by Daniel Hathaway
FEATURED SOLOISTS: Garrick Ohlsson in Mozart’s last piano concerto with The Cleveland Orchestra (Sat. at 8 & Sun. at 3 at Severance Music Center), violinist Laura Hamilton with CityMusic Cleveland (Sat. at 7:30 at St. Stanislaus & Sunday at 4 at St. Noel), harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and soprano Amanda Powell with BlueWater Chamber Orchestra (Sat. at 8, Church of the Covenant) & pianist Eric Charnofsky with Heights Chamber Orchestra (Sunday at 3 at the Maltz).
OPERA: Oberlin Opera Theater (pictured) stages Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, the first opera ever from 1605 (Sat. at 8 & Sun. at 2, in Hall Auditorium).
PIANO RECITALS: No Exit presents pianist Shuai Wang in PianoDada (Sat. at 7, at Heights Arts) and Donna Lee performs on the Kent Keyboard Series (Sun. at 5 in Ludwig Recital Hall).
OTHER ENSEMBLES: Choral Arts Cleveland celebrates over 400 years of choral music (Sat. at 7 at Disciples), Oberlin Jazz Ensemble (Sat. at 8 in Finney Chapel).
EXPERIMENTAL: CUSP presents Jessica Ackerley & Jeremy Bible (Sat. at 8 at Convivium 33 Gallery).
For details, visit our Concert Listings.
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