by Daniel Hathaway
At 12:00 Noon Piano Cleveland presents Daniela Liebman in the Ames Family Atrium at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and at the same hour, Tuesdays at the Church of the Covenant hosts organist Mikhail Grazhdanov.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
Today we celebrate the births of two British musical luminaries who made their debuts on May 13.
In 1842 composer Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan came into the world in London. Sullivan exhibited his musical prowess early on — at the age of eight he composed his first anthem and soon after became a soloist in the boys’ choir of the Chapel Royal. At age 14 the Royal Academy of Music awarded Sullivan the first Mendelssohn Scholarship, allowing him to pursue his musical studies at the Academy as well as at the Leipzig Conservatory. [Read More…]