April 14, 20223 yr ^They do Schubert 9 at Severance on May 12-14 When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
May 26, 20223 yr New York Times music critic deigns to come to Cleveland to review orchestra. It seemed worth the trip. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/22/arts/music/cleveland-orchestra-schubert-otello.html http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
June 1, 20223 yr On 5/26/2022 at 3:22 PM, eastvillagedon said: New York Times music critic deigns to come to Cleveland to review orchestra. It seemed worth the trip. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/22/arts/music/cleveland-orchestra-schubert-otello.html The Cleveland Orchestra will perform at Carnegie Hall tonight at 8, including the Schubert 9. It will be broadcast live on WQXR, NY's classical station, it anyone is interested-- https://www.wqxr.org/story/cleveland-orchestra/ http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
June 1, 20223 yr The Cleveland Orchestra has finally named a new concertmaster - David Radzynski, concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic since 2015. In an interesting twist, the guy is a Buckeye by birth - he grew up in Columbus where his dad was a professor of composition at The Ohio State University. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, a master’s degree from Yale, and artist certificate from the International Center for Music at Park University. Mr. Radzynski has also performed as guest concertmaster with the Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestras. https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/globalassets/editorial/pr/2022/2022-05-27-davidradzynski-concertmaster.pdf?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TCOWeekly6-1-2022&utm_content=version_B (This is a LONG time coming - former concertmaster Bill Preucil was appropriately canceled / fired for repeated sexual misconduct and being a serial sexual harasser in Oct 2018. Peter Otto, first associate concertmaster, has filled in admirably in the interim, including several solo concertos with the orchestra.) When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
June 9, 20223 yr Nice profile of a critically acclaimed French horn player (a hornist?) with the Cleveland Orchestra who's only 23-- A Young Horn Player Could Become ‘a Real Legend’ At 21, Nathaniel Silberschlag landed a principal seat with the storied Cleveland Orchestra. Now tenured, he doesn’t ever want to leave. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/06/arts/music/nathaniel-silberschlag-french-horn-cleveland-orchestra.html http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
June 12, 20223 yr On 6/9/2022 at 2:49 PM, eastvillagedon said: Nice profile of a critically acclaimed French horn player (a hornist?) with the Cleveland Orchestra who's only 23-- A Young Horn Player Could Become ‘a Real Legend’ At 21, Nathaniel Silberschlag landed a principal seat with the storied Cleveland Orchestra. Now tenured, he doesn’t ever want to leave. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/06/arts/music/nathaniel-silberschlag-french-horn-cleveland-orchestra.html Silberschlag is REALLY good. And that’s such a challenging instrument. I look forward to whenever they get around to doing Bruckner 4 with him in the lead. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
August 4, 20222 yr If you've been thinking about seeing the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom this summer, the next few weekends offer several great options. https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/attend/seasons-and-series/2022-23/blossom/ This Saturday (7pm): Grieg's Piano Concerto. One of my favorites with its famous opening arpeggios. This Sunday, August 7: An all Beethoven concert featuring the Fifth Symphony, perhaps the most famous theme in classical music, along with the Fourth Symphony and the Egmont Overture. Next Saturday, August 13: Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto - extremely powerful. And if you enjoy the movies in concert, on August 20 & 21 the orchestra will be performing the music with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets projected on massive monitors. Grieg Piano Concerto: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony: Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto: When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
August 4, 20222 yr I love Bloosom weekends. Its a great way to get my kids interested without worrying about them sitting still at Severance Hall.
