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Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to Cleveland and introduces his Cello Concerto

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts The Cleveland Orchestra
© Roger Mastroianni, courtesy of The Cleveland Orchestra
Senja Rummukainen and The Cleveland Orchestra
© Roger Mastroianni, courtesy of The Cleveland Orchestra
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“Rummukainen proved an ardent champion of the concerto”
Reviewed at Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland on 12 October 2024
Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin
Salonen, Cello Concerto
Sibelius, Theme and Variations in D minor for solo cello
Sibelius, Symphony no. 5 in E flat major, Op.82
Senja Rummukainen, Cello
The Cleveland Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Barbara Hannigan surveys American voices with The Cleveland Orchestra
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The Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall: symphonic extremes
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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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