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A Romantic Cleveland Orchestra debut for Petr Popelka

James Ehnes, Petr Popelka
© The Cleveland Orchestra | Kevin Libal
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“a moment of pure poetry before the foot-tapping rambunctiousness of the finale”
Reviewed at Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland on 25 July 2024
Franck, Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman)
Korngold, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
Dvořák, Symphony no. 6 in D major, Op.60
Ysaÿe, Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor "Ballade", Op.27 no.3
Bach, Violin sonata no. 2 in A minor, BWV1003: Andante
James Ehnes, Violin
The Cleveland Orchestra
Petr Popelka, 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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