By Daniel Hathaway | ClevelandClassical

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Untenured conductors can rejoice in rave reviews for their work with orchestras, but by far the sincerest of accolades they can receive is simply to be invited back for more.

On Friday, November 21, James Feddeck, who served as the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra’s music director for four seasons from 2009-2013 (the side gig that came with his job as assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra), made a triumphant return to Severance Music Center to lead the junior ensemble in super-sonorous performances of music by Sergei Prokofiev and César Franck.

In a preview interview, Feddeck said he chose to make his own suite of music from Prokofiev’s ballet score Romeo and Juliet because “there is literally something colorful and v

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