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SEPTEMBER 17 – TUESDAY
12:00 pm – Tuesday Noon at the Covenant: Jonathan Moyer, organ. Langlais’ Hymn action de grâce “Te Deum,” & Messiaen’s L’Ascension. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Free, lunches welcome.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Chamber Music Society: James Ehnes, violin & Andrew Armstrong, piano. Beethoven’s complete sonatas for violin & piano, first of three concerts. Sonatas No. 1-4, Op. 12 & 23. Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road in University Circle, Cleveland. 6:30 pm pre-concert talk by Daniel Hathaway of ClevelandClassical.com. Tickets available online.
SEPTEMBER 18 – WEDNESDAY
12:15 pm – Robert Myers, organ. “Minor delights,” music in major keys by a variety of composers. Beckerath Organ. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Freewill offering.
7:30 pm – Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge (U.K.), Stephen Layton, conducting. Byrd’s Sing joyfully & O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth, Tallis’ Salvator mundi, Purcell’s Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Arvo Pärt’s Bogoróditse Djévo, John Tavener’s Mother of God, here I stand, Victor Kalinniko’s Bogoróditse Djévo, Parsons’ Ave Maria, Ēriks Ešenvalds’ The heavens’ flock, Morten Lauridsen’s O magnum mysterium, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi’s Richte mich, Gott, Howells’ Take him, earth, for cherishing & Holst’s Nunc Dimittis for double choir. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.
SEPTEMBER 19 – THURSDAY
7:30 pm – Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting. Schubert’s Symphony No. 3 & Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet – Act I. Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
SEPTEMBER 20 – FRIDAY
12:00 pm – Oberlin Guest Lecture: Kimberly Marshall, organist Part of the Spanish Organ dedication series. Bibbins 223, Oberlin Conservatory, 77 W. College St. Free.
7:00 pm – Africa—>West Percussion Trio, Jamie Ryan, Ryan Korb & Josh Ryan. Works from recent recordings & Myth of the Metals. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Free.
8:00 pm – Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra & Elevated dance company, Stephen A. Eva, conducting, Michael J. Rogan, director, Howard Washington II, choreographer. Bernstein & Sondheim’s West Side Story, the complete score, lightly staged, featuring Ron Davis as Tony & Brittany Smile as Maria. Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, 40 River Street. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – CIM Orchestra, Mélisse Brunet, guest conductor, Shihao Hugh Zhu, clarinet, Hannah Koby, organ. Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole, Copland’s Clarinet Concerto & Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 in c. Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free but seating passes required.
8:00 pm – Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting. Schubert’s Symphony No. 3 & Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet – Act I. Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
SEPTEMBER 21 – SATURDAY
7:00 pm – BW Faculty Recital: The Joy of Violins (and perhaps some viola), with violinists Julian Ross, Sam Rotberg & Carol Ross. Johan Halvorsen’s Konsertcaprice, over norske melodier, Robert Fuchs’ Phantasiestücke, Op. 105, Don Freund’s Seven Violin Duets, Julian Ross’ On Newtown & New Handel Variations & Kodály’s Serenade. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Free.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Faculty Recital: Alexa Still, flute, with Evan Hines, piano & Drew Pattison, bassoon. Klena Kats-Chernin’s Eliza Article, Maria Grenfell’s Four Pooh Stories, Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6, Valerie Coleman’s Fanmi Imèn & Wish & Eva Beglarian’s I will not be sad in this world. Free. Click here for live stream.
8:00 pm – Akron Symphony, Benjamin Zander, guest conductor, Alexander Korsantia, piano. Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture, Mussorgsky’s Dawn on the Moscow River (Kovantchina), Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 & Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. E.J. Thomas Hall, University of Akron, 198 Hill St. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – Around the World Music Series: Oleg Kruglyakov, balalaika. Russian music. Presented by Standing Rock Cultural Arts. 7:30 pm meet-and-greet with light food and drinks. North Water Street Gallery, 300 N. Water St., Suite H, Kent. Suggested donation $10 or pay what you can.
8:00 pm – Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra & Elevated dance company, Stephen A. Eva, conducting, Michael J. Rogan, director, Howard Washington II, choreographer. Bernstein & Sondheim’s West Side Story, the complete score, lightly staged, featuring Ron Davis as Tony & Brittany Smile as Maria. Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, 40 River Street. Tickets available online.
