by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. June festivals wind up, July concerts blast off at Blossom

. News Briefs: CityMusic to go conductorless

. Interesting read: Culture Track survey dismantles some stereotypes about older Americans and the arts

. Almanac: The storks were busy this weekend. Celebrating the debuts of William Herbert Brewster, Carl Weinrich, Frederick Fennell, and Leoš Janáček

THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:

ChamberFest Cleveland ends the third week of its tenth season with performances of Debussy & Thorvaldsdottir on Friday at The Madison (note the correct start time is 7:30 pm and read a preview article here), Berio & Brahms on Saturday at 7:30 at the Maltz PAC (6:30 prelude concert by violinist Stephen Waarts), and on Sunday at 6:30 at The Grove Amphitheater (featuring soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon, violinist Stephen Waarts, and harpist Sivan Magen). [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S ENTRIES:

. OLO’s Hello, Dolly! reviewed and matinee scheduled for 2pm, UA Symphonic Band goes al fresco tonight

. In the News: ASCAP Young Composer Awards

. Interesting Reads: vocal warmups and vinyl supply chain problems

. Almanac: remembering Cleveland composer Hale Smith [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S ENTRIES:

. Walker, Ives, and Furtwängler on today’s “Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music”

. Update on Cliburn gold medalist Yunchan Lim, Youth Wind Symphony joins CSU

. Almanac features Happy Birthday composer & piano sonatas by George Walker on his natal anniversary

ON TODAY:

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Radio Broadcast: Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music, Eric Charnofsky, host. George Walker’s Five Fancies for clarinet and piano four hands, William Bland’s Sonata No. 4 for guitar and piano, Charles Ives’ Turn Ye, Turn Ye for choir and pipe organ, and Wilhelm Furtwängler’s second symphony. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. a long list of concerts in all shapes, flavors and sizes

. taking note of births and first performances: Terry Riley, William Grant Still, and Magnus Lindberg

THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:

The results of ENCORE’s String Quartet Intensive will be on display in three Young Artist Concerts on Friday at 7pm, and Saturday at 4pm and 7pm at Gilmour Academy’s Dodero Center in Gates Mills.

ChamberFest Cleveland presents “Color X Expanse” on Friday at 7:30 at Disciples Church, visiting piano music by Fritz Kreisler and George Walker, Kodaly’s Violin/Cello Duo and Fauré’s Piano Quintet. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S ENTRIES:

. Hello Dolly! at Ohio Light Opera

. Almanac: Sir Peter Pears, Jeffrey Mumford, and Darius Milhaud celebrate anniversaries of their debuts 

ON TODAY:

At 2:00 pm Ohio Light Opera presents Cinderella, music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II at Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Purchase tickets here.

To check out live concerts happening this week in Northeast Ohio, see our Concert Listings. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S ENTRIES:

. Yesterday was Juneteenth, celebrating the end of slavery in 1865, but only established as a federal holiday in 2021 and not widely implemented until 2022. Since it falls on Sunday this year, we celebrate it on the following Monday

. Almanac: the birth of pianist André Watts in 1946, the debut of Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring at Glyndebourne in 1947, and the first public demonstration of Columbia Records’ 33-rpm “Long Playing” discs at a press conference in New York City in 1948

. Early warning: astronomically speaking, Summer begins tomorrow, Tuesday, June 21 at 5:13 am with the Summer Solstice

ON TODAY:

Tune in to Eric Charnofsky’s “Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music” today at 2pm for two hours’ worth of newish music, with works by Frank Martin, Joan Tower, Stephen Whittington, Zvronimir Nagy, Marin Marais, and Mark John McEncroe. (Question: which of these composers is a stowaway on a program of recent music?) [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. June festivals! ENCORE and ChamberFest continue, Ohio Light Opera raises the curtain

. In the Almanac: impressions of Stravinsky at Severance and the White House, Gounod’s birthday gift to wind players, the birth of Juneteenth

THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:

ENCORE:

On Friday, June 17 at 6:00 pm, a Conversation features Brandon Chrostowski of  EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute. At 7:00 pm the Classics Series presents “Tales of Pleasure: Food & Desire,” including Svante Henryson’s Suite Off Pist, Derek Bermel’s Coming Together, Andrew Rindfleisch’s Night Singing, Paul Schoenfield’s Café Music and Bohuslav Jan Martinu’s La revue de cuisine. Read a preview article here. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S ENTRIES:

. Quire Cleveland on replay, Women’s Orchestra chooses third music director

. PianoCleveland opens applications for 2023 Young Artists competition & institute

. Royal Opera House head writes about sensitive solutions to offensive material

. And a Quiz!

TODAY’S EVENTS:

No live events show up on our radar for today, but you can tune in to WCLV’s Ovations at 8:00 pm to hear Quire Cleveland’s “Resonant Glory” concert from May 15 at Akron’s St. Sebastian Church (pictured). Jay White conducts, and is featured in an intermission interview with John Simna. Tune in to listen live on many platforms.

To check out concerts happening this week see our Concert Listings. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Two Opera premieres, cello and carillon music, a festival of experimental sounds, ENCORE returns to Gates Mills, choral settings of feminist psalms: a wide palette of performances is in the works these three days.

. Anniversaries of Delius, Richard Strauss, and an innovative Britten work in the Almanac.

THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:

At 12:15 pm on Friday it’s the McGaffin Carillon Concert & Live Stream: George Leggiero, carillonneur. An 18th century carillon prelude by Matthias van den Gheyn, two Songs Without Words by Mendelssohn & Beethoven’s Für Elise. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S ENTRIES:

. Catalyst Quartet at the Aronson Cello Festival, Bristow’s Mass finally debuts

. Oberlin Global offers a continuing ed class, “The Racial Politics of Classical Music”

. Anniversaries of a German, a Czech, and a Pole in music history today

TODAY’S EVENTS:

Tonight at 7, the Lev Aronson Cello Festival features a recital by The Catalyst Quartet, Karla Donehew-Perez & Abi Fayette, violins, Paul Laraia, viola, Karlos Rodriguez, cello. [Read more…]