Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Marking 150 years since the birth of Maurice Ravel, The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst open the season with the composer’s Boléro, an audacious experiment that resulted in one of the catchiest tunes ever written. Also on the docket is the raucous “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Richard Strauss’s Salome and the US premiere of Bernd Richard Deutsch’s Urworte, a stunning Goethe setting that spotlights the talents of The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.

About the Music
BERND RICHARD DEUTSCH Urworte
(US Premiere; TCO Co-commission)
R. STRAUSS Salome’s Dance from Salome
RAVEL Boléro

Performing Artists
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Concert Dates
September 26-28

For more information, visit: clevelandorchestra.com/attend/concerts-and-events/2526/severance/wk-01-ravel