SEPTEMBER 22 – SUNDAY
2:00 pm – BW Faculty Lecture & Recital: Tracy Grady, soprano & Robert Mayerovitch, piano. The Life and Works of Robert Schumann: Episode VII: the composer’s Op. 9 and Op. 13 piano works. Kulas Music Hall, Boesel Musical Arts Center at Baldwin Wallace University, 49 Seminary St., Berea. Free.
2:00 pm – Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra & Elevated dance company, Stephen A. Eva, conducting, Michael J. Rogan, director, Howard Washington II, choreographer. Bernstein & Sondheim’s West Side Story, the complete score, lightly staged, featuring Ron Davis as Tony & Brittany Smile as Maria. Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, 40 River Street. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Andrew Sords, violin & friends. Program includes piano trios by Mendelssohn & Shostakovich. Rocky River Presbyterian Church, 21750 Detroit Rd. Freewill offering.
3:00 pm – UA Guest Recital: Sean Schulze & Shuai Wang, piano. Duets by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann & Corigliano. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Free.
4:30 pm – Oberlin Art of Asia Series: Hisa & Hikaru Uzawa, Japanese Noh Theater performers from the Tessenkai branch of the Kanze School of Noh Theater, Tokyo. Climactic dance sequences from two major warrior plays, and present behind-the-scenes details of chanting, choreography, costumes & masks. Irene & Alan Wurtzel Theater, 67 North Main St., Oberlin. Free.
4:30 pm – Oberlin Guest Recital: Kimberly Marshall, organ (Arizona State University). Part of the Dedication Series for the Fenner Douglass Memorial Spanish Organ (Greg Harrold, Opus 11). Antonio de Cabezón’s Tiento del Séptimo Tono sobre Cum Sancto Spiritu de la Misa Beata Virgine de Josquin des Prés, Pavana italiana & Un gai bergier, Francisco Correa de Arauxo’s Tiento XXV de Medio Registro de Tiple de Séptimo Tono, Tiento XXIII de 6° Tono sobre la Batalla de Morales & Tres glosas sobre el Canto Llano de La Immaculada Concepción, Juan Cabanilles’ Corrente italiana & Pasacalles de Primer Tono, Pablo Bruna’s Tiento de 2o Tono sobre la Letanía de la Virgen & Diego da Conceição’s Batalha de 5o Tono. Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Art of Asia Series: Hisa & Hikaru Uzawa, Japanese Noh Theater performers from the Tessenkai branch of the Kanze School of Noh Theater, Tokyo. Climactic dance sequences from two major warrior plays, and present behind-the-scenes details of chanting, choreography, costumes & masks. Irene & Alan Wurtzel Theater, 67 North Main St., Oberlin. Free.
SEPTEMBER 23 – MONDAY
7:00 pm – Blue Streak Ensemble, Margaret Brouwer, director, Sean Gabriel, flute, Gunnar Owen Hirthe, clarinet, Arleigh Savage, bassoon, Larry Herman, trumpet, Mari Sato, violin, Yael Senamaud, viola, Anna Bowman Hurt, cello & Luke Rinderknecht, percussion. “Fire on the River.” Dawn Sonntag’s Tattler Creek, Judd Greenstein’s Clearing, Dawn, Dance, Brouwer’s Through the Haze & All Lines are Still Busy, Gene Koshinki’s Get It!, Missy Mazzoli’s Lies You Can Believe in & Greg D’Alessio’s River Music (premiere). Western Reserve Fire Museum, 310 Carnegie, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – KSU Faculty Recital: Verve Chamber Players, Jung-Min Amy Lee & Cathey Meng Robinson, violins, Joanna Patterson Zakany, viola, Keith Robinson, cello & Donna Lee, piano. Fuchs’ Twelve Duos, Op. 60, Turina’s Piano Quartet in a & Ravel’s String Quartet in F. Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent. Free.
8:00 pm – CSU Guest Concert: Clocks in Motion Percussion, Megan Arns, Matthew Coley, Christopher G. Jones & Sean Klev. Adam Silverman’s Spiderweb Lead, Jennifer Bellor’s Of Maker and Movement & Andrew Rindfleisch’s Chroma. Cleveland Contemporary Players Artist in Residency Series. Drinko Hall, Cleveland State University, 2100 Euclid Ave. Free.
