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DIARY: Wednesday, March 29, 2023

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By Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Harps at noon & new jazz compositions this evening

. Remembering Beethoven

HAPPENING TODAY

At noon the ​​BrownBag Concerts present the Salzedo Harp Duo. Harpists Nancy Lendrim and Jody Guinn bring artistry and beauty in an inventive program for harp duo. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave. Free.

At 7:00 pm the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra meets Cleveland Composers Guild. From the Cleveland Composers Guild, new music from: Karen Greibling, Bryan Kennard, William Rayer & Nicholas Underhill. From the CJO, new music from: Chas Baker, Aidan Plank & Brad Wagner. A swinging evening of eight brand new “3rd Stream” compositions that combine jazz and classical elements. Bop Stop, 2920 Detroit Avenue. Tickets are available online. [Read more…]

DIARY: Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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By Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Chamber music concerts in Akron and Cleveland.

. Moussorgsky and Rachmaninoff make their exits.

HAPPENING TODAY:

At 7:30 pm the UA Kulas Concert Series presents Sandbox Percussion, contemporary percussion chamber music. In collaboration with Tuesday Musical and Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts. Guzzetta Recital Hall. Tickets are available online.

Also at 7:30 pm the Cleveland Chamber Music Society hosts Anthony McGill, clarinet, Elena Perrroni, Soprano, and Myra Huang, piano. (pictured) Their program features Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) and Sonata in a, “Arpeggione” arranged for clarinet and piano,Lee III’s Chavah’s Daughters Speak, and Still’s Romance. Disciples Christian Church. Read a preview article here. Tickets are available online.

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DIARY: Monday, March 27, 2023

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By Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Uncommon music both on the airwaves and in concert

. Alisa Weilerstein’s Fragments project and Ravenna High School band kids

. Remembering Mistislav Rostropovich, Ferde Grofé, and Grant Johanneson (pictured)

HAPPENING TODAY:

From 2 pm to 4 pm, Eric Charnofsky continues his forays into Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music with Darius Milhaud’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 295 No. 4, Libby Larsen’s Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII (soprano and piano), Steven Burke’s Spring Fever for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano, Vincent d’Indy’s Tableaux de voyage (orchestrated), Leoš Janáček’s Little Queens (girls’ choir) & Amy Williams’ Cineshape 4 (solo piano). Click here to listen to the internet feed: or tune in to 91.1 FM in the greater Cleveland area.

8:00 pm – Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project presents Wisconsin-based percussionist Noah Depew & sound and visual designer Jon Muller at Convivium 33 Gallery, 1433 E 33rd St, Cleveland. Suggested donation $15. Click here for more information.

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DIARY: Weekend, March 24-26, 2023

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Concerts and more concerts

. Stroud Classical Guitar Competition names young semifinalists (pictured), Music Settlement announces summer camps

. Almanac: royal dedications and the “Brandenburg Concertos,” Béla Bartók topics, forensic clues from Beethoven’s hair

HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND:

Here’s a selection of performances from this weekend’s packed schedule. For a complete list and details visit our Concert Listings page.

On Friday at 7 pm, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the Cleveland Cello Society will present i Cellisti! 2023, featuring Cleveland Orchestra principal Mark Kosower in solo works by Hans Werner Henze and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, and in a rarely-heard ensemble transcription of the Lalo Cello Concerto for six cellos. Read a preview article here. Tickets available online. [Read more…]

DIARY: Thursday, March 23, 2023

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by Jarrett Hoffman

IN THIS EDITION:

•Today: Folk musician Ben Gage performs with Canton Symphony members, violist Eliesha Nelson (pictured) is featured on LCCC Signature Series, Chattanooga Guitar Duo visits the Dana School of Music, and BW Opera presents Pirates of Penzance 

•Announcement: audition appointments are open for the Cleveland Orchestra Choruses

•Almanac: two major works from the short life of composer Julius Reubke, and a preface to World Tuberculosis Day

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DIARY: Wednesday, March 22, 2023

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By Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Weiss & Jones give CIM faculty recital

. Akron Symphony to celebrate 70th season

. Almanac: a “slightly evil” take on the demise of Jean-Baptiste Lully

HAPPENING TODAY:

7:30 pm – CIM Faculty Recital: Richard Weiss, cello, Joela Jones, piano and accordion (pictured). De Falla’s Suite Popular Española, Errollyn Wallen’s Dervish (2001), Matyas Seiber’s Introduction & Allegro & Debussy’s Two Arabesques (arr. Choisnel/Roques), La Plus Que Lente Valse (arr. Kocsis) & Cello Sonata in d. Mixon Hall, 11021 East Blvd, Cleveland. Free, but a reservation is required.

