Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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“Joy, beautiful spark of divinity.” Beethoven turned these immortal words from Friedrich Schiller into his epoch-making Ninth Symphony, a work that seems to point to infinity at every turn. The combined powers of The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus prove once again that every encounter with Beethoven’s Ninth brings radiant new discoveries and emotions. Rounding out the program is Sibelius’s tone poem Tapiola, a sumptuous sketch of a Finnish forest spirit.

About the Music
SIBELIUS Tapiola
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, “Choral”

Performing Artists
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Taylor Raven, mezzo-soprano
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

This concert is supported by Opera Club, a donor community dedicated to vocal music at The Cleveland Orchestra.

For more information, visit: clevelandorchestra.com/attend/concerts-and-events/2526/severance/wk-04-beethoven