On a Personal Note
24 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Every story has a soundtrack. Cleveland Orchestra Musicians and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst share stories about the music that has shaped their lives.
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Classic Stewart Copeland
August 24, 2021 18:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBRock and drum icon Stewart Copeland talks early influences and recent compositions — including Police Deranged, an orchestral survey of Copeland’s career and his many years with The Police. Upcoming Performance (September 11 at Blossom Music Center): Join Stewart Copeland and The Cleveland Orchestra for the finale to this summer's Blossom Music Festival, Stewart Copeland’s Police Deranged For Orchestra, a high-energy orchestral celebration of The Police’s biggest hits, including ‘Roxanne’...
Family Matters
December 15, 2020 14:00 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBRevered 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) The Cleveland Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida, conductor and piano Recorded live at Severance Hall in November 2005 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.
Change of Seasons, Part 2: The Golda Touch
November 17, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBAfter 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. Featured Music: HAYDN – The Seasons The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Golda Schultz, soprano Recorded live at Severance Hall on Jan. 18, 2018 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchest...
Change of Seasons, Part 1: The Scramble
November 11, 2020 13:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBIn 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 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Golda Schultz, soprano Recorded live at Severance Hall on Jan. 18, 2018 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. ...
Tour de Franz
October 20, 2020 15:45 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBCellist 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 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Recorded live at Severance Hall in 2016 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/d...
Color and Character
October 13, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBBassoonist 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) The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Joélle Harvey, soprano Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Recorded live at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Art...
Legendary
October 06, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBFrom 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 The Cleveland Orchestra Recorded live at Severance Hall in 1966 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleve...
Love Notes
September 29, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBPianist 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 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Recorded live at Severance Hall on May 29, 2010 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.
Pulse
September 22, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBPrincipal 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 The Cleveland Orchestra Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Recorded live at Severance Hall on October 19, 2018 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To...
From Resurrection to Redemption
September 15, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBAssistant Principal Trombone Shachar Israel talks about overcoming adversity — and how Mahler’s Second Symphony provided a sense of belonging when he needed it most. Featured Music MAHLER – Symphony No. 2 1. Allegro maestoso The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Joélle Harvey, soprano Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Recorded live at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on January 26, 2019 The connection...
Where Words Fail, Music Speaks
September 08, 2020 14:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBDirector 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 The Cleveland Orchestra Jakub Hrůša, conductor Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Recorded live at Severance Hall on November 17, 2019 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit cl...
Veer
September 01, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBMusic 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 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Recorded live at Severance Hall on May 18, 2019 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit clevelandorchestra...
Remembering Pierre Boulez
June 18, 2020 14:30 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBPrincipal Trumpet Michael Sachs reflects on his relationship with one of the most influential figures in modern classical music—and the lasting legacy of Boulez in Cleveland. Featured Music STRAVINSKY – The Rite of Spring PART II: The Sacrifice The Cleveland Orchestra Pierre Boulez, conductor Recorded in Severance Hall in 1991
On Resolution
June 11, 2020 14:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBClarinetist 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 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Recorded live in Severance Hall on October of 2009 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.
A Musician’s Journey Part 2: Jessica Sindell
June 04, 2020 15:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBFlutist 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 The Cleveland Orchestra Matthias Pintscher, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano Recorded in Severance Hall in 2018. The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra,...
A Musician’s Journey Part 1: Emilio Llinás
May 28, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBLong-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 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Recorded in Severance Hall in May of 2018, as the finale to the Prometheus Project. The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, plea...
The Courage of Our Convictions
May 21, 2020 10:30 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBViola 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 The Cleveland Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Recorded live from Severance Hall in February of 2020 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.
The Boy with the Dragonfly Tattoo
May 14, 2020 15:30 - 28 minutes - 26 MBPrincipal 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) The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Martina Janková, soprano (Vixen) Jennifer Johnson Cano, soprano (Fox) Samantha Gossard, soprano (Owl) Marian Vogel, soprano (Blue Jay) Sandra Ross, soprano (Woodpecker) Recorded live from Severance Hall ...
Rediscovering Joy
May 07, 2020 10:00 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBCellist Martha Baldwin talks about the restorative power of Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto after a difficult diagnosis. Featured Music: BEETHOVEN – Piano Concerto No. 2 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano Recorded live from Severance Hall in 2017 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.
First Impressions
April 30, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBAt 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 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Recorded live at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in 2020 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Clevel...
A Romance with Rosenkavalier
April 23, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBViolinist 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 The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.
The Lasting Luster of Vinyl
April 16, 2020 13:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBFrench Horn Player Richard King shares his earliest memories of hearing Beethoven’s "Eroica" on the family phonograph and how the disc ended up shaping his destiny. Featured Music: BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) The Cleveland Orchestra The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.
The Sound of Crisis
April 09, 2020 13:00 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MBMusic Director Franz Welser-Möst recalls his conflicting emotions conducting The Cleveland Orchestra one last time before the Coronavirus pandemic silenced Severance Hall. Featured Music: SCHUBERT - Symphony in C major (“The Great”) 2. Andante con moto The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Recorded live at Severance Hall on March 13, 2020 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please...
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April 09, 2020 10:30 - 30 seconds - 496 KBEvery story has a soundtrack. Cleveland Orchestra Musicians and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst share stories about the music that has shaped their lives.