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…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Live performances: solo organ, chamber music, uncommon sounds

. British Coronation music announced

. Stephen Hough podcast

. Remembering Widor, Alford, Segovia, Auden, the launching of a celebrated magazine, a troubled opera company, and the careers of two sopranos, plus a famous assassination and a state visit

HAPPENING TODAY: 

At 12:00 pm the Tuesday Noon Organ Plus Concert hosts Chase Loomer. The program includes J.S. Bach’s Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 680, Francisco Correa de Arauxo’s Quinto Tiento de medio registro, FO 29, Juan Cabanilles’ Tiento lleno séptimo tono por A la mi re, M386 no. 4 and Jean-Baptiste Robin’s Cinq Versets sur le “Veni Creator.” Church of the Covenant

At 7:30 pm Cleveland Chamber Music Society presents Paul Huang & Danbi Um, violins and Amy Yang, piano. Their fascinating program includes Leclair’s Sonata in e, Op. 3, No. 5, Moszkowski’s Suite, Op. 71, Ysaÿe’s Sonata, Rogerson’s Afterword, Barlowe’s Hebraïque Elegie and Sarasate’s Navarra. Disciples Christian Church in Cleveland Hts. Tickets available online. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Charnofsky visits some rare repertory

. Almanac tips a hat to Czerny, Grainger (pictured), Takemitsu

HAPPENING TODAY: 

From 2 to 4 this afternoon, on Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music, Eric Charnofsky DeeJays Bohuslav Martinů’s Double Concerto for Strings, Piano, and Timpani, Steve Reich’s Triple Quartet, Mara Gibson’s Spark (trombone and piano), J.S. Bach’s Chaconne (violin and orchestra) arr. by Felix Mendelssohn and Julian Milone, Gioachino Rossini’s Wind Quartet in D, Ivan Wyschnegradsky’s Meditation on Two Themes from the Day of Existence (cello and piano) & selections from A Venetian Coronation, featuring works by Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli. Click here to listen to the internet feed, or tune in to 91.1 FM in the greater Cleveland area. [Read more…]