August 2016 listings for the Cleveland Orchestra

August 2016 listings for the Cleveland Orchestra

Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m.

Pierre Boulez conducts Stravinsky in an archived concert (August 24)

This month, the Cleveland Orchestra will play "The Great", Schubert's Symphony No. 9, plus an archived all Stravinsky concert (August 24), Handel's Messiah, and more, on Classical 91.5.

8/3        Chavez: Symphony No. 2, Sinfonia India Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, Organ (Joannes Moser, c; Joela Jones, org; Giancarlo Guerrero, cond)

8/10      Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture Sortomme: Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra (Franz Welser Möst, cond) Schubert: Symphony No. 9, The Great (Robert Vernon, vla; Christoph von Dohnányi, cond)

8/17      Handel: Messiah (Yulia van Doren, s; Jennifer Johnson Cano, ms; John Tessier, t; John Relyea, b; Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus; Robert Porco, cond)

8/24      Stravinsky: Agon; Symphonies of Wind Instruments; Four Peasant Songs; Les Noces (archival, Phyllis Curtin, s; Helen Watts, a; Ernst Haefliger, t; Yi-Kwei Sze, bs-bar; Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus; Pierre Boulez, cond)

8/31      Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture Schumann: Piano Concerto in a, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams (Leif Ove Andsnes, p; Franz Welser-Möst, cond)