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Axios
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Orchestra's Opera & Humanities Festival focuses on reconciliation
Opera, art and community dialogue take center stage in Cleveland over the next 10 days. Why it matters: The Cleveland Orchestra's annual Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival is the celebrated ensemble's signature spring event. It features various performances, art exhibitions and public forums in partnership with other local cultural institutions, starting Friday and running through May 25. The intrigue: The theme of this year's festival is "Reconciliation," inspired by the early 20th-century opera "Jenůfa" and its themes of trauma, forgiveness and redemption. The Cleveland Orchestra, led by conductor Franz Welser-Möst, will perform the opera three times at Severance Music Center on May 17, 22 and 25. State of play: The full lineup of festivities begins at 8:30am Friday with a symposium on immigration at Severance. Other highlights include performances by Chucho Valdés Royal Quartet and pianist Michelle Cann, as well as forums and exhibitions hosted by the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ideastream and The City Club of Cleveland. Flashback: The Opera & Humanities Festival began in 2023 as the brainchild of André Gremillet, president and CEO of the Cleveland Orchestra. The inaugural theme was "The American Dream" followed by "Power" in 2024. What they're saying:"The goal was to use our annual opera performances to feature not just the Cleveland Orchestra but the incredible cultural scene we have in Cleveland," Gremillet tells Axios. "The festival is based on music first and foremost, but we also want to stimulate some interesting conversations on topics that are timely and important to the community." If you go: The festival features a mix of ticketed and free events.
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
There's a new way to listen to Apple Music Classical, plus brand new music
If you're a classical music lover, there's excellent news. You no longer need an app to listen to Apple Music Classical. The service is now also available directly through the web, making it available wherever you have a browser. Launched in March 2023, Apple Music Classical aims to enhance the experience for classical music listeners. It has an extensive catalog of over 5 million tracks, including famous masterpieces and lesser-known gems. The app includes a specialized search function tailored to the complexities of classical music. Users can search by composer, work, conductor, opus number, and more, making it easy to find specific recordings. The app (and website) includes curated playlists, editor's picks, and composer biographies, guiding new and experienced classical music listeners. Apple Music Classical is accessible on the web and iOS, CarPlay, and Android devices. It supports high-resolution lossless audio with quality up to 192 kHz/24-bit. Additionally, it offers thousands of recordings in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, providing an immersive listening experience. To celebrate the web launch, Apple is introducing a new recording: conductor Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra's performance of Julius Eastman's Symphony No. 2 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2. This exclusive recording will be available only on Apple Music Classical for the next six weeks. The first piece is titled 'The Faithful Friend: The Lover's Love for the Beloved,' and it is an important work by the American composer. The second piece, commonly referred to as the 'Little Russian' symphony, is also a notable work. Apple Music Classical is available to any Apple Music subscriber at no additional cost. The service is built on Primephonic, a classical music streaming service Apple acquired in 2021. You can access Apple Music Classical on the web at
