by Mike Telin
HAPPENING TODAY:
At 7:30 pm at St. Paschal Baylon in Highland Hts, Jay White will lead Quire Cleveland in the first of three concerts titled Carols for Quire XI: Mary’s Song. The program features four sixteenth-century settings of the Magnificat, the virgin Mary’s response to the angel Gabriel, by Giovanni Pierluigi di Palestrina (Italy), Tomás Luis de Victoria (Spain), and the Britons, Robert Fayrfax and Robert Parsons. Carols of the season, including Gabriel’s Message, The Cherry Tree Carol, and Silent Night, along with familiar carols inviting audience participation round out the evening. Freewill offering. Open seating, no reservations or tickets required, but masks are mandatory for all attendees, regardless of vaccination status. Read our preview article here. Check our Concert Listings for times and locations on Friday and Saturday.
Also at 7:30 pm, the Oberlin Trio — David Bowlin, violin, Dmitry Kouzov, cello and Haewon Song, piano (pictured) — perform Haydn’s Trio in g, XV:19, Takemitsu’s Between Tides and Dvořák’s Trio No. 3 in f, Op. 65 in Oberlin’s Kulas Recital Hall. The concert is free. Click here to access the webcast.
And through December, Les Délices’ Holiday show “Noel, Noel” is available on Marquee TV. That virtual concert is a repeat from last year, when Timothy Robson described it in a review as “a highly enjoyable blend of English, French, and German carols, interspersed with Christmas-themed poetry from authors as diverse as Christina Rosetti and e.e. cummings.” Not to mention recent work by Northeast Ohio poets Dave Lucas, Diane Kendig, and Julie Warther, all read by Dee Perry. Read more about it in Mike Telin’s preview, and get tickets here.
IN THE NEWS:
We are saddened to learn that experimental composer Alvin Lucier passed away on Wednesday at his home in Middletown, Conn at the age of 90. Allan Kozinn writes in his New York Times obituary that “Unlike composers who have the goal of painting an aural picture, evoking particular emotions, creating a dramatic narrative or exploring carefully plotted rhythmic interactions, Mr. Lucier seemed to approach his works as experiments that might yield unpredictable soundscapes.
“A finished work could sound like howling feedback, electronic crackling or — in the case of his best-known piece, “I Am Sitting in a Room” (1969) — a spoken text that with repetition becomes increasingly distorted and overlaid with reverberation until it is transformed into a symphony of dancing overtones.” Read the full obituary here. [Read more…]
One of the latest instrumental ensembles to announce a new season of concerts, BlueWater Chamber Orchestra began 2021-2022 with an imaginative program on November 20 at the Breen Center at St. Ignatius High School in Ohio City. The time was unusual — Saturday afternoon at 3:00 pm.