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OCTOBER 1 – TUESDAY
12 Noon – Tuesdays at the Covenant: Charlotte Beers Plank, organ. Dieterich Buxtehude’s Praeludium in C, BuxWV 137, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck’s Est-ce Mars (Variations), Georg Böhm’s Partita on “Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig,” Johann Caspar Kerll’s Capriccio sopra il cucu & J.S. Bach’s Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 547. Freewill offering. Church of the Covenant, University Circle.
7:30 pm – David von Behren, organ (Harvard University), in partnership with the Cleveland Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Program includes solo works and his transcriptions for simultaneous violin and organ. Schantz organ. Fairmount Presbyterian Church, 2757 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Hts. Freewill offering.
OCTOBER 2 – WEDNESDAY
12:00 pm – Brownbag Concert. CIM Guitar Studio of Jason Vieaux. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Free.
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 3 – THURSDAY
7:00 pm – BW Symphony Orchestra, Doug Droste, conductor and Ashley Gordon, viola (founder, Castle of our Skins). Program to be announced. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace University. Free. Live stream available.
7:30 pm – Les Délices: Moonlit Mozart. Selections from The Magic Flute, Adagio from Serenade in Eb, K. 375, Selections from Don Giovanni, and Serenade in C minor, K 388. Debra Nagy and Kathryn Montoya (oboe), Eric Hoeprich and Madison Vienna (clarinet), Stephanie Corwin and Clay Zeller-Townson (bassoon), Nathanael Udell and Sadie Glass (horn), and Sue Yelanjian (double bass). First United Methodist Church of Akron 263 East Mill Street, Akron. Tickets available online
7:30 pm – Canton Symphony Orchestra, Divergent Sounds Series. Marcus Smith. CSO musicians join Cleveland rapper, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marcus Smith for a concert influenced by hip-hop and R&B. The Auricle, 201 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Pops, Strictly Gershwin. Set to the incomparable music of George and Ira Gershwin, a huge cast of performers including the Tulsa Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, Cleveland Pops, tap dancers, and vocalists, will transport you to the golden age of Hollywood. Key Bank State Theater 1519 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
8:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Harding Conducts Schumann. Daniel Harding, conductor. Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 92 (“Oxford”), George Walker’s Sinfonia No. 2, and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
OCTOBER 4 – FRIDAY
11:00 am – The Cleveland Orchestra. Harding Conducts Schumann. Daniel Harding, conductor. George Walker’s Sinfonia No. 2 and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – BW Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Brendan Caldwell, conducting. Works by Frank Ticheli, Richard Strauss and Omar Thomas. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace University. Free. Live stream available.
7:00 pm – The Singer’s Club: In Grand Cathedrals. Celebrating the beginning of the 132nd Season, the ensemble will present some of the finest men’s sacred choral music. A light reception will follow the concert. First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland 3630 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Cleveland Pops, Strictly Gershwin. Set to the incomparable music of George and Ira Gershwin, a huge cast of performers including the Tulsa Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, Cleveland Pops, tap dancers, and vocalists, will transport you to the golden age of Hollywood. Key Bank State Theater 1519 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Silver Hall Concert Series. Eleanor Dubinsky, vocals and cello, & Darío Acosta Teich, guitar. Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Rd., Cleveland. Tickets available online.
OCTOBER 5 – SATURDAY
2:00 pm – Music at Main. Burning River Swing performs swing music in the style of Djanjo Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. Main Library (Downtown), 3rd Floor – Fine Arts Lobby. 325 Superior Ave, Cleveland. Free.
2:00 pm – Cleveland Pops, Strictly Gershwin. Set to the incomparable music of George and Ira Gershwin, a huge cast of performers including the Tulsa Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, Cleveland Pops, tap dancers, and vocalists, will transport you to the golden age of Hollywood. Key Bank State Theater 1519 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
7:00 pm – Music at Bath: Theron Brown Jazz Trio. Theron Brown (piano), Jordan McBride (bass), and Zaire Darden (drums). Program of original compositions. The Bath Church UCC 3980 West Bath Rd., Akron. Freewill offering.
7:00 pm – Stow Symphony Orchestra. Program includes Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished,” Johann Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto with soloist Alex McPherson, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Ballet Suite Sleeping Beauty.Tallmadge Bible Church, 1155 East Ave., Tallmadge. Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – BlueWater Chamber Orchestra. Threads of Time, Struggle, and Hope. Daniel Meyer, conductor and Neil Mueller, trumpet. Dilworth’s Freedom’s Plow, Hailstork’s He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, Thomas’s I Dream a World with Cleveland School of the Arts Choir and select strings from CSA, Biedenbender’s River of Time, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Pay-what-you-wish format, all are welcome.
