Welser-Möst Conducts Schubert at Severance Music Center

The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Daryl Freedman, mezzo-soprano
Julian Prégardien, tenor 
Martin Mitterrutzner, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

BERG  Lyric Suite – I. Andante amoroso

SCHUBERT  “Unfinished” Symphony Mvt. I

BERG  Lyric Suite – II. Allegro misterioso

SCHUBERT  Symphony No. 8 (“Unfinished”), Mvt. II

BERG  Lyric Suite – III. Adagio appassionato

SCHUBERT  Mass No. 6

Written in the final year of his life, Schubert’s Mass in E Flat is a work of uncommon power and poignant reflection from a composer facing his own mortality. It is preceded by his “Unfinished” Symphony, presented in between movements of Berg’s Lyric Suite. Through this fascinating juxtaposition, spanning more than a century, Schubert’s pioneering artistry and Berg’s latent romanticism are brought into illuminating relief.