Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony

Tonight at 7:30 at Severance Hall, the Cleveland Orchestra plays a program of music that reflects the drama and grandeur of the Scottish landscape. The orchestra will perform pieces by Mendelssohn, Haydn and Vivaldi. Guest speaker Timothy Cutler, a professor of music theory at the Cleveland Institute of Music, will give the pre-concert lecture, "Naked Knees and Nebulous Nicknames," an hour before the performance. The orchestra performs again at 8 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday. Tickets start at $21. (Niesel)