CONCERT LISTINGS FOR October 7 — OCTOBER 20

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OCTOBER 8 – TUESDAY

12 Noon – Tuesdays at the Covenant series: organist Bernhard Klapprott (Weimar, Germany) will play 17th and 18th century music on the Newberry organ in the Church of the Covenant in University Circle. Click here to view the concert program.

7:30 pm – Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. Jake Taniguchi, conductor & Jaime Laredo and Jessica Lee, violins. Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Florence Price’s Quartet No. 1 in G Major: II. Andante moderato (arr. Martin), J.S. Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4. Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave. Free but reservations required. Click here for tickets and livestream link.

OCTOBER 9 – WEDNESDAY

12 Noon – Music Near the Market: Florence Mustric, organ. “Simply perfect,” music by composers ranging from Pachelbel to Mendelssohn and Grigny to Demessieux. Beckerath Organ, Trinity Lutheran Church, 2031 W 30th St., Ohio City. Freewill offering.

OCTOBER 10 – THURSDAY

7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Salonen Conducts Salonen. Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor and Senja Rummukainen, cello. Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, Salonen’s Cello Concerto, and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

OCTOBER 11 – FRIDAY

7:00 pm – BW Opera: Handel’s Radamisto, the composer’s first opera for the Royal Academy of Music, featuring Voice Performance majors. The Helen Theatre, Playhouse Square Center. Tickets available online.

7:00 pm – BW Symphonic Band with Strongsville Community Band. Brendan Caldwell and Ken Mehalko, conductors. Clint Needham’s Mustang Gallop (premiere), Alfred Reed’s A Jubilant Overture, Pavel Tschesnokoff’s Salvation is Created. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea. Free, live stream available.

7:30 pm – Gregorio Benítez, pianist, will present excerpts from Olivier Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux, a milestone in 20th-century classical music. This performance celebrates the 100th birthday of pianist and muse Yvonne Loriod (1924–2010), who premiered the work 65 years ago. Reinberger Chamber Music Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

OCTOBER 12 – SATURDAY

11:00 am – Carillon Concert for David. Carillonneurs Becky Everett & Keiran Cantilina. In honor of David Osburn’s 30 plus years of playing the bells in Gates Mills. St Christopher by the River, 7601 Old Mill Rd., Gates Mills. Free

3:00 & 7:00 pm – BW Opera: Handel’s Radamisto, the composer’s first opera for the Royal Academy of Music, featuring Voice Performance majors. The Helen Theatre, Playhouse Square Center. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Canton Symphony Orchestra. MasterWorks I: Kanneh-Mason Plays Coleridge-Taylor. Matthew Jenkins Jaroszewicz, conductor and Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin. Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s Violin Concerto in g and Edward Elgar’s Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat. Zimmermann Symphony Center, 2331 17th St. NW, Canton. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Salonen Conducts Salonen. Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor and Senja Rummukainen, cello. Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, Salonen’s Cello Concerto, and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

OCTOBER 13 – SUNDAY

1:00 pm – Cleveland Cello Society: Scholarship Winners Recital. Judson Park Auditorium 2181 Ambleside Dr., Cleveland. $5 at the door, no advance sales. Click here for more information.

3:00 – Parma Symphony: Program TBA. Valley Forge High School Auditorium located at 9999 Independence Blvd in Parma Heights.

3:00 pm – BW Opera: Handel’s Radamisto, the composer’s first opera for the Royal Academy of Music, featuring Voice Performance majors. The Helen Theatre, Playhouse Square Center. Tickets available online.

3:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Salonen Conducts Salonen. Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor and Senja Rummukainen, cello. Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, Salonen’s Cello Concerto, and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

3:30 pm – Heights Chamber Orchestra. Travis Jürgens leads Debussy’ La cathédrale engloutie, Clementi’s Symphony No. 3, Pärt’s Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, and Guilmant’s Symphony No. 1 for Organ & Orchestra with soloist Kevin Jones. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Free.

4:00 pm – Lakeland Civic Band. Autumn Leaves. Frank Cosenza directs a program that includes Claude T. Smith’s Fantasia for Alto Saxophone with soloist Tyler Young. Lakeland Community College 7700 Clocktower Dr. Kirtland. Tickets available online.

