Upcoming Cleveland Orchestra Concerts on WCLV 104.9

Saturday, 10/6/18
8:00 PM
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Malin Hartelius, soprano
Simon Keenlyside, baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus ("Song of Destiny")
Vienna Singverein ("A German Requiem")
BRAHMS: “Song of Destiny” (Severance Hall 03/09)
BRAHMS: “A German Requiem” (Musikverein 11/01/09)

Sunday, 10/07/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
DATE: 01/08/2011
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Richard King, horn
WIDMANN: Concert Overture “Con Brio”
MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb, K. 417
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in b, Op.74, “Pathetique”

Saturday, 10/13/18
8:00 PM
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
PINTSCHER: idyl for orchestra
CHOPIN: Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise
brillante
STRAUSS, R.: “Burleske”
STRAUSS. R.: “Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks”

Sunday, 10/14/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 4/27/2013
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Malin Hartelius, soprano
Maximilian Schmitt, tenor
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
HAYDN: “The Seasons”

Saturday, 10/20/18
8:00 PM
Giancarlo Guerreo, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
PART: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
ELGAR: Cello Concerto
JOHN ADAMS: “Harmonielehre”

Sunday, 10/21/18
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 1/11/2014
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
BRAHMS: “Tragic” Overture, Op. 81
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

Saturday, 10/27/18
8:00 PM
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
RAMEAU: “Dardanus” Suite
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 “Jeunehomme”
GLUCK: “Don Juan” Suite
MOZART: Symphony No. 36 “Linz”

Sunday, 10/28/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
A recreation of the opening concert at Severance Hall
given on the 50th anniversary of the home of the Orchestra.
Concert date: 02/05/81
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Women of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
BACH: Passacaglia and Fugue in c, BWV 582 – Arr Goedicke
LOEFFLER: “Evocation” for Women’s Voices and Speaking Voice (commissioned for the opening of Severance Hall)
Brahms Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 68

Saturday, 11/03/18
8:00 PM
Archival concert from 10/07/82, Christoph Eschenbach’s American debut
George Szell, conductor
Christoph Eschenbach, piano
PROKOFIEV: Lieutenant Kije Suite;
HAYDN: Symphony No. 95 in c;
MOZART: Piano Concerto Mo. 19 in F, K. 459

Sunday, 11/04/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 7/13/2013
BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Christine Brewer, soprano
Alan Held, bass
WAGNER: “Tristan und Isolde” – Prelude & Liebestod
WAGNER: “Die Walkure” - “Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music”
WAGNER: “Die Götterdämmerung” – Excerpts

Saturday, 11/10/18
Miami Concert
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nadine Sierra, soprano; Anthony Roth Costanzo, counter tenor; Stephen Powell, baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
BERNSTEIN: “Chichester Psalms”
ORFF: “Carmina Burana”

Sunday, 11/11/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 1/24/14
ADRIENNE ARSCHT CENTER, MIAMI
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 2 in Bb, D. 125
KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto, Op. 35
STRAUSS: “Aus den Bergen“ Walzer
STRAUSS: Czardas from “Ritter Pasman“
STRAUSS: “Die Libelle“
STRAUSS: Kuss-Walzer
STRAUSS: Overture to “Die Fledermaus“

Friday, 11/16/18
8:00 PM LIVE
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Célina Béthoux, violin
ADAMS: “The Chairman Dances”
BARBER: Violin Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

Saturday, 11/17/18
8:00 PM LIVE
Jakub Hrusa, conductor
KABELAC: “Mystery of Time”
STRAVINSKY: “Capriccio”
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5

Sunday, 11/18/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Dates: 4/2/70 (“Daphnis and Chloe”); 4/30/05 (“The Firebird”)
Pierre Boulez, conductor
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
RAVEL: “Daphnis and Chloe” (complete)
STRAVINSKY: “The Firebird” (complete)

Saturday, 11/24/18
8:00 PM
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
STRAUSS, R.: “Symphonia domestica”

Sunday, 11/25/18
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 10/25/2013
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in Bb, Op. 60
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8 in c, Op. 65

Saturday, 12/01/18
8:00 PM LIVE
John Adams, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Robert Walters, english horn
Michael Sachs, trumpet
ADAMS: “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
COPLAND: “Quiet City”
COPLAND: “Appalachian Spring”
ADAMS: “Scheherazade 2” (TCO premiere)

Sunday, 12/02/18
3:00 PM
WCLV Membership Drive. Special broadcast featuring
recordings with George Szell conducting
The Cleveland Orchestra

Saturday, 12/08/18
8:00 PM LIVE
Jane Glover, conductor
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Henry Waddington, bass-baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus
HANDEL: “Messiah”

Sunday, 12/09/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
This Tuesday, December 11, is the 100th
anniversary of The Cleveland Orchestra’s first concert.
Concert Date: 12/2013
ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER, MIAMI
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op. 58
BERLIOZ: “ Symphonie fantastique,” Op. 14

Saturday, 12/15/18
8:00 PM
ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER, MIAMI
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
TCHAIKOVSKY: “Capriccio Italien”
RODRIGO: “Concerto de Aranjuez”
RESPIGHI: “Fountains of Rome”

Sunday, 12/16/18
4:00 PM
An archival concert from 02/01/82 The first appearance with
the Orchestra by Christoph von Dohnányi,
who was to become the sixth music director of the Orchestra.
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Janos Starker, cello
BARTOK: “Two Portraits”, Op. 5
BARTOK: Cello Concerto
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88

Saturday, 12/22/18
8:00 PM
Archival program in observance of the 100th anniversary of The Cleveland Orchestra (12/19/1968)
George Szell, conductor
Abraham Skernick, viola
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in g, Op. 6, No. 8 “Christmas”
BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme of Haydn
BERLIOZ: “Harold in Italy”

Sunday, 12/23/18
4:00 PM
Vienna 2017 Tour Concert
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes: “Nuages” and “Fêtes”
MAHLER: Symphony No. 6

Monday, 12/24/18 Christmas Eve
8:00 PM
Christmas Festival Concert (12/14/08)
Robert Porco, conducting
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Cleveland State University Chorale
TRAD (arr WILBERG: “O Come, All Ye Faithful”
BACH (arr STOKOWSKI): “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
RUTTER: Nativity Carol
TRAD (arr SIMEONE) “Do You hear What I Hear?”
GABRIELI: Canzon in double echo
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: “Fantasia on Greensleeves”
TRAD (arr BENNETT): “Deck the Halls”
TRAD (arr WILCOCKS): “Hark, the Herald
Angels Sing”
TCHAIKOVSKY: “Nutcracker” Selections
HANDEL: “Messiah” - “Hallelujah”
ANDERSON: “Christmas Festival”
TRAD (arr WILBERG) “I saw Three Ships”
HERBERT: “March of the Toys”
GILLESPIE/COOTS: “Santa Claus is coming to Town”
RUTTER: “Twelve Days of Christmas”
ANDERSON: “Sleigh Ride”
MARTIN/BLANE (arr BASS) “Have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas”
GRUBER (arr DRAGON) “Silent Night”
TRAD (arr HARRIS) “We wish You a Merry Christmas”

Tuesday, 12/25/18 CHRISTMAS DAY
1:00 PM
Jane Glover, conductor
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Henry Waddington, bass-baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus
HANDEL: “Messiah”

Saturday, 12/29/18
8:00 PM
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Joelle Harvey, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2
Sunday, 12/30/18
4:00 PM
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Célina Béthoux , violin
ADAMS: “The Chairman Dances”
BARBER: Violin Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73