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MOZART   Piano Concerto No. 20 SHOSTAKOVICH   Symphony No. 10 Mozart’s fiery Piano Concerto No. 20 presents the perfect occasion for The Cleveland Orchestra to welcome ...

COPLAND   Suite from  Appalachian Spring   GERSHWIN   Rhapsody in Blue   ELLINGTON   New World A-Comin' COPLAND   Suite from  The Tender Land ...

NIELSEN Overture to Maskarade TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1

BEETHOVEN   Piano Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN   Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” Igor Levit, Franz Welser-Möst, and The Cleveland Orchestra conclude their unmissable Beethoven cycle with ...

BEETHOVEN   Piano Concerto No. 2    BEETHOVEN   Piano Concerto No. 4 Igor Levit returns for the second part of this Beethoven cycle with the ...

BEETHOVEN   Triple Concerto BEETHOVEN   Piano Concerto No. 3 Igor Levit, a pianist “like no other” ( The New Yorker ), inaugurates a highly anticipated cycle ...

STRAVINSKY   Fireworks TAN DUN   Water Concerto BRITTEN   Four Sea Interludes from  Peter Grimes   TAN DUN   Concerto for Orchestra Tan Dun, ...

MOZART   Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” BRUCKNER   Symphony No. 4, “Romantic” The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony opens quietly, with a simple horn call, ...

FRANCK    Le Chasseur maudit KORNGOLD   Violin Concerto DVOÁK   Symphony No. 6 The Cleveland Orchestra Petr Popelka,  conductor James Ehnes,  violin “A work capable of ...

JANÁEK   Suite from  The Cunning Little Vixen RACHMANINOFF   Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini LIATOSHYNSKY   Grazhyna STRAVINSKY   Suite from  The Firebird The Cleveland ...

Toussaint Miller,  curator Kim Stewart,  artist representative Hosted in Severance Music Center’s  The Bogomolny-Kozerefski Grand Foyer , this exhibition invites visitors to explore the world ...

WAGNER  Prelude and Liebestod from  Tristan und Isolde JÜRI REINVERE  Concerto for Violin and Harp [World Premiere; Cleveland Orchestra Commission] MOZART  Serenade No. 10, “Gran Partita” The Cleveland Orchestra Franz ...

Join us for an afternoon of joyous vocal performances at Severance Music Center representing the rich diversity of the Greater Cleveland choral community. Performing groups ...

Renowned for his trumpet prowess and composing skills, seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Terence Blanchard makes his Severance Music Center debut with  Absence , an evening ...

In the first half of this special evening, barrier-crushing artist advocates who have both embraced and challenged time-honored conventions in classical music come together to ...

Join us on Saturday, May 18 for  The Magic Flute for Kids , an enchanting one-hour performance hosted by  Caldecott Medalist and  New York Times  ...

RACHMANINOFF   Prelude, Op. 32, No. 5 STRAYHORN   Take the “A” Train SONDHEIM   In Buddy’s Eyes RACHMANINOFF   Variation 15 from  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini ...

Kai Bird,  speaker   Michael E. Hill, EdD, President of Chautauqua Institution,  moderator Jung-Min Amy Lee,  violin Dashon Burton,  bass-baritone SARASATE   Fantasy on  The ...

SCHUMANN    Dichterliebe BRAHMS  Four Ballades op. 10 BRAHMS   Songs after poems by Heinrich Heine BRAHMS   Lieder und Gesänge Evgeny Kissin, piano   Matthias Goerne, ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Klaus Mäkelä,  conductor   Sol Gabetta,  cello Thomas Hampson,  baritone* The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus* *Not performing on Friday’s matinee concert. JIMMY LÓPEZ ...

GABRIELLA SMITH  Breathing Forests DEBUSSY  Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun JOHN ADAMS  City Noir The Cleveland Orchestra John Adams,  conductor   James McVinnie,  organ   Timothy ...

Join The Cleveland Orchestra for a fun-filled concert of intergalactic proportions! Music from Star Wars and Holst’s The Planets, paired with stunning images from the Hubble Telescope, International ...

RAUTAVAARA  Cantus Arcticus PERRY  Stabat Mater SIBELIUS  Symphony No. 2 The Cleveland Orchestra Dalia Stasevska,  conductor Josefina Maldonado,  mezzo-soprano With its rich, sweeping melodies and powerful ...

MOZART  Piano Concerto No. 27 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, “Romantic” The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor Igor Levit,  piano Igor Levit, called “one of the essential artists ...

