by Daniel Hathaway
IN MEMORIAM CHRIS HAFF-PALUCK:
In a message posted on Sunday, Arts Renaissance Tremont Board President Fred Calatrello wrote:
“It is with great regret and a heavy heart that I must inform you that Chris, our friend, colleague and the moving spirit behind ART, passed away last night with her husband at her bedside. I don’t have to tell any of you what a great loss this is not only for us but also for her many former students, her numberless friends in the musical community and, indeed, anyone who had the good fortune to know and work with her over the many years she lived in and served this community. We all know that in addition to husband, family and friends, Chris’ great passion over the past three decades has been ARTS RENAISSANCE TREMONT; not only did she create the organization but she worked year in and year out to secure funding and artists so that each year we could bring great music to audiences in N.E.Ohio. For Chis, this was truly a labour of love.”
Arrangements are pending. A tribute to Chris will be published on ClevelandClassical.com later this week.
TODAY ON THE WEB:
Consult our Concert Listings for details about today’s Lunchtime With The Cleveland Orchestra, highlights from recent CIM Opera’s productions, and the MET Opera’s HD archive broadcast of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena.
TODAY’S FEATURED VIDEO:
In the latest Cleveland Orchestra Living Room Concert, Principal Second Violin Stephen Rose joins two of his fiddler colleagues, Nashville Symphony concertmaster Jun Iwasaki and James Ehnes, in a long-distance performance of Antonin Dvořák’s Gavotte. Watch here.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
On April 27, 1894, Russian-American musicologist, composer and conductor Nicolas Slonimsky entered the world in St. Petersburg. His literary credentials include serving as editor of Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (his own bio is priceless) as well as of his Lexicon of Musical Invective, a collection of “critical assaults on composers since Beethoven’s time,” Slonimsky’s career has been summarized in the documentary A Touch of Genius. Filmed in St. Petersburg and Los Angeles, the 60-minute PBS video is narrated by British actor Michael York. Watch it here.
And on this date in 1915, Russian composer Alexander Scriabin died of blood poisoning in Moscow at the age of 43. Watch a video of 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition first prize winner Martina Filjak performing his Nocturne for the left hand in the semi-final round. And watch these pages for a forthcoming review of Filjak’s latest CD.
