United States Beethoven: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 26.2.2023. (MSJ)
Mitsuko Uchida explores late Beethoven in Cleveland
Mark S Jordan
Kuchar and the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra are electrifying in Cleveland
United States Various: Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Emanuela Friscioni (piano), Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar and Carl Topilow (conductors). Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus Auditorium, Cleveland, 23.2.2023. (MSJ)
Klaus Mäkelä on his return to Cleveland excels in most of the program
United States Norman, Debussy, Ravel: Cleveland Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 2.2.2023. (MSJ)
Cleveland starts the year with lyrical timpani, hilarious Haydn and vital Nielsen
United States Various: Paul Yancich (timpani), Liv Redpath (soprano), Justin Austin (baritone), Cleveland Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 5.1.2023. (MSJ)
Apollo’s Fire makes Handel’s Messiah a Christmas miracle in Ohio
United States Handel, Messiah: Sonya Headlam, Erica Schuller (sopranos), Amanda Crider (mezzo-soprano), Steven Caldicott Wilson (tenor), Edward Vogel (baritone), Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio, 8.12.2022. (MSJ)
Abduraimov and Petrenko’s explosive energy brings the Cleveland Orchestra’s autumn season to a close
United States Elgar, Prokofiev, Walton: Behzod Abduraimov (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 1.12.2022. (MSJ)
Impressive debut by Thomas Søndergård in Cleveland
Germany Britten, Stravinsky: Stefan Jackiw (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 25.11.2022. (MSJ)
John Adams brings ‘El Niño’ to Cleveland
United States Adams, El Niño: Lauren Snouffer (soprano), Josefina Maldonado (mezzo-soprano), Davóne Tines (bass-baritone), Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley (countertenors), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (director: Lisa Wong), Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus (director: Jennifer Rosza), Cleveland Orchestra / John Adams (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 18.11.2022. (MSJ)