SCHUBERT   Piano Sonata No. 14 SCHUMANN    Carnival Scenes from Vienna ESA-PEKKA SALONEN    Sisar CHOPIN   Piano Sonata No. 3 Yefim Bronfman,  piano ...

WEBER  Oberon  Overture ODED ZEHAVI  Aurora  [World Premiere; Cleveland Orchestra Commission] BRAHMS  Symphony No. 4 The Cleveland Orchestra Fabio Luisi,  conductor   Mary Kay Fink,  piccolo The ...

J.S. BACH/WEBERN  Ricercare from  Musical Offering * C. SCHUMANN  Piano Concerto HINDEMITH  Mathis der Maler The Cleveland Orchestra Susanna Mälkki,  conductor   Isata Kanneh-Mason,  piano Isata ...

BEETHOVEN  Egmont Overture HAYDN  Cello Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” The Cleveland Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe, conductor   Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello Inspired by ...

FAURE   Requiem SCHUBERT   Symphony No. 5 Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus Daniel Reith,  conductor...

DIETER AMMANN glut GEORGE BENJAMIN   Dream of the Song KNUSSEN  The Way to Castle Yonder RAVEL Mother Goose  (complete ballet) The Cleveland Orchestra George ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Sarah Hicks,  conductor The Princess Bride  (film with live orchestral underscore) Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles... ...

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6 BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 5 The Cleveland Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt,  conductor “Fate knocking at the door.” Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony opens with perhaps the four ...

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost” BEETHOVEN/WOSNER Symphony No. 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Trio, Op. 70, No. 2 Leonidas Kavakos, violin   Yo-Yo Ma, cello ...

PROKOFIEV  Symphony No. 2 WEBERN  Symphony PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor This pairing of Prokofiev symphonies includes two examples of differing ...

Celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with free community performances and activities! This family-friendly event features a wide variety of ...

The program commemorates 60 years since the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, sex, or national ...

KENEK  Kleine Symphonie   MAHLER/KENEK  Adagio from Symphony No. 10 BARTÓK  String Quartet No. 3 (string orchestra arrangement) BARTÓK  Suite from  The Miraculous Mandarin The Cleveland Orchestra Franz ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Brett Mitchell,  conductor Capathia Jenkins,  vocalist Holiday Concerts with The Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus returns in 2023! Join us for ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Brett Mitchell,  conductor ELF   (full film with live orchestral underscore) Buddy was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler ...

As part of the Music Explorers program, The Cleveland Orchestra musicians perform short sections celebrating the music of the season. Join us for this heartwarming ...

ANDERSON  Symphony No. 2, “Prague Panoramas” MARTIN  Concerto for Two Pianos TCHAIKOVSKY  Romeo and Juliet  Fantasy Overture The Cleveland Orchestra Semyon Bychkov, conductor   Katia Labèque, piano   Marielle Labèque, piano ...

Cyrus Chestnut,  piano Acclaimed jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut performs the Peanuts’ holiday favorites like “Linus and Lucy,” “Christmas Time is Here,” and “O Tannebaum” from Vince Guaraldi’s ...

BETSY JOLAS  Ces belles années ...  [US Premiere, Cleveland Orchestra co-commission] MAHLER  Symphony No. 4 The Cleveland Orchestra Daniel Harding,  conductor   Lauren Snouffer,  soprano Mahler’s ...

DVOÁK  Othello Overture   TCHAIKOVSKY  Violin Concerto DVOÁK  Symphony No. 8 The Cleveland Orchestra Pietari Inkinen,  conductor   Augustin Hadelich, violin Tchaikovsky’s lushly romantic violin concerto is ...

IVES   Piano Sonata No. 2  SCHUMANN   Waldszenen  (“Forest Scenes”)  RAVEL   Gaspard de la nuit Marc-André Hamelin,  piano Marc-André Hamelin is recognized the world over for his unrivaled ...

BRAHMS   Academic Festival Overture MARÍA HULD MARKAN SIGFÚSDÓTTIR   Oceans PISTON  The Incredible Flutist: Suite BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 5 Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Daniel Reith,  conductor...

HAYDN  Symphony No. 44, “Trauersinfonie” VIVIER  Lonely Child * LIGETI  Lontano STRAUSS  Death and Transfiguration Embodying music with an unparalleled dramatic sensibility, conductor Barbara Hannigan ...

