by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Britten at Trinity at noon, Apollo’s Fire and Trio Mediaeval in Lakewood and at CMA tonight

. Oberlin Orchestra concert available for replay

TODAYS EVENTS:

Today at Noon at Trinity Cathedral the high voices of the Cathedral Choir and harpist Jody Guinn will present Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Freewill offering.

At 7:00 pm, Apollo’s Fire and Jeannette Sorrrell will continue their run of performances of Handel’s Messiah at  Lakewood United Methodist Church. Sopranos Sonya Headlam and Erica Schuller, mezzo-sopranos Amanda Crider and Kim Leeds, tenor Steven Caldicott Wilson, and baritone Edward Vogel are the soloists. Tickets are available online. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Exploring new repertory with WRUW’s Eric Charnofsky

. Cleveland Orchestra joins Symphony Live, proposes 12-days of Christmas gift list

. Should other minds complete great unfinished musical works?

TODAYS EVENTS:

Explore off-the-beaten-track music from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm with host Eric Charnofsky on “Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music,” including Kazuo Fukushima’s Mei for solo flute, Louis Andriessen’s Facing Death transcribed for saxophone quartet, Michael Kurek’s Moon Canticle for harp, Pamela Decker’s Flores del Desierto (Tangos for Organ), Julius Röntgen’s Sonata in E for violin and piano, and a realization of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 10, a single movement piece assembled from sketches by Dr. Barry Cooper. To connect, click here, or tune in to 91.1 FM in the greater Cleveland area.

QUICK LINKS:

Cleveland Orchestra joins Symphony Live and suggests a 12 Days of Christmas gift list. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway & Mike Telin

IN THIS EDITION:

. So many events both holiday-themed and otherwise! Helpfully, most will receive more than a single performance, widening your choices

. Weekend Almanac: remembering anniversaries of Vincent d’Indy & William Grant Still

THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:

The Cleveland Orchestra will present their final classical concerts before Holiday events swing into action. On Friday at 11:00 am and on Saturday at 8:00 pm Vasily Petrenko will lead Elgar’s Cockaigne (“In London Town”), Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Behzod Abduraimov as soloist, and Walton’s Symphony No. 1. Tickets are available online. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. The Wednesday Noon Brownbag Concert at Trinity features Todd Wilson’s CIM organ studio & Ólafsson solo piano recital in Reinberger Chamber Music Hall at Severance

. Tuesday Musical announces annual scholarship competition

. Elizabethan madrigalist Thomas Weelkes passes in 1623

HAPPENING TODAY:

At 12:00 pm – Trinity Brownbag Concert. Organist Todd Wilson & students of the Cleveland Institute of Music organ studio. Festive seasonal music played on Trinity’s two great pipe organs. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.

At 7:30 pm – pianist Vìkingur Ólafsson (pictured above) will play a long list of short pieces by Mozart & his contemporaries in Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Music Center, including works by Galuppi, C.P.E. Bach, Cimarosa, and Haydn and arrangements by Liszt and Ólafsson himself. Take a deep breath and order your tickets online.

IN THE NEWS:

Tuesday Musical’s 2023 Annual Scholarship Competition is Saturday, March 18, with significantly increased cash awards. Applications will be accepted online from January 1 through January 31, 2023. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Charnofsky’s Ned Rorem tribute

. Jean-Baptiste Lully makes his debut

HAPPENING TODAY:

Today’s program from Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music, hosted by Eric Charnofsky, commemorates the life of Ned Rorem (1923-2022) with selections of his music for voice and piano, choir, orchestral, and chamber ensemble, along with the reading of inspiring and incisive Rorem quotes. Click here to listen to the internet feed: or tune in to 91.1 FM in the greater Cleveland area.

LOOKING AHEAD TO MIDWEEK:

On Wednesday at 7:30 pm – pianist Vìkingur Ólafsson (pictured above) will play a wide-ranging program of music by Mozart and his contemporaries in Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Music Center. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

.  Selected Blossom concerts from The Cleveland Orchestra and the Ohio Light Opera schedule for summer 2023

. Lesser known sibling composers

TODAY’S EVENTS:

While there isn’t a lot on the calendar today, there’s more than enough to satisfy your classical music palate beginning tomorrow and through the weekend. Check out our Concert Listings page here.

IN THE NEWS:

The Cleveland Orchestra announces select performances for the 2023 Blossom Music Festival. Highlights include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Jurassic Park, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and Disney’s The Sound of Magic. Featured soloists include pianists Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Michael Feinstein and vocalists Audra McDonald and Capathia Jenkins. Click here for more information.

And Ohio Light Opera has released its calendar of performances for summer 2023 at the College of Wooster. Have a look here and plan your visits, but note that tickets don’t go on sale until January 11. [Read more…]