OCTOBER 15 – TUESDAY

7:30 pm – Cleveland Chamber Music Society. Imani Winds with Michelle Cann, piano. Paquito D’Rivera’s A Little Cuban Waltz; Lalo shifrin’s La Nouvelle Orleans; Francis Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano; Valerie Coleman’s Portraits of Langston for Flute, Clarinet, Piano, and Narrator; and Poulenc’s Sextet for Piano and Winds. The Cultural Arts Center at Disciples Church, 3663 Mayfield Rd, Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.

OCTOBER 16 – WEDNESDAY

12:00 pm – Brownbag Concert. Gruve Tonic.Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Free.

12 Noon – Music Near the Market: Robert Myers, organ. “Reformation music” by J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Kaufmann, and others. Beckerath Organ, Trinity Lutheran Church, 2031 W 30th St., Ohio City. Freewill offering.

7:30 pm – Tri-C Performing Arts Series: Amina Figarova Sextet and the Matsiko World Orphan Choir. Azerbaijani pianist and composer Amina Figarova was inspired to write her Suite for Africa when a travel mishap placed her on the same flight as the Matsiko World Orphan Choir, a 24-voice ensemble of at-risk Liberian children. The Choir uses music in its mission to turn the pain of loss, hunger and hopelessness into personal empowerment. Tri-C Metropolitan Campus Auditorium, 2809 Woodland Ave. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Cleveland Institute of Music. Perspectives: Quince Ensemble. Nicknamed the “anonymous 4 of contemporary music,” the ensemble of four female vocalists relentlessly pushes the boundaries of style and sound. Program includes Courtney Bryan’s Requiem, Laura Steenberge’s The Four Winds, Leah Blankendaal’s This Space Holds Echos, and Dave Reminick’ Aun. Mixon Hall, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free but reservations required. Click here for tickets and livestream link.

7:30 pm – Oberlin Orchestra. Maurice Cohn, conductor and Darrett Adkins, cello. Dobrinka Tabakova’s Earth Suite: III. Timber & Steel, Arnold Schoenberg’s Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, and Kurt Weill’s Symphony No. 2. Finney Chapel, 90 N Professor St, Oberlin. Free and live streamed.

OCTOBER 17 – THURSDAY

7:00 pm – No Exit. Arthur Hernandez’s The Desperation of Jesus Christ, Josef Marek’s Momenti discreti VII. (World Premiere), Hannah Kendall’s Tuxedo Crown; Sun King (2021) Katy La Favre’s Speaking in Silence (World Premiere), and Timothy Beyer’s & James Praznik’s 4 Literary Interludes (World Premiere). Cleveland State University, Drinko Recital Hall, 2001 Euclid Ave. Cleveland. Free

7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Mahler’s Third Symphony. Klaus Mäkelä, conductor, Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, and The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

8:00 pm – Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (CUSP). James Ilgenfritz & Matthew Goodheart/Heather Mease. Calicchia Gallery Studio, 1433 E 33rd St. Cleveland. Tickets available online.

OCTOBER 18 – FRIDAY

10:00 am – Music Explorers Series: Heavenly Harps. Cleveland Orchestra harpists Trina Bourne and Jody Guinn introduce young children to their instrument with kid-friendly tunes and a cozy setting. Geared towards ages 3-6. Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Apollo’s Fire. J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 6. Jeannette Sorrell, conductor. Featuring Caleb Hudson of the Canadian Brass (baroque trumpet), Alan Choo (violin), and Nicole Divall & Min-Young Kim (violas). St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights. Tickets available online.

OCTOBER 19 – SATURDAY

11:00 am – Music Explorers Series: Heavenly Harps. Cleveland Orchestra harpists Trina Bourne and Jody Guinn introduce young children to their instrument with kid-friendly tunes and a cozy setting. Geared towards ages 3-6. Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

2:00 pm – Les Délices: Arcadian Dreams. Program includes music by Louis Lefebvre, Arcangelo Corelli, George Frederick Handel, Thomas Louis Bourgeois, Domenico Scarlatti, and Jean Philippe Rameau. Hannah De Priest, soprano, Debra Nagy, oboe Shelby Yamin & Kako Bago, violin Rebecca Landell, cello, and Mark Edwards, harpsichord. Hudson Library & Historical Society 96 Library St, Hudson. Free

7:30 pm – Cleveland Philharmonic. Victor Liva, conductor and Halida Dinova, piano. Florence Price’s The Oak, Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 6. Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Freewill offering.

