by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
•Tough choices: three orchestra concerts all at 7:30 tonight
•A composition competition and a performing arts fellowship for Northeast Ohioans
•Almanac: a pair of American composers in Charles Ives and Josephine McGill
HAPPENING TODAY:
Three options — choose one.
There’s Tuesday Musical’s season-opener, a performance by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The orchestra, led by Maxim Emelyanychev, will play Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with Nicola Benedetti as soloist (pictured), Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, and Anna Clyne’s Stride. Read Mike Telin’s interview with Clyne here, and get tickets here.
There’s The Cleveland Orchestra, led by Daniel Harding, in a program that includes Jörg Widmann’s Viola Concerto with Antoine Tamestit as soloist, and Richard Strauss’s “Alpine Symphony.” Tickets here.
And there’s the Canton Symphony with “Indré Meets the Symphony,” a pop-classical crossover concert featuring Akron-based band Indré. Tickets here (cheaper online than at the door). Also available: an open-bar pass…