Mark S. Jordan

Ax and Heras-Casado dig into Mozart and Shostakovich with the Cleveland Orchestra

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United StatesUnited States Mozart, Shostakovich: Emanuel Ax (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 6.12.2024. (MSJ)

Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Cleveland Orchestra as Emanuel Ax plays Mozart © Human Artist Photography/TCO

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Cleveland serves a Thanksgiving feast with Marc-André Hamelin and David Robertson

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United StatesUnited States Various: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Daniel Robertson (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 1.12.2024. (Reviewed as a livestream on clevelandorchestra.com/adella). (MSJ)

David Robertson leads the Cleveland Orchestra in Copland © Extraordinaire Photos/TCO

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Eliesha Nelson premieres chamber version of Margaret Brouwer’s Viola Concerto with CityMusic Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States Bach, Brouwer, Brahms: Eliesha Nelson (viola), CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra / Lorenzo Lopez (conductor). Our Lady of Angels Church, Cleveland, 27.10.2024. (MSJ)

Conductor Lorenzo Lopez, composer Margaret Brouwer, and violist Eliesha Nelson © CityMusic Cleveland

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Bach’s Brandenburgs live (again!) in Ohio under Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire

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United StatesUnited States Bach: Caleb Hudson (natural trumpet), Kathryn Montoya (recorder), Gaia Saetermoe-Howard (oboe), Alan Choo (violin), Nicole Divall (viola), Min Young-Kim (viola), Kathie Stewart (recorder), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord and conductor). First United Methodist Church, Akron, 20.10.2024. (MSJ)

Apollo’s Fire in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.2 under Jeannette Sorrell © Apollo’s Fire

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Mahler illuminated by Mäkelä’s two-ended candlelight in Cleveland

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United StatesUnited States Mahler: Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), 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, 17.10.2024. (MSJ)

Jennifer Rozsa and Lisa Wong (CO Chorus directors), Jennifer Johnson (mezzo-soprano), and Klaus Mäkelä (conductor) © Roger Mastroianni

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An ovation from the Cleveland Orchestra for conductor/composer Esa-Pekka Salonen

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United StatesUnited States Ravel, Salonen, Sibelius: Senja Rummukainen (cello), Cleveland Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 13.10.2024. (MSJ)

Senja Rummukainen plays Salonen’s Cello Concerto © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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From wit to an alien world to radiant transcendence: symphonic showcase from Harding’s Clevelanders

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United StatesUnited States Haydn, Walker, R. Schumann: Cleveland Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 3.10.2024. (MSJ)

Daniel Harding conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in Schumann’s Symphony No.2 © Yevhen Gulenko/CO

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