by Daniel Hathaway
HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND:
Only a handful of Classical performances are scheduled for Easter weekend.
Celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2024, the redesigned Cleveland International Piano Competition continues this weekend with first rounds at Baldwin Wallace on Thursday at 12 Noon, and Friday at 8 am and 1:15 pm. (By the way, Thursday, the 88th day of the year, is Piano Day, an international event established in 2015.)
Also on Thursday, frequent guest conductor JoAnn Falletta (pictured) will return to Kulas Hall to lead the CIM Orchestra and mentor student conductors Clancy Ellis and Jake Taniguchi in Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1, “Classical,” Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol, and Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
And on Saturday evening, the Music, Dance, and Visual Arts Departments of the Cleveland School of the Arts, with guest pianists Emanuela Friscioni and Ralitsa Georgieva-Smith, will bring some of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection to life in “Arts Live: A Night at the Museum.” It’s free at 7 pm in Gartner Auditorium.
For details of this and other events, visit our Concert Listings.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Apollo’s Fire’s Summer Countryside Concerts, scheduled for July 17-21, 26 and August 13, will offer three versions of the ensemble’s Four Seasons Rediscovered program, pairing Vivaldi’s violin concertos with songs about nature by Purcell and Morley featuring soprano Andréa Walker, tempestuous Italian arias sung by Amanda Forsythe, or other instrumental works. Concerts will be presented under a tent-canopy at Holden Arboretum, and indoors at Avon Lake and Bath Churches. Details here.
THE ALMANAC will return on Monday, April 1.
