The Cleveland Orchestra: Thomas Ades - Holst's The Planets

The Cleveland Orchestra: Thomas Ades - Holst's The Planets at Severance Music Center

The Planets can make you feel as though an orchestra is painting the universe in real time. With Thomas Adès adding his own music and Francisco Coll's Lilith to the journey, there's even more to discover before Holst's famous themes arrive.

That combination is what makes Cleveland Orchestra concerts like this worth more than a casual look. You are not just hearing a familiar suite at the end of the outing; you are hearing it framed by music that pushes outward from a modern composer’s imagination. Adès’s role as conductor sharpens that connection, because the same artistic mind helping to shape the concert is also present in the music itself.

At Severance Music Center, the setting matches the program’s ambition. Mandel Concert Hall gives the orchestra room to lean into color, contrast, and detail, which matters when a single performance has to carry Dante-inspired fire, a new work, and Holst’s planetary sweep without losing momentum.

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