United States Blossom Music Festival [3] – Prokofiev, Falla, Berlioz, Vaughan Williams, Mahler: Blossom Festival Chorus (Lisa Wong, director), Kent Blossom Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra / Vinay Parameswaran, Jahja Ling (conductors), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 21.7.2018. (MSJ)
Mark S Jordan
Vilde Frang in Revelatory Britten at the Blossom Music Festival
United States 2018 Blossom Music Festival [2] – Britten, Schumann: Vilde Frang (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / John Storgårds (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 15.7.2018. (MSJ)
A Cleveland Favorite for Blossom’s Opening Night
United States 2018 Blossom Music Festival [1] – Beethoven, Mussorgsky: Stephen Rose (violin), Mark Kosower (cello), Joela Jones (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Jahja Ling (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 7.7.2018. (MSJ)
& Mark Kosower (cello) (c) Roger Mastroianni
Exploring Mediterranean Staples from Centuries Ago
United States Tarantella! Rhythms of the Old Mediterranean: Amanda Powell (soprano and guest co-director), Brian Kay (plucked instruments and guest co-director), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (co-director), Bath United Church of Christ, Akron, Ohio, 12.6.2018. (MSJ)
After a Buttoned-Up Start, Beethoven’s Ninth Reaches Transcendence
United States Beethoven: Erin Wall (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Norbert Ernst (tenor), Dashon Burton (bass-baritone), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus/Lisa Wong (director), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 17.5.2018. (MSJ)
A Wagner Skeptic Reports on a Stylish Tristan in Concert
United States Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Men of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Lisa Wong (acting chorus director), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 29.4.2018. (MSJ)
Reconstructed Monteverdi Brings Humanity to a Venerable Myth
United States Monteverdi, L’Orfeo: Soloists, Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell (conductor), Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio, 13.4.2018. (MSJ)
A Suk Rarity Expresses an Avalanche of Grief
United States Brahms, Suk: Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 7.4.2018. (MSJ)