Considered Opinions Archive—2006

Considered Opinions is WCLV's program that reviews performances by Cleveland-area music ensembles. Commentator Jerome Crossley offers an informed and witty perspective on performances by groups that include the Cleveland Orchestra and Opera Cleveland.

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 8 December 2006

Ludwig van Beethoven: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus [The Creatures of Prometheus], Op. 43—Overture. Ned Rorem: English Horn Concerto. Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32. (Robert Walters, English horn; Lawrence Krauss, narr.; Michael Stern, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 30 November 2006

Joonas Kokkonen: Symphony No. 3. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5. (Sakari Oramo, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 24 November 2006

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 ("Scottish"). Serge Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini, Op. 43. Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser—Overture. (Stephen Hough, p.; Andrew Grams, cond.)

Apollo's Fire—Performance of 17 November 2006

Pluckfest!—Music of Biber, Buxtehude, Schmelzer, and Others. (David Greenberg, Miho Hashizume, v.; Richard Stone, lute; Nell Snaidas, sop.; Steve Player, gtr.; Danny Mallon, perc.; Jeanette Sorrell, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 16 November 2006

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat Major, K. 450; Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 ("Coronation"). Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major op. 9. (Mitsuko Uchida, p. & cond.; Andrew Grams, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 2 November 2006

Jean Sibelius: Tapiola, Op. 112. Olivier Messiaen: Hymne. Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass No. 14 in B-flat major ("Harmoniemesse"). (Cinzia Forte, sop.; Kate Lindsey, m-s.; Rufus Müller, ten.; Kyle Ketelsen, bass-bar.; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 26 October 2006

Osvaldo Golijov: Last Round. Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 77. Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47. (Frank Peter Zimmerman, v.; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 19 October 2006

Anton Webern: Im Sommerwind. Matthias Pintscher: Hérodiade-Fragmente. Claude Debussy: Le martyre de St. Sébastien. (Marisol Montalvo, sop.; Laura Claycomb, sop.; Sandra Ross, m-s.; Kimberly Lauritsen, m-s.; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Matthias Pintscher, cond.)

Apollo's Fire—Performance of 13 October 2006

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 174 ("Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte")—Sinfonia; Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata No. 201 ("Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde" [Der Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan]). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, K. 367—Ballet Music; Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38. (Jennifer Roig-Francoli, Carrie Krause, v.; Sandra Simon, sop.; Scott Mello, ten.; Sumner Thompson, bar.; Jeannette Sorrell, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 12 October 2006

Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra—Overture. Alberto Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major. (Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)

Red {an orchestra}—Performance of 8 October 2006

John Cage: Credo in Us. John Corigliano: Fantasia on an Ostinato. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. (Jonathan Sheffer, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 1 October 2006

Hanspeter Kyburz: touché. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 17, K. 453. Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 5 in F major, Op. 76, B. 54. (Laura Aikin, sop.; John Mark Ainsley, ten.; Leif Ove Andsnes, p.; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 8 June 2006

Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff. (Richard Sutliff, Falstaff; Kelley O'Connor, Meg Page; Vladimir Chernov, Mr. Ford; Twyla Robinson, Alice Ford; Scott Scully, Bardolfo; Ain Anger, Pistola; Jane Henschel, Mistress Quickly; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 1 June 2006

Kaija Saariaho: Quatre Instants. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 ("Prague"). Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan. Claude Debussy: La Mer.

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 25 May 2006

György Kurtág: ...quasi una fantasia... Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 54. Béla Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin. (Mitsuko Uchida, p.; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 18 May 2006

Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 2 in E-flat Minor, Op. 38. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 16 in D Major, K. 451; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 25 in C major, K. 503. (Mitsuko Uchida, p.; Andrew Grams, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 11 May 2006

Richard Wagner: Lohengrin—Prelude to Act III. Richard Wagner (arr. Lorin Maazel): The Ring Without Words. (Giancarlo Guerrero, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 27 April 2006

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201. Stephen Paulus: Violin Concerto. Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme for orchestra, Op. 36 ("Enigma"). (William Preucil. v.; Donald Runnicles, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 20 April 2006

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major, Op. 60. Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97. (Herbert Blomstedt, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 6 April 2006

Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäuspassion [St. Matthew Passion], BWV 244. (Christoph Strehl, Evangelist; Christian Herhaher, Jesus, Pilate, Chief Priest; Malin Hartelius, sop.; Bernarda Fink, m-s.; Thomas Glenn, ten.; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 30 March 2006

Arnold Schoenberg: Kol Nidre, Op. 39. Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major. (Andreas Zimmermann, narr.; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 23 March 2006

Georg Friedrich Haas: Poème. Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E-flat major, Hob. VIIe:1. Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64. (Michael Sachs, tpt.; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 16 March 2006

Julian Anderson: Diptych. Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D.485. Richard Strauss: Don Quixote—Phantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters. (Franz Welser-Möst, cond.

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 9 March 2006

Aaron Copland: Our Town; Symphonic Ode. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ("Eroica"). (Michael Tilson Thomas, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 23 February 2006

Peter Grimes—Four Sea Interludes. Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1, op. 107 in E-flat major. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44. (Clemens Hagen, vc.; Osmo Vänskä, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 16 February 2006

Samuel Barber: Toccata festiva, Op. 36; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 38. Jean Sibelius: Scénes historiques, Op. 25—Scena; Scénes historiques, Op. 66—La Chasse; Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, op. 82. (Joela Jones, o.; Garrick Ohlsson, p.; Jahja Ling, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 2 February 2006

Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture. Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19. Felix Mandelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream—Overture and Incidental Music, Op. 21 and 61. (Felicity Lott, sop.; Della Jones, m-s.; Oberlin College Choir; Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus; Cleveland State University Chorale; Marc Minkowski, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 19 January 2006

William Walton: Scapino—A Comedy Overture. Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 35. Sir Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55. (Janine Jansen, v.; Vladimir Ashkenazy, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 12 January 2006

Robert Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes Faust [Scenes from Goethe's Faust]. (Juliane Banse, sop.; Lee Katherine Taylor, sop.; John Tessier, ten.; Thomas Hampson, bar.; Alan Held, b.; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Cleveland Orchestra Children's Chorus; Franz Welser-Möst, cond.)

Cleveland Orchestra—Performance of 5 January 2006

Marc-André Dalbavie: Piano Concerto. Claude Debussy: Printemps. Ludwig can Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67. (Leif Ove Andsnes, p.; James Gaffigan, cond.)

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