by Daniel Hathaway
Saturday: Wit’s Folly plays at the Brownhoist at 3, Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in Mozart’s Magic Flute at 7 at Severance, Alex Bevan performs with the Akron Symphony at 7:30, and the Re:Sound Festival continues at 7:30 at Convivium 33 Gallery.
Sunday: Cleveland Composers Guild features young composers at 3 at the Music Settlement, harpsichordist Sean Kleve plays at Rocky River Methodist at 3, Suburban Symphony features competition winners at 3:30 at Beachwood High School, Singers Companye (pictured) sings at the Maltz at 4, St. James in Lakewood hosts chamber music at 4, and the Re:Sound Festival wraps up at 7:30 at Convivium 33 Gallery.
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WEEKEND ALMANAC:
May 18:
German composer and conductor Gustav Mahler died in Vienna on this date in 1911, leaving nine-and-a-half monumental symphonies that were performed during his lifetime, but languished until their revival later in the century, notably by Leonard Bernstein. [Read more…]