United States Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Yuval Sharon (director), Walter Robot Studios (animation), Jason Thompson (projection and lighting design), Ann Closs-Farley (costume design and makeup), Christina Waltz (mask design), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Robert Porco (director), Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus, Ann Usher (director), Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, 20.5.2014 (MSJ)
Mark S. Jordan
Varied Program Excels in Mozart’s Requiem
United States Rouse, Frank, Mozart: Mary Kay Fink (piccolo), Jessica Rivera (soprano), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Garrett Sorenson (tenor), John Relyea (bass-baritone), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (Robert Porco, director), Cleveland Orchestra / David Robertson (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 4.5.2014
Luminous Sibelius, Dark Sallinen and Dramatic Grieg
United States Sallinen, Grieg, Sibelius: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, 8.5.2014
Quiet Authority Instead of Histrionic Swoon
United States Dvořák, Tchaikovsky: Mark Kosower (cello), Cleveland Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, 17.4.2014 (MSJ)
An Illusion of Spring—If Only for an Evening
United States Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Wigglesworth, Britten: Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Kate Royal (soprano), Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), John Tessier (tenor), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (Robert Porco, director), Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus (Ann Usher, director), Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 06.03.2014 (MSJ)
Albrecht In an Evening of Substitutions
Mahler, Brahms: Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Cleveland Orchestra, Marc Albrecht (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, 13.2.2014 (MSJ)
Cool and Sleek Brahms from Welser-Möst
United States Brahms: Julia Fischer (violin), Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 12.1.2014 (MSJ)
Alsop Finds Warmth—and Loneliness—in Copland’s Third
United States Barber, Schumann, Copland: David Fray (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 29.11.2013 (MSJ)