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Week of August 30, 2010
Concert Listings from August 30-September 13, 2010
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August 30 — MONDAY
8:00 pm — Jeffrey Singler, cello, & Elizabeth DeMio, piano. Ginastera’s Pampeana No. 2, Beethoven’s Sonata in A, Saint-Saëns’ Sonata No. 2 & sonatas by Debussy & Hindemith. Guest Artist Recital Series. Bliss Recital Hall, Youngstown State University, 1 University Plaza. Free.
31 — TUESDAY
No scheduled events.
September 1 — WEDNESDAY
12:15 pm — Florence Mustric, organ. “Temporarily Organized”. Vaughan Williams’ Bryn Calfaria & Rhosymedre, Barber’s Variations on “Wondrous Love”, & Adagio for Strings & Sofia Gubaidulina’s Light and Darkness. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Free.
2 — THURSDAY
7:00 pm — Sophia Brooks & friends. Nineteenth-century Negro Spirituals. YSU Community Diversity Program Series. Ford Theater, Bliss Hall, Youngstown State University. Free.
3 — FRIDAY
No scheduled events.
4 — SATURDAY
8:30 pm — The Joffrey Ballet with the Cleveland Orchestra, Tito Muñoz, conducting, Ashley Wheater, artistic Director. Reflections (choreographed by Gerald Arpino, music by Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme with Mark Kosower, cello), Tarantella (Balanchine, music by Gottschalk: Grande Tarantelle arr. Hershy Kay, with Joela Jones, piano, Pretty Ballet (James Kudelka, music by Martinů: Symphony No. 2) and a new work, Age of Innocence (Edwaard Liang, music by Philip Glass & Thomas Newman). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls. Tickets: 216.231.1111.5 — SUNDAY
8:30 pm — The Joffrey Ballet with the Cleveland Orchestra, Tito Muñoz, conducting, Ashley Wheater, artistic Director. Reflections (choreographed by Gerald Arpino, music by Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme with Mark Kosower, cello), Tarantella (Balanchine, music by Gottschalk: Grande Tarantelle arr. Hershy Kay, with Joela Jones, piano, Pretty Ballet (James Kudelka, music by Martinů: Symphony No. 2) and a new work, Age of Innocence (Edwaard Liang, music by Philip Glass & Thomas Newman). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls. Tickets: 216.231.1111.
6 — MONDAY — Labor Day
No scheduled events.
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September 6 — MONDAY — Labor Day
No scheduled events.
7 — TUESDAY
No scheduled events.
8 — WEDNESDAY
12:15 pm — Florence Mustric, organ. “Temporarily Organized”. Vaughan Williams’ Bryn Calfaria & Rhosymedre, Barber’s Variations on “Wondrous Love”, & Adagio for Strings & Arvo Pärt’s Annum per Annum. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm — Youngstown State University Wind Ensemble, Stephen Gage, conducting, with guest conductors Brandt Payne, David Blon & Chad Guess. “Live in Warren”. Outdoor concert featuring music by John Williams, Sousa and popular band works. Warren Community Amphitheatre, 321 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren. Tickets TBA.
8:00 pm — Josef Špaček, violin, with Yu Sakamoto, piano. J.S. Bach’s Ciaconna (Partita No.2, BWV 1004), Paganini’s Caprices op. 1 Nos. 11 & 17, Mozart’s Sonata No. 5 in A, K. 305 & Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216, Schumann’s Abendlied, op. 85, No. 12 (arr. Joachim) & Ysaÿe’s Sonata No. 3 in d, op. 27 (”Ballade”). Kulas Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 77 W. College St. Free.
9 — THURSDAY
7:30 pm — Voci (Voices of Canton, Inc.), with Hector Olivera, organ. Music by Wilberg, Martin and others including Battle Hymn of the Republic, Visions of St. John, Cindy, and The Awakening. Westbrook Park Methodist Church, 2521 12th St. NW, Canton. $30, $20 & $15. Call 330.455.1000 or www.voicesofcanton.org/tickets.