August 5, 20222 yr 2 hours ago, freefourur said: I love Bloosom weekends. Its a great way to get my kids interested without worrying about them sitting still at Severance Hall. And two kids under 18 free with each paying adult! When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
September 27, 20222 yr well this is a cultural biggie -- via the nytimes! Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Manuscript Settles in Cleveland The Cleveland Orchestra has been given the autograph score, which was sold at auction to a previously anonymous buyer for $5.6 million. By David Allen Sept. 27, 2022, 9:00 a.m. ET When Gustav Mahler took the New York Philharmonic to Cleveland for a concert in December 1910, he drove the critic Miriam Russell, of The Plain Dealer, to paroxysms of prose: Little Mahler with the big brain. Little Mahler with the mighty force. Little Mahler with the great musical imagination. That, however, was to be his sole appearance there; by the following spring, he was dead. An important piece of Mahleriana will nevertheless now reside in Ohio for good. The Cleveland Orchestra announced today that it has received the manuscript of Mahler’s Second Symphony as a gift. And in doing so, it revealed the identity of the mystery buyer who paid $5.6 million for that autograph score in 2016: Herbert G. Kloiber, an Austrian media mogul. more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/27/arts/music/mahler-resurrection-symphony-manuscript-cleveland-orchestra.html
September 27, 20222 yr ^I wonder where the NY Phil performed. Severance Hall came 20 years later, and Public Auditorium wasn't built until the early 20's, I think. Not that someplace so huge is the best place to hear classical music. I went there in high school for the Metropolitan Opera back when they were still going on tour in the spring (spending a week in Cleveland) and I was like 90 rows back. Oh well, it was only Fidelio by Beethoven, not the most uplifting opera lol. I really remember very little about it except that was considered the event of the Cleveland social season, at least for those who got front row seats http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
November 20, 20222 yr Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra announces $5 million gift from Geoffrey and Sarah Gund https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/11/cleveland-orchestra-youth-orchestra-announces-5-million-gift-from-geoffrey-and-sarah-gund.html?utm_campaign=clevelanddotcom_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0hkNAG9A4Ma_eI5CIM9xY3ayRlMIvBdhIeeRkG3DEyTgMXpMo3BRVZAbU CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Orchestra isn’t the only entity at Severance Music Center receiving major gifts of late. No, on Saturday, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO) announced that it, too, is well supported by the community, noting a new $5 million gift from Geoffrey and Sarah Gund. The gift, which will come in the form of endowment funds, ensures that the high-level training ensemble continues to operate for generations to come. “There is nothing more important than supporting students who are working hard and show potential for special achievement,” wrote Geoffrey Gund, the former board president of the Gund Foundation, in a statement announcing the gift. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
January 3, 20232 yr Hey @mrnyc and @eastvillagedon, the Orchestra is coming your way When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
January 4, 20232 yr On 1/3/2023 at 11:18 AM, Boomerang_Brian said: Hey @mrnyc and @eastvillagedon, the Orchestra is coming your way thanks! I wasn't aware of this. Better yet: the concert will be broadcast live on WQXR, NY's classical station, so everyone can listen to it. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Watch-and-Listen/WQXR-Broadcasts http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
January 4, 20232 yr i do like seeing the clevelanders at carnegie. i mean, it's no severance, but its nice and at least we get our visit from them.
January 5, 20232 yr The composer of the timpani concerto the orchestra is debuting this weekend is from Cleveland and went to CIM When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
February 21, 20232 yr The Cleveland Orchestra will premier the new Wynton Marsalis Trumpet Concerto in April. The concerts will also feature Dvorak’s New World Symphony. Paging @YABO713. I’ll be at the Saturday evening performance. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
February 21, 20232 yr 15 hours ago, Boomerang_Brian said: The Cleveland Orchestra will premier the new Wynton Marsalis Trumpet Concerto in April. The concerts will also feature Dvorak’s New World Symphony. Paging @YABO713. I’ll be at the Saturday evening performance. WOAHHHH THIS IS BIG TIME. Thank you!
February 21, 20232 yr ^ that is very interesting and yes big news. very cool. this is an aside, but you know a lot of us ny jazz fans don't like marsalis so installed at lincoln center because he is all in on new orleans jazz and dismisses the local ny bebop jazz history.
April 13, 20232 yr I’m very excited for the next several weekends of Cleveland Orchestra concerts. This weekend is Mahler’s First Symphony and a couple Debussy pieces (tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday). Next weekend is an all Mozart concerto featuring his Symphony #41 (Jupiter). Then the BIG one, Dvorak Symphony #9 (“From the New World”) and the world debut of a new Wynton Marsalis trumpet Concerto on April 27, 28, and 29. Cleveland Heights native and Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra alum Cellist Alisa Weilerstein performs with the orchestra on May 11. And they conclude the season with Puccini’s Opera The Girl of the Golden West on May 14, 17, and 20. The Mahler and Dvorak in particular will be season highlights. I hope you can make it to an upcoming concert! When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
