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Cleveland

Reconstructed Monteverdi Brings Humanity to a Venerable Myth

25/04/201816/04/2018 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Monteverdi, L’Orfeo: Soloists, Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell (conductor), Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio, 13.4.2018. (MSJ)

Orfeo (Karim Sulayman) attempts to lead Euridice (Erica Schuller) out of the Underworld in the Apollo's Fire production of Montverdi's L'Orfeo. (Photograph courtesy of Apollo's Fire, copyright Erica Brenner Productions.)
Orfeo (Karim Sulayman) & Euridice (Erica Schuller) (c) Erica Brenner Productions

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A Suk Rarity Expresses an Avalanche of Grief

19/04/201810/04/2018 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Brahms, Suk: Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 7.4.2018. (MSJ)

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Rare Poulenc Precedes an Old (and Chatty) Friend

30/03/201826/03/2018 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Poulenc, Rachmaninoff: Jory Vinokour (harpsichord), Cleveland Orchestra / Stéphane Denève (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 25.03.2018 (MSJ)

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A Rare Sighting of Elgar’s Second Symphony

16/03/201806/03/2018 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Beethoven, Elgar: Yefim Bronfman (piano), the Cleveland Orchestra / Nikolaj Znaider (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. 2.3.2018. (MSJ)

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Pintscher Revels in Ravel

27/02/201823/02/2018 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Ravel: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), The Cleveland Orchestra / Matthias Pintscher (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. 22.2.2018. (MSJ)

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A Premiere and Mahler Make Uneasy Bedfellows

24/01/201817/01/2018 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Staud, Mahler: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 11.1.2018. (MSJ)

Franz Welser-Möst and Johannes Maria Staud (Photo: Roger Mastroianni, courtesy the Cleveland Orchestra)
Franz Welser-Möst and Johannes Maria Staud (c) Roger Mastroianni/Cleveland Orchestra

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Enchantments (Except for Brahms) from Mikko Franck and Cleveland Orchestra

15/12/201712/12/2017 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Julian Anderson, Mozart, Brahms: Richard Goode (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Mikko Franck (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 7.12.2017. (MSJ)

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Elusive New Piano Concerto Precedes Grandiose Bruckner

12/12/201703/12/2017 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Sciarrino, Bruckner: Jonathan Biss (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Fabio Luisi (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 30.11.2017. (MSJ)

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