by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
•Today: Organist Florence Mustric plays Brahms at Trinity Lutheran, and jazz ensemble Artemis (pictured) visits Oberlin Artist Recital Series
•Stolen instrument: violin belonging to Alan Choo went missing on Friday in Cleveland Heights
•Guest artist update: Garrick Ohlsson replaces Igor Levit as soloist this week with The Cleveland Orchestra
•Almanac: Hugo Wolf and Gerald Moore
HAPPENING TODAY:
12:15 pm – Wednesday Noon Organ Concert by Florence Mustric. “Last notes from Brahms.” The eleven chorale preludes that are his final homage to J.S. Bach. Beckerath organ. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Freewill offering.
7:30 pm – Oberlin Artist Recital Series: Artemis, an all-star collective of visionary modern jazz bandleaders and composers, with pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, bassist Noriko Ueda, and drummer Allison Miller. Program to be announced. Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, 90 N. Professor St. Tickets available online. Read a preview article here.
STOLEN VIOLIN:
A violin owned by Alan Choo, concertmaster and assistant artistic director of Apollo’s Fire, has gone missing. The 2018 Jason Viseltear baroque violin was in a blue, hard-sided BAM case and was taken from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights on the afternoon of March 8. Also stolen was Choo’s backpack containing AirPods, whose last known location was in Taylor Heights.
A cash reward of $400 is being offered for the safe return of the instrument, no questions asked. Call or text 216-536-9852 with any information or to set up an anonymous handoff.
GUEST ARTIST UPDATE:
The Cleveland Orchestra has announced a guest artist update for the concerts on March 14, 16, and 17. Garrick Ohlsson will step in for Igor Levit in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27, Levit having withdrawn because of unforeseen health issues. The program remains the same, the Mozart paired with Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
by Daniel Hathaway
Austrian composer Hugo Wolf, most celebrated for his many Lieder, was born on this date in 1860 in Windisch. 127 years later, British pianist Gerald Moore died on March 13, 1987. Though composer and pianist obviously never met, we can conjoin their landmark dates today through German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, with whom Moore recorded Wolf’s Mörike Lieder — nearly two hours worth of music. (See photo above).
Gerald Moore spent his career advancing the usually sublimated role of the collaborative pianist, and filled several books with his witty commentary. Listen to an audio version of The Unashamed Accompanist dubbed from an Angel LP.