7:30 pm – Les Délices: Moonlit Mozart. Selections from The Magic Flute, Adagio from Serenade in Eb, K. 375 Selections from Don Giovanni, and Serenade in C minor, K 388. Debra Nagy and Kathryn Montoya (oboe), Eric Hoeprich and Madison Vienna (clarinet), Stephanie Corwin and Clay Zeller-Townson (bassoon), Nathanael Udell and Sadie Glass (horn), and Sue Yelanjian (double bass). Disciples Christian Church 3663 Mayfield Rd, Cleveland HeightsTickets available online
7:30 pm – Youngstown Symphony. Rhapsody Royale. Sergey Bogza, conductor and Ila Yakushev, piano. Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Antonin Dvořák’s Slavonic Dance (Op. 72 No. 7), Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, and Camille Saint-Saëns’ Danse Bacchanale from Samson and Dalila. Powers Auditorium, 260 W Federal St, Youngstown. Tickets available online.
7:30 – LCCC Civic Orchestra. Robert Beckstrom leads Daniel Shell’s Visions (World Première), Richard Strauss’, Romanze for Cello & Orchestra with Jordan Alegant as soloist, and Robert Schumann’s Symphony #2. Hoke Theatre, Stocker Arts Center, 1005 Abbe Rd. N, Elyria. Tickets available online
8:00 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra. Harding Conducts Schumann. Daniel Harding, conductor. Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 92 (“Oxford”), George Walker’s Sinfonia No. 2, and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
OCTOBER 6 – SUNDAY
2:00 pm – Cleveland Pops, Strictly Gershwin. Set to the incomparable music of George and Ira Gershwin, a huge cast of performers including the Tulsa Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, Cleveland Pops, tap dancers, and vocalists, will transport you to the golden age of Hollywood. Key Bank State Theater 1519 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Tickets available online.
4:00 pm – Sounds of St. James: Jakob Aumiller, piano. Beethoven’s Sonata No. 30, Rachmaninoff’s Preludes & Moments Musicaux selections & Robert Schumann’s Carnaval, Op. 9. St. James Catholic Church, 17514 Detroit Ave., Lakewood. Freewill offering, reception to follow.
4:00 pm – Les Délices: Moonlit Mozart. Selections from The Magic Flute, Adagio from Serenade in Eb, K. 375 Selections from Don Giovanni, and Serenade in C minor, K 388. Debra Nagy and Kathryn Montoya (oboe), Eric Hoeprich and Madison Vienna (clarinet), Stephanie Corwin and Clay Zeller-Townson (bassoon), Nathanael Udell and Sadie Glass (horn), and Sue Yelanjian (double bass). West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church 20401 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River. Tickets available online
4:00 pm – BlueWater Chamber Orchestra. Threads of Time, Struggle, and Hope (St. Noel Concert Series). Daniel Meyer, conductor and Neil Mueller, trumpet. Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, Biedenbender’s River of Time, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. St. Noel Church, 35200 Chardon Rd, Willoughby Hills, Willoughby. Free
4:00 pm – Arts at Holy Trinity: Mario Buchanan, organist (Christ Church, Hudson). Dietrich Buxthude’s Toccata in d, Felix Mendelssohn’s Allegretto (Sonata No. 4), Leo Sowerby’s Scherzo (Church Sonata), Jehan Alain’s Variations sur un théme de Clément Jannequin, Dan Locklair’s …and call her blessed & Christ’s Ascension (Windows of Comfort), Nancy Daley’s Trumpet Tune, J.S. Bach’s Aus tiefer Not, BWV 686, David Hurd’s Were you there (Four Spiritual Preludes) & Marcel Dupré’s Prelude & Fugue in B. Berghaus organ. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 50 N. Prospect St., Akron. Freewill offering. Click here for more information.
5:00 pm – Kent Keyboard Series. Conrad Tao premieres faculty composer Adam Roberts’ “Book of Flowers,” a collection of 16 character pieces for piano. Each piece aims to capture a particular energy, from the playful and rhythmic, to the fragile and breakable, to the brutal and ferocious. Tao will also perform Debussy Études. Ludwig Recital Hall, 1325 Theatre Dr, Kent.Tickets available online.
7:30 pm – Tabla artist Salar Nader and rubâb player Homayoun Sakhi present a program featuring music of their Afghan homeland, pushing artistic boundaries that reflect their country’s position at the confluence of Persian, Central Asian, and Indian cultures. The program also includes Oberlin Conservatory’s Performance and Improvisation (PI) Ensemble. Finney Chapel, 90 North Professor St., Oberlin. Free
OCTOBER 8 – TUESDAY
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, Cleveland. 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.