Cleveland Orchestra, Mitsuko Uchida warm hearts with radiant Schubert and Mozart
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Posted Feb 18, 2021
Music director Franz Welser-Most conducts Mozart s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik with the Cleveland Orchestra on the group s latest Adella offering, Sonata and Serenade. Roger Mastroianni
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – If the current “In Focus” episode were any more intimate, it would violate coronavirus safety protocol.
So close do the cameras get to pianist Mitsuko Uchida in the latest Cleveland Orchestra Adella video, viewers might as well be seated right beside her on the bench, far less than six feet apart.
It’s a great place to be. From that vantage point, and a range of other close angles, listeners get to hear every nuance of a nuance-rich performance of Schubert’s unfinished Sonata in C Major, D. 840, and savor the masterful technique behind it.
Cleveland Orchestra reveals its humanity in ongoing ‘On a Personal Note’ podcast series
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
The Cleveland Orchestra s podcast series On a Personal Note has proven to be a trove of insights, even to a listener professionally focused on the orchestra.
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They make mistakes. They get nervous. They suffer major setbacks.
They also feel joy, love, and pride, along with every other emotion of everyday life.
This is the takeaway from the podcast series “On a Personal Note,” the orchestra’s first substantial new offering during the pandemic: the music we hear at Severance Hall comes not from some vacuum but from deeply personal places, and often means far more than what simply meets the ears.