United States Mahler: Simon Keenleyside (baritone), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 13.10.2023. (MSJ)
Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra let Mahler’s ideas speak
Mark S. Jordan
Apollo’s Fire floats the ‘Splendour of London’ to Ohio
United States ‘Splendour of London’ – Purcell, Handel: Soloists, Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrel (conductor). St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron, 12.10.2023. (MSJ)
Christoph Sietzen dazzles with a new Staud percussion concerto in Cleveland
United States Mozart, Staud, Tchaikovsky: Christoph Sietzen (percussion), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 6.10.2023. (MSJ)
Fabien Gabel and Simone Lamsma excel in a perfect summer program at Cleveland’s Blossom Festival
United States Blossom Festival 2023 [3]: Simone Lamsma (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Fabien Gabel (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 26.8.2023. (MSJ)
Fujita and Bancroft bring surprise and delight to Cleveland’s Blossom Festival
United States Blossom Festival 2023 [2]: Mao Fujita (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 19.8.2023. (MSJ)
Robertson and Tao work wonders at Cleveland’s Blossom Festival
United States Blossom Festival 2023 [1]: Conrad Tao (piano), Students of the Kent Blossom Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra / David Robertson (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 5.8.2023. (MSJ)
Apollo’s Fire concert in the Ohio countryside packs both charm and substance
United States The Fiddlers of Dublin – An Irish-American Journey (created and directed by Jeannette Sorrell): Fiona Gillespie (vocals, whistle), Sam Kreidenweis (vocals), Susanna Perry Gilmore (fiddle), Caitlin Hedge (fiddle), Emi Tanabe (fiddle), Ian Crane (bagpipes, vocals, whistle), Tina Bergmann (hammered dulcimer), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (director, harpsichord). Mapleside Farms, Brunswick, Ohio, 13.6.2023. (MSJ)
Wynton Marsalis’s trumpet concerto premieres in Cleveland
United States Eastman, Marsalis, Dvořák: Michael Sachs (trumpet), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 28.4.2023. (MSJ)
