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CONSIDERED OPINIONS ARCHIVE
Considered Opinions is WCLV's program that reviews performances by Cleveland-area music ensembles. Commentator Jerome Crossley offers an informed and witty perspective on performances by groups that include the Cleveland Orchestra and Opera Cleveland.
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Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 15 April 2010
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for Strings in D major, K. 136; Concerto for Piano Orchestra No. 20 in D minor, K. 466; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595. (William Preucil, leader; Mitsuko Uchida, p. & cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 8 April 2010
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin. Henri Dutilleux: Métaboles. Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61. (Semyon Bychkov, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 1 April 2010
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major K. 320d [364]. Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Opus 68. (William Preucil, v.; Robert Vernon, va.; Christoph von Dohnányi, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 18 March 2010
Sergei Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet (comp. Ashkenazy); Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10. Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ashkenazy). (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, p.; Vladimir Ashkenazy, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 2 March 2010
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (Malin Hartelius, Fiordiligi; Anna Bonitatibus, Dorabella; Ruben Drole, Guglielmo; Javier Camarena, Ferrando; Martina Janková, Despina; Antonio Abete, Don Alfonso; Enrico Cacciari, fp; Cleveland Orchestra Opera Chorus; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 18 February 2010
Richard Wagner: Overture to Rienzi; Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde; Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin; Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin; Wesendonck-Lieder; Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; "The Ride of the Walkyries" from Die Walküre. (Measha Brueggergosman, sop.; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 11 February 2010
Gustav Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10; Twelve Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn. (Magdalena Kozená, mezzo-soprano; Christian Gerhaher, baritone; Pierre Boulez, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 4 February 2010
Olivier Messiaen: L'Ascension. Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major; Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. Claude Debussy: "Ibéria," from Images. (Pierre Laurent-Aimard, p.; Pierre Boulez, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 14 January 2010
Richard Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20. Thomas Adès: Violin Concerto—Concentric Paths. Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73. (Leila Josefowicz, v.; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 7 January 2010
Johan Wagenaar: Cyrano de Bergerac Overture, Op. 23. Marc Neikrug: Violin Concerto. Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36. (William Preucil, v.; Jaap van Zweden, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 10 December 2009
George Frideric Handel: Messiah, OWV 56. (Mary Wilson, sop.; Anthony Roth Costanzo, counter-ten.; Alek Shrader, ten.; John Relyea, bass-bar.; Clev. Orchestra Chamber Chorus; Robert Porco, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 3 December 2009
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz. Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27. (Richard Goode, p.; Iván Fischer, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 27 November 2009
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Egmont, Op. 84. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 ("Jeunehomme"). Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ("From the New World"). (Jonathan Biss, p.; Bertrand de Billy, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 12 November 2009
John Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony. Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83. (Markus Groh, p.; David Robertson, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 15 October 2009
Jörg Widmann: Chor. Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Nicole Cabell, sop.; Russell Braun, bar.; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 8 October 2009
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op, 58. Franz Liszt: A Faust Symphony in Three Character Pictures (Original Orchestral Version, 1854). (Mitsuko Uchida, p.; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 1 October 2009
F. Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major ("La Reine"). Richard Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde. Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 28 May 2009
Johannes Maria Staud: On Comparative Meteorology. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5. (Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 7 May 2009
Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto No. 1 in D major for Horn and Orchestra, Hob. VIId:3. Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 1 in D major for Horn and Orchestra, K. 412 [K6 386b]. Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber. (Richard King, h.; Jayce Ogren, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 30 April 2009
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 ("Scottish"). Paul Chihara: When Soft Voices Die—Romance for Viola and Orchestra. Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28. (Robert Vernon, va.; Jahja Ling, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 23 April 2009
Hector Berlioz: Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 25 in C major, K. 503. Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43. (Mitsuko Uchida, p.; Colin Davis, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 16 April 2009
Igor Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks—Concerto in E-flat Major for Chamber Orchestra. Osvaldo Golijov: Azul. Charles Ives: Ragtime Dances. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45. (Alisa Weilerstein, vc.; Michael Ward-Bergemann, hyper-accordion; Jamey Haddad, Keita Ogawa, Dylan Moffitt, perc.; Ludovic Morlot, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 23 March 2009
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492. (Michael Volle, Count Almaviva; Malin Hartelius, Countess Almaviva; Martina Janková, Susanna; Ruben Drole, Figaro; Isabel Leonard, Cherubino; Diana Montague, Marcellina; Antonio Abete, Dr. Bartolo; Martin Zysset, Basilio; Andreas Winkler, Antonio; Rebeca Olvera, Barbarina; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 12 March 2009
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major ("La Reine"). Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny), Op. 54. Julian Anderson: Eden. Zoltán Kodály: Psalmus hungaricus, Op. 13. (Stuart Skelton, ten.; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 26 February 2009
Leos Janácek: Taras Bulba—Rhapsody for Orchestra. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15; Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. (Louis Lortie, p.; Kurt Masur, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 19 February 2009
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini—Symphonic Fantasy after Dante, Op. 32. Igor Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D major. Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70. (Gil Shaham, v.; Kirill Petrenko, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 12 February 2009
Samuel Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal. Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 77. Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36. (Nikolaj Znaider, v.; Pinchas Steinberg, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 22 January 2009
Claude Debussy: "Sirènes." Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30. Leos Janácek: Glagolitic Mass. (Leif Ove Andsnes, p.; Measha Brueggergosman, sop.; Nancy Maultsby, m-s.; Stuart Skelton, ten.; Raymond Aceto, b.; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 15 January 2009
György Ligeti: Atmosphères. Claude Debussy: Nuages. Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3. Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64. (Radu Lupu, p.; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 8 January 2009
Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder. Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 ("Leningrad"). (Measha Brueggergosman, sop.; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 4 December 2008
Franz Liszt: The Black Gondola (arr. John Adams). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488; Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491. (Jayce Ogren, cond.; Mitsuko Uchida, p. & cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 28 November 2008
Erkki-Sven Tüür: Aditus. Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra— in D major, Op. 61. Igor Stravinsky: Pètrouchka; Scherzo à la russe. (Christian Tetzlaff, v.; Paavo Järvi, cond.).
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 20 November 2008
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (Haas version). (Herbert Blomstedt, cond.)
Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 13 November 2008
Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra— in A minor, Op. 102 ("Double"). Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 ("Eroica"). (William Preucil, v.; Desmond Hoebig, vc.; Herbert Blomstedt, cond.)
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