by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Hybrid concerts from Trinity Cathedral and the Maltz

. Guitar Festival and Stroud Competition go live at CIM

. One composer to be remembered, another best forgotten.

TODAY’S EVENTS:

Two series continue today. At Noon, Trinity Cathedral lights more of the 200 candles on Belgian composer César Franck’s birthday gateau, with performances of his Organ Chorale No. 3 by Nicole Keller and Prélude, Fugue et Variation by Josh Kraybill on the recently installed Skinner organ, as well as perhaps his best-known chamber work, the Violin Sonata, to be played by Andrew Sords and Elizabeth DeMio.

Tonight at 7:30 at the Maltz Performing Arts Center, PianoCleveland hosts pianist Jonathan Biss (pictured) in “The Mind of Beethoven,” an episode in its Listening Series that will zero in on the composer’s often puzzling late sonatas. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Today’s concert listings page lists two events of note

. In the News: ENCORE Chamber Music announces summer events

. The Almanac: Buxtehude exits, Horowitz returns 

TODAY’S EVENTS:

At 2:00 pm Eric Charnofsky brings you the latest edition of his Radio Broadcast: Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music on Program on WRUW FM 91.1. The program includes the Piano Sonata by Paul Dukas, Anton Webern’s Five Movements for String Quartet, the Sonata for solo violin by Béla Bartók transcribed for viola, and a sonata for flute and basso continuo by Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht. Click here to listen to the internet feed.

At 7:30 pm at West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, the Rocky River Chamber Music Society will present the Grigoryan Brothers Duo (Australia, pictured), Slava and Leonard Grigoryan, classical guitar.

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. An extensive list of concert choices

. In the News: Cleveland Orchestra tour and recording, Curtis Institute tries out an immersive orchestra concert experience

. Almanac: Composers George Perle and Victoria Bond celebrate birthdays and Johann Sebastian Bach meets Prussian King Frederick II in Potsdam

THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:

With Mother’s Day weekend upon us, there’s plenty of live music in the area to add a little something special to the celebration. Here are our choices of concerts that offer a diverse selection of ensembles and musical styles — and many are free. Check our Concert Listings page for details. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Trinity FranckFest, Gordon square postcards, Tuesday Musical on Wednesday: “genre bending transformations” from Nu Deco Ensemble

. Jeremy Denk webinar

. Precursors of the grand piano, the phonograph record, and the international orchestral tour

TODAY’S EVENTS:

Today at Noon, Trinity Cathedral begins its celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of “French composer” César Franck with two of his organ works played by Nicole Keller and Josh Kraybill, and his Violin Sonata performed by Andrew Sords and pianist Elizabeth DeMio. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Kent State mega-concert at Severance tonight marks 1970 shootings

. May Day follow-ups: Magdalen Choir goes live again, lay clerks trounce choristers

. Almanac: Haydn’s Creation debuts in Vienna

TODAY’S FEATURED EVENT:

Tonight’s 7 pm performance at Severance by some 300 Kent State School of Music and University students will commemorate the tragic Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970 through “Stories of Peace, Protest, and Reflection.” [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Piano Cleveland listening series, Quire on WCLV

. ChamberFest Cleveland season lineup, Ukrainian orchestra formed for touring

. Remembering Slonimsky and Scriabin

TODAY’S EVENTS:

Tonight at 7:30 pm in Tucker Hall at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, Piano Cleveland reunites two of its Cleveland International Piano Competition medalists from 2021 in the first of three Listening Series concerts. Byeol Kim and Lovre Marušić put their four hands together in a concert titled “Piano Duo Do’s and Don’ts.” In-person tickets and virtual passes are available online.

And tonight at 8, WCLV’s Cleveland Ovations broadcasts Quire Cleveland’s March 6 performance of Demantius’ St. John Passion at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, including John Simna’s intermission interview with artistic director Jay White.

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by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

•Online: Eric Charnofsky’s Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music and Les Délices’ SalonEra 2.12

•Announcements from Tri-C JazzFest

•In the Almanac: Marco Enrico Bossi & John Knowles Paine

TODAY’S EVENTS:

Eric Charnofsky’s Monday program from CWRU (2-4 pm) features Charles Griffes’ Piano Sonata, Wilhelm Berger’s Variations and Fugue on an original theme for large orchestra, David Liptak’s solo guitar piece The Sighs, an organ sonata of Felix Mendelssohn, and the Suite for String Orchestra by Frank Bridge. Click here to listen to the internet feeds. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S EVENTS:

Wednesdays are busy days at Trinity Cathedral, with (at the moment) biweekly lunchtime concerts and weekly 6:00 pm Choral Evensongs. Today’s calendar features the Salzedo Harp Duo at Noon (both in-person and live streamed), and a performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs at 6 with solo baritone Edward Vogel and the Cathedral Choir.

Tonight at 7:30 pm, the Cleveland Museum of Art hosts tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain with Kala Ramnath, violin, and Jayanthi Kumaresh, veena, in an evening of Indian classical music in Gartner Auditorium.

CONCERT UPDATES:

Arts at Holy Trinity Lutheran, Akron, has announced that visa problems have led to the cancellation of Polish organist Marik Kudlicki’s recital on Sunday, April 24, but not his workshop, which will move online on Saturday, April 23. [Read more…]