United States 2019 Blossom Music Festival – Bizet, Rodrigo, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy: Pepe Romero (guitar), Cleveland Orchestra / Thierry Fischer (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 21.7.2019. (MSJ)
Mark S. Jordan
At the Blossom Festival, Two Artists Take Nothing for Granted
United States Bernstein, Gershwin, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky: Aaron Diehl (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Roderick Cox (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 6.07.2019 (MSJ)
In Ohio, Baroque Meets British Folk with Exhilarating Results
United States Far Beyond the Sea: Members of The Early Folk Band: Steve Player (guitar, vocals, dancer), Gesine Bänfer (bagpipes, cittern, vocals, frame drums), Ian Harrison (winds, vocals, Gothic harp); Members of Apollo’s Fire: Amanda Powell (vocals, percussion), Brian Kay (plucked instruments, vocals), Tina Bergmann (hammered dulcimer), Baroque Music Barn, Hunting Valley, Ohio, 7.6.2019. (MSJ)
Perplexing Finale to the Cleveland Orchestra’s Season
United States Grieg, Sibelius, R. Strauss: Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 23.5.2019. (MSJ)
(c) Roger Mastroianni
An Intimate Cleveland Setting for Keenlyside’s Winterreise
United States Schubert: Sir Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Natalia Katyukova (piano), Reinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. 19.5.2019. (MSJ)
Charming Rarities from CityMusic Cleveland
United States F. Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Kodály: Amit Peled (cello), CityMusic Cleveland / Mélisse Brunet (conductor), St. Jerome Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 19.5.2019. (MSJ)
In Cleveland, Smetana Saves the Day
United States Glanert, Bruch, Smetana: Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque (pianos), Cleveland Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 9.5.2019. (MSJ)
A Cleveland Debut and a Powerful Partnership
United States Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Vadim Gluzman (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Michail Jurowski (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 2.5.2019. (MSJ)
