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In Cleveland, a politically fraught St John Passion

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Reviewed at Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland on 9 March 2017
Bach, St John Passion, BWV245
Maximilian Schmitt, Tenor
Andrew Foster-Williams, Bass
Lauren Snouffer, Soprano
Iestyn Davies, Countertenor
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor
Barbara Hannigan surveys American voices with The Cleveland Orchestra
***11
The Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall: symphonic extremes
*****
A study in control and proportion: the Clevelanders’ Verdi Requiem
****1
An uneven symphonic pairing from Franz Welser-Möst in Cleveland
***11
Yuja Wang serves an iridescent musical feast in Cleveland
****1
Gripping, somber Mahler 6 from Sokhiev and The Cleveland Orchestra
****1
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