Week of January 21, 2007

Cleveland Orchestra

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

See Leif Ove Andsnes play on a mountain top

The audio for this program has been removed, per American Public Media's rights agreement with this orchestra.





Program:
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453
Dvorak: Symphony No. 5
Strauss, Jr.: Artists Life Waltzes, Annen Polka, Die Fledermaus Overture

Description:
The Cleveland Orchestra has a lot of gifts, including the ability to strike that perfect balance in a Strauss waltz between joy and sadness, between the dark-roasted coffee and that swirl of whip cream on top. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that their music director, Franz Welser-Möst, comes from the land of the Waltz King. This week’s concert features Strauss waltzes that sound easy to play, but Welser-Möst explains they're a lot trickier than they sound!

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