by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
•Tonight: Cleveland Orchestra, Youngstown Symphony, and Renovare Music
•R.I.P. Dolores White, pictured
HAPPENING TODAY:
Three concerts tonight will take place at 7:30 pm.
The Cleveland Orchestra will be joined by conductor Thomas Adès and violinist Pekka Kuusisto in works by Sibelius (the Prelude and the Suite No. 1 from The Tempest, and the Six Humoresques) and by Adès himself (Märchentänze and The Tempest Symphony). Tickets are available here.
The Youngstown Symphony will present “A Night for Jazz,” featuring vocalist Brianna Thomas and led by conductor Dean Buck. Tickets here.
And at the Maltz Performing Arts Center, Renovare Music will put on a free concert composed of three different elements: string music, poetry by spoken word artist Vision, and African drumming by Ali Boyd, Rashon Blake and Derick Barnes. The program includes José Elizondo’s The Dawn of Hope, J.S. Bach’s Aria from the Goldberg Variations, Ludovico Einaudi’s Experience, Hirono Borter’s Goldberg Meditation, Sabrina Jean Louis’ Clair de Lune, William Travance’s Blood Runs Black, and more.
R.I.P. DOLORES WHITE:
ClevelandClassical.com mourns the passing of Cleveland-based composer and musical trailblazer Dolores White, who died on Friday at the age of 90.