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New York CityThe Cleveland Orchestra

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The Cleveland Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst

StockholmRichard Strauss with Asmik Grigorian

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Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst; Asmik Grigorian

BambergSymphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

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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

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Schubert, Bruckner
Franz Welser-Möst; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien; Unknown

ViennaAriadne auf NaxosNew production

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Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Franz Welser-Möst; Barrie Kosky; Vienna State Opera; Rufus Didwiszus; Franck Evin; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra in Vienna

Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra © Igor Ripak
Nearing the end of their 15-concert European tour, The Cleveland Orchestra and outgoing Music Director play music from Strauss’ opera Daphne and Shostakovich’s gruelling Eighth Symphony.
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The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst at the Musikverein

Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in the Musikverein © Igor Ripak
Welser-Möst keeps Bohuslav Martinů's seemingly unruly orchestral scoring wonderfully lucid as The Cleveland Orchestra visits Vienna's Musikverein. 
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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.
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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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StockholmAx plays Mozart

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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.