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Frenzied Tango
John Adams, conductor P R O G R A M N O T E S :
From Greenland’s Icy Mountains by Charles Ives • PA G E 1 1 Made of Tunes by Timo Andres • PA G E 1 2
Frenzy: a short symphony by John Adams • PA G E 1 5
Three Tangos by Astor Piazzolla • PA G E
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Frenzied Tango
Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 7:30 PM
Friday, February 20, 2026, at 11 AM*
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Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 7:30 PM
John Adams, conductor
Charles Ives (1874–1954)
Timo Andres (b. 1985)
John Adams (b. 1947)
Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Saturday’s performance will be livestreamed on Adella .live
From Greenland’s Icy Mountains
minutes (Fugue from Symphony No. 4)*
Made of Tunes
minutes I. Come, Labor On II American Nocturnal Aaron Diehl, piano
I N T E R M I S S I O N
Frenzy: a short symphony
Three Tangos (realized by John Adams)
I. La Mufa*
minutes
minutes
minutes II. Oblivion* 5 minutes
III. Libertango 5 minutes World Premiere
This program will last approximately 1 hour 35 minutes
* Ives’s From Greenland’s Icy Mountains and two of the Piazzolla tangos (La Mufa and Oblivion) do not appear on Friday’s program, which will be performed without intermission.
This concert is sponsored by Buyers Products. John Adams’s performance is generously sponsored by Tony and Diane Wynshaw-Boris.
Hymns , Tunes & Tangos
Composer- conductor John Adams leads The Cleveland Orchestra in a dynamic century-spanning program highlighting composers from the Americas: three from the US and one from Argentina
O N PA P E R , this weekend’s program might look like a disparate collection of pieces, but the curation is intentional and quintessentially Adams. They at once offer a fresh, vital example of his work as an artist while also reflecting his wide-ranging and imaginative musical interests Given the state of current affairs, one might even marvel that
output, which revels in the blending of hymn tunes, popular songs, and marches into a delightful cacophony, this music is shockingly straightforward. Here, the composer sets aside his experimental impulses and creates a space for quiet contemplation, far removed from the hustle and bustle of early-20th century American life.
Alongside championing past composers like
Ives , Adams is a tireless advocate of the younger generation of artists . . .
Adams eerily anticipated our focus on Greenland this year and with a piece by Charles Ives, no less.
Completed between 1910 and 1925, Ives’s Fourth Symphony was meant to explore “the searching questions of What? and Why? which the spirit of man asks of life,” according to the composer. The third movement featured on this program is a fugue on the evangelical hymn “From Greenland’s Icy Mountains” by Lowell Mason Unlike much of Ives’s
Alongside championing past composers like Ives, Adams is a tireless advocate of the younger generation of artists, including Timo Andres Equally gifted as a composer and a pianist, Andres, too, taps into a dazzling array of inspirational sources in his music, from hymns and patriotic tunes to pop songs and jazz
2026 marks 35 years since John Adams first conducted The Cleveland Orchestra (read more on page 29)
Charles Ives (seen here c 1947) was an American maverick who challenged musical conventions with his distinctive blend of modernist and traditional elements .
standards. In fact, the title of his 2023 piano concerto Made of Tunes is taken from an Ives song, “The Things Our Fathers Loved.” Written for another fine
soloist, Aaron Diehl, the work ably demonstrates the wide range of Andres’s compositional voice. While featuring plenty of instrumental pyrotechnics for both orchestra and soloist, Made of Tunes
From Greenland’s Icy Mountains (Fugue from Symphony No . 4)
by Charles Ives
B O R N : October 20, 1874, in Danbury, Connecticut ,
D I E D : May 19, 1954, in New York City
▶ C O M P O S E D : 1909 – 16 (adapted from a fugue composed for string quartet in 1896)
▶ W O R L D P R E M I E R E : An orchestral arrangement of this fugue was first performed on May 10, 1933, in New York , conducted by Bernard Herrmann. The complete Fourth Symphony wasn’t heard until April 26, 1965, with Leopold Stokowski conducting the American Symphony Orchestra .
▶ C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A P R E M I E R E : Though the Orchestra has performed Ives’ s Fourth Symphony several times (first in 1971 with Michael Charry conducting), these concerts mark The Cleveland Orchestra’s first performances of the fugue by itself.
▶ O R C H E S T R AT I O N : flute, clarinet , horn , trombone, timpani, organ , and strings
▶ D U R AT I O N : about 10 minutes
O F T H E T H I R D M O V E M E N T F U G U E , Ives’s program says only that it is “an expression of the reaction of life into formalism and ritualism.” … [It is] the kind of piece Ives used to play Sunday after Sunday at the organ This particular one, transferred from the First String Quartet to the Fourth Symphony, is in a way the most revolutionary movement of all. …
The Fugue precedes in much the same gentle, beautiful way it did in the Quartet, now fleshed out in color with basses, flute, and clarinet, and with horns entering periodically in the manner of a [J.S.] Bach chorale prelude. … It ends nearly as did the original, but with the addition of a delicate shadow line in clarinet, and a trombone playing a fragment of “Joy to the World”: And heav’n and nature sing … repeat the sounding joy. … Ives found that joy in a New England church, in the revealed religion he called in the Essays “the path between God and man’s spiritual part a kind of formal causeway.” Here that causeway is symbolized by the formal tradition of the fugue. The country church is not the end of the Pilgrim’s journey, but for Ives it is a critical stopping place. Jan Swafford, writing on Ives’s Fourth Symphony in Charles Ives: A Life with Music (1996)
Made of Tunes
by Timo Andres
B O R N : 1985, in Palo Alto, California
▶ C O M P O S E D : 2023
▶ W O R L D P R E M I E R E : March 22 , 2024, featuring pianist Aaron Diehl, with John Adams conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic
▶ These concerts mark the first Cleveland Orchestra performances of Timo Andres’s Made of Tunes.
▶ O R C H E S T R AT I O N : flute, piccolo, 2 oboes , 2 clarinets (2nd doubling bass clarinet), alto saxophone, 2 bassoons (2nd doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns , 2 trumpets , 2 trombones , tuba , timpani, percussion (bass drum , bongos , chimes , crotales , cymbals , glockenspiel, tam-tam , tom-toms , triangle, tuned Thai gongs , vibraphone, xylophone), harp , organ , celesta , and strings , plus solo piano (amplified)
▶ D U R AT I O N : about 30 minutes
YO U ’ L L O F T E N H E A R C O M P O S E R S S P E A K of the “materials” of a piece. The word is useful in that it encompasses everything from notes and harmonies to timbres and techniques It’s also a dodge; we use it to cast our music in a more objective light, as if it were simply something to be assembled like flat-packed furniture. So the “tunes” in this piece are a corrective a challenge to myself to come clean about my intentions and influences, rather than approach them sideways, as pure abstractions
Primary among those intentions was to write a concerto that would speak to the style and expertise of its soloist, the pianist Aaron Diehl. Aaron is a musician who takes a wide view of American musical history, a tradition that is, in a sense, made of tunes: early hymnody, folk songs, parlor songs, work songs, the blues, and ragtime are the roots of its family tree. I’ve always been fascinated by this protean admixture, in which sacred and secular, art and kitsch, mainstream and recondite bump up against each other. ( The title Made of Tunes is drawn from the song “The Things Our Fathers Loved” by Charles Ives, a composer who shared this fascination.)
Aaron’s part includes opportunities for improvisation, sections in which I pass him a tune, or a rhythm, or a harmony, and he responds with something I wouldn’t have thought of. The boundary between the piece’s improvised and notated music is often intentionally blurry, the soloist’s excursions catching the tail of an idea and elaborating further, before handing it back
The first movement, Come, Labor On, counterposes hymnody and motor. Taking its main tune and title from Thomas Tertius Noble’s hymn (which I remember singing as a child one of my first experiences of four-part harmony), the form is a slow-fast-slow palindrome. After a stately orchestral introduction, the soloist instigates rhythmic drama, introducing an ostinato pattern perforated by emphatic cross-rhythms. After a huge orchestral pileup, under which organ and brass play an entire hymn verse in elaborate harmony, the movement ends with a piano-led recapitulation of the introduction.
The second movement, American Nocturnal, is a series of six variations on an original theme, derived from smashing the melody notes of the hokey patriotic tune “America the Beautiful” into a series of expanding and contracting intervals. ( The original tune is never heard.) The movement is dominated by expressive exchanges between piano and wind soloists. Each variation ends with a low orchestral rumble, longer and more threatening with each iteration, until, in the sixth variation, it overwhelms the soloist, who finishes the piece in a ruminative daze, accompanied by distant saxophone echoes of the first movement Timo Andres (above)
was also specifically designed to take full advantage of Diehl’s talents as a jazz improviser so that no two performances of the work will ever be exactly alike.
The centerpiece of this program is Frenzy: a short symphony, the most recent orchestral work by Adams, who, at 79, is acclaimed as one of the greatest living composers and has shown no sign of slowing down Composed in 2023, it premiered in March 2024, with Adams’s longtime friend and collaborator Simon Rattle leading the London Symphony Orchestra
lighter-textured, more transparent section, which takes the place of a conventional slow movement. Pulsations move among harps, celesta, and hushed timpani, while the opening violin melody continues to snake its way around the orchestra. And then, abruptly, pandemonium builds anew in urgent strings, racing winds, and punchy brass prodded by a thumping drum into a finale that ultimately lives up to the work’s title.
The music of Astor Piazzolla, the Argentine master of nue vo tango, has been a longtime passion for Adams, who
Adams’s signature pulsating , minimalist rhythms are still present , but here they ’re always in conversation with the continuous transformations of melodic material . in
The work opens with punchy figures in the brass and winds before the violins respond with an urgent, angular passage. Those two elements recur throughout this energetic 20-minute “short symphony,” passed around and transformed but always recognizable. Adams’s signature pulsating, minimalist rhythms are still present, but here they’re always in conversation with the continuous transformations of melodic material
In a 2024 interview, Adams stated that, while the title of the work “gives a hint of the mood of it ... the piece is not entirely frantic ” This is demonstrated in a
recently arranged the three selections on this program. Piazzolla, born in Mar del Plata in 1921 and initially raised in New York City, was hailed during his lifetime for transforming the tango from a genteel, elegant ballroom dance idiom into something darker and more urgently passionate.
Piazzolla cut his teeth as a performer in Buenos Aires, playing the bandoneon (a cousin of the accordion) in leading orchestras. But he also studied classical music with composer Alberto Ginastera
Frenzy: a short symphony
by John Adams
B O R N : February 15, 1947, in Worcester, Massachusetts
▶ C O M P O S E D : 2023
▶ W O R L D P R E M I E R E : March 3, 2024, with Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra
▶ These concerts mark the first Cleveland Orchestra performances of John Adams’s Frenzy: a short symphony.
▶ O R C H E S T R AT I O N : 3 flutes (2nd and 3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes , English horn , 3 clarinets , bass clarinet (doubling clarinet), 3 bassoons (3rd doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns , 3 trumpets , 3 trombones , tuba , timpani, percussion (bass drum , chimes , gongs , pedal bass drum , snare drum , tam-tam , vibraphone), 2 harps , piano, celesta , and strings
▶ D U R AT I O N : about 20 minutes
F R E N Z Y I S A O N E-M O V E M E N T S Y M P H O N Y that, in the course of its 20 minutes, encompasses a variegated yet unified symphonic structure. Its title notwithstanding, the piece is generally buoyant and extroverted and postpones its real frenetic energy to the concluding moments What makes Frenzy unique in comparison to my other works is its focus, almost to the point of obsession, on the development and transformation of small, vivid motives that continue to resurface in various guises throughout the piece. ...
The opening bars present two contrasting gestures: a punctuated tattoo in the winds and brass and an urgent, muscular theme in the upper strings. Both these ideas reappear throughout the piece, always transformed in one way or another and yet always identifiable.
In place of a “slow movement” the music’s surface simply quiets down; density and forcefulness yield to feelings of lightness and transparency. The pulse is still there, now carried along by a congenial interplay among the two harps and celesta while the strings limn a lyrical melody that floats above them.
The final section is indeed frenetic, with hard-driven, choppy string figures, tsunami-like waves of brass, and madly scurrying woodwinds, all of which come together to earn the piece’s title.
Frenzy is dedicated to my longtime friend Simon Rattle, who conducted the first performance with the London Symphony Orchestra in March of 2024. From a program note by John Adams
and legendary pedagogue Nadia Boulanger, ultimately establishing a signature style that became known worldwide.
All three of these tango arrangements offer a glimpse into Piazzolla’s sound world, which is at once alluring, passionate, and tantalizingly dangerous. La Mufa ( The Curse) first appeared on the 1965 recording Concierto de Tango, while Oblivion found a wide audience via the 1984 Italian film Enrico IV. The 1974 Libertango a combination
Alongside his talents as a composer, Astor Piazzolla was a gifted bandoneon player who brought his virtuosity to audiences worldwide.
of the Spanish words libertad (liberty) and tango is among Piazzolla’s bestknown works and representative of his radical take on tango conventions.
Any opportunity to hear a new work by John Adams is always a pleasure even more so to hear it conducted by the composer. But just as rich on this occasion is the chance to hear the works Adams has selected to frame and contextualize his art, providing insights into his creative motivations and vital ongoing advocacy.
Ste ve Smith
Steve Smith is a journalist , critic , and editor based in New York City. He has written about music for The New York Times and The New Yorker, and served as an editor for the Boston Globe, Time Out New York, and NPR
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Three Tangos
by Astor Piazzolla
B O R N : March 11 , 1921 , in Mar del Plata , Argentina
D I E D : July 4, 1992, in Buenos Aires
▶ C O M P O S E D : c . 1965 (La Mufa), 1982 (Oblivion), 1974 (Libertango); all realized by John Adams in 2025
▶ These concerts mark the world premieres and first Cleveland Orchestra performances of John Adams’s realizations of these Piazzolla tangos .
▶ O R C H E S T R AT I O N : La Mufa is scored for 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes , clarinet , bass clarinet , soprano saxophone, 2 bassoons , contrabassoon , 4 horns , 2 trombones , harp , piano, and strings . Oblivion is scored for 2 flutes , oboe, clarinet , bass clarinet , horn , vibraphone, harp , and strings . Libertango is scored for 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes , 2 clarinets , bass clarinet , 2 bassoons , contrabassoon , 4 horns , 2 trumpets , 2 trombones , timpani, harp , piano, and strings
▶ D U R AT I O N : about 5 minutes each
I A R R I V E D AT N A D I A [ B O U L A N G E R ] ’ S H O U S E with a suitcase full of scores, the complete classical oeuvre I had written to that point. Nadia spent the first two weeks analyzing the work “To teach you,” she said “I first must know where your music is going.”
One day, finally, she told me that everything I had brought with me was well written but that she could not find the spirit in it. She asked me what music I played in my country, what I wanted to do I had not told her about my past as a tango musician, much less that my instrument, the bandoneon, was in the closet in my room in Paris.
I thought to myself: if I tell her the truth she will throw me out the window. … But after two days I had to tell her the truth. I told her I made my living arranging for tango orchestras. …
Nadia looked into my eyes and asked me to play one of my tangos at the piano. So I confessed to her that I played bandoneon; I told her she shouldn’t expect a good piano player because I wasn’t. She insisted, “It doesn’t matter, Astor, play your tango.” And I started out with Triunfal. When I finished, Nadia took my hands in hers and with that English of hers, so sweet, she said, “Astor, this is beautiful. I like it a lot. Here is the true Piazzolla do not ever leave him.” It was the greatest revelation of my musical life. Astor Piazzolla recalls his studies with the French composer and pedagogue Nadia Boulanger in Astor Piazzolla: A Memoir (1990)
John Adams
C O M P O S E R , C O N D U C T O R , and creative thinker John Adams occupies a unique position in the world of music. His works stand out for their depth of expression, brilliance of sound, and profoundly humanist themes. His operas and oratorios, such as Nixon in China, D octor Atomic, and El Niño, have transformed contemporary music theater, and works such as Harmonielehre, Shaker Loops, and his Violin Concerto are among the most performed in all contemporary classical music.
As a conductor, Adams has led the world’s major orchestras, programming his own works alongside a wide variety of repertoire ranging from Beethoven and Debussy to Sibelius and Philip Glass. Conducting engagements in 2025 – 26 include return visits to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Houston Symphony (both with frequent collaborator Víkingur Ólafsson), The Cleveland Orchestra, and New World Symphony. Further afield, he returns to the Gothenburg Symphony, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, and leads multiple concerts with The Hallé in a three-day festival of his music
Among Adams’s honorary doctorates are those from Yale, Harvard, Northwestern, and Cambridge universities, as well as The Juilliard School Other honors include Spain’s BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Holland’s Erasmus Prize, the Ditson Conductor’s Award from Columbia University, and an
“Honorary Academician” appointment by the General Assembly of the Academicians of Santa Cecilia.
In celebration of Adams’s 75th birthday in 2022, Nonesuch Records released the 40-disc John Adams Collected Works, a box set spanning the composer’s over four-decade career with the label Also available as a box set is the Berlin Philharmonic’s John Adams Edition, a CD and DVD collection comprising seven of his works, conducted by Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, Kirill Petrenko, Alan Gilbert, and Adams himself.
A five-time Grammy winner, Adams’s Nonesuch recording of his opera Girls of the Golden West with the Los Angeles Philharmonic received a 2024 Grammy nomination for Best Opera Recording. Adams is the author of the highly acclaimed autobiography Hallelujah Junction and is a frequent contributor to The Ne w York Times Book Re vie w. Since 2009, he has been the creative chair of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Aaron Diehl piano
P I A N I S T A A RO N D I E H L has quietly redefined the boundary between jazz and classical music, building an international career distinguished by stylistic fluency, intellectual rigor, and a deep sense of musical lineage. He has worked extensively with figures such as Tyshawn Sorey, Timo Andres, Philip Glass, and Cécile McLorin Salvant, forging projects that span concertos, chamber music, orchestral works, and jazz performance. In 2023, Diehl was named artistic director of 92NY’s Jazz in July Festival, succeeding the legendary Bill Charlap.
A leader in contemporary jazz, Diehl has headlined the Monterey, Detroit, and Newport jazz festivals, and held residencies at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Village Vanguard, and SF Jazz, among others. In the classical realm, Diehl has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras including The Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, working with conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Marin Alsop, Alan Gilbert, Teddy Abrams, and John Adams.
In recent seasons, Diehl has appeared in a wide range of boundary-crossing projects, including a performance of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians with the Bang on a Can All Stars, premiering and touring Darcy James
Argue’s A Banquet for the Birds with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and collaborating with The Knights on an arrangement of Keith Jarrett’s Book of Ways. Diehl was born in Columbus, Ohio, where he grew up listening to his grandfather, pianist and trombonist Arthur Baskerville. His family nurtured Diehl’s musical talents from a young age, and in 2002, he competed in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington Competition, placing as a finalist. It was there that he attracted the attention of Wynton Marsalis, who invited Diehl to join his septet for a European tour. After studying at Juilliard, Diehl was awarded the 2011 American Pianists Association’s Cole Porter Fellowship. Diehl also inherited a lifelong love of flying from his father, who was an avid pilot, and holds commercial single and multi-engine pilot certifications. He has been a Steinway Artist since 2016
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Founded by Adella Prentiss Hughes, the Orchestra performed its inaugural concert in December 1918. By the middle of the century, decades of growth and @ClevelandOrchestra
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The past decade has seen an increasing number of young people attending concerts, bringing fresh attention to The Cleveland Orchestra’s legendary sound and committed programming. More recently, the Orchestra launched several bold digital projects, including the streaming platform Adella.live and its own recording label. Together, they have captured the Orchestra’s unique artistry and the musical achievements of the Welser-Möst and Cleveland Orchestra partnership.
The 2025 – 26 season marks Franz Welser-Möst’s 24th year as Music Director, a period in which The Cleveland Orchestra has earned unprecedented acclaim around the world, including a series of residencies at the Musikverein in Vienna, the first of its kind by an American orchestra, and a number of celebrated opera presentations.
Since 1918, seven music directors
Nikolai Sokoloff, Artur Rodziński, Erich Leinsdorf, George Szell, Lorin Maazel, Christoph von Dohnányi, and Franz Welser-Möst have guided and shaped the ensemble’s growth and sound. Through concerts at home and on tour, broadcasts, and a catalog of acclaimed recordings, The Cleveland Orchestra is heard today by a growing group of fans around the world.
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K E LV I N S M I T H FA M I LY C H A I R
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Joel Link
C O N C E RT M A S T E R
Blossom-Lee Chair
Jung-Min Amy Lee
A S S O C I AT E
C O N C E RT M A S T E R
Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair
Zhan Shu
A S S I S TA N T
C O N C E RT M A S T E R
Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair
Stephen Tavani
A S S I S TA N T
C O N C E RT M A S T E R
Dr. Ronald H. Krasney Chair
Wei-Fang Gu
Drs . Paul M. and Renate H. Duchesneau Chair
Kim Gomez
Elizabeth and Leslie Kondorossy Chair
Chul-In Park
Harriet T. and David L . Simon Chair
Miho Hashizume
Theodore Rautenberg Chair
Jeanne Preucil Rose
Larry J B and Barbara S
Robinson Chair
Alicia Koelz
Oswald and Phyllis Lerner
Gilroy Chair
Yu Yuan
Patty and John Collinson Chair
Isabel Trautwein
Trevor and Jennie Jones Chair
Katherine Bormann
Analise Handke
Gladys B Goetz Chair
Youngji Kim
Paul and Lucille Jones Chair
Genevieve Smelser
This roster lists full-time members of The Cleveland Orchestra The number and seating of musicians on stage varies depending on the piece being performed Seating within the string sections rotates on a periodic basis
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Alfred M and Clara T Rankin Chair
Eli Matthews1
Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J Bogomolny Chair
Jason Yu2
James and Donna Reid Chair
Sonja Braaten Molloy
Carolyn Gadiel Warner
Elayna Duitman
Ioana Missits
Jeffrey Zehngut^
Kathleen Collins
Beth Woodside
Emma Shook
Dr Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr Glenn R Brown Chair
Yun-Ting Lee
Deborah L . Neale Chair
Jiah Chung Chapdelaine
Liyuan Xie
Gawon Kim
V I O L A S
Wesley Collins*
Chaillé H and Richard B Tullis Chair
Gareth Zehngut1^
Charles M. and Janet G.
Kimball Chair
Stanley Konopka2
Mark Jackobs
Jean Wall Bennett Chair
Lisa Boyko
Richard and Nancy
Sneed Chair
Richard Waugh
Lembi Veskimets
The Morgan Sisters Chair
Eliesha Nelson^
Anthony and Diane
Wynshaw-Boris Chair
Joanna Patterson Zakany
William Bender
Thomas Lauria and
Christopher Lauria Chair
C E L L O S
Mark Kosower*
Louis D Beaumont Chair
Richard Weiss1
The GAR Foundation Chair
Charles Bernard2
Helen Weil Ross Chair
Bryan Dumm
Muriel and Noah Butkin Chair
Tanya Ell
Thomas J and Judith Fay
Gruber Chair
Ralph Curry
Brian Thornton
William P. Blair III Chair
David Alan Harrell
Martha Baldwin
Dane Johansen
Marguerite and James Rigby Chair
Paul Kushious
B A S S E S
Maximilian Dimoff*
Clarence T. Reinberger Chair
Charles Paul1
Mary E . and F. Joseph
Callahan Chair
Derek Zadinsky2
Mark Atherton
Thomas Sperl
Henry Peyrebrune
Charles Barr Memorial Chair
Charles Carleton
Scott Dixon
Brandon Mason
H A R P
Trina Struble*
Alice Chalifoux Chair
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Joshua Smith*
Elizabeth M. and William C.
Treuhaft Chair
Saeran St. Christopher
Jessica Sindell2^
Austin B and Ellen W Chinn Chair
Mary Kay Fink
P I C C O L O
Mary Kay Fink
Anne M and M Roger Clapp Chair
O B O E S
Frank Rosenwein*
Edith S Taplin Chair
Corbin Stair
Sharon and Yoash Wiener Chair
Jeffrey Rathbun2
Everett D. and Eugenia S . McCurdy Chair
Robert Walters
E N G L I S H H O R N
Robert Walters
Samuel C and Bernette K
Jaffe Chair
C L A R I N E T S
Afendi Yusuf*
Robert Marcellus Chair
Robert Woolfrey
Victoire G and Alfred M
Rankin, Jr Chair
Daniel McKelway2
Robert R and Vilma L Kohn
Chair
Amy Zoloto
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Daniel McKelway
Stanley L and Eloise M
Morgan Chair
B A S S C L A R I N E T
Amy Zoloto
Myrna and James Spira Chair
B A S S O O N S
John Clouser*
Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair
Gareth Thomas
Catherine Van Handel2
Sandra L Haslinger Chair
Jonathan Sherwin
C O N T R A B A S S O O N
Jonathan Sherwin
H O R N S
Nathaniel Silberschlag*
George Szell Memorial Chair
Michael Mayhew§
Knight Foundation Chair
Jesse McCormick
Robert B Benyo Chair
Hans Clebsch
Richard King
Meghan Guegold Hege^
T RU M P E T S
Michael Sachs*
Robert and Eunice Podis
Weiskopf Chair
Jack Sutte
Lyle Steelman2^
James P. and Dolores D.
Storer Chair
Michael Miller
C O R N E T S
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Mary Elizabeth and G Robert Klein Chair
T RO M B O N E S
Brian Wendel*
Gilbert W and Louise I
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Richard Stout
Alexander and Marianna C McAfee Chair
Shachar Israel2
B A S S T RO M B O N E
Luke Sieve
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Richard Stout
T U B A
Yasuhito Sugiyama*
Nathalie C Spence and Nathalie S Boswell Chair
T I M PA N I
Zubin Hathi*
Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair
Peter Nichols2
P E RC U S S I O N
Marc Damoulakis*
Margaret Allen Ireland Chair
Thomas Sherwood
Tanner Tanyeri
Peter Nichols
K E Y B OA R D I N S T RU M E N T S
Carolyn Gadiel Warner
Marjory and Marc L Swartzbaugh Chair
L I B R A R I A N
Michael Ferraguto*
Joe and Marlene Toot Chair
E N D O W E D C H A I R S
C U R R E N T LY
U N O C C U P I E D
Virginia M. Lindseth, PhD, Chair
Sunshine Chair
Rudolf Serkin Chair
Michael Miller C
Mr and Mrs Richard K
Smucker Chair
Christoph von Dohnányi †
Taichi Fukumura
Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair
James Feddeck
Sidney and Doris Dworkin Chair
Lisa Wong
Frances P and Chester C Bolton Chair
* Principal § Associate Principal
1 First Assistant Principal
2 Assistant Principal
^ Alum of The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra † In Memoriam
With sincere gratitude to the musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra for their in-kind contributions supporting community programs and securing funding opportunities
“A N A D V E N T U R E O F T H E F I R S T O R D E R ” :
A History of John Adams & The Cleveland Orchestra
B E G I N N I N G I N 1 9 8 7 , The Cleveland Orchestra embarked on an artistic partnership with John Adams, an American composer and conductor widely renowned for his unique integration of classical and popular music traditions . Over the years , this harmonious collaboration has not only showcased the expansive breadth of Adams’s musical catalog but has also left a notable impact on the Orchestra’s musicians , artistic leadership, and audiences .
Adams’s partnership with The Cleveland Orchestra was heralded with the gentle call of stereophonic trumpets at a 1987 Blossom Music Festival concert conducted by David Zinman. The composition, Tromba Lontana, introduced Northeast Ohio audiences to Adams’s quasi-minimalistic style and reflected the artistic vision set forth by the late Christoph von Dohnányi. As the Orchestra’s sixth Music Director, Dohnányi wished to expose Cleveland audiences to contemporary music: “I don’t blame people who say, ‘I don’t like it.’ But I would blame them if they said it was not good music then they would have to prove it. … If we don’t play it, who will?” Under Dohnányi’s leadership, the
John Adams last conducted The Cleveland Orchestra in April 2024, highlighting works by Gabriella Smith and Debussy alongside his jazz-infused City Noir
Orchestra gave repeat performances of Adams’s 1989 composition, The Wound-D resser, at home and on tour. Adams’s conducting debut with The Cleveland Orchestra took place on April 25, 1991, during a “Composers of our Time” subscription concert. His innovative program featured two recent works of his own: Harmonielehre (1985) and Choruses from The D eath of Klinghoffer (1991) With Harmonielehre, Adams established his signature combination of the chugging rhythms of Minimalism, allusions to popular music, and lush orchestration The Choruses from The D eath of Klinghoffer were drawn from Adams’s second (and highly controversial) opera, produced by Peter Sellars. A month after the opera’s world premiere in Brussels, The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus had the immense privilege of giving the US premiere of this music under the composer’s baton, no less.
These performances marked the successful inauguration of an artistic partnership that has flourished for nearly four decades.
The next milestone for Adams and the Orchestra occurred on September 25, 1997, with the world premiere of Century Rolls. Commissioned by the Orchestra, Adams wrote this piano concerto for his close friend Emanuel Ax In early correspondence, Adams revealed that he and “Manny” had agreed that the piano part must be “ferociously difficult” and called the opportunity to write for the musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra “an adventure of the first order.” Adams’s creative process was inspired by the growing tension between artisanal craftsmanship and advancing technology that developed over the course of the 20th century, specifically the “sensation
Konzerthaus, Cologne Philharmonie, and Blossom Music Center
During his numerous visits to Cleveland, Adams has collaborated with some of the Orchestra’s principal players and subsidiary ensembles. His February 1999 visit featured former Principal Clarinet Franklin Cohen in Gnarly Buttons, a virtuosic work for solo clarinet and chamber orchestra. As preparations for this concert were underway, Adams surprised The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra during their rehearsal of his work The Chairman D ances, providing the young musicians a special opportunity to work alongside a living composer-conductor.
Adams also assisted with the Bruckner (R)e volution series held during the Orchestra’s residency at the 2011 Lincoln Center Festival. For this event, Music
I’m excited and very honored to be writing a big piece for [ The] Cleveland Orchestra and Manny. This ought to be an adventure of the first order for me .
John Adams , 1996 letter to Thomas Morris (former Executive Director of The Cleveland Orchestra) hn A am 99 et o T M rris (fo e Exe ut v D ect r o he
of how music sounds when it’s played through the medium of the piano roll ” Indeed, Century Rolls blurs the distinction between human and machine by carefully balancing the technical and lyrical demands placed on its soloist
Since the concerto’s premiere, the Orchestra has released a commercial recording of the work and performed it at Carnegie Hall, the Vienna
Director Franz Welser-Möst revealed aesthetic similarities between the two composers by pairing three Adams compositions with four Bruckner symphonies.
After nearly two decades away, Adams returned to Severance in late 2018 as part of the Orchestra’s Centennial celebrations. He was joined on stage by violinist Leila Josefowicz one
In February 1999, Adams dropped in
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of his long-time artistic collaborators in performances of Scheherazade.2, a dramatic symphony for violin and orchestra that reinterprets the titular legend for 21st-century audiences.
More recent visits have included the cheekily titled piano concerto Must the D e vil Have All the Good Tunes? with Jeremy Denk, Philip Glass’s Façades from Glassworks with Cleveland-based saxophonist Steven Banks, and a momentous concert production of Adams’s Nativity oratorio El Niño, featuring the combined talents of The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus, and soloists
Now in its 2025–26 season, The Cleveland Orchestra welcomes Adams to the podium once again to direct his most recent orchestral work, Frenzy: a short symphony, alongside music by Ives, Timo Andres, and Piazzolla. In light of this artistic partnership approaching 40 years, the Orchestra eagerly awaits the next chapter of this brilliant composerconductor’s legacy.
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Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and led their rehearsal of his foxtrot for orchestra , The Chairman Dances.
2026 Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival: Courage
T H E F O U RT H A N N UA L Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival kicks off in May with a bold lineup of music, visual and spoken art, and conversations. Held at Severance Music Center and partner locations from May 15 to 24, this year’s festival explores the theme of Courage and is anchored by three performances of Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, led by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst (May 16, 21 & 24).
For the first time, the festival welcomes a guest curator trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, who is acclaimed for bridging classical music, jazz, and film Audiences can experience his genre-bending artistry firsthand at The World(s) of Terence Blanchard on May 15, a two-part evening that features music from his celebrated opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, as well as a suite from his score for Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, with projections by Andrew F. Scott.
On May 18, renowned lawyer, advocate, and founder of the Equal Justice
Initiative Bryan Stevenson delivers the festival’s opening keynote address, reflecting on the meaning of courage in the pursuit of justice and his life’s work serving incarcerated individuals. The evening prior, May 17, Grammywinning spoken-word artist Tank Ball presents an intimate and uplifting evening of poetry and storytelling.
Throughout the festival, visitors to Severance can experience a special exhibition featuring an original series of works by visual artist Halim Flowers inspired by the festival’s theme. Imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, Flowers’s advocacy and artwork embody courage in the face of injustice.
Returning festival-favorite events include United in Song! on May 16, bringing together voices from across the Greater Cleveland area, and The Moth Mainstage (May 19), featuring unforgettable true stories told live from Mandel Concert Hall.
Additional festival events will be announced in March. Visit clevelandorchestra .com/ festival for details and ticketing information
The Moth Mainstage returns for the 2026 Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival after its triumphant Severance debut as part of the 2025 festival
Three Musician Appointments
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A and Music
Director Franz Welser-Möst are pleased to announce three new musician appointments in the viola and bassoon sections. Gareth Zehngut (left), who has been a section violist with The Cleveland Orchestra since 2022, was appointed First Assistant Principal Viola and began the role in October He is the second alum of The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra to hold a titled chair in The Cleveland Orchestra.
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The Orchestra also welcomes Catherine Van Handel (center) as Assistant Principal Bassoon. She previously served as principal bassoon of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra from 2017 to 2025, and held positions with the Toronto and Harrisburg symphony orchestras prior to that.
Finally, Sean Juhl (right) joins the Orchestra as a section violist in May 2026, after three seasons with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
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I N M E M O R I A M : Boris Chusid
T H E C L E V E L A N D O R C H E S T R A honors the passing of long-time Orchestra violinist Boris Chusid on December 12, 2025. He was 81 years old.
Born in the Soviet Union, Chusid emigrated to the United States in 1974 In 1979, he joined The Cleveland Orchestra under Music Director Lorin Maazel and remained a member until his retirement in 2008. During his three-decade tenure with the group, Chusid played under three music directors, toured around the world, and was featured in several chamber performances.
Boris will be remembered for his musicianship and collegiality. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and Orchestra colleagues, and join them in celebrating his life
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Merry Pranks
R . S T R A U S S Don Juan
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M A RT I N Ů Symphony No. 3
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M A R 1 2 – 1 5
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Michael Sachs, trumpet
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Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
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Elim Chan, conductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
D A N I E L K I D A N E Sun Poem*
B A RT Ó K Violin Concerto No. 1
B A RT Ó K Dance Suite*
S C R I A B I N The Poem of Ecstasy
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A P R 2 – 4
D E B U S S Y ’ S L A M E R
Daniele Rustioni, conductor
Paul Jacobs, organ
FA U R É Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
P O U L E N C Concerto for Organ, Strings , and Timpani
C A S E L L A Italia
D E B U S S Y La mer
A P R 9 – 1 1
S C H U B E RT &
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Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
Sol Gabetta, cello
S H O S TA KO V I C H Cello Concerto No. 2
S C H U B E RT Symphony No. 9, “ The Great”
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A P R 1 6
A LE X A N D R E
K A N TO RO W I N R E C I TA L
Alexandre Kantorow, piano
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A P R 2 3 , 2 5 & 2 6
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R E Q U I E M
Daniel Harding, conductor Tamara Wilson, soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
Ludwig Mittelhammer, baritone
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus
B R I T T E N War Requiem
A P R 3 0 & M AY 2
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S Y M P H O N Y
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J Ö R G W I D M A N N Fanfare for Ten Brass Instruments
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Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Works by Haydn, Beethoven, Weinberg, and Rachmaninoff
M AY 7 – 9
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Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Jörg Widmann, clarinet
P RO KO F I E V Symphony No 1, “Classical”
O L G A N E U W I RT H Zones of Blue*
WA G N E R Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
M AY 1 6 , 2 1 & 24
B E E T H OV E N ’ S F I D E LI O
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Malin Byström, soprano (Leonore)
David Butt Philip, tenor (Florestan)
Tomasz Konieczny, bass-baritone (Don Pizarro)
Martin Summer, bass (Rocco)
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (Don Fernando)
Ashley Emerson, soprano (Marzelline)
Owen McCausland, tenor (Jaquino)
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
B E E T H O V E N Fidelio
Opera presentation sung in German with projected supertitles
M AY 2 2
H E RO ’ S S O N G
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Trina Struble, harp
A D O L P H U S H A I L S T O R K
Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed
B A C E W I C Z Symphony No. 4
J Ü R I R E I N V E R E Concerto for Violin, Harp, and Orchestra
D V O Ř Á K Hero’s Song
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A P R I L 9 – M AY 24
Halim Flowers: It Takes Courage to Love All Unconditionally
In this special exhibit at Severance Music Center, celebrated artist Halim Flowers unveils a new body of work created in Cleveland expressly for the Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival, drawing its energy and vision from the festival’s central theme of Courage
F R I DAY, M AY 15
The World(s) of Terence Blanchard
This genre-bending opening night of the festival features selections from Terence Blanchard’ s groundbreaking opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones and a suite from his score for Spike Lee’ s Malcolm X, paired with immersive projections
S AT U R DAY, M AY 1 6
United in Song! A Community Choral Celebration
An afternoon of joyous vocal performances representing the rich diversity of the Greater Cleveland choral community
M AY 1 5 – 2 4
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S U N DAY, M AY 24
Beethoven’s Fidelio Franz Welser-Möst lifts The Cleveland Orchestra and an all-star cast of soloists to the life-affirming heights of Beethoven’ s only opera , a testament to courage and human nobility.
S U N DAY, M AY 1 7
Courage and Poetry: An Af ternoon with Tank Ball Grammy-winning artist Tarriona “ Tank” Ball shares her spellbinding blend of spoken word and poetry in a performance that digs deep into the meaning of courage, featuring music by Terence Blanchard.
M O N DAY, M AY 1 8
Bryan Stevenson on Courage
In this keynote address , acclaimed civil rights leader, bestselling author, and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative Bryan Stevenson reflects on the meaning of courage: how we confront injustice, stay proximate to suffering, and choose to hope in the face of overwhelming odds
T U E S DAY, M AY 1 9
The Moth Mainstage: Live from Severance
Five extraordinary storytellers share true stories inspired by the festival theme of Courage tales of risk and resilience, of stepping into the unknown, and of finding courage amid fear
F R I DAY, M AY 2 2
Hero’s Song
Franz Welser-Möst leads The Cleveland Orchestra in a wideranging program inspired by the festival theme, featuring works by Adolphus Hailstork, Bacewicz, Jüri Reinvere, and Dvořák
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Jonah Lawson
Ms Cynthia D Leach
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Shien Liao
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Nikki Long
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Alice Luddington- Cantor
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Judith Lyon
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Dr Lee Maxwell* &
Mr Michael M Prunty
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Polyak
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Peijun Xu
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Denise Zakrajsek
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Mr Jeffrey A Zehngut
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