𝗥. 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯
𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 Requiem, K. 626

In this digital production, Music Director Franz Welser-Möst discusses the importance and evolution of the “Cleveland Sound” under his 22-year tenure. Following an impassioned performance of Richard Strauss’s 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯, take a tour behind the s...

𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗔𝗡 Symphony No. 2
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦 Trumpet Concerto (World Premiere)
𝗗𝗩𝗢ŘÁ𝗞 Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)

Music Director Franz Welser-Möst leads a celebration of African American music — the symphonic tribute to spirituals in Dvořák’s “New World” symphony, Eastman’s minimalist Second Sympho...

𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”)

In 2020, the Cleveland Orchestra received an extraordinary, unique gift: the full, handwritten score of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. Composed for a massive orchestra, choir, and soloists, this meditation on humanity’s search for meaning in life and death...

𝗞𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗞 𝘒𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦
𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 Adagio from Symphony No. 10

Franz Welser-Möst traverses worlds of wit and longing in this evocative program. Krenek’s sly and restless 𝘒𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦, a forgotten work born of the turbulent 1920s, is followed by the intimate, meditative Adagio from Mahler’s final...

𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 Selected Songs from 𝘋𝘦𝘴 𝘒𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯
𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 Selected Songs from 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘴ä𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘻𝘦𝘪𝘵
𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 Symphony No. 7

Baritone Simon Keenlyside, a peerless interpreter of art song, performs selections from Mahler’s 𝘋𝘦𝘴 𝘒𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯 and 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘴ä𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘻𝘦𝘪𝘵...

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 Piano Concerto No. 27

Pianist Garrick Ohlsson brings his elegant artistry to Mozart’s intimate and lyrical Piano Concerto No. 27, the composer’s final work in the genre. Ohlsson reminisces about growing up in a “transplanted European culture” just outside New York City, and, at age 9, att...

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 Symphony No. 29
𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 Symphony No. 2

Tchaikovsky considered Ukraine a second home and refuge, and he began work on his Second Symphony while staying just outside of Kyiv. One of his most joyful compositions, this symphony ingeniously incorporates Ukrainian folk songs. Equally lively...

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗥 Symphony No. 4

Both conductor Franz Welser-Möst and composer Anton Bruckner began their creative journeys in Upper Austria, where rolling hills, deep-rooted Catholic faith, and the resilient spirit of its people provided the fertile ground for their artistic evolutions. Those kindred sp...

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗨𝗗 — 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 (World Premiere)

A Cleveland Orchestra commission, Johannes Maria Staud’s percussion concerto was crafted with virtuoso percussionist Christoph Sietzen’s electric artistry in mind. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst offers a window into this symb...

𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗞𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗩 Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor

A chilling meditation on World War II from behind the Iron Curtain, Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony radiates dark undertones even in its most sprightly moments. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst reflects on the ephemerality of live performance and the outsized ...

𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗟 Piano Concerto in G major

The so-called “Roaring Twenties” unfurled as an explosion of ideas that reshaped cultural and political landscapes, artistic expression, and scientific frontiers. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst discusses Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major as a seminal work that c...

𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖 Symphony No. 3
𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (orch. Ravel)

Join Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and the Orchestra in a journey of discovery featuring a long-neglected piece by Louise Farrenc and Welser-Möst’s very first time conducting a familiar favorite — Ravel’s orchestration ...

𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗦-𝗛𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘚𝘦𝘦? (World Premiere)
𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗘𝗥 Cello Concerto

A Cleveland-Orchestra commission by Allison Loggins-Hull and Alisa Weilerstein’s rendition of Barber’s technically demanding yet infinitely rewarding Cello Concerto take center stage in this captivating program, conducted b...

𝗥. 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 𝘌𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘯 (A Hero’s Life)

Franz Welser-Möst believes in approaching music with “open ears,” especially in a piece as rich with extra-musical context as Strauss’s very personal 𝘌𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘯. Welser-Möst shares the work’s connection to the composer’s life and his own classical ...

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 Divertimento No. 2
𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗘𝗡𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚 Variations for Orchestra

At home in Austria, Franz Welser-Möst takes a walk through Vienna, a city steeped in centuries of music history as the home of many famous composers — including Mozart and Schoenberg — and the storied Musikverein. Best remembered for ...

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 Symphony No. 36 (“Linz”)

Written on a trip from Vienna to Salzburg, Mozart’s “Linz” Symphony was named for Franz Welser-Möst’s Austrian hometown. The Music Director recalls the cultural flowering he witnessed there as a student and reminisces about his earliest days as an aspiring conduct...

𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗢𝗡 Violin Concerto

First Associate Concertmaster Peter Otto shares his interpretation of Walton’s Violin Concerto — 83 years after its world premiere with The Cleveland Orchestra. Otto discusses the piece and its lineage, as well has his own sense of musical community.

𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗔𝗗È𝗦 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 Symphony
𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗨𝗦 Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82

Music Director Franz Welser-Möst leads The Cleveland Orchestra in a program of works by fiercely individualistic composers Thomas Adès and Jean Sibelius. Adès describes his surreal childhood influences a...

𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝘓𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘴 for voice and orchestra
𝗥. 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 Suite from 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 (compiled by Welser-Möst)

In a program showcasing the breadth and variety of 20th century music, Franz Welser-Möst leads The Cleveland Orchestra and soprano Latonia Moore in their first performance of George Walker’s 𝘓...

𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗨𝗧𝗦𝗖𝗛 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 (World Premiere)
𝗗𝗩𝗢ŘÁ𝗞 Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

How does a composer envision a brand new piece of music after composing many? How can a conductor make a familiar piece feel new again? Franz Welser-Möst pairs the world premiere of Bernd Richard Deutsch’s ...

𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (World Premiere)
𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 Piano Concerto No. 2

Emerging from a collective period of isolation and reflection, Franz Welser-Möst, pianist Igor Levit, Principal Horn Nathaniel Silberschlag, and composer Hans Abrahamsen discuss the evocative power of silence and the re...