by Daniel Hathaway
Thanks to construction, Oberlin’s Cooper International Violin Competition has moved — perhaps more than temporarily – from the late summer to early January, with opening rounds continuing this afternoon and evening in Warner Concert Hall. Read a preview interview with director Sibbi Bernhardsson here and enjoy hearing young violinists ages 13-18 play 30-minute programs live or via webcasts at oberlin.edu and The Violin Channel beginning at 2:30 and continuing at 7:30.
And at 2 pm, Congregation Mishkan Or in Beachwood presents the Acadia Trio (pictured), Maude Cloutier, violin, Ari Peraza-Webb, cello, and Jude Giddens, piano. For details of upcoming events, visit our Concert Listings.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Akron’s Tuesday Musical reports that its forthcoming performance by the Czech National Philharmonic on February 11 has been canceled, as has the orchestra’s entire U.S. tour, due to work visa problems. Details here.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
French composer Francis Poulenc was born on this date in 1899, making January 7 a good occasion to revisit his Flute Sonata.
Demarre McGill plays it here with pianist Michael McHale, but you can simultaneously raise a glass to a second musician, Jean-Pierre Rampal, born on this date in 1922, with a performance of the work he recorded with pianist Robert Veyron-Lacroix.
To end with a bit of sheer silliness, Rampal good-naturedly appears here in a duet with Miss Piggy.
