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Mark S Jordan

An Intimate Cleveland Setting for Keenlyside’s Winterreise

19/06/201923/05/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Schubert: Sir Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Natalia Katyukova (piano), Reinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. 19.5.2019. (MSJ)

Sir Simon Keenlyside © Uwe Arens
Sir Simon Keenlyside © Uwe Arens

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Charming Rarities from CityMusic Cleveland

08/06/201921/05/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States F. Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Kodály: Amit Peled (cello), CityMusic Cleveland / Mélisse Brunet (conductor), St. Jerome Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 19.5.2019. (MSJ)

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In Cleveland, Smetana Saves the Day

08/06/201914/05/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Glanert, Bruch, Smetana: Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque (pianos), Cleveland Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 9.5.2019. (MSJ)

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A Cleveland Debut and a Powerful Partnership

24/05/201907/05/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Vadim Gluzman (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Michail Jurowski (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 2.5.2019. (MSJ)

Michail Jurowski

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A MacMillan Piano Concerto Makes Its Cleveland Debut

19/05/201929/04/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Higdon, MacMillan, Debussy, Scriabin: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Cleveland Orchestra / Stéphane Denève (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 25.4.2019. (MSJ)

Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Jean-Yves Thibaudet

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In Akron, Bach Becomes a Tribute to Notre Dame

04/05/201917/04/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Bach, Mass in B minor: Amanda Powell (soprano), Amanda Crider (mezzo-soprano), Jacob Perry (tenor), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor), St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio, 15.4.2019. (MSJ)

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In Oberlin, Transcendent Goldberg Variations from Tharaud

15/04/201905/04/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Bach, Goldberg Variations: Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 3.4.2019. (MSJ)

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Heroic Work in Cleveland from Welser-Möst

06/04/201927/03/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Webern, R. Strauss: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 21.3.2019. (MSJ)

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