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Canton Symphony Orchestra & Chorus: redefining “Inspired” (April 23)

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by Tom Wachunas

CSO-Waddell-April-2016For the final concert in the Canton Symphony Orchestra MasterWorks series of the 2015-2016 season, conducting duties were split. Rachel Waddell, CSO Associate Conductor, directed the ensemble in Carl Maria von Weber’s Overture to Oberon, and the Ohio premiere of Dreamtime Ancestors by American composer Christopher Theofanidis. Rounding out this eminently spirited program were Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna, and Alexander Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, both works for orchestra and chorus, and both conducted by CSO Chorus Director Britt Cooper (pictured above). [Read more…]

Syndicate for the New Arts: triple bill at the Bop Stop (April 9)

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by Mike Telin

Bop-Stop-040916Variety is the spice of life and on Saturday, April 9 a large crowd gathered at the Bop Stop to hear a triple bill performance that demonstrated how much variety exists within the confines of contemporary music. Presented by the Syndicate for the New Arts,  the evening kicked off with Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Particles (2007). Beautifully performed by Syndicate percussionist Ben Rempel and harpist Caitlin Mehrtens, the work’s quiet, ethereal lines seemed to float through the room. [Read more…]

No Exit in “Music, Mind, Mirth, and Mayhem,” music influenced by Erik Satie, at Spaces (April 8)

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by Mike Telin

SATIE-EricFor the most recent installment of No Exit’s year-long celebration of Dadaist composer Erik Satie, the ensemble commissioned seven composers to write new works representing their own take on Satie and how his music has shaped their own musical universe. On Friday, April 8 in the acoustically pleasing SPACES gallery, No Exit presented the second of three performances featuring the new compositions. The Satie-inspired musical sandwich also included works by Heinz Holliger, Georges Delerue, and Buck McDaniel. [Read more…]

Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival Concert One (April 15)

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by Daniel Hathaway

BW-Motet-Choir-LangFriday evening’s opening concert in Gamble Auditorium showed how swiftly the Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival is evolving in this, its 86th year and its second season under new management. Works by Eric Whitacre, David Lang, and Moses Hogan joined a single work by Johann Sebastian Bach on a concert splendidly sung by the BW Motet Choir under festival director Dirk Garner. [Read more…]

Cleveland Orchestra with Jane Glover, Joshua Smith & Yolanda Kondonassis (April 14)

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by Daniel Hathaway

KONDONASSIS-SMITHWhile half of The Cleveland Orchestra was busy downtown providing incidental music for The Good Peaches at the Cleveland Play House on Thursday evening, April 14, the rest of the ensemble played a scintillating concert of music by Haydn and Mozart uptown at Severance Hall under guest conductor Jane Glover, featuring principal flute Joshua Smith and harpist Yolanda Kondonassis. [Read more…]

Summit Choral Society: “Dance with Me” at Tangier (April 10)

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by Daniel Hathaway

Marie-and-MCThe Summit Choral Society’s Masterworks Chorale earned high marks on Sunday afternoon, April 10 with its innovative end-of-season event at Akron’s Tangier Ballroom under the direction of Marie Bucoy-Calavan. The program of dance-inspired choral works combined singing, ballet, and ballroom dancing into an easy and delightful partnership, and even gave the audience the opportunity for some feet-on experience at the end. [Read more…]

Organist Christian Lane at Plymouth Church (April 12)

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by Timothy Robson

LANE-ChristianBoston-based organist Christian Lane played a fascinating program on Tuesday evening at Plymouth Church in Shaker Heights in a concert co-sponsored by ArtsPlymouth and the Cleveland Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. There were hardly any “war horses” on the program: music from our own time was interspersed with lesser-played works by earlier composers. [Read more…]

CIM New Music Ensemble in Mixon Hall (April 3)

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by Mike Telin

Paterson-RobertWhile no title was given to the CIM New Music Ensemble’s concert on Sunday, April 3, the program could have been called “Music For a Sunny Afternoon.” As the sun shone brightly through the Mixon Hall windows, guest composer Robert Paterson exclaimed, “I love this place,” before introducing his three works that take listeners on a fanciful ride though the galaxy, an intensive care unit, and a kitchen from hell. [Read more…]

Renaissance band Ayreheart at the Bop Stop (April 7)

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by Mike Telin

AyreheartOn Thursday, April 7 at the Bop Stop, the Renaissance band Ayreheart presented a  concert titled “Will You Walk the Woods so Wild.” The captivating program — performed by Ronn McFarlane, lute, Brian Kay, vocals and lute, Will Morris, colascione, and Mattias Rucht, percussion — explored the intersection between folk music and art music in 16th- and 17th- century England, Scotland, and Wales. It also highlighted the intersections of Renaissance folk music and classic rock. [Read more…]

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