by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music: granny may not have linked up with the music of William Grant Still, Cleveland composer Richard Eberhard, or Kenneth Fuchs, but you can, thanks to Eric Charnofsky and his two-hour WRUW program which goes exploring every Monday afternoon. Interesting stuff — give it a listen.

. Happy Birthday to native Clevelander Johann Heinrich Beck.

TODAY’S EVENTS: 

From 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, tune in Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music. Today’s playlist features Songs of Separation by William Grant Still, Three Little Nocturnes for string quartet and accordion by Bent Sørensen, Dennis Eberhard’s Prometheus Wept for bass voice and string orchestra, Face of the Night for English horn, strings, and percussion by Kenneth Fuchs, and music by Charles Griffes, Laura Schwendinger, and Carlo Yvon. WRUW, Case Western Reserve University. Click here to listen to the internet feed. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Weekend concerts feature music for guitars, organ, orchestra, and voice

. The Cleveland Orchestra appoints new Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow (pictured)

. Marking the birthdays of Christopher Hogwood, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, and Arvo Pärt

WEEKEND EVENTS:

Classical music concerts this weekend include a variety of options.

On Saturday at 7:30 pm, the Cleveland Classical Guitar Society will present its annual Showcase Concert at the Maltz Performing Arts Center. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway with Jarrett Hoffman.

IN THIS EDITION:

. Farewell to clarinetist Theodore Johnson

. An interesting handful of classical music events this weekend

. Anniversaries and ideas for a holiday playlist

R.I.P. THEODORE JOHNSON

Theodore Johnson, who began his career with his hometown orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, continued with the Kansas City Philharmonic, and then played clarinet with The Cleveland Orchestra for 36 years, passed away in Cleveland on August 30 at the age of 92.

His longtime orchestral partner Franklin Cohen has written on Facebook, “An amazing musician and extraordinary person has just sadly left us. Theodore Johnson was one of the main reasons for my seamless transition into the Cleveland Orchestra in 1976. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Farewells to Miss Olga (pictured) and Joey DeFrancsco

. Following orchestras on tour in Europe

. Musicology — dangerous profession?

TODAY’S EVENTS: 

Ho-hum — there are no live events to note in Northeast Ohio on this, the last day of August.

R.I.P., MISS OLGA:

We note the passing of longtime Cleveland Institute of Music piano faculty Olga Radosavljevich-Gradojevich, who retired in 2019 after teaching at the Institute for 59 years. In 2017 on the occasion of her 80th birthday, Youngstown State piano professor Cicilia Yudha — one of her many devoted students — wrote an appreciation for ClevelandClassical.com. Read the article here. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. All quiet on the concert front

. Charnofsky spins Górecki, Beach, Chávez, Reiprich & Hilton Jones on WRUW

. Signups for Summit Choral Society children’s programs, Bolcom revisits the piano concerto

. Anniversaries of the Longy School and why John Cage chose 4 minutes and 33 seconds as the duration for the most famous work nobody’s ever heard

TODAY’S EVENTS:

From 2:00 –4:00 pm today, hop on the WRUB feed from Case to hear Eric Charnofsky host music by Henryk Górecki, Douglas Anderson, Amy Beach, Carlos Chávez, Bruce Reiprich and Hilton Jones.

NEWS BRIEFS:

Summit Choral Society announces open registration for its children’s programs K-12. Follow this link. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Events: Cleveland Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Vadim Gluzman (pictured), Stars of Summer, Tuesday Musical Passport series, Tailgating with Cleveland Opera Theater

. CityMusic announces 2022-23 season

.  Arthur Loesser, Eric Coates, and Aspen Music Festival celebrate birthdays

WEEKEND EVENTS:

The Cleveland Orchestra is off to Europe for its first European tour since 2018. Friday night at 7:30 pm you can catch the second sendoff concert at Severance Music Center, when Franz Welser-Möst will lead Richard Strauss’ Macbeth, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks & Suite from Der Rosenkavalier (compiled by Welser-Möst) & Alban Berg’s Three Pieces from Lyric Suite. Tickets can be ordered online.

On Saturday, August 27 at 7:30 pm, New York’s celebrated Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, “a radical experiment in musical democracy” that plays without a conductor, will make a guest appearance at Blossom with violinist Vadim Gluzman as soloist. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Philadelphia Orchestra breaks off a date in Edinburgh over chorus masking

. remembering Louis Teicher

TODAY’S EVENTS: 

There’s nothing to highlight on the calendar today — late August has arrived!

NEWS BRIEFS:

The Philadelphia Orchestra, about to embark on a European tour, has canceled tomorrow’s scheduled performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Edinburgh Festival because the 130-voice Edinburgh Festival Chorus is refusing to perform wearing face masks. Read the Philadelphia Inquirer story here. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. Cooper violin competition finals, Harry Potter and The Cleveland Orchestra, Stars of Summer, and Tuesday Musical Passport series

. Canton Symphony names Matthew Jenkins Jaroszewicz (pictured) as Music Director Designate, Oberlin Artist Recital Series returns, Stambaugh Youth Concert Band auditions announced

. Almanac celebrates August 20 birthdays: Akron-born Queena Mario, British-born conductor Hugh Ross, and mezzo soprano Dame Janet Baker

TODAY’S EVENTS:

Tonight at 7:30 pm the finals of the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Violin Competition will be held in Oberlin Conservatory’s Warner Concert Hall. Three violinists perform complete concertos with the Canton Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Gerhardt Zimmermann. [Read more…]