by Daniel Hathaway
LOOKING AHEAD IN JANUARY
Until administrators in Imperial Rome began fiddling with the calendar, the year very sensibly began in March with the reblooming of nature, rather than in January when “dogs are sticking to the sidewalks” and it can seem like the beginning of a new Ice Age, as in Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of our Teeth. But the Northeast Ohio concert calendar is already bustling with activity. Here’s a rundown for the next four weeks.
Apollo’s Fire and The Cleveland Orchestra are back in business early following the holidays, the former with two Baroque Bistros that promise to “Drive the Cold Winter Away (January 7 and 8), the latter with a guest appearance by conductor Alan Gilbert and the premiere by Paul Yancich of a new timpani concerto by James Oliverio and Nielsen’s somewhat obscure Sinfonia espansiva (second and last performance Jan. 7). Franz Welser-Möst returns to Severance Music Center with the Orchestra and Chorus for Schubert’s Mass in E-flat, flanked by Schubert’s 8th Symphony and Berg’s Lyric Suite (Jan. 12, 13 & 14).
Christopher Wilkins and the Akron Symphony are back early in the month as well on Jan. 14 for Julia Perry’s Pastoral, Xavier Foley’s Double Concerto “For Justice and Peace,” featuring bassist and composer Foley with violinist Eunice Kim (Foley also solos in Bottesini’s Double Bass Concerto No. 2).
Peter Lawson Jones will emcee the annual Martin Luther King Birthday concert on Jan. 15 at Severance Music Center, with The Cleveland Orchestra and Celebration Chorus performing music by Black composers Florence Price and William L. Dawson, and an afternoon Music Settlement concert at the Bop Stop will celebrate King’s mission through music and the written word. [Read more…]
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