by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Something for everyone to enjoy in this weekend’s concert listings

. The guest list for this weekend’s birthday anniversaries could spin off some fascinating conversations (about that missing opera, Herr Schütz…)

WEEKEND EVENTS: 

On Friday, October 7, three intriguing concerts all begin at 7:30 pm. 

An Evening of Czech Vocal Music features students preparing to compete at the 10th annual American International Czech and Slovak Voice Competition in Wisconsin. Guzzetta Recital Hall at the University of Akron. Free.

Conductor Thierry Fischer leads The Cleveland Orchestra in Boulez’s Notations, Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto with Leila Josefowicz, violin (replacing Vilde Frang, who will not appear due to travel complications), and Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 (“Organ”) with Todd Wilson at Severance Music Center. The program is repeated on Saturday at 8:00 pm. Tickets available online.

The third is a guest recital by The Unheard of Ensemble, Ford Fourqurean, clarinet, Matheus Souza & Erica Dicker, violins, Iva Casian-Lakoš, cello & Daniel Anastasio, piano, who plan an adventurous, free program of music using technology and interactive multimedia at Oberlin’s Birenbaum Innovation and Performance Space. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. SalonEra returns for a third season

. Birthday anniversary toasts to Steve Reich and Zenobia Powell Perry (pictured, with Darius Milhaud)

TODAY’S EVENTS:

Today, Les Délices has released the first episode of SalonEra Season 3, available for viewing here through the end of June 2023. The period instrument ensemble takes a plunge into the history of Venice’s Ospedali with baritone/scholar Lisandro Abadie as guide. In the 18th century, the orphaned girls of the Ospedali were unlikely stars in the musical firmament of Venice, and yet tourists and luminaries alike crowded into their concerts, with writers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Charles Burney remarking on their sophisticated and touching concerts. Archival performances including an all-woman rendition of Vivaldi’s Gloria from Early Music Vancouver round out this episode.

From Case Western Reserve University, Eric Charnofsky hosts today’s episode of “Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music,” featuring Steve Reich’s Tehillim, Malcolm Arnold’s Concerto for Flute and Strings, art songs by Clara Schumann, and music for percussion ensemble. Click here from 2:00-4:00 pm to listen to the WRUW internet feed. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Choices to be made as the calendar fills up, Soweto Gospel Choir (pictured) reschedules Tuesday Musical concert

. Denyce Graves Foundation announces Shared Voices Partnership

. Almanac lists an array of first performances and anniversaries from September 30 through October 2.

EVENTS THIS WEEKEND:

Tonight at Severance, Franz Welser-Möst leads a stageful of musicians in Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony (stop by to admire the composer’s autograph manuscript, recently gifted to the Orchestra), and in Warner Concert Hall, Tim Weiss leads the Oberlin Sinfonietta in more recent fare.

On Saturday, the Firelands Symphony plays at Sawmill Creek in Huron.

On Sunday come the choices. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. The Cleveland Orchestra receives autograph manuscript of Mahler 2

. Two American musical scholars and three contemporary composers share birthdays

NEWS: 

On Tuesday, André Gremillet, President and CEO of The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, announced in a press release, the historic gift to the Orchestra of the autograph manuscript of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” generously donated by one of its Trustees, the noted Austrian media executive and philanthropist Herbert G. Kloiber.

Written in the composer’s own hand in 1894, the 232-page, unaltered document is the only complete autograph manuscript of the complete symphony in existence, and it contains the invaluable marks of Mahler’s alterations and annotations. Long recognized for its affinity with the Austro-German repertoire, The Cleveland Orchestra will preserve the manuscript in partnership with the Cleveland Museum of Art, making it available to scholars, and accessible for public viewing in the future. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Grandma’s classical playlists revisited

. Sirena Huang wins Indy violin contest, two live concerts (on Monday!) in Rocky River & Elyria

TODAY’S EVENTS:

Normally, Eric Charnofsky spends Mondays from 2-4 pm hosting a program “Not your Grandmother’s Classical Music” on the air from Case Western Reserve University.

Today, the lecturer, composer, and pianist turns that formula on its head and celebrates his grandmom’s birth anniversary with music by composers she actually knew or met — Leonard Bernstein, Dmitri Shostakovich, Elie Siegmeister, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and Paul Robeson. As a bonus, music by George Gershwin celebrates his own natal day. Click here to listen to the WRUW internet feed, which is studded with rarities. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Elizabeth II: end of a 70-year reign marked by state funeral at Westminster Abbey, interment at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor

. Ian McEwan reveals inner thoughts of a writer attempting to write the perfect novella

. Two celebrated pianists

TODAY’S EVENTS: 

Coverage of the State Funeral for Elizabeth II will occupy the broadcast media all day today. The most extensive coverage will surely come from the BBC. A download of the official program is a must for following the ceremony itself.

A bit of background on the venue for the funeral rites: Westminster Abbey (full name: the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster) is a “royal peculiar,” an entity entirely under the authority of the Crown rather than a cathedral of the Church of England under the jurisdiction of the bishop of a diocese. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Weekend concerts feature music in its many varieties

. Emerson Quartet bids adieu, Two QE II era playlists, anniversaries of the MetOpera at Lincoln Center, Maria Callas, and the 33-⅓ LP record

WEEKEND EVENTS:

Classical music concerts this weekend promise a variety of options.

On Friday at 7:00 pm, CityMusic Cleveland presents an interesting evening of chamber music that includes Manny Albam’s Quintet for Tuba and Strings at Praxis Fiber Workshop. It’s free. [Read more…]