8:00 pm – McDaniel & Kirkwood, with Andrea Belding Elson, violin, John Karkosiak, electric guitar, Buck McDaniel, piano & electronics & Jacob Kirkwood, percussion & electronics. Kirkwood’s Nitch (rev. 2019), McDaniel’s plainsong (rev. 2019) & McDaniel’s & Kirkwood’s Difference & Repetition (2018). Mahall’s, 13200 Madison Ave., Lakewood. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 at the door.
SEPTEMBER 24 – TUESDAY
7:30 pm – Oberlin Art of Asia Series: Hisa & Hikaru Uzawa, Japanese Noh Theater performers from the Tessenkai branch of the Kanze School of Noh Theater, Tokyo. Climactic dance sequences from two major warrior plays, and present behind-the-scenes details of chanting, choreography, costumes & masks. Irene & Alan Wurtzel Theater, 67 North Main St., Oberlin. Free.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Sinfonietta, Timothy Weiss, conducting. Seare Farhat’s TBA (Premiere), Philip Cashian’s Chamber Concerto (1995), Maria Grenfell’s Tarraleah & Freya Waley-Cohen’s Ink. Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free. Click here for live stream.
7:30 pm – Tuesday Musical: Jason Vieaux, guitar & Adam Barnett-Hart, violin. Selections from Jacques Ibert’s Histoires & Manuel de Falla’s Siete Canciones Populares Españolas, Handel’s Violin Sonata in D, J.S. Bach’s Fuga from Violin Sonata No. 1 in g, BWV 101, Barbara Kolb’s Umbrian Colors, Ysaÿe’s Sonata No. 5, Op. 27 for solo violin & Piazzolla’s L’histoire du Tango. 6:30 pm conversation with the musicians. E.J. Thomas Hall, University of Akron, 198 Hill St. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – UA Guest Recital: Jerry Tachoir, vibraphone. Program to be announced. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Free.
8:00 pm – BW 9 Horses Residency Concert, Joe Brent, mandolin/composer/arranger; Sara Caswell, violin & Shawn Conley, bass. Program includes Brent’s original compositions and works in many genres & Styles. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Free.
SEPTEMBER 25 – WEDNESDAY
12:15 pm – Robert Myers, organ. “Minor delights,” music in major keys by a variety of composers. Beckerath Organ. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Freewill offering.
12:15 pm – YSU Music at Noon: Northeast Ohio Keyboard Festival, pianists to be announced. Program to be announced. Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown State University, 524 Wick Ave. Free.
7:30 pm – UA Guest Recital: Todd Gafke, saxophone, with Bill Shaffer, piano. Program to be announced. Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave., Akron. Free.
8:00 pm – CIM Faculty Recital featuring Olga Dubossarskaya, violin, with Dmitri Berlinsky, violin, Mark Jacobs, viola, Si-Yan Darren Li, cello & Kathryn Brown, piano. J.S. Bach’s Violin Partita No. 2 in d, BWV 1004, Ysaÿe’s Sonata in d, Op. 27, No. 3, “Ballade” & Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in g, Op. 57. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free but seating passes required.
SEPTEMBER 26 – THURSDAY
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm — Tuesday Musical Decompression Chamber Concert, with the Escher String Quartet. A 90-minute concert designed to ease workday stress. Program to be announced. Food and bar menu available. Mustard Seed Café, Highland Square, Akron. Free admission.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting. Neuwirth’s Masaot/Clocks without Hands (Cleveland Orchestra premiere) & Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – LCCC Signature Series: Lauren Cauley, violin & Mariel Roberts, cello. Richard Carrick’s [Title pending, 2019], Jeffrey Mumford’s eight musings…revisiting memories (2005), radiances spreading from a world of resonant stillness (2018) & eight aspects of appreciation II (2012), Mariel Roberts’ Cara (2019), Dai Fijikura’s Fluid Cartography (2010), Carla Iannotta’s Dead wasps in a jam-jar (2014-2015) & Kaija Saariaho’s Sept Papillons . Studio Theatre, Stocker Center for the Arts, Lorain County Community College, 1005 North Abbe Road, Elyria. Free.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, Raphael Jiménez, conducting. Wagner’s Prelude from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg & Tchaikovsky’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55. Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, 90 N. Professor St. Free.
7:30 pm – UA Symphony Orchestra, Guy Bordo, conducting, with Jim Johnson, trumpet. Verdi’s Overture to Nabucco, Persichetti’s The Hollow Men, Adam Schoenberg’s Canto, Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana & Respighi’s The Pines of Rome. First Congregational Church, 292 E. Market St., Akron. Free.
