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Stories from the Archives

A series of explorations and stories from The Cleveland Orchestra's past and a look at traditions and innovations that inform the Orchestra's performances today . . .

2019 October 15 —
Opening the Doors: Celebrating 50 Years of Key and Family Concerts

2019 May 13 —
Snapshot: A Gift Befitting Success

2019 May 6 —
Rychtarik’s Cleveland Operas: The Birth of Modern Stage Design

2019 March 28 —
Can a Grammy Spell Trouble?

2019 February 27 —
Stravinsky and the Fashion Revolution of 1916

2018 December 6 —
A Holiday Favorite Gets a Twist: Robert Page and his Messiah Sing-Alongs

2018 November 16 —
The Szell Shell

2018 November 15 —
A “Martyred Opera” Comes to Cleveland

2018 September 18 —
Of "Monstrous Sounds" and Music History

2017 April 20 —
A Tale of Three Oboists

2016 October 13 —
Bohuslav Martinů: Czech Composer, Citizen of the World, and Cleveland Favorite

2016 September 22 —
Photos from Finland: Sibelius, Szell, and The Cleveland Orchestra

2016 May 04 —
A Song of Flight and Fire – Stravinsky's Firebird

2016 March 18 —
Oistrakh, Rostropovich, and Szell, Oh My!: The Cleveland Orchestra’s Recording of Brahms’s Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Opus 102

2016 February 24 —
Miss Baldwin's Opus: The early history of The Cleveland Orchestra's education programs

2016 February 11 —
The Uchida  Connection: Mitsuko Uchida's Twenty-Five Year History with The Cleveland  Orchestra

2016 February 5 —
"Happy Birthday To You!": Severance Hall Turns Eighty-Five

2015 December 4 —
Halleluja!: Handel's Messiah and The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus (1965-2015)

2015 November 20 —
Even Beethoven Was Once New: Commissions and Premieres with The Cleveland Orchestra

2015 November 03 —
A Signature is worth a thousand words: The Cleveland Orchestra's guest artist autograph book

2015 October 16 —
Planes,  Trains, and Automobiles: The Cleveland Orchestra on Tour

2015 October 08 —
111 Year's Worth of Richard Strauss's Tone Poems in Cleveland

2015 May 07 —
The Story of Two Pen Pals and the Emil Hess, Jr. Collection of Dvořák Memorabilia at Severance Hall

2015 April 22 —
From "Anarchistic Radical" to concert-hall favorite: Changing perceptions of Stravinsky and his ballet Pétroushka

2015 April 16 —
Remembering Ravel's Conducting Debut in Cleveland

2015 March 20 —
From Score to Sound: Recording Rachmaninoff's Symphony in 1928

2015 March 10 —
The Voice of the Orchestra

2015 February 17 —
The Restoration of the Norton Memorial Organ

2015 February 10 —
A Spotlight on Mahler's Sixth Symphony

2014 November 14 —
Dancing Through Time: The Cleveland Orchestra and Ballet