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DIARY: Monday, September 19, 2022

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Elizabeth II: end of a 70-year reign marked by state funeral at Westminster Abbey, interment at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor

. Ian McEwan reveals inner thoughts of a writer attempting to write the perfect novella

. Two celebrated pianists

TODAY’S EVENTS: 

Coverage of the State Funeral for Elizabeth II will occupy the broadcast media all day today. The most extensive coverage will surely come from the BBC. A download of the official program is a must for following the ceremony itself.

A bit of background on the venue for the funeral rites: Westminster Abbey (full name: the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster) is a “royal peculiar,” an entity entirely under the authority of the Crown rather than a cathedral of the Church of England under the jurisdiction of the bishop of a diocese. [Read more…]

DIARY: Weekend, September 16-18, 2022

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Weekend concerts feature music in its many varieties

. Emerson Quartet bids adieu, Two QE II era playlists, anniversaries of the MetOpera at Lincoln Center, Maria Callas, and the 33-⅓ LP record

WEEKEND EVENTS:

Classical music concerts this weekend promise a variety of options.

On Friday at 7:00 pm, CityMusic Cleveland presents an interesting evening of chamber music that includes Manny Albam’s Quintet for Tuba and Strings at Praxis Fiber Workshop. It’s free. [Read more…]

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: 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…]

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: 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…]

DIARY: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Farewells to Miss Olga (pictured) and Joey DeFrancsco

. Following orchestras on tour in Europe

. Musicology — dangerous profession?

TODAY’S EVENTS: 

Ho-hum — there are no live events to note in Northeast Ohio on this, the last day of August.

R.I.P., MISS OLGA:

We note the passing of longtime Cleveland Institute of Music piano faculty Olga Radosavljevich-Gradojevich, who retired in 2019 after teaching at the Institute for 59 years. In 2017 on the occasion of her 80th birthday, Youngstown State piano professor Cicilia Yudha — one of her many devoted students — wrote an appreciation for ClevelandClassical.com. Read the article here. [Read more…]

DIARY: Monday August 29, 2020

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. All quiet on the concert front

. Charnofsky spins Górecki, Beach, Chávez, Reiprich & Hilton Jones on WRUW

. Signups for Summit Choral Society children’s programs, Bolcom revisits the piano concerto

. Anniversaries of the Longy School and why John Cage chose 4 minutes and 33 seconds as the duration for the most famous work nobody’s ever heard

TODAY’S EVENTS:

From 2:00 –4:00 pm today, hop on the WRUB feed from Case to hear Eric Charnofsky host music by Henryk Górecki, Douglas Anderson, Amy Beach, Carlos Chávez, Bruce Reiprich and Hilton Jones.

NEWS BRIEFS:

Summit Choral Society announces open registration for its children’s programs K-12. Follow this link. [Read more…]

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