by Daniel Hathaway
WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS:
Here are our classical music recommendations for this weekend, selected from our master concert listings calendar.
On Friday evening at 7:30 the Cleveland Museum of Art will host the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, conducted by Timothy Weiss, with Jennifer Koh, violin, Alexandra Armantrading, soprano, Rodrick Dixon, tenor, Timothy LeFebvre, baritone, and the Oberlin Percussion Group in Gartner Auditorium, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland.
On Saturday afternoon at 3 pm, Roger Kalia will lead the Canton Symphony Orchestra with narrator Averi Ellis in works by Clarice Assad, Benjamin Britten, Wojciech Kilar, and Dmitri Shostakovich (his Symphony No. 9) in Umstattd Hall, Zimmermann Symphony Center, 2331 17th St. N.W., Canton.
On Saturday evening at 7:30, the Fryderyk Chopin Institute of Ohio will present pianist Kevin Kenner and the Callisto Quartet in works by the Polish composer in Harkness Chapel at Case Western Reserve University.
And on Sunday afternoon at the same hour, Erik Ochesner will lead the Youngstown Symphony in works by Richard Wagner, Jean Sibelius, John Williams, and Hector Berlioz (Symphonie fantastique) in Stambaugh Auditorium.
For details of these and other classical events, visit the ClevelandClassical.com Concert Listings.
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