April 14, 20232 yr On 4/13/2023 at 12:35 PM, Boomerang_Brian said: I’m very excited for the next several weekends of Cleveland Orchestra concerts. This weekend is Mahler’s First Symphony and a couple Debussy pieces (tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday). Next weekend is an all Mozart concerto featuring his Symphony #41 (Jupiter). Then the BIG one, Dvorak Symphony #9 (“From the New World”) and the world debut of a new Wynton Marsalis trumpet Concerto on April 27, 28, and 29. Cleveland Heights native and Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra alum Cellist Alisa Weilerstein performs with the orchestra on May 11. And they conclude the season with Puccini’s Opera The Girl of the Golden West on May 14, 17, and 20. The Mahler and Dvorak in particular will be season highlights. I hope you can make it to an upcoming concert! you're probably already aware of this, but Alisa Weilerstein is from a highly accomplished musical family; her father a violinist and mother a pianist; and her brother was for a while an assistant conductor with the New York Philharmonic. On the other hand, like most people, I'm from a less advanced gene pool 🤪 http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
April 14, 20232 yr Here is the donor email from the orchestra with principal trumpet Michael Sachs comments on the new Wynton Marsalis concerto he'll be performing in two weeks. Marsalis and New World April 27, 28, & 29 EASTMAN Symphony No. 2 MARSALIS Trumpet Concerto DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) The Cleveland Orchestra Frans Welser-Möst, conductor Michael Sachs, trumpet Tickets here! A Marsalis World Premiere, Brought to Life by You This spring, Principal Trumpet Michael Sachs, the Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair, will perform the world premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s Trumpet Concerto – a collaboration made possible by you! This concerto is a long time in the making. A few years ago, Michael spoke with artistic staff at the Orchestra, eager to commission a new trumpet concerto. Wynton Marsalis was on his mind. “Wynton and I are exactly one month apart in age,” Michael recently shared in conversation. “We’re good friends, and our paths have crossed many times over the last 35 years or so. As a player, as a person, as an intellect, as a creative personality, he is beyond incredible.” Michael thought it was a long shot, but it turned out Wynton already had a trumpet concerto brewing. He was immediately on board. “He asked me what I was looking for in a piece,” said Michael. “Of course, I asked what he was thinking about. Who am I to tell Wynton Marsalis how to write for trumpet?” They discussed Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, which has a beautiful and bluesy second movement trumpet solo. It’s a sound they both love. “The trumpet can play in such a declamatory, heroic way, but it can also be intimate and lyrical,” said Michael. “Wynton himself is at the top of Mount Everest of trumpet players and creative artists in general. He knows the instrument so well, and that’s rare for a composer. This piece will be challenging and push the limits, and that’s extremely exciting and inspiring.” Michael is thrilled to bring this concerto – the first for trumpet that Wynton has written – to audiences in Northeast Ohio. “To have Cleveland be the birthplace of this new work reflects the recognition it deserves,” he said. “For it to be performed by an orchestra like Cleveland’s, with Franz, in a hall like Severance, is truly special.” “I hope it’s a great gift to the community. I feel like this has the chance to become truly one of the great American trumpet concertos,” Michael shared. Collaborations like this, where performer and composer work together to bring new works into the world, are only possible because of friends like you. Your generosity brings beautiful and vibrant music to life. And your support is deeply felt by musicians like Michael. “Without this incredible community standing behind the Orchestra, we wouldn’t be a fraction of what we are today,” he shared. “It’s hard to put into words. I’ve felt it so strongly for the past 35 years. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.” “It’s an honor and a responsibility to play here,” he continued. “That comes from this community, and the donors who support us. We wouldn’t have this stability and continuity without you.” When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
April 15, 20232 yr 2 very good bands ive seen get together: Wavves and Cloud Nothings released a collaborative album back in 2015, and they've shared stages even before that, but now they've announced their first-ever co-headlining tour. It includes over 20 shows all across North America, and tickets go on sale Friday (4/14) at noon Eastern. Support comes from Ultra Q. Wavves / Cloud Nothings -- 2023 Tour Dates 6/11 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
April 28, 20232 yr The Cleveland Orchestra gave the world premier of Wynton Marsalis’s new trumpet concerto last night, along with Dvorak’s New Workd Symphony. You can still catch this concert tonight and tomorrow. (I’m going tomorrow.) When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
April 28, 20232 yr Almost no seats left for Saturday! Still trying to talk my wife into it, Dvorak is one of my favorites (and the New World Symphony is my grandmother's favorite classical symphony of all time) and the chance to see a world premier ain't half bad for an opener, either! She's probably going to be too drained to want to make the trek up from Akron, though. 😩 Enjoy!
