The Cleveland Orchestra: Elim Chan - Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake

The Cleveland Orchestra: Elim Chan - Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake at Severance Music Center

A ballet score this famous can still surprise you—especially when there's no ballet to distract from the music.

Elim Chan leads The Cleveland Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake suite at Severance Music Center on November 29. The program brings together the ballet's unforgettable melodies, Bruch's First Violin Concerto with Veronika Eberle, and Gubaidulina's Fairytale Poem. Rather than one familiar musical mood, the concert offers three distinct ways to feel a story unfold.

Listen for how much drama Tchaikovsky creates with sound alone: a melody rising, a darker harmony slipping underneath, a whole orchestra gathering momentum. Then follow Eberle's violin through Bruch's lyricism and fire. Gubaidulina adds another imaginative dimension to the evening. These aren't pieces you have to analyze to enjoy; they're works that can make you feel suspense, tenderness, and release as they happen. Severance's live setting gives each shift a presence no background playlist can match. Find more Cleveland concerts.

Spend Sunday inside the music that makes stories unforgettable. Find The Cleveland Orchestra: Elim Chan - Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake tickets for Severance Music Center.