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Visiting Orchestras

The World’s Greatest Orchestras on Tour


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© Roger Mastroianni

The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, music director

January 25, 2026
Sunday at 7pm
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, music director
Asmik Grigorian, soprano
Deniz Uzun, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Guerrero, tenor
Tareq Nazmi, bass
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Verdi — Requiem

The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and four acclaimed soloists join forces under the baton of Music Director Franz Welser-Möst for Verdi’s gripping Requiem — a dramatic and powerful work that launches the Visiting Orchestras series with sweeping emotion and breathtaking choral intensity.

All Visiting Orchestras tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on day of The Cleveland Orchestra performance: Noon-7pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.

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© Jeff Fusco

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music and artistic director

February 17 and 18, 2026
Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30pm
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music and artistic director

Tuesday Performance
Brahms — Symphony No. 2
Brahms — Symphony No. 4

Wednesday Performance
Bruce Liu, piano
Higdon — Concerto for Orchestra
Tchaikovsky — Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky — Francesca da Rimini

The Philadelphia Orchestra commences a two-night engagement in Hayes Hall under the baton of charismatic Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The program features Brahms’ lyrical Second Symphony and his powerful, contrapuntal Fourth.

In their second performance, The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin present Jennifer Higdon’s dynamic Concerto for Orchestra, followed by pianist Bruce Liu in Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. The evening closes with the Romantic composer’s turbulent and atmospheric tone poem Francesca da Rimini.

All Visiting Orchestras tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Museum hours on days of The Philadelphia Orchestra performances: 10am-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to these performances. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.

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© Marco Borggreve

Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor

March 6 and 7, 2026
Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm
Vienna Philharmonic
Andris Nelsons, conductor

Friday Performance
Lang Lang, piano
Bartók — Piano Concerto No. 3
Mahler — Symphony No. 1

Saturday Performance
Mozart — Symphony No. 36, “Linz”
Dvořák — Symphony No. 6

The venerated Vienna Philharmonic begins its two-night engagement in Hayes Hall with a thrilling program led by conductor Andris Nelsons. Iconic pianist Lang Lang joins the orchestra for Bartók’s lyrical Piano Concerto No. 3, followed by Mahler’s sweeping and emotionally charged First Symphony, known as the “Titan.”

The Vienna Philharmonic then returns for the second night of its Hayes Hall engagement with conductor Andris Nelsons leading a spirited program featuring Mozart’s vibrant Symphony No. 36, “Linz,” and Dvořák’s folk-infused Symphony No. 6 — two works brimming with charm, color and rhythmic vitality.

All Visiting Orchestras tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on days of Vienna Philharmonic performances: 10am-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to these performances. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.

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© Ian Douglas

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
with Yuja Wang, piano

May 3, 2026
Sunday at 7pm
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Yuja Wang, piano and director
Matthew Truscott, concertmaster and leader

Prokofiev — Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
Hindemith — The Four Temperaments
Chopin — Piano Concerto No. 2

A bold and brilliant presence at the keyboard, Yuja Wang makes her Hayes Hall debut as soloist and director of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in a dazzling evening of music, performing as both soloist and conductor in a spirited program of works by Prokofiev, Hindemith and Chopin.

All Visiting Orchestras tickets include same-day admission to The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on day of Mahler Chamber Orchestra performance: Noon-7pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.

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The Visiting Orchestras series is generously sponsored by Judy and Verne Istock.


 

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