by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Charnofsky visits some rare repertory

. Almanac tips a hat to Czerny, Grainger (pictured), Takemitsu

HAPPENING TODAY: 

From 2 to 4 this afternoon, on Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music, Eric Charnofsky DeeJays Bohuslav Martinů’s Double Concerto for Strings, Piano, and Timpani, Steve Reich’s Triple Quartet, Mara Gibson’s Spark (trombone and piano), J.S. Bach’s Chaconne (violin and orchestra) arr. by Felix Mendelssohn and Julian Milone, Gioachino Rossini’s Wind Quartet in D, Ivan Wyschnegradsky’s Meditation on Two Themes from the Day of Existence (cello and piano) & selections from A Venetian Coronation, featuring works by Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli. Click here to listen to the internet feed, or tune in to 91.1 FM in the greater Cleveland area. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. A plethora of weekend performances

. News from Tri-C (National Orchestra of Ukraine next Thursday, pictured), Classical Guitar Society (appoints resident composer), and Violin Channel (homophobia cancels King’s Singers in Florida)

. Almanac remembers debut of Madama Butterfly, conductor Dimitri Metropolous, Cleveland’s own Arthur Shepherd

HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND:

Multiple performances include Herbert Blomstedt and Emanuel Ax with The Cleveland Orchestra (Fri & Sat) and Cleveland Chamber Choir in Willoughby Hills (Sat) and University Circle (Sun). [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. A special day for guitars: CIM studio at Trinity, Vieaux in Peninsula, Fire & Grace at Oberlin

. Semplice Duo at Oberlin

. Anniversaries of various musicians and composers with a special nod to John Adams

HAPPENING TODAY: 

A day of guitars: Students from the Cleveland Institute of Music guitar studio host the Brownbag Concert at Trinity Cathedral today at Noon, their mentor, Jason Vieaux, plays a solo recital at Happy Days Lodge in Peninsula tonight at 7, and Oberlin presents its new faculty member, violinist Edwin Huizinga in concert with his Fire & Grace (pictured) colleague, guitarist William Coulter at 7:30 in Fairchild Chapel. Another Oberlin event features the Semplice Duo, Cristina Ballatori, flute & Kevin T. Chance, piano, to Kulas Recital Hall, also at 7:30.

ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 15:

In an unusual coincidence, early German composer Michael Praetorius departed this life in Wolfenbuttel on February 15, 1621, the same date on which he was born in Creuzberg an der Werra in 1571.  [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. New episodes of SalonEra & Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music, Rowley returns to BW

. R.I.P. YSU’s Stephen L. Gage, Cleveland Orchestra releases Blossom schedule, Apollo’s Fire adds a performance

. Almanac anniversaries: Sor, Wagner & Kleinsinger

HAPPENING TODAY: 

Les Délices releases SalonEra 3.5: Finding Lisette. Baritone/scholar Jean-Bernard Cerin traces the history of the Haitian Creole song “​Lisette quitté la plaine” and explores how the song becomes a lens through which we can explore the dynamic, fraught history of Haiti and its occupiers.

From 2-4 pm, Eric Charnofsky hosts Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music, featuring music by David Dzubay, Douglas Lilburn & Arthur Bliss

And at 7:30 pm, Baldwin Wallace welcomes back its distinguished graduate, soprano Jennifer Rowley (pictured as Tosca), for a solo recital, and CIM sponsors a Music for Food Concert to benefit the Cleveland Kosher Food Pantry. See our Concert Listings for details. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

EVENTS THIS WEEKEND:

Visiting artists include cellist Seth Parker Woods (with the Oberlin Sinfonietta on Friday), Broadwas and jazz singer Aisha de Haas (with Cleveland Pops on Friday), conductor Klaus Mäkelä (with The Cleveland Orchestra on Saturday and Sunday, Mahler Symphony No. 5).

Local soloists and ensembles on Saturday feature organist Todd Wilson (Lake Erie College), the Akron Symphony’s Gospel Meets Symphony (pictured), and on Sunday, Cleveland Ballet and  Inlet Dance Theatre (with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance), Heights Chamber Orchestra (with trumpeter Ron Goldberg in Cleveland Hts.), and Steven Plank’s Cleveland Consort of Voices (at the Church of the Saviour).

And two organizations are raising a toast to Valentine’s Day: M.U.S.i.C. (Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics) in Pepper Pike, and The Cleveland Opera (formerly Opera Circle, in Shaker Hts.) 

See our Concert Listings for details. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Local #4 Music Fund sponsors the Amethyst String Quartet, the CIM Orchestra plays at Severance Music Center

. Piano Cleveland announces 32 contestants for this summer’s Young Artist Competition, CIM alums among Grammy winners & Gustavo Dudamel, following Deborah Borda to the NY Philharmonic, exchanges the west coast for the east

. Almanac: the premiere of Sibelius’ (pictured) Violin Concerto called “dismal” and “a disaster.” Follow links to Leonidas Kavakos’ recordings of the first (1904) and second (1905) versions

HAPPENING TODAY: 

Local #4 Music Fund of the Musicians Union will pick up the tab for the Amethyst String Quartet’s 1:30 concert on the Haff-Paluck Chamber series at Rocky River Senior Center, 21014 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River. Free. [Read more…]