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Baldwin-Wallace presents Ohio premieres of Ned Rorem's opera, 'Our Town'
Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’ premiered in 1938, but the playwright’s groundbreaking theater piece had to wait nearly sixty years to be reworked into an opera. Wilder’s executors turned down a number of proposals over the years, but finally entrusted the job to librettist J.D. McClatchy and composer Ned Rorem. Preview
Clay Christiansen, Mormon Tabernacle organist to play on series at Holy Trinity, Akron
If you happened to catch the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Blossom a few years back, you've already heard organist Clay Christiansen in action. The veteran of twenty-eight years with the Tabernacle as one of its three full-time organists, Mr. Christiansen will play all by himself this time on the Berghaus organ in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Akron on Friday evening, February 12 at 7:30. We caught up with him in Salt Lake City to ask about his duties there and his recital program in Akron.On the Blog
Your last chance to see Bach Family Fireworks. 7:30 at St. Noel's, Willoughby Hills. Tickets.
Wednesday
Quink
The fine Dutch vocal quintet with the funny name sings at the Church of Our Savior in Cleveland Heights at 8. Tickets.
Thursday—Saturday
Boulez & Mahler at Severance
Boulez conducts the Adagio from Symphony No. 10 & Magdalena Kozena & Christian Gerhaher sing 'Das Knaben Wunderhorn'. 8pm all three nights. Tickets.
Friday
Babayan at CIM
Sergei Babayan plays four Mozart Piano Sonatas in Mixon Hall. Free.
Friday
Todd Wilson & Friends
Unusual music for solo winds and organ by Craig Phillips, Thierry Escaich & Frank Martin played by Mary Kay Fink, John Clouser & Neil Mueller. Free at 8 in Kulas Hall at CIM.
Saturday
Meyers Memorial at KSU
Kent's School of Music presents a concert in honor of the late cellist and recording engineer James F. Meyers. 3 pm in Ludwig Hall. Free.
Saturday
Paul O'Dette at Harkness
The celebrated lutenist plays on the Chapel, Court & Countryside series at 7:30. Tickets.
Sunday
Levkovich & Rach 2 redux
Dmitri Levkovich reprises the concerto which won him second prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition last summer. Steven Eva conducts the Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra at 8 at Chagrin Valley Falls Theatre. Tickets.
Sunday
Choices, choices! and all free
Two Cleveland Orchestra members give 4pm faculty recitals: Frank Rosenwein at CIM, hornist Jessie McCormick at B-W...Zahari Metchkov leads Ensemble Secundum Silentium in Tavener & Maxwell Davies (7, St. Paul's, Cleveland Hts)...pianist Emanuela Friscioni plays Chopin No. 2 with Horst Buchholz & Heights Chamber Orchestra (7:30, First Unitarian, Shaker Heights)...the Linden Quartet plays the next edition of Classical Revolution Cleveland (Barking Spider Tavern in University Circle at 8).
Piano Competition announces 2010 concert series