April 28, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Gramarye said: Almost no seats left for Saturday! Still trying to talk my wife into it, Dvorak is one of my favorites (and the New World Symphony is my grandmother's favorite classical symphony of all time) and the chance to see a world premier ain't half bad for an opener, either! She's probably going to be too drained to want to make the trek up from Akron, though. 😩 Enjoy! Just go by yourself - I do it all the time. It’s worth it! Plus easier to find a cheap single seat than 2 together anyway. The sides of the balcony, in the middle (front to back), are the cheapest seats. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
April 28, 20232 yr The concert was amazing, and the trumpet journey the new piece takes you in is very enjoyable. The crowd seemed like a lot of newbies, which is good, but some even started applauding in the middle of one of Dvorak’s movements 😩
April 29, 20232 yr On 4/28/2023 at 8:51 AM, Boomerang_Brian said: The Cleveland Orchestra gave the world premier of Wynton Marsalis’s new trumpet concerto last night, along with Dvorak’s New Workd Symphony. You can still catch this concert tonight and tomorrow. (I’m going tomorrow.) Please report back Brian. Can't go as I have to sit with a dog out of surgery. Edited April 29, 20232 yr by willyboy
July 14, 20231 yr Oh this is so cool! With the Cleveland Orchestra performing Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto at Blossom this Saturday (go see it!), they posted this reminder that Rachmaninoff himself performed it at Severance Hall. Here are some memorials from that concert. (It also reminded me of how my still-living-by-herself 102 year old grandmother got to see Rachmaninoff perform in person when she was young - what an experience.) When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
September 5, 20231 yr Cleveland Orchestra completes Severance organ renovation, brings historic instrument up to 21st-century standards (photos) Published: Sep. 05, 2023 By Zachary Lewis, special to cleveland.com Quote Following significant renovation to its pipe organ this summer, the Cleveland Orchestra is once again able to freely program and play its historic instrument. No longer does Ian Mercer, the orchestra’s production manager, have to live in fear of the worst. ... Respectful of the instrument’s historic status, the orchestra preserved the console’s original wooden case. Inside, though, it installed new keyboards and new electronics, including a sequencer, transposer, and auto sustainer. Where once it was difficult to play trills – a mainstay of Baroque and Classical-period music – now the rapid embellishments roll out effortlessly. Meanwhile, the new electronics open the instrument to modern and contemporary music, making possible a whole new array of colors, combinations, and effects. Gone, too, is that problematic cable. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/09/cleveland-orchestra-completes-severance-organ-renovation-brings-historic-instrument-up-to-21st-century-standards-photos.html
September 10, 20231 yr Concerning, but the article indicates that they expect a full recovery: The Cleveland Orchestra announced Friday, Sept. 8, that longtime music director Franz Welser-Möst recently had a cancerous tumor removed and for the next 12 to 16 months "will need to undergo treatment between his conducting engagements." His first period of treatment will begin at the end of October, the orchestra said in a statement, adding that his doctors "are confident of a full recovery." The treatment does mean that Welser-Möst "must withdraw from all engagements from late October until the end of the year," the orchestra said. He will still conduct upcoming concerts at Severance Music Center at the end of September and early October. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
March 1, 20241 yr Cross posting - This should be a fun concert (John Legend with The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom in Aug 8): When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
May 3, 20241 yr Berlioz Symphony Fantastique was so good last night! The Concerto was also excellent. I’m going again tomorrow and taking my daughter. You MIGHT still be able to get a ticket and I would strongly encourage you to do so. There are also still some tickets for Mozart’s Magic Flute in a couple weeks which will be fully staged, using puppets. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
September 17, 2024Sep 17 Excellent, detailed write up on The Cleveland Orchestra’s upcoming season that doesn’t seem to be paywalled https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/09/new-performing-arts-season-kicks-off-with-cleveland-orchestra-leading-the-way-classical-music-and-dance-guide.html “The guide you’re now reading contains everything you need to participate fully. One section showcases The Cleveland Orchestra, our shiniest musical crown jewel, but another summarizes the smorgasbord presented to us by the many other groups who call Northeast Ohio home.” When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
March 20Mar 20 yes we did go see the clevelanders at carnegie hall this week — there was supposed to a collab with a soprano on our night, but she cancelled. i guess they had to whip something up quick, so we got beethoven’s fifth to start, which was kind of a bummer, but of course they played it well. after the intermission they swung into high gear and it was great. always a nice night and a pleasure. also funny to see the scalpers were out like it was taylor swift. 😂🎼
March 21Mar 21 i found a rather tangential, but otherwise fair i think review of our show — Dispatch March 19, 2025 Three cheers for No. 3 byJay Nordlinger On a concert of the Cleveland Orchestra in Carnegie Hall. One after another, orchestras are visiting Carnegie Hall, to play two or three concerts. The Cleveland Orchestra is there now, for two concerts. Tonight’s is the second. Last night’s began with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Do you remember what Robert Graves said? “The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good—in spite of all the people who say he is very good.” Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is almost a cartoon. But it is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written; one of the greatest works of art ever created. On the podium for the Clevelanders was Franz Welser-Möst, their longtime music director. He will be conducting tonight as well. The orchestra’s Fifth was very good—reasonable, accurate, often beautiful. The second movement, Andante con moto, was especially commendable. Welser-Möst did not dawdle; he did not forget the “con moto.” The music was smooth, a study in horizontality. The strings and the woodwinds blended—or rather, they matched. Welser-Möst has a Boulezian gift for the management of sounds. Do I have any complaints? Yes. more: https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/three-cheers-for-no-3/ Franz Welser-Möst leads the Cleveland Orchestra in Carnegie Hall on March 18, 2025. Photo: Fadi Kheir.
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