United States Beethoven and Shostakovich: Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 24.10.2013 (MSJ)
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Season Opener Sports Elegant Playing (At Least)
United States Beethoven, Mahler: Hélène Grimaud (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 19.9.2013 (MSJ)
The “Rite,” with an Unexpected Contribution from Crickets
United StatesGould, Adams, Khachaturian, Stravinsky: The Joffrey Ballet, Ashley Wheater (artistic director), Joela Jones (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, Tito Muñoz (conductor) Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 18.8.2013 (MSJ)
Shostakovich Meets A Companionable Tree Frog
United States R. Strauss, Shostakovich: Luba Orgonášová (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 5.7.2013 (MSJ)
Sporadic Sparks from Honeck in Tchaikovsky
United States Martinsson, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Lars Vogt (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 26.5.2013 (MSJ)
Koopman’s Handel Invites Controversy
United States Handel: Jay Carter (countertenor), Steven Soph (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass-baritone), Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus (Robert Porco, director), Cleveland Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor, continuo) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 9.5.2013 (MSJ)
From New to Old, With a Nod to Ansel Adams
United States Shepherd, Shostakovich, Dvořák: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 21.4.2013 (MSJ)
Swaggering Orff Follows Oboe d’Amore
United States Bach, Orff: Robert Walters (oboe d’amore), Rebecca Nelsen (soprano), Nicholas Phan (tenor), Stephen Powell (baritone), Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Robert Porco (director), Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus, Ann Usher (director), James Feddeck (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 11.4.2013 (MSJ)