8:00 pm — Steve Stusek & Drew Hays, saxophones, & Christy Wisuthseriwong, piano. Matt Quayle’s Sun Dance, Piazzolla’s Adios Nonino, Bolcom’s Graceful Ghost Rag, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Polet Schmel, Sherwood Shaffer’s Sonata, Mark Engebretson’s Duo Concertante, Barry Cockcroft’s Slap Me & Phillipe Geisse’s Sir Patrick (arr. Stusek). Guest Artist Recital Series (Hays teaches at Guilford College and Stusek and Wisuthseriwong are professor of saxophone and DMA candidate in collaborative piano, respectively, at the University of North Carolina, Greensburg). YSU Dana School of Music guest recital. First Presbyterian Church, 201 Wick Ave., Youngstown. Free.10 — FRIDAY
8:00 pm — CIM Faculty Recital, with Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano, Joan Kwuon, violin & the Cavani String Quartet (Annie Fullard & Mari Sato, violins, Kirsten Docter, viola & Merry Peckham, cello). Schubert’s Impromptu No. e in B-flat, Schumann’s Carnaval & Chausson’s Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet. Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free.
8:00 pm — Ensemble du Monde (New York), Marlon Daniel, conductor, with Lara Nie, mezzo-soprano & Hristo Popov, violin. Saint-Georges’ Symphony in D, op. 11, (’L’amant anonyme’, Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 (”Turkish”), Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer & Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings. Presented by the Chagrin Valley Chamber Music Series. Reinberger Chamber Music Hall at Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. $30, $20 & $15 (students). Tickets: 216.231.1111.11 — SATURDAY
8:00 pm — Akron Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Wilkins, conductor, with the Akron Symphony Chorus, Maria Sensi Sellner, director. Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20, Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus & Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D. E.J. Thomas Hall, University of Akron, 198 Hill St. Tickets: 330.535.8131 or online.12 — SUNDAY
2:00 pm — JR Fralick, tenor, with Patrick O’Donnell, piano (Washington, D.C.) & a guest dancer from Meg Louise Dance. “To Be Somebody”. Ricky Ian Gordon’s song cycle Genius Child (Langston Hughes), songs by Roger Quilter and selections from the 1953 musical Kismet by Robert Wright & George Forrest, based on music by Alexander Borodin. Faculty/Guest recital. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Free.
3:00 pm — Blue Water Chamber Orchestra debut concert, Carlton Woods, conducting, with Sean Gabriel, flute, Jody Guinn, harp, & Kenneth Johnston, violin. Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, Hanson’s Serenade for Flute, Harp & Strings, Beethoven’s Romance No. 2 for Violin & Orchestra, Elgar’s Serenade for Strings & Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes. Pre-concert discussion at 2:15. Breen Center, St. Ignatius High School, 2008 W. 30th at Lorain, Cleveland. Tickets: 216.961.2560 or online www.ignatius.edu/breencenter.
3:00 pm — Brombaugh Organ 40th Anniversary Celebration, with Brian Wentzel, organ. Grigny’s Plein Jeu* (Veni, Creator Spiritus’), J.S. Bach’s Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, Brahms’ Herzlich tut mich verlangen, Schmücke dich* & O Welt, ich muß dich lassen*, Hindemith’s Sonata No. 1, Sweelinck’s Ballo del Granduca* & Dupré’s Prelude & Fugue in g. (*played at the dedication recital on June 21, 1970). First Lutheran Church, 603 Washington Ave., Lorain. Freewill offering.4:00 pm — Robert Mayerovitch & Sungeun Kim, piano. All-Brahms: Sixteen Waltzes for piano four hands, Variations on a Theme by Haydn and the Sonata for Two Pianos, op. 34b. Faculty recital. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Free.
5:00 pm — Classical Revolution Cleveland, performers and music to be announced. Music lasts until 9 pm. Co-sponsored by ClevelandClassical.com. Prosperity Social Club, 1109 Starkweather Ave. in Tremont, Cleveland. Free admission but reservations requested (go to CC.com's Facebook page). Cash bar and food available.5:30 pm — Chamber Music Society of Ohio, George Pope & Jane Berkner, flute, David Fisher, Eric Charnofsky, Nancy Daley & Barbara MacGregor, piano & Regina Mushabac, cello. “Dynamic Duos” by Telemann, Robert Maggio, Franz Doppler, Gershwin & Brahms and George Crumb’s Voice of the Whale. Indoor picnic and beverages included. Private home in Bath. Limited seating: call 330.869.9113.
13 — MONDAY
8:00 pm — Zahari Metchkov, piano. Program to be announced. Guest Artist Recital Series. Bliss Recital Hall, Youngstown State University, 1 University Plaza. Free.
