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The third of Mitsuko Uchida’s albums of Mozart concertos with The Cleveland Orchestra has been released — and is now available for purchase at the Cleveland Orchestra Store at Severance Hall. The album features Piano Concertos Nos. 9 and 21, recorded in live performances at Severance Hall. One of the previous discs from this collaboration received a Grammy Award in 2011. Reviews of this new album include these comments from Audiophile Audition: “Conducting Mozart concertos from the piano has a long and honored tradition, originating with the composer himself. . . . Uchida performs on a new Hamburg Steinway whose action remains uniformly light and resonant, especially as Uchida does not mince her dynamics. . . . We need only audition this fine collaboration to enjoy the scintillating energy of the outer movements [of Concerto No. 9] and the internal rigors of the Andantino. The last movement virtually bubbles with infectious wit and digital confidence. . . . [In Concerto No. 21] the give-and-take response between Uchida and The Cleveland strings and winds attractively beguiles us. Then, her seamless runs and arpeggios move inexorably to a bravura cadenza almost early Beethoven in its briefly pearly wit that rushes to a coda spread over three octaves. Superb!”
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Cleveland Orchestra musicians Sonja Braaten Molloy (violin), Mark Jackobs (viola), Charles Bernard (cello), and Charles Carleton (bass) join with soprano Jung Oh and pianist Christina Dahl in performing a recital on Sunday afternoon, November 4, presented by Heights Arts at a home in Shaker Heights. The performance begins at 3:00 p.m. and features Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet and Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat major. Seating is limited, reservations required by calling 216-371-3457. Tickets are $50 (or $40 for Heights Arts members). This is the first of four Heights Arts “Close Encounters” recitals during the season, created under the artistic direction of Cleveland Orchestra violinist Isabel Trautwein.
New album with Cleveland Orchestra and Mitsuko Uchida is now available . . .
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Cleveland Orchestra musicians Carolyn Warner (piano), Paul Yancich (timpani), and Jacob Nissly (percussion) with pianist Sandra Shapiro join together to perform a special pre-concert performance on Wednesday, October 31, at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The performance of Bartok’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion begins at 6:15 p.m. in Mixon Hall. This pre-concert event also features a student performance of Darius Milhaud’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion. At 8 p.m., a concert presents chamber music of Milhaud. Both events are free and open to the public.
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Comings and goings As a courtesy to the performers onstage and the audience around you, all patrons are reminded to turn off cell phones and to disengage electronic watch alarms prior to the concert. Severance Hall 2012-13
As a courtesy to the performers on stage and the entire audience, latearriving patrons cannot be seated until the first break in the musical program.
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