Cleveland

A catch-all concert in Cleveland ranges from genial to epic

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United StatesUnited States Prokofiev, Neuwirth, Wagner: Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 7.5.2026. (MSJ)

Jörg Widmann plays Neuwirth’s Zones of Blue with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra © Yevhen Gulenko/TCO

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Jörg Widmann demonstrates vitality in his own music and also in a Mendelssohn symphony in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States Wildmann, Mendelssohn: Cleveland Orchestra / Jörg Widmann (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 30.4.2026. (MSJ)

Jörg Widmann conducts Mendelssohn’s ‘Reformation’ Symphony with the Cleveland Orchestra © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Mäkelä leads a harrowing War Requiem with the Cleveland Orchestra, Choruses and soloists

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United StatesUnited States Britten, War Requiem: Tamara Wilson (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Ludwig Mittelhammer (baritone), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (director: Lisa Wong), Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus (director: Jennifer Rozsa), Cleveland Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 23.4.2026. (MSJ)

Tamara Wilson solos in Britten’s War Requiem © Yevhen Gulenko/TCO

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Apollo’s Fire serves a warm reminder in their potent ‘O, Jerusalem’ program in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States ‘O, Jerusalem: Crossroads of Three Faiths’ – Various: Sonya Headlam (soprano), Aryssa Leigh Burrs (mezzo-soprano), Inbal Hever (mezzo-soprano), Edward Vogel (baritone), Daphna Mor (recorder, shawm, ney, vocals), Ronnie Malley (oud, accordion, vocals), Lucine Musaelian (vocals, viola da gamba), Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 10.4.2026. (MSJ)

Soprano Sonya Headlam sings with Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire © Malcolm Henoch/AF

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Gabetta, Rouvali and the Cleveland Orchestra balance dark Shostakovich and bright Schubert

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United StatesUnited States Shostakovich, Schubert: Sol Gabetta (cello), Cleveland Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 9.4.2026. (MSJ)

Cellist Sol Gabetta with Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducting the Cleveland Orchestra © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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