Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony at Blossom Music Center

R. SCHUMANN Piano Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano

Franz Welser-Möst returns to Blossom with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, which journeys from dark inner turmoil to an unwavering celebration of life. The “breathtakingly brilliant pianist” Víkingur Ólafsson (Gramophone) also joins the Orchestra for Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto, a marvelous showcase for soloist and orchestra that the composer once referred to as “a compromise between a symphony, a concerto, and a huge sonata.”