Since 1965, WCLV has broadcast The Cleveland Orchestra on the Radio, a full-length concert featuring what the New York Times has referred to as "The Best Band in the Land!" In 2005, the station added Saturdays from Severance to the line-up. Select concerts in the Saturdays from Severance series are broadcast live from Severance Hall or from the Adrienne Arsht Center, home of the Orchestra's Miami residency. Hosted by Robert Conrad, The Cleveland Orchestra on the Radio airs Sundays at 4:00 pm. Saturdays from Severance airs Saturdays at 8:00 pm.
Saturday, 08/18/18
8:00 PM
Mitsuko Uchida, conductor and pianist
MOZART: Divertimento in F, K. 138
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 5, K. 175
MOZART: Concert Rondo in D, K. 382
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595
Sunday, 08/19/19
4:00 PM
Vienna 2017 Tour Concert
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes: “Nuages” and “Fetes”
MAHLER: Symphony No. 6
Saturday, 08/25/18
8:00 PM
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Danill Trifonov, piano
STRAVINSKY: Scenes de ballet
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathetique”
Sunday, 08/26/18
4:00 PM
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
DVORAK: “The Watersprite”
BARBER: Cello Concerto
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8
Saturday, 09/01/18
8:00 PM
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Brett Mitchell, conductor
BRIGGS: “Fountain of Youth”
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4
Sunday, 09/02/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
The first of a 13 week series of archival Cleveland
Orchestra broadcasts saluting the Orchestra’s
100 th anniversary, to be heard on Sunday afternoons
thru December 9 th , two days prior to the date of the first Cleveland Orchestra concert – December 11, 1918. These concerts were produced for worldwide distribution.
Concert Date: 4/20/2013
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
SHEPHERD: “Tuolumne“
SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 77/99
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60
SATURDAY, 09/08/18
8:00 PM
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus
Brett Mitchell, conductor
BATES: “Sea-Blue Circuitry”
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes (revised version)
POULENC: “Gloria”
SUNDAY, 09/09/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 11/10/2012
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Michael Sachs, trumpet ; Jack Sutte, trumpet
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in Bb, Op. 60
PINTSCHER: “Chute d’Étoiles”
BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fuge in Bb, Op. 133
SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 4, Op. 54, “The Poem of Ecstasy”
SATURDAY, 09/15/18
8:00 PM
Archival concert from 10/07/82
Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
MOZART: Divertimento No. 7, K. 205
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in Bb, Op. 38, “Spring”
STRAVINSKY: “Firebird Suite” (1910-1911)
SUNDAY, 09/16/18
3:00 PM
WCLV Membership Drive
Robert Conrad presents excerpts from what he
considers to be the Top Ten Cleveland Orchestra
concerts – 1965 to 1918
SATURDAY, 09/22/18
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
RAVEL: “Alborado de gracioso”; “Valse nobles et
sentimentales”; “La Valse”
SUNDAY, 09/23/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 6/24/1965
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW
George Szell, conductor
John Browning, piano
WAGNER: “Die Meistersinger” Act 1 Prelude
BARBER: Piano Concerto
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C, “Great”
SATURDAY. 09/29/18
8:00 PM
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
ELGAR: Serenade in e
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1
ELGAR: “Enigma Variations”
SUNDAY, 09/30/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 11/17/2012
ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER, MIAMI
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano
University of Miami Frost Symphonic Women’s Chorus
Miami Children’s Chorus
MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 in d
SATURDAY, 10/06/18
8:00 PM LIVE
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Joelle Harvey, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2
Sunday, 10/07/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
DATE: 01/08/2011
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Richard King, horn
WIDMANN: Concert Overture “Con Brio”
MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb, K. 417
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in b, Op.74, “Pathetique”
Saturday, 10/13/18
8:00 PM
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
PINTSCHER: idyl for orchestra
CHOPIN: Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise
brillante
STRAUSS, R.: “Burleske”
STRAUSS. R.: “Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks”
Sunday, 10/14/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 4/27/2013
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Malin Hartelius, soprano
Maximilian Schmitt, tenor
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
HAYDN: “The Seasons”
Saturday, 10/20/18
8:00 PM
Giancarlo Guerreo, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
PART: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
ELGAR: Cello Concerto
JOHN ADAMS: “Harmonielehre”
Sunday, 10/21/18
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 1/11/2014
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
BRAHMS: “Tragic” Overture, Op. 81
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
Saturday, 10/27/18
8:00 PM
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
RAMEAU: “Dardanus” Suite
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 “Jeunehomme”
GLUCK: “Don Juan” Suite
MOZART: Symphony No. 36 “Linz”
Sunday, 10/28/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
A recreation of the opening concert at Severance Hall
given on the 50 th anniversary of the home of the Orchestra.
