By Daniel Hathaway
IN THIS EDITION:
. Concerts at Trinity and CMA feature young performers
. BBC shoots itself in the foot
. Milestones: Lili Boulanger, My Fair Lady
HAPPENING TODAY ONLINE & IN PERSON:
At 12 noon on the Brownbag Concert Series at Trinity Cathedral, the Choirs of Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights perform a varied program of choral music led by Performing Arts department chair Laura Webster. The concert can be enjoyed in person or watched via live stream. [Read more…]
By Daniel Hathaway
IN THIS EDITION:
. Is Bach for everyone? (Nicholas Phan asks)
. Rarities from CWRU courtesy of Eric Charnofsky, New Morse Code in Rocky River
. Two titans of the art song share an Almanac date
HAPPENING TODAY ONLINE & IN PERSON:
Released today: Les Délices — SalonEra 3.6: BACH 52. SalonEra partners with GRAMMY-nominated tenor Nicholas Phan to probe the question “Is Bach’s music for everyone?.” Drawing on tenor arias and interviews captured for Phan’s BACH 52 project, Nicholas, Debra Nagy, and a range of community members reckon with the complex social history of Bach’s music as well as its enduring resonance in their lives. Available online and as a podcast through June 30, 2023. Click here. [Read more…]
By Daniel Hathaway
IN THIS EDITION:
. A long list of multiple & single performances
. The acoustic of Notre-Dame in Paris, an interactive experience from the New York Times
. Almanac entries: anniversaries of Honegger, Mendelssohn’s revival of Bach’s Matthew-Passion and a Leipzig summer extravaganza featuring Bobby McFerrin on his birthday, remembering Nijinski (pictured)
HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND:
Multiple performances: The Cleveland Orchestra’s Mozart Requiem (Fri, Sat, Sun afternoon), Oberlin Opera’s Candide (director Jonathan Field’s last production, Fri, Sat, Sun afternoon).
Single performances on Friday: Apollo’s Fire’s Exile – Music of the Jewish & African Diasporas (in Cleveland Hts.), Youngstown Symphony: Musical Titans & electric violinist and vocal master L Shankar (Cleveland Museum of Art). [Read more…]
By Daniel Hathaway
IN THIS EDITION:
. Apollo’s Fire launches series of music of the Jewish & African Diasporas
. Architect of CMA’s Atrium passes in New York
. Jarrett Hoffman considers International Women’s Day
. Almanac: Many milestones, but a focus on William Walton, his violin concerto, and The Cleveland Orchestra
HAPPENING TODAY:
Today at 7:30 pm at Bath Church, Apollo’s Fire begins its run of Exile – Music of the Jewish & African Diasporas, celebrating the interwoven connections of the Sephardic, Ashkenazy, Palestinian, and African traditions. Conceived and directed by Jeannette Sorrell & featuring mezzo-soprano Rachel Weston, tenors Jacob Perry & Haitham Haidar & baritone Jeffrey Strauss with Daphna Mor, recorder, ney & vocals. [Read more…]
By Daniel Hathaway
IN THIS EDITION:
. Charnofsky live on the air, Krosnick live at LCCC
. Almanac entries for March 6: Zoltán Kodály, Sarah Caldwell, The Flight of the Bumblebee, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
HAPPENING TODAY:
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music, hosted by Eric Charnofsky. Featured music: Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s Piano Quintet in d, Steven Kemper’s The Seven Stars (prepared piano, Angélica Negrón’s Still Here (saxophone and harp) & Karl Goldmark’s Rustic Wedding Symphony. Click here to listen to the internet feed: or tune in to 91.1 FM in the greater Cleveland area.
7:30 pm – LCCC Signature Series: Gwen Krosnick, solo cello (pictured). Dorothy Rudd Moore’s Baroque Suite for Unaccompanied Cello (1965), Jeffrey Mumford’s revisiting variazioni elegiaci…once more (2001) & amid fleeting pockets of billowing radiance (1990), Ralph Shapey’s Krosnick Soli (1983) & Donald Martino’s Parisonatina al’Dodecafonìa (1964). Cirigliano Studio Theatre, Stocker Center for the Arts, Lorain County Community College, 1005 North Abbe Road, Elyria. Free. [Read more…]
by Daniel Hathaway
IN THIS EDITION:
. Operas, Latin-flavored orchestra concerts, and an improvisation fest rise to the top of this weekend’s calendar.
. Almanac: three from the archives
HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND:
On Friday, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra offers “Blues, Gospel, and the Abstract Truth” at the Maltz, Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra feature Mussorgsky’s Pictures, Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G (Víkingur Ólafsson) & Louise Farrenc’s Third Symphony (repeated Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 3), while CIM Opera stages Poulenc’s chilling Dialogues des Carmélites (also Sunday at 3) and the Oberlin Improv Fest continues with flutist Nicole Mitchell at the Birenbaum. [Read more…]
by Daniel Hathaway
IN THIS EDITION:
. Trinity Brownbag Concert
. Women’s History Month
. Almanac: Births, deaths, first performances, and a protest in Vienna
HAPPENING TODAY:
Today’s Brownbag Concert at 12 Noon at Trinity Cathedral features the Shaker Heights High School Chamber Orchestra in a preview of their upcoming concert in New York City. See our Concert Listings for details.
ALMANAC FOR MARCH 1:
March is Women’s History Month, which grew out of a national celebration launched in 1981, when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week. Read more here. [Read more…]
by Daniel Hathaway
IN THIS EDITION:
. Charnofsky unveils more obscure works
. The Guardian continues its coverage of The Piano
. Listen to a live 1965 broadcast of Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra from Kviv
. Brief nods to Caruso, Borodin, Lehmann & Cliburn in today’s Almanac
HAPPENING TODAY:
Eric Charnofsky hosts two hours’ worth of not-so- often-heard repertoire today beginning at 2pm from the studios of WRUW radio. Today’s installment of Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music, features Sergey Taneyev’s Symphony No. 3 in d, Francisco Tarrega’s Carnival of Venice (guitar), Paul Lansky’s Pieces of Advice (horn and piano) & Aaron Jay Kernis’s Still Movement with Hymn (piano quartet). Click here to listen to the internet feed: or tune in to 91.1 FM in the greater Cleveland area. [Read more…]
by Daniel Hathaway
IN THIS EDITION:
. A packed calendar and some tough choices
. The Almanac remembers the death of Leo Ornstein, the births of Dame Myra Hess, and Maryanne Amacher, and the demise of Howard Hanson and Marie-Claire Alain
HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND:
Many events to mention, tough choices to make.
On Friday, a Cleveland Orchestra matinee and an evening performance by the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, the Music Settlement celebrates Black composers & artists, Cleveland Chamber Collective presents “After the Storm,” Les Délices features Sherezade Panthaki in “Enchanted Island,” Oberlin Orchestra teams up with a Jazz Division trio. [Read more…]
by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
. Cleveland International Classical Guitar Festival announces 2023 line-up
. Almanac: Happy birthday James Reese Europe
HAPPENING TODAY:
No concerts on the horizon today, probably because it’s Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the Christian calendar.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Cleveland International Classical Guitar Festival has announced its 2023 line-up. To be held at the Cleveland Institute of Music on June 1-4, the Festival will include concerts, master classes, lectures, guitar demonstrations, and the Stroud Youth Competition semi-final and final rounds. [Read more…]