Performer: Franz Welser-Möst

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Mozart and Shostakovich make an uncomfortable fit in a program designed to highlight their differences.

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.