The Cleveland Orchestra — Visiting Orchestras Series

Event The Cleveland Orchestra Visiting Orchestras Series The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst , music director Tuesday Performance Strauss — Metamorphosen Beethoven — Symphony No. 5 Sunday Performance Schubert — Symphony No. 6 J. Strauss — Overture to Carnival in Rome Ballet Music from Carnival in Rome Entr'acte from A Night in Venice Angelica Polka With Us at Home ( Bei uns z'Haus ) Waltzes Quadrille from The Gypsy Baron The Visiting Orchestras series returns with the first of two programs featuring the precision and refined artistry of The Cleveland Orchestra . Led by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst , the program brings together two works separated by more than a century yet linked by a shared sense of mourning, loss and reflection. The performance opens with Strauss' Metamorphosen , a masterful study in counterpoint and an elegiac meditation on the destruction of European cultural life during World War II. Subtly embedded within the score is a reference to Beethoven, pointing toward the evening's second half. The program concludes with Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, a work whose iconic opening and relentless forward momentum have come to define the symphonic tradition, reshaping its scale, structure and expressive force. In their second of two performances, Music Director Franz Welser-Möst leads The Cleveland Orchestra in a masterfully curated program that balances symphonic depth with the buoyant charm of the Viennese ballroom. The evening opens with Schubert's Sixth Symphony, a work often seen as a bridge between the Classical elegance of Haydn and the more expansive Romantic voice Schubert would later pioneer. The program's second half turns to the music of Johann Strauss II as Welser-Möst steers the orchestra through a selection of the Waltz King's polkas and waltzes, marked by rhythmic wit, color and a distinctive Viennese flair. Music and Museum Tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum . Special museum hours on day of The Cleveland Orchestra performances: January 26, 10am-7:30pm, Sunday, January 31, noon-7pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to these performances. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place . The Visiting Orchestras series is generously sponsored by Judy and Verne Istock.