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Archives for September 2022

DIARY: Wednesday, September 14, 2022

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Dance & music intersect at BW

. Queen Elizabeth  II — more    memorial observances

TODAY’S EVENTS: 

7:00 pm – Conrad Tao, piano & Caleb Teicher, choreographer / dancer. Counterpoint: exploring the intersection of dance and music. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Click here for tickets and link to live stream.

NEWS BRIEFS:

BBC Cancels The Last Night Of The Proms. “As A Mark Of Respect” For The Late Queen, The Guardian reports that “This year’s iteration of the popular and somewhat rowdy celebration of British patriotism was to have happened on Saturday evening.  Friday’s concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra was also called off.”

The Queen’s Funeral will be held on Monday, September 19, a bank holiday. [Read more…]

DIARY: Tuesday, September 13, 2022

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by Jarrett Hoffman

IN THIS EDITION:

•Cleveland Chamber Music Society opens season with an audience-favorite piano trio

•The Callisto Quartet gets two new violinists

•Two collaborators each write an article about working on Mozart

•Almanac: the many sides of Clara Schumann

HAPPENING TODAY:

“When you’ve been booking visiting chamber ensembles for seven decades, you develop some special relationships that regularly bring audience favorites back to town,” Daniel Hathaway writes in a preview of the Cleveland Chamber Music Society’s first concert of the season. 

That category of artists certainly includes pianist Wu Han, violinist Philip Setzer, and cellist David Finckel, who will play Schubert’s two piano trios in Kulas Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music tonight at 7:30 pm. Roger Klein will give a pre-concert lecture at 6:30. Tickets are available here.

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DIARY: Monday, September 12, 2022

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music: granny may not have linked up with the music of William Grant Still, Cleveland composer Richard Eberhard, or Kenneth Fuchs, but you can, thanks to Eric Charnofsky and his two-hour WRUW program which goes exploring every Monday afternoon. Interesting stuff — give it a listen.

. Happy Birthday to native Clevelander Johann Heinrich Beck.

TODAY’S EVENTS: 

From 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, tune in Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music. Today’s playlist features Songs of Separation by William Grant Still, Three Little Nocturnes for string quartet and accordion by Bent Sørensen, Dennis Eberhard’s Prometheus Wept for bass voice and string orchestra, Face of the Night for English horn, strings, and percussion by Kenneth Fuchs, and music by Charles Griffes, Laura Schwendinger, and Carlo Yvon. WRUW, Case Western Reserve University. Click here to listen to the internet feed. [Read more…]

DIARY: Weekend, September 9-11, 2022

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Weekend concerts feature music for guitars, organ, orchestra, and voice

. The Cleveland Orchestra appoints new Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow (pictured)

. Marking the birthdays of Christopher Hogwood, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, and Arvo Pärt

WEEKEND EVENTS:

Classical music concerts this weekend include a variety of options.

On Saturday at 7:30 pm, the Cleveland Classical Guitar Society will present its annual Showcase Concert at the Maltz Performing Arts Center. [Read more…]

Remembering Ms. Olga:
a personal reflection 

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by Cicilia Yudha

It was around 8:20 pm on October 10, 2001. I was sitting in Baldwin Auditorium at Duke University listening to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271, Le Jeunehomme. My teacher of six years, Olga Radosavljevich, known as “Ms. Olga,” was performing with the Duke Symphony Orchestra led by her longtime friend, conductor Harry Davidson. As a Cleveland Institute of Music Artist Diploma candidate, I understudied the piece and traveled to Durham, NC with Ms. Olga. She was having health issues that fall and was not sure if she could perform.

After the first movement was splendidly done, Ms. Olga stood up. There was an audible gasp from the audience. She stood up, hunched down at the piano looking as if she had lost an earring. Maestro Davidson spoke to her and after a few minutes, she sat down at the keyboard again. The orchestra began the heart-wrenching introduction of the slow movement in c minor. Ms. Olga joined in with the piano’s melody. However, after a few bars, she stopped. Something was clearly wrong. Was she having a memory slip?

