Color and Character

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’, ‘Don’t Stand So Close To Me’ and ‘Message in a Bottle’. With Copeland on drums, three singers, guitarist and the full symphony orchestra, these unique compositions give new life to classic songs and select hits from the career of one of the generation’s greatest and most influential artists.Tickets available hereStream Stewart Copeland's new Spotify Playlist, "For Cleveland"

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)The Cleveland OrchestraMitsuko Uchida, 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 SeasonsThe Cleveland OrchestraFranz Welser-Möst, conductorGolda Schultz, sopranoRecorded 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 SeasonsThe Cleveland OrchestraFranz Welser-Möst, conductorGolda Schultz, sopranoRecorded 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.

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. 24The Cleveland OrchestraFranz Welser-Möst, 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)The Cleveland OrchestraFranz Welser-Möst, conductorJoélle Harvey, sopranoSasha Cooke, mezzo-sopranoCleveland Orchestra ChorusRecorded 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 support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.

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 MusicMOZART – Symphony no. 411. Allegro vivaceThe Cleveland OrchestraRecorded 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 visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.

Pianist and Violinist Carolyn Gadiel Warner reflects on falling in love—with her husband of 40 years, Bruckner symphonies and her profession.Featured MusicBRUCKNER – Symphony No. 84.  FinaleThe Cleveland OrchestraFranz Welser-Möst, 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 MusicRIMSKY-KORSAKOV – Scheherazade4.  Festival at Baghdad; the Sea; the Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze WarriorThe Cleveland OrchestraGustavo Gimeno, 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 visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.

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 MusicADAMS – On the Transmigration of SoulsThe Cleveland OrchestraJakub Hrůša, conductorCleveland Orchestra ChorusRecorded 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.