Put on your favorite costume and join the CIM Orchestra for a program of spine-chilling and silly fun!   An enchanting program filled with musical tricks and treats features selections such ...

ESMAIL  When the Violin WHITACRE  The Sacred Veil The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Eric Whitacre, conductor Lisa Wong, conductor Mingyao Zhao, cello Daniel Overly, piano "What ...

PHILIP GLASS  Etude No. 6 BEETHOVEN  String Quartet No. 14 PREVIN  Penelope Renée Fleming,  soprano Merle Dandridge,  narrator Emerson String Quartet Simone Dinnerstein,  piano The ...

Join us for a free community concert in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month featuring the music of Latin Jazz legend Sammy DeLeon y su Orquesta. ...

MAHLER  Selected Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn and Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit  MAHLER  Symphony No. 7 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor Simon ...

MOZART  Symphony No. 29 JOHANNES MARIA STAUD  Whereas the Reality Trembles  [World Premiere; Cleveland Orchestra co-commission] TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 2, (“Ukrainian”) The Cleveland Orchestra Franz ...

Spark your child’s creativity and love for learning with these fun, interactive, and exciting performances with The Cleveland Orchestra and friends. Music Explorers and Family ...

BRAHMS  Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV  Symphony No. 6 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor Daniil Trifonov,  piano Winner of the 2011 Tchaikovsky International Piano ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Richard Kaufman,  conductor The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus AMADEUS  (full film with live orchestral underscore) Amadeus  is a screen triumph, a sumptuous period ...

Spark your child’s creativity and love for learning with these fun, interactive, and exciting performances with The Cleveland Orchestra and friends. Music Explorers and Family ...

The Cleveland Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor Emily Magee,  soprano  (Minnie) Eric Owens,  bass  (Jack Rance) Limmie Pulliam,  tenor  (Dick Johnson) Tony Stevenson,  ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Kelley O'Connor,  mezzo-soprano   RAVEN CHACON  Voiceless Mass THOMAS ADÈS  America: A Prophecy EDGARD VARÈSE  Amériques  (1929 version) The Mandel Opera & ...

The Cleveland Orchestra SCOTT JOPLIN   Overture to  Treemonisha JULIA PERRY    Short Piece   for Orchestra JULIUS EASTMAN   Symphony No. 2 WILLIAM GRANT STILL    ...

Julian Davis Reid is a pianist, producer, and composer, who has performed and spoken throughout the country and around the world in various solo and ...

A free afternoon of joyous vocal performances at Severance Music Center representing the rich diversity of the Greater Cleveland community, including  Humbly Submitted  Gospel Chorus; ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor Alisa Weilerstein,  cello   LOGGINS-HULL   Can You See?  BARBER   Cello Concerto PROKOFIEV   Symphony No. 4 (revised 1947 ...

Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Daniel Reith,  conductor Marina Ziegler , violin SCHWERTSIK   Herr K. entdeckt Amerika SIBELIUS  Violin Concerto in D minor RACHMANINOV   Symphony No. 3 ...

Maria João Pires,  piano   R. SCHUMANN    Carnival Scenes from Vienna R. SCHUMANN   Arabesque in C major DEBUSSY    Pour le piano SCHUBERT ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor Michael Sachs,  trumpet   MARTIN   Symphony No. 2 MARSALIS   Trumpet Concerto  DVOÁK   Symphony No. 9 (“From ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Bernard Labadie,  conductor Lucy Crowe,  soprano   MOZART   Overture to  La clemenza di Tito MOZART   "Giunse al fin il momento... ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas,  conductor Leif Ove Andsnes,  piano   DEBUSSY    Jeux  (Games), poème dansé DEBUSSY   Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Rafael Payare,  conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet,  piano BERNSTEIN   Symphony No. 2 (“The Age of Anxiety”) SHOSTAKOVICH   Symphony No. 5 In 1937 ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Daniel Reith,  conductor   Dynamic concerto meets animated film! Follow a magical Sprite as it embarks on a musical journey through the ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Thomas Adès,  conductor  Pekka Kuusisto,  violin   ADÈS   The Tempest Symphony ADÈS   Märchentänze SIBELIUS   Six Humoresques* SIBELIUS   Prelude and Suite No. ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Brett Mitchell,  conductor   BERNSTEIN    West Side Story  (completed film with orchestra)...