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Old friends return for 73rd season of Cleveland Chamber Music Society

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by Daniel Hathaway

When you’ve been booking visiting chamber ensembles for seven decades, you develop some special relationships that regularly bring audience favorites back to town.

The first performers on the Cleveland Chamber Music Society’s calendar this season definitely qualify for re-invitable artist status. On Tuesday, September 13 at 7:30 pm, CCMS will present Wu Han, Philip Setzer, and David Finckel in a program of Schubert’s two piano trios in Kulas Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

ClevelandClassical.com has conducted multiple interviews over the years with each member of the trio. Here are excerpts from conversations in March of 2010 that give some memorable insights into the lives of three touring musicians.

In March of 2010, we interviewed each of the musicians prior to their performance of Schubert trios on the CCMS series at Fairmount Temple Auditorium. We reached David Finckel in Vienna, Wu Han in New York between rehearsals, and spoke with Philip Setzer soon after he returned from Europe.

We began by asking cellist David Finckel about the recording of the Schubert piano trios the ensemble had just completed. What did he do to prepare for the sessions? [Read more…]

DIARY: Wednesday, September 7, 2022

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. How did Brahms remember to cue the horns?

. Box offices get busy, Lars Vogt leaves us at 51, Putin’s war threatens future of Russian classical music

. Almanac: visiting Cleveland to compete in the Casadesus Competition (forerunner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition)

. The European Orchestra Bowl Review: Who would win?

TODAY’S EVENTS:

At 7:00 pm in Fynes Hall at Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, Dr. Laurie McManus of Shenandoah University will discuss Brahms’ German Requiem, the composer’s famous setting of the Lutheran mass for the dead. The Riemenschneider Bach Institute’s unique orchestra score of the Requiem, with conducting markings in Brahms’ hand, will also be on display. The event is free. [Read more…]

DIARY: Tuesday, September 6, 2022

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by Jarrett Hoffman

IN THIS EDITION:

•Today: a teaching workshop from the trio 1N2ATIV3 with hip-hop dancer and choreographer Christian Townsend

•News briefs: Suburban Symphony announces 2022-23 season, Cleveland Chamber Choir to be featured at an important choral conference, Carl Topilow re-ups with Firelands Symphony

•Almanac: Joan Tower turns 84

HAPPENING TODAY:

Although there are no concerts on the schedule today, there is a free teaching workshop to check out, particularly recommended for those in grades 3-7. It’s titled “Get Your Groove On,” and it’s about the rhythms that tie together music, poetry, and dance.

Kimberly Zaleski (flute, vocals), Trevor Kazarian (cello, vocals, beatbox), and Dylan Moffitt (percussion, mixed media) of the Cleveland-based group 1N2ATIV3 will be joined by hip-hop dancer and choreographer Christian Townsend, who freestyles to the beats and improvisations of the ensemble. Get a taste of their collaboration here.

The workshop is presented by CityMusic Cleveland, and is held on Tuesday evenings in September from 6-7 pm at the Woodland Rec Center.

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DIARY: Labor Day Weekend, September 2- 5, 2022

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by Daniel Hathaway with Jarrett Hoffman.

IN THIS EDITION:

. Farewell to clarinetist Theodore Johnson

. An interesting handful of classical music events this weekend

. Anniversaries and ideas for a holiday playlist

R.I.P. THEODORE JOHNSON

Theodore Johnson, who began his career with his hometown orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, continued with the Kansas City Philharmonic, and then played clarinet with The Cleveland Orchestra for 36 years, passed away in Cleveland on August 30 at the age of 92.

His longtime orchestral partner Franklin Cohen has written on Facebook, “An amazing musician and extraordinary person has just sadly left us. Theodore Johnson was one of the main reasons for my seamless transition into the Cleveland Orchestra in 1976. [Read more…]

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