IN THE NEWS:

The Akron Symphony Orchestra will open its 2023-2024 concert season with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on September 29. The program will celebrate the 50th anniversary of EJ Thomas Hall. “We are thrilled to be a part of EJ Thomas Hall’s 50th anniversary celebrations and honored to have the opportunity to open the Akron Symphony Orchestra’s 70th season at this historic venue. [Read more…]

DIARY: Tuesday, March 21, 2023

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by Jarrett Hoffman

IN THIS EDITION:

•Today: organist Ralph Holzhauser makes a noon-time visit to Church of the Covenant

•Announcement: applications open for Assembly for the Arts’ Creative Impact Fund

•In the news: Met ordered to pay $200K to Netrebko, and a look at the “Violin Capital of China”

•Almanac: electronic music composer Ruth Anderson and one brilliant, funny sound collage

HAPPENING TODAY:

Today’s Tuesday Noon Organ Plus Concert from Church of the Covenant features organist Ralph Holzhauser, who will play music by J.S. Bach (Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547), Florence Price (Elf on a Moonbeam), Charles-Marie Widor (Final from Symphony No. 8), George Shearing (I Love Thee, Lord and There is a Happy Land), and Marcel Dupré (Prelude and Fugue in B, Op. 7, No. 3). A freewill offering will be taken up.

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DIARY: Monday, March 20, 2023

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By Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Charnofsky unveils more underplayed music

. Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project reveals plans for RE:Sound Festival in June

. J.S. Bach’s birthday and the first day of spring inspire a listen to two of his secular cantatas

HAPPENING TODAY:

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music: hosted by Eric Charnofsky. Featured music —Augusta Read Thomas’s Angel Tears; Earth Prayers (saxophone and organ), Arnold Bax’s selected art songs for baritone and orchestra, Melinda Wagner’s Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion, George Rochberg’s String Quartet No. 5 & Annie Gosfield’a The Harmony of the Body-Machine (cello and static/machine noise). Click here to listen to the internet feed: or tune in to 91.1 FM in the greater Cleveland area.

IN THE NEWS:

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced details of its 2023-2024 Severance Music Center Season. Click here to view the schedule.

Following its annual Scholarship Competition on March 17, Tuesday Musical has announced the winners of its 2023 awards. Click here to read the announcement. [Read more…]

DIARY: Weekend, March 17-19, 2023

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By Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Weekend performances feature clarinetist Daniel Gilbert (pictured) & Bernstein’s score to West Side Story

. Piano Cleveland announces “Dynamic Duos,: CIM to honor Anne Midgette at Commencement

. Almanac: a varied list of people & performances to commemorate, including George Crumb’s Voice of the Whale

HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND: 

Multiple performances: Dan Gilbert is featured with CityMusic Cleveland in “The Visionary Clarinet” (Fri. in Lakewood, Sat. at St. Stanislaus, Sun. in Willoughby Hills) & led by Brett Mitchell, The Cleveland Orchestra plays Leonard Bernstein’s score along with screenings of West Side Story (complete film, Fri., Sat. & Sun.) [Read more…]

DIARY: Thursday, March 16, 2023

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By Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Haewon Song and Robert Shannon (pictured) perform in Oberlin, Daniel Gilbert plays Golijov with CityMusic

. The Cleveland Orchestra adds a free concert, CIM seeks Academy students

. The Almanac reports a mixed list of arrivals and departures

HAPPENING TODAY: 

At 7:30 pm Oberlin faculty pianists Haewon Song and Robert Shannon play Schubert, Messiaen, Mozart, Khachaturian & Pabst’s Paraphrase de Concert sur l’opera on Eugene Oneguine de P. Tchaikovsky in Warner Concert Hall. Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free. Click here for live stream.

Also at 7:30 pm, CityMusic begins its run of concerts titled The Visionary Clarinet. Klezmer, classicism and Jewish melodies swirl together in Golijov’s The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, performed by Daniel Gilbert. The Temple — Tifereth Israel, 26000 Shaker Blvd., Beachwood. Free. [Read more…]

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