Mark S Jordan

Popelka and Cleveland savor warm Brahms and a new concertante oboe piece by Hailstork

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United StatesUnited States Hailstork, Brahms: Frank Rosenwein (oboe), Julia Kleiter (soprano), Lucas Meachem (baritone), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (chorus director: Lisa Wong), Cleveland Orchestra / Petr Popelka (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 5.11.2026. (MSJ)

Petr Popelka leads the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus in Brahms’s Ein deutches Requiem © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Sequentia brings a chilling ‘The Wanderer’ to Columbus

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United StatesUnited States ‘The Wanderer’ – Songs of Travel from the Middle Ages: Sequentia members – Benjamin Bagby (voice, harps), Norbert Rodenkirchen (flutes). Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbus, 23.10.2026. (MSJ)

Benjamin Bagby and Norbert Rodenkirchen of Sequentia in ‘The Wanderer’ © Hild Peersen/EMC

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Apollo’s Fire revels with ‘Ben Franklin in Paris’ to open their 35th season in Ohio

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United StatesUnited States Various, ‘Ben Franklin in Paris’: Alan Choo (violin), Chloe Feder (violin), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). First United Methodist Church, Akron, 15.10.2026. (MSJ)

Conductor Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire in ‘Ben Franklin in Paris’ © Mark Jordan

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Welser-Möst launches his final Cleveland season with quiet mastery and a radiant Golda Schultz

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United StatesUnited States R. Strauss, Shostakovich: Golda Schultz (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 17.9.2026. (MSJ)

Soprano Golda Schultz and the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Franz Welser-Möst © Yevhen Gulenko/TCO

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