by Daniel Hathaway
HAPPENING TODAY:
From 7 to 9pm at CLE Urban Winery in Cleveland Hts., ChamberFest Cleveland presents “Cello Dualities with Oliver Herbert.” Happy Hour begins at 7 pm with CFC artistic directors and festival musicians, followed by a 8 pm solo cello performance when Herbert will play J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3, Sofia Gubaidulina’s Preludes for Solo Cello & Paul Desenne’s Jaguar Songs.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
On June 18, 1818, French composer Charles Gounod was born in Paris. Instead of linking to one of his popular operas or symphonic masses, here’s his Petit symphonie pour vents in honor of all orchestral wind players. The Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France performs it in January, 2018 at the Maison de la Radio in Paris.
On June 18, 1942, Paul McCartney (Sir Paul since 1965 when The Beatles were inducted into the Order of the British Empire) was born in Liverpool, England. In addition to his career with the groundbreaking Liverpudlian band (who memorably played Cleveland in 1964 and 1966), he made a foray into classical music with his Liverpool Oratorio, featuring Kiri Te Kanawa (watch a video recording here of its dress rehearsal and premiere in Liverpool Cathedral in 1991.) But while searching for that video link, I ran across a Wired Autocomplete Interview where Sir Paul answers “the internet’s most searched questions about himself.” Too charming to pass up. Watch here.
