United States Delius, Vaughan Williams, Strauss: Frank Rosenwein (oboe), Mark Kosower (cello), Wesley Collins (viola), Cleveland Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 20.4.2017. (MSJ)
Mark S Jordan
For Young Listeners, a Poignant, Relevant Reminder of History
United States Finzi, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, John Williams, Bloch, Bruch, Rossini: Sara Bogomolny, Diana Frankhauser, Stuart Hoffman, Michael Knobloch, Meg Martinez, Michael Randall, Stella Singer, Joseph Virgo (actors), Donald Carrier (stage direction), Peter Otto (violin), Charles Bernard (cello), Cleveland Orchestra / Brett Mitchell (conductor), Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 10.3.2017. (MSJ)
Pintscher Directs an Orchestral Theme of Travel
United States Pintscher, Saint-Saëns, Schoenberg, Debussy: Cedric Tiberghien (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Matthias Pintscher (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. 23.2.2017. (MSJ)
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Apollo’s Fire: Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts
United States Bach, Telemann: Apollo’s Fire: Debra Nagy (oboe), Olivier Brault (violin), Francis Colpron and Kathie Stewart (recorders and flutes), René Schiffer (cello), Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord/conductor). Bath Church, Akron, Ohio, 20.2.2017. (MSJ)
Donald Runnicles Steps in for a Memorable Das Lied von der Erde
United States Schubert, Mahler: Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Cleveland Orchestra / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 9.2.2017. (MSJ)
Two (Different) Orchestral Meditations on Mourning
United States Widmann, Bruckner: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 12.1.2017. (MSJ)
Brilliant Period Performances in Rural Ohio
United States A Night at Bach’s Coffeehouse: Olivier Brault and Julie Andrijeski (violins), Francis Colpron and Kathie Stewart (recorders and flute), Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord), Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). St. Peter’s Church, Mansfield, Ohio. 15.10.2016. (MSJ)
Ma and Ling Bring Brilliance to Elgar
United States Smetana, Elgar, Dvořák: Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Cleveland Orchestra, Jahja Ling (conductor) Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 08.16.2014. (MSJ)