The Cleveland Orchestra: Fabio Luisi & Paul Huang - Barber

The Cleveland Orchestra: Fabio Luisi & Paul Huang - Barber at Severance Music Center

There's a moment in Barber's Violin Concerto when lyric beauty gives way to pure velocity. Paul Huang has to make both sides feel effortless, and Fabio Luisi's Cleveland Orchestra provides the musical world around him.

Fabio Luisi gives the performance a wider frame by pairing Barber with Bent Sørensen’s Evening Land and Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable.” That means the program doesn’t rest on one familiar title. It starts in an atmospheric modern sound world, turns toward a beloved American concerto, then closes with Nielsen’s drive and conflict, including the famous timpani showdown in the finale.

That kind of programming matters at Severance Music Center. The Cleveland Orchestra can make a concerto feel personal, and Severance Music Center gives the whole outing the acoustics and presence this repertoire deserves. You hear the solo line, then the orchestra answers it, then the final symphonic argument takes over the room.

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