncomfortable fit in a program designed to highlight their differences.
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StockholmAx plays Mozart

© Lisa Marie Mazzucco
Mozart, Schubert
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst; Emanuel Ax

StockholmSchumann's Piano Concerto

Stockholms Konserthusstiftelse
Schumann, Prokofiev
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst; Leif Ove Andsnes

MunichFranz Welser-Möst and Igor Levit

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Beethoven, Mozart
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst; Igor Levit
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In Focus: The Cleveland Orchestra's digital offering

Severance Hall will stay closed until at least June. In the meantime, we look at the series of concerts that The Cleveland Orchestra is providing on its digital platform, Adella.