SEPTEMBER 27 – FRIDAY
1:30 pm – Sara Daneshpour, piano. Pierre Boulez’ Incises (2001 version), J. S. Bach’s Canon I & Contrapunctus 4 (The Art of Fugue), Chopin’s Barcarolle in F-sharp, Op. 60 & Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit. Arts Renaissance Tremont Stepping Out Series. Rocky River Senior Center Auditorium, 21014 Hilliard Blvd. Free (donations welcome) but tickets required: call 440.333.6660.
3:00 pm – BW 9 Horses Residency Improv Session, Joe Brent, mandolin/composer/arranger; Sara Caswell, violin & Shawn Conley, bass. A round robin improvisation session. Kulas Music Hall, Boesel Musical Arts Center at Baldwin Wallace University, 49 Seminary St., Berea. Free.
7:00 pm – BW 9 Horses Residency: BW Symphony Orchestra, with Joe Brent, mandolin/composer/arranger; Sara Caswell, violin & Shawn Conley, bass. Brent’s dream in plastic (premiere), Clint Needham’s Flourishes & Copland’s Appalachian Spring orchestral suite. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Free.
7:30 pm – KSU Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band, Wendy Matthews & Kate Ferguson, conducting. Vaughan Williams’ Folk Song Suite, Kenny’s Coat of Armjs, Nishimura’s Chasing Sunlight, Nowlin’s No Greater Joy & Van der Roost’s Canterbury Chorale. Cartwright Hall, Kent State University, 650 Hilltop Dr., Kent. Free.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy Weiss, conducting, Kirsten Docter, viola. Ives’ The Unanswered Question, Aurie Hsu’s Mosaic (2008), Kari Watson’s TBA (Premiere) & Jesse Jones’ Viola Concerto (2019/Premiere). Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 43 South Professor St, Oberlin. Free.
SEPTEMBER 28 – SATURDAY
7:00 pm – BW Faculty/Guest Recital: Four Corners Vocal Quartet, Jessica McCormack, Rebecca Folsom, JR Fralick, Tod Fitzpatrick &Valerie Trujillo. Music by Massenet, Ian Coleman, Andrew Vores, Jennifer Conner & Kendal Gunlicks. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea.
Free.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Orchestra, Raphael Jiménez, conducting. Richard Strauss’ Don Juan, Op. 20, Colin McPhee’s Tabuh-Tabuhan & Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird (1919). Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, 90 N. Professor St. Free.
8:00 pm – Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting. Neuwirth’s Masaot/Clocks without Hands (Cleveland Orchestra premiere) & Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
SEPTEMBER 29 – SUNDAY
3:00 pm – Kent State University Orchestra, Jungho Kim, conducting, Jung-Min Amy Lee, violin. Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Mozart’s Magic Flute Overture & Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Cartwright Hall, Kent State University, 650 Hilltop Dr., Kent. Tickets available online.
3:00 pm – Les Délices, Debra Nagy, artistic director, Elena Mullins, soprano, Julie Andrijeski, violin, Debra Nagy, baroque oboe & recorder, Steuart Pincombe, viola da gamba & Lucas Harris, theorbo & baroque guitar. “Delights and Diversions.” Music from 18th Century France. FIRST•music concert series. First Lutheran Church, 1019 West Fifth St., Lorain. Free.
4:00 pm – Ars Organi at St. Paul’s: Noa Even, saxophone & Karel Paukert, organ. Works by Frank Wiley, J. Teml, LJ White, Jehan Alain & the premiere of a work by Buck McDaniel. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Hts. Freewill offering.
4:30 pm – Oberlin Guest Recital: Katherine Needleman, oboe (principal, Baltimore Symphony) & Hanchien Lee, piano. Clara Schumann’s Three Romances, Op. 22, Vivian Fine’s Sonatina (1942), Marina Dranishnikova’s Poeme (1953), Jean Coulthard’s Sonata (1947), Chiayu Hsu’s Contrast (1999) & Alyssa Morris’ Four Personalities based upon the Hartman Personality Test (2007). Stull Recital Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 77 W. College St. Free.
5:00 pm – BW Faculty Recital: Viola & Friends, Lembi Veskimets, viola, Christine Fuoco, piano, Nicole Keller, harpsichord, Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano & Josh Ryan, percussion. Program includes music by Marin Marais, Brahms & Michael Colgrass. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Free.
