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Yuja Wang and The Cleveland Orchestra serve an iridescent musical feast

Yuja Wang and The Cleveland Orchestra
© Yevhen Gulenko, courtesy of The Cleveland Orchestra
Petr Popelka, Yuja Wang and The Cleveland Orchestra
© Yevhen Gulenko, courtesy of The Cleveland Orchestra
By Sam Jacobson, 29 November 2025
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“each element clicking into place like a Swiss watch”
Reviewed at Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland on 28 November 2025
Programme
Ravel, Piano Concerto in D major for the left hand
Ligeti, Piano Concerto
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Mendelssohn, Song without words in F sharp minor, Op.67 no.2
Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8 in C minor "Malinconia", Op.110: Allegro molto (trans. Giltburg)
Performers
Yuja Wang, Piano
The Cleveland Orchestra
Petr Popelka, Conductor
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Sam Jacobson

Sam Jacobson has been writing for Bachtrack since 2015 and is currently in Pittsburgh, having previously lived throughout the Midwest. A keen traveler, he endeavors to see all the great orchestras and opera houses across the US and abroad. Outside of music, he works as a software engineer. He also maintains a blog which can be read here.