Mark S Jordan

The Jerusalem Quartet plunges into the Shostakovich Cycle in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States Shostakovich Cycle [I]: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlosky, Sergei Bresler [violins], Ori Kam [(viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]). Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 21.4.2025. (MSJ)

Jerusalem Quartet playing Shostakovich in Cleveland © Ron Werman/CCMS

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Apollo’s Fire and vocalists find grace and glory in Bach’s Mass in B minor

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United StatesUnited States J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Rebecca Myers (soprano), Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Gabriela Estephanie Solís (mezzo-sopranos), Emily Marvosh (contralto), Jacob Perry (tenor), Edward Vogel (baritone), Charles Wesley Evans (baritone), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio, 4.4.2025. (MSJ)

Jeannette Sorrell conducts Rebecca Myers (soprano), Gabriela Estephanie Solís (mezzo-soprano) and Apollo’s Fire © Apollo’s Fire

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Kavakos sears in Shostakovich during Welser-Möst’s return to Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States Shostakovich, Beethoven: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 28.2.2025. (MSJ)

Leonidas Kavakos plays the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.2 © Kevin Libal

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