7:30 pm – Akron Symphony. Christopher Wilkins, conductor and the Akron Symphony Chorus. Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, Gity Razaz’s Methuselah, Franz Liszt’s Les Préludes, and Gustav Holst’s The Planets. E.J. Thomas Hall, 198 Hill Street, Akron. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Wit’s Folly. Salón Español. The early-music chamber ensemble performs music of the academias. Program includes Antonio Ximenez’s String Trio no. 1, Manuel Canales’s String Quartet Op. 3 no. 3 in c, Enrique Ataide y Portugal’s String Quartet No. 2 in D, and Boccherini’s Guitar Quintet No. 9 in C “La ritirata di Madrid.” St. Noel Church, 35200 Chardon Rd, Willoughby Hills. Free, suggested donation of $10.

7:30 pm – The Cleveland Opera: Pietro Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz. Tim Culver (Fritz Kobus), Dorota Sobieska (Suzel), Brian Keith Johnson (Rabbi David), Amanda Fargo (Beppe), Sam Gross (Federico), Jason Fu (Hanezo), Nicole Wong (Caterina). Chorus & Instrumental Ensemble under the direction of Jacek Sobieski. First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland, 3630 Fairmount Blvd., Shaker Heights. Freewill offering.

8:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Mahler’s Third Symphony. Klaus Mäkelä, conductor, Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, and The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.

OCTOBER 20 – SUNDAY

3:00 pm – Cleveland Philharmonic. Victor Liva, conductor and Halida Dinova, piano. Florence Price’s The Oak, Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 6. Westlake Performing Arts Center, 27830 Hilliard Blvd. Freewill offering.

3:00 pm – Cleveland Composers Guild: In collaboration with the American Guild of Organists. James Wilding’s Meditation, Matt Saunders’ Seven Last Words Suite, Lorenzo Salvagni’s Prelude and Fugue, Stephen Stanziano’s Grant Them Rest, and Jennifer Connor’s The Shoemaker and The Elves. Helen Rockwell Morley Memorial Hall, 391 W Washington St., Painesville. Free

4:00 pm – Wit’s Folly. Salón Español. The early-music chamber ensemble performs music of the academias, salons in 19th-century Spain. Program includes Antonio Ximenez’s String Trio no. 1, Manuel Canales’s String Quartet Op. 3 no. 3 in c, Enrique Ataide y Portugal’s String Quartet No. 2 in D, and Boccherini’s Guitar Quintet No. 9 in C “La ritirata di Madrid.” Bath Church UCC 3980 W Bath Rd, Akron. Free.

4:00 pm – The Cleveland Opera: Pietro Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz. Tim Culver (Fritz Kobus), Dorota Sobieska (Suzel), Brian Keith Johnson (Rabbi David), Amanda Fargo (Beppe), Sam Gross (Federico), Jason Fu (Hanezo), Nicole Wong (Caterina). Chorus & Instrumental Ensemble under the direction of Jacek Sobieski. First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland, 3630 Fairmount Blvd., Shaker Heights. Freewill offering.

4:00 pm – Lakeland Civic Chorus. Alway Something Sings. Ben Richard directs a program to be announced. Lakeland Community College 7700 Clocktower Dr. Kirtland. Tickets available online.

5:00 pm – Apollo’s Fire. J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 6. Jeannette Sorrell, conductor. Featuring Caleb Hudson of the Canadian Brass (baroque trumpet), Alan Choo (violin), and Nicole Divall & Min-Young Kim (violas). First United Methodist Church, 263 East Mill Street, Akron. Tickets available online.

7:30 pm – Les Délices: Arcadian Dreams. Program includes music by Louis Lefebvre, Arcangelo Corelli, George Frederick Handel, Thomas Louis Bourgeois, Domenico Scarlatti, and Jean Philippe Rameau. Hannah De Priest, soprano, Debra Nagy, oboe Shelby Yamin & Kako Bago, violin Rebecca Landell, cello, and Mark Edwards, harpsichord. Harkness Chapel 11200 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland. Free