On a Personal Note

Revered pianist Mitsuko Uchida reminisces with fondness on the familial nature of her decades-long relationship with The Cleveland Orchestra.

Featured Music:

MOZART – Piano Concerto No. 24 (K. 491)

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After several artist cancellations irrevocably altered plans to perform Haydn’s The Seasons, soprano Golda Schultz was the last soloist standing. Not only did the show go on, it became a defining moment.

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HAYDN – The Seasons

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In January 2018, The Cleveland Orchestra planned to perform Haydn’s choral masterpiece The Seasons. One soloist fell ill. Then another. What resulted is one of the most unusual and memorable performances in Cleveland Orchestra history.

Featured Music:

HAYDN – The Seasons

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Cellist Paul Kushious reflects on the works of Richard Strauss as he traces the composer’s path on an unforgettable and perfectly planned trip from Austria to Switzerland.

Featured Music:

STRAUSS – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

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Bassoonist Jonathan Sherwin discusses the existential meaning behind Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony - Resurrection; “Why am I here, what am I doing, and what gives my life meaning…”

Featured Music:

MAHLER – Symphony no. 2 (Resurrection)
5. Im Tempo des Scherzos (In the tempo of the scherzo)

From music conductors to visiting artists to her own family ties, board member Clara Rankin thinks back on the people and performances that define The Cleveland Orchestra.

Interview conducted by André Gremillet, President & CEO of The Cleveland Orchestra.

Featured Music

MOZART – Symphony no. 41
1. Allegro vivace

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Pianist and Violinist Carolyn Gadiel Warner reflects on falling in love—with her husband of 40 years, Bruckner symphonies and her profession.

Featured Music

BRUCKNER – Symphony No. 8
4.  Finale

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Principal Percussionist Marc Damoulakis talks about feeling the rhythm from an early age and what it means to keep time for The Cleveland Orchestra.

Featured Music

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV – Scheherazade
4.  Festival at Baghdad; the Sea; the Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior

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Director of Choruses Lisa Wong reflects on the healing power of John Adams’s On the Transmigration of Souls after 9/11 and the human voice as medicine for the soul.

Featured Music

ADAMS – On the Transmigration of Souls

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Music Director Franz Welser-Möst recalls the automobile accident that would forever change his course, sparking a lifelong affinity for Franz Schubert in the process.

Featured Music

SCHUBERT – Mass No. 6 in E-flat major
2. Gloria

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Clarinetist Robert Woolfrey talks about finding peace in Brahms’s German Requiem and its power to connect the past with the present.

Featured Music

Brahms - German Requiem
2. For all flesh is as grass

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Flutist and hometown girl Jessica Sindell reflects on her time with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, landing her dream job and the relentless pursuit of imperfection.
 

Features Music:

RACHMANINOFF - Piano Concerto 3
1. Allegro ma non tanto

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Long-tenured violinist Emilio Llinás reflects on his journey from Cuba to Cleveland and shares a perspective shaped by his 52 seasons.

Featured Music:

BEETHOVEN – Symphony No. 9
1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

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Viola Player Eliesha Nelson finds strength in Anton Bruckner’s strongly-held belief that good conquers all—at a time when uncertainty troubles many.

Featured Music:

BRUCKNER – Symphony No. 5

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Principal Flute Joshua Smith explains how performing Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen left a lasting mark and why the dragonfly just may be his favorite insect.

Featured Music:

JANÁČEK – The Cunning Little Vixen
(sung in Czech)

Cellist Martha Baldwin talks about the restorative power of Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto after a difficult diagnosis.

Featured Music:

BEETHOVEN – Piano Concerto No. 2

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At age 21, in his second week with The Cleveland Orchestra, Principal Horn Nathaniel Silberschlag played Mahler’s 5th for a packed house, exceeding expectations. Even his own.

Featured Music:

MAHLER - Symphony No. 5
3. Scherzo

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Violinist Katherine Bormann contemplates whether you can be in a long-term relationship with a composition and talks about why she’ll stick with Strauss's Rosenkavalier Suite until the end.

Featured Music:

R. STRAUSS - Concert Suite: Der Rosenkavalier

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