The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor Christoph Sietzen,  percussion Siobhan Stagg,  soprano Avery Amereau,  alto Ben Bliss,  tenor Anthony Schneider,  bass Cleveland Orchestra Chorus STAUD ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor Víkingur Ólafsson,  piano   FARRENC   Symphony No. 3 RAVEL   Piano Concerto MUSSORGSKY   Pictures at an Exhibition ...

Mitsuko Uchida,  piano BEETHOVEN   Piano Sonata No. 30 BEETHOVEN   Piano Sonata No. 31 BEETHOVEN   Piano Sonata No. 32 One of the most ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor   MOZART   Divertimento No. 2* SCHOENBERG   Variations for Orchestra STRAUSS    Ein Heldenleben Franz Welser-Möst brings together ...

Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus Daniel Reith,  conductor WAGNER   Prelude to Act I of  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg SCHUBERT   Mass No. 2  BRAHMS ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt,  conductor Emanuel Ax,  piano   MOZART   Piano Concerto No. 18 (“Paradis”) BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 7 Beloved conductor Herbert ...

Performing Artists Robert Woolfrey, clarinet...

The Cleveland Orchestra Daniel Reith,  conductor Cleveland Ballet Inlet Dance Theatre Put on your dancing shoes and get ready for a dazzling program of toe-tapping ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Klaus Mäkelä,  conductor Truls Mørk,  cello SALONEN   Cello Concerto DEBUSSY   Images RAVEL   Boléro It begins softly. A single snare ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst,  conductor Joélle Harvey,  soprano Daryl Freedman,  mezzo-soprano Julian Prégardien,  tenor  Martin Mitterrutzner,  tenor Dashon Burton,  bass-baritone Cleveland Orchestra Chorus BERG ...

The Cleveland Orchestra Alan Gilbert,  conductor Paul Yancich,  timpani Liv Redpath,  soprano Justin Austin,  baritone OLIVERIO   Legacy Ascendant HAYDN   Symphony No. 90 NIELSEN ...

The Cleveland OrchestraBrett Mitchell, conductorCleveland Orchestra Chorusand members of the Blossom Music Festival ChorusHoliday Concerts with The Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus returns in ...

The Cleveland OrchestraBrett Mitchell, conductorCleveland Orchestra Youth ChorusWILLIAMS Home Alone (complete film with orchestra)...

The Cleveland OrchestraVasily Petrenko, conductorBehzod Abduraimov, pianoELGAR Cockaigne (In London Town)PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2*WALTON Symphony No. 1Composer William Walton drew from Beethoven and Sibelius ...

The Cleveland OrchestraThomas Sndergrd, conductorStefan Jackiw, violinBRITTEN Violin Concerto No. 1STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete ballet)Stravinskys Firebird set Paris aflame at its 1910 premiere, catapulting its ...

The Cleveland OrchestraJohn Adams, conductorLauren Snouffer, sopranoJosefina Maldonado, mezzo-sopranoDavne Tines, bass-baritoneDaniel Bubeck, countertenorBrian Cummings, countertenorNathan Medley, countertenorCleveland Orchestra ChorusCleveland Orchestra Childrens ChorusADAMS El Nio (oratorio ...

The Cleveland OrchestraDaniel Harding, conductorAntoine Tamestit, violaWIDMANN Viola ConcertoSTRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)Richard Strauss famously boasted that he could describe a silver spoon with ...

The Cleveland OrchestraNikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductorMark Kosower, celloAL-ZAND Lamentation On The Disasters of WarBLOCH Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra*BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)Never underestimate ...

The Cleveland OrchestraThierry Fischer, conductorVilde Frang, violinBOULEZ NotationsSTRAVINSKY Violin ConcertoSAINT-SANS Symphony No. 3 ("Organ")Saint-Sanss captivating Organ Symphony is a forceful statement for the genre itself. ...

The Cleveland OrchestraFranz Welser-Mst, conductorLauren Snouffer, sopranoMarie-Nicole Lemieux, mezzo-sopranoCleveland Orchestra ChorusMAHLER Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection")Some pieces of music are so stirring, so electrifying that audiences ...

The Cleveland OrchestraVinay Parameswaran, conductorJacqueline Echols, sopranoMartin Luther King, Jr. Celebration ChorusDr. William Henry Caldwell, directorTickets for this FREE concert will be available on a ...

The Cleveland OrchestraCleveland Orchestra Chorusand members of the Blossom Music Festival ChorusBrett Mitchell, conductorCapathia Jenkins, vocalistLisa Wong, conductorAdditional Guest ChorusesCleveland State University Chorale (Dec. 10 ...