by Stephanie Manning
HAPPENING TODAY:
At 12 noon, hear some “Minor Delights” from Bach, Pachebel and others at Music Near the Market, courtesy of organist Robert Myers. This freewill offering takes place at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ohio City.
And this evening, have your pick between traditional and contemporary. At 7:30 pm, the Music Box Supper Club hosts Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, a group revitalizing Southern Italy’s musical and dance traditions — tickets here. And at 8:00 pm, the Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (CUSP) presents Claire Rousay (pictured) and the Powers / Rolin Duo at Calicchia Gallery Studio — tickets here.
For more details on these and more upcoming performances, visit our Concert Listings.
PRESS RELEASE:
The Cleveland Orchestra announced that it raised $1.1 million dollars for its programming during its annual gala last weekend. In place of Franz Welser-Möst, Associate Conductor Daniel Reith led the Orchestra in a French-inspired performance for the guests at Severance Music Center. This event is the organization’s biggest fundraiser of the year.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
by Daniel Hathaway
On this date in 1932, Canadian pianist Glenn Gould was born in Toronto. One of the great keyboard personalities of the 20th century, Gould was also among the most eccentric, demanding special conditions for his recitals and recordings and eventually giving up live performances entirely in favor of studio recordings over which he could exercise precise control.
Gould soloed with George Szell and The Cleveland Orchestra, leading to a famous outburst on the part of the conductor. As related in the New York Times, the pianist “wasted more than an hour of orchestral rehearsal time turning the screws on the special chair he uses, explaining that he could not get it at just the right height. Szell finally exploded and told Gould in very explicit terms what he could do with the screws.”
And on September 25, 1927, English conductor Colin Davis was born in Weybridge, Surrey. Sir Colin returned to conduct The Cleveland Orchestra in April 2009, after a hiatus of 25 years. As reported in a Plain Dealer preview, his reappearance came at the urging of pianist Mitsuko Uchida. “She told me, ‘You’ve got to get back,’” recalled Davis, 82, by phone from his home in London, where Uchida also resides. “And I thought, ‘If she told me to do it, I’d better do it.’”
That concert in 2009 included the Second Symphony of Jean Sibelius, a composer whose music was a Davis specialty. In this video, he conducts the finale with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester at the 2008 BBC Proms.
