On a Personal Note

Rock 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’,...

Revered 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) conductor and pianoRecorded live at Severance Hall in November 2005The 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.

After 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 conductorsopranoRecorded live at Severance Hall on Jan. 18, 2018The 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.

In 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 conductorsopranoRecorded live at Severance Hall on Jan. 18, 2018The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit...

Cellist 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 conductorRecorded live at Severance Hall in 2016The 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.

Bassoonist 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) conductor sopranomezzo-sopranoRecorded live at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on January 26, 2019The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your...

From 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 Recorded live at Severance Hall in 1966The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please...

Pianist 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 conductorRecorded live at Severance Hall on May 29, 2010The 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.

Principal 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 conductorRecorded live at Severance Hall on October 19, 2018The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please...

Assistant 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 conductor sopranomezzo-sopranoRecorded live at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on January 26, 2019 The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra,...

Director 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 conductorRecorded live at Severance Hall on November 17, 2019The 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.

Music 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 conductorRecorded live at Severance Hall on May 18, 2019The 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.

Principal 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 conductorRecorded in Severance Hall in 1991

Clarinetist 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 conductorRecorded live in Severance Hall on October of 2009The 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.

Flutist 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 conductor, pianoRecorded 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, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.

Long-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 conductorRecorded 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, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.

Viola 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 conductorRecorded live from Severance Hall in February of 2020The 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.

Principal 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) conductor sopranosopranosopranosoprano sopranoRecorded live from Severance Hall in May of 2014The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit...

Cellist Martha Baldwin talks about the restorative power of Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto after a difficult diagnosis. Featured Music: BEETHOVEN – Piano Concerto No. 2 conductorpianoRecorded live from Severance Hall in 2017The 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.

At 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 conductorRecorded live at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in 2020The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit...