In Focus: Ax Plays Haydn at Severance Hall

Digital Streaming Premiere: Thursday, November 12 at 7:00 p.m. ETAvailable on-demand until February 10, 2021The Cleveland OrchestraFranz Welser-Mst, conductorEmanuel Ax, pianoHAYDN Piano Concerto in D MajorBARTK Divertimento for StringsBartks Divertimento was written as a commission for the Basel Chamber Orchestra and conductor Paul Sacher. Its three movements are strongly in the Bartkian vein, unfolding as a marvelous mixing together of Modern and Romantic blending chamber-like intimacy with orchestral strength, caustic bite with yearning restraint, lyricism with argumentative thrust.All of The Cleveland Orchestra: IN FOCUS concerts will be recorded live at Severance Hall and will be available for subscribers, donors, and Adella Premium members to stream through Adella, available online at adella.live and through a variety of digital platforms.Text TCO to 216-238-0883 to read digital program notes.Join the conversation about this episode on this events discussion tab!: Lisa Marie Mazzucco