Composer

Tchaikovsky considered Ukraine a second home and refuge, and he began work on this symphony while staying just outside of Kiev. One of his most joyful compositions, this symphony creatively incorporates Ukrainian folk songs. The concert features a percussion concerto commissioned for Christoph Sietzen, who has been praised as an outstanding talent, “a refreshingly natural musician notable for his technical mastery and powerful stage presence.”

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Tchaikovsky's Second Symphony

Severance Music Center

Legends swirl around the creation of Mozart’s Requiem, written on his deathbed and left unfinished: Who was the mysterious figure who commissioned the composer? What parts of the work were truly his own? And was Mozart composing his own funeral mass with this final artistic statement? Many of these questions were explored hauntingly (abeit suspiciously) in the movie Amadeus. We are nevertheless left with a work of overwhelming power — at once intensely dramatic and deeply personal — that touches the core of our humanity.

Johannes Maria Staud

Composer

Events

5 - 7 Oct, 2023

Tchaikovsky's Second Symphony · The Cleveland Orchestra

9 - 12 Mar, 2023

Mozart's Requiem · The Cleveland Orchestra

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