PROGRAM
Franz Liszt Orpheus
Bohuslav Martinů Symphony No. 2, H. 295
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

After a 15-year absence, The Cleveland Orchestra returns to Ann Arbor to open UMS’s season, with a program conducted by Franz Welser-Möst in his 25th and final year as music director of the ensemble.

The performance opens with one of Liszt’s 12 symphonic poems, Orpheus, a work that composer Camille Saint-Saëns said is “woven of sunbeams and starlight.”

Bohuslav Martinů’s Symphony No. 2, commissioned by the Czechoslovakian community in Cleveland in 1943 and premiered by the Orchestra, is appreciated for its pastoral character and a joie de vivre that has been likened to fellow Czech Antonín Dvořák’s orchestral compositions.

The program closes with Johannes Brahms’s second symphony, another pastoral work with mischievous dances and peaceful melodies.

Please note early 7 pm start time.

A pre-performance talk with UMS and Cleveland Orchestra leadership begins at 5:45 pm in the Modern Languages Building.