Concert date: 02/05/81
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Women of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
BACH: Passacaglia and Fugue in c, BWV 582 – Arr Goedicke
LOEFFLER: “Evocation” for Women’s Voices and Speaking Voice (commissioned for the opening of Severance Hall)
Brahms Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 68
Saturday, 11/03/18
8:00 PM
Archival concert from 10/07/82, Christoph Eschenbach’s American debut
George Szell, conductor
Christoph Eschenbach, piano
PROKOFIEV: Lieutenant Kije Suite;
HAYDN: Symphony No. 95 in c;
MOZART: Piano Concerto Mo. 19 in F, K. 459
Sunday, 11/04/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 7/13/2013
BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Christine Brewer, soprano
Alan Held, bass
WAGNER: “Tristan und Isolde” – Prelude & Liebestod
WAGNER: “Die Walkure” - “Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music”
WAGNER: “Die Götterdämmerung” – Excerpts
Saturday, 11/10/18
Miami Concert
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nadine Sierra, soprano; Anthony Roth Costanzo, counter tenor; Stephen Powell, baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
BERNSTEIN: “Chichester Psalms”
ORFF: “Carmina Burana”
Sunday, 11/11/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 1/24/14
ADRIENNE ARSCHT CENTER, MIAMI
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 2 in Bb, D. 125
KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto, Op. 35
STRAUSS: “Aus den Bergen“ Walzer
STRAUSS: Czardas from “Ritter Pasman“
STRAUSS: “Die Libelle“
STRAUSS: Kuss-Walzer
STRAUSS: Overture to “Die Fledermaus“
Friday, 11/16/18
8:00 PM LIVE
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Célina Béthoux, violin
ADAMS: “The Chairman Dances”
BARBER: Violin Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
Saturday, 11/17/18
8:00 PM LIVE
Jakub Hrusa, conductor
KABELAC: “Mystery of Time”
STRAVINSKY: “Capriccio”
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
Sunday, 11/18/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Dates: 4/2/70 (“Daphnis and Chloe”); 4/30/05 (“The Firebird”)
Pierre Boulez, conductor
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
RAVEL: “Daphnis and Chloe” (complete)
STRAVINSKY: “The Firebird” (complete)
Saturday, 11/24/18
8:00 PM
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
STRAUSS, R.: “Symphonia domestica”
Sunday, 11/25/18
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
Concert Date: 10/25/2013
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in Bb, Op. 60
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8 in c, Op. 65
Saturday, 12/01/18
8:00 PM LIVE
John Adams, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Robert Walters, english horn
Michael Sachs, trumpet
ADAMS: “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
COPLAND: “Quiet City”
COPLAND: “Appalachian Spring”
ADAMS: “Scheherazade 2” (TCO premiere)
Sunday, 12/02/18
3:00 PM
WCLV Membership Drive. Special broadcast featuring
recordings with George Szell conducting
The Cleveland Orchestra
Saturday, 12/08/18
8:00 PM LIVE
Jane Glover, conductor
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Henry Waddington, bass-baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus
HANDEL: “Messiah”
Sunday, 12/09/18
4:00 PM
A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE
This Tuesday, December 11, is the 100 th
anniversary of The Cleveland Orchestra’s first concert.
Concert Date: 12/2013
ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER, MIAMI
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op. 58
BERLIOZ: “ Symphonie fantastique,” Op. 14
Saturday, 12/15/18
8:00 PM
ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER, MIAMI
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
TCHAIKOVSKY: “Capriccio Italien”
RODRIGO: “Concerto de Aranjuez”
RESPIGHI: “Fountains of Rome”
Sunday, 12/16/18
4:00 PM
An archival concert from 02/01/82 The first appearance with
the Orchestra by Christoph von Dohnányi,
who was to become the sixth music director of the Orchestra.
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Janos Starker, cello
BARTOK: “Two Portraits”, Op. 5
BARTOK: Cello Concerto
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88
Saturday, 12/22/18
8:00 PM
Archival program in observance of the 100 th anniversary of The Cleveland Orchestra (12/19/1968)
George Szell, conductor
Abraham Skernick, viola
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in g, Op. 6, No. 8 “Christmas”
BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme of Haydn
BERLIOZ: “Harold in Italy”
Sunday, 12/23/18
4:00 PM
Vienna 2017 Tour Concert
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes: “Nuages” and “Fêtes”
MAHLER: Symphony No. 6
Monday, 12/24/18 Christmas Eve
8:00 PM
Christmas Festival Concert (12/14/08)
Robert Porco, conducting
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Cleveland State University Chorale
TRAD (arr WILBERG: “O Come, All Ye Faithful”
BACH (arr STOKOWSKI): “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
RUTTER: Nativity Carol
TRAD (arr SIMEONE) “Do You hear What I Hear?”
GABRIELI: Canzon in double echo
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: “Fantasia on Greensleeves”
TRAD (arr BENNETT): “Deck the Halls”
TRAD (arr WILCOCKS): “Hark, the Herald
Angels Sing”
TCHAIKOVSKY: “Nutcracker” Selections
HANDEL: “Messiah” - “Hallelujah”
ANDERSON: “Christmas Festival”
TRAD (arr WILBERG) “I saw Three Ships”
HERBERT: “March of the Toys”
GILLESPIE/COOTS: “Santa Claus is coming to Town”
RUTTER: “Twelve Days of Christmas”
ANDERSON: “Sleigh Ride”
MARTIN/BLANE (arr BASS) “Have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas”
GRUBER (arr DRAGON) “Silent Night”
TRAD (arr HARRIS) “We wish You a Merry Christmas”
Tuesday, 12/25/18 CHRISTMAS DAY
1:00 PM
Jane Glover, conductor
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Henry Waddington, bass-baritone
Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus
HANDEL: “Messiah”
Saturday, 12/29/18
8:00 PM
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Joelle Harvey, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2
Sunday, 12/30/18
4:00 PM
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Célina Béthoux , violin
ADAMS: “The Chairman Dances”
BARBER: Violin Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73