by Daniel Hathaway
HAPPENING TODAY:
At 12:15 Noon, organist Florence Mustric will play Pachelbel and music by Americans Samuel Barber, Derek Healey, and Charles Ives on the Beckerath organ in Ohio City’s Trinity Lutheran Church, and Ohio Light Opera presents a 2 pm matinee performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers at the College of Wooster.
Weather forecasts have forced a venue change for the Cleveland Museum of Art’s 7:30 City Stages concert by Pahua (Mexico), which now moves to the Museum’s Atrium.
And at 7:30 the Poiesis Quartet (pictured) will play the third Kent/Blossom Faculty Concert in Ludwig Recital Hall at Kent State, surrounding Johannes Brahms’ Third Quartet with contemporary works by Kevin Lau, Joe Hisaischi & Eleanor Alberga. Read a preview here.
For details of upcoming concerts, visit our Concert Listings page.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The League of American Orchestras writes, “This summer, YMCA of the Rockies will host the inaugural Arts at Altitude Music Festival featuring the renowned Cleveland Pops Orchestra, led by founding conductor, Carl Topilow.
“From August 10-17, members of the Cleveland Pops will take over the Estes Park, Colorado family vacation destination with artist meet-and-greets, instrument showcases, music education sessions, open mic nights and solo pop-ups. The residency will be punctuated by two signature performances – a jazz evening on August 10 and a Broadway program on August 17.” Read more here.
NEWS:
More movies at Severance next season. The Cleveland Orchestra is adding The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Black Panther, and Canadian Brass to its 2024–2025 Severance season. Presale tickets are available starting today, July 10, as part of the Orchestra’s Christmas in July campaign, and general tickets will be made available on July 15.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
On July 10, 1835, Polish violin virtuoso and composer Henryk Wieniawski was born in Lubin, Poland. Joshua Bell has recorded his Second Concerto for Decca with Vladimir Ashkenazy and The Cleveland Orchestra, but for a more recent dose of Wieniawski, click here to watch Augustin Hadelich play both the violin and piano parts of the Scherzo-Tarantella from his home in May during the “COVID-19 hiatus.”
And on this date in 1895, German composer and educator Carl Orff was born in Munich. Hands-down, his most performed work is his cantata, Carmina Burana, based on the medieval German poetry of wandering scholars. So popular and recognizable is its first chorus, “O Fortuna,” that The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus recorded it for use as in-game intros for the 2014 season of the Cleveland Cavaliers (watch Assistant Conductor Andrew Grams leading the ensembles for the recording session here.) Hear a complete recording with Franz Welser-Möst and the London Philharmonic and Chorus here.
