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Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique

Severance Music Center (The Cleveland Orchestra)

  • Date Thursday, September 19, 2024 - Sunday, September 22, 2024
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Severance Music Center (The Cleveland Orchestra)

Long considered one of America’s great orchestras, The Cleveland Orchestra stands today among the world’s most-revered symphonic ensembles. In concerts at home in University Circle's Severance Music Center, at Blossom Music Center, and on tour, The Cleveland Orchestra continues to... more

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, “Classical”R. SCHUMANN Violin ConcertoTCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”

Nine days before his death, Tchaikovsky conducted the premiere of one of the most resounding final statements in music: his “Pathétique” Symphony, full of sweeping melodies, passionate outbursts, and emotional extremes. To open the 2024–25 season, guest conductor Osmo Vänskä leads this epic work alongside the wit and levity of Prokofiev’s “Classical” Symphony and Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto, performed by celebrated soloist Frank Peter Zimmermann.

This program’s Music In Depth lecture will be presented by Henry Michaels, Managing Director, Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival.

Performing Artists

The Cleveland Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

Program Notes

Discover informative commentary and background information about the music, composers, and performing artists featured in this program.

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Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique

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