by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S ENTRIES:

. Pirates in Wooster, McGill/McHale Trio in Kent

. Nagy receives EMA award for SalonEra, Littler hangs up his notebook in Toronto

. Schoenberg and Maazel exit, Ben Franklin creates new instrument

ON TODAY:

At 2:00 pm Ohio Light Opera continues its run of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance with a special Kids Day performance in Wooster’s Freedlander Theatre. You can purchase tickets here.

At 7:30 pm this week’s Kent/Blossom Faculty Concert features Kulas Visiting Artist, the McGill/McHale Trio —  Anthony McGill, clarinet, Demarre McGill, flute and Michael McHale, piano. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. A checklist of weekend events (and a cancellation)

. Les Délices and Cleveland Pops announce seasons, news briefs from Chicago, Atlanta, and the opera-loving English countryside, and unearthing Ukraine’s cultural heritage

. Almanac: George Antheil enters the world

THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:

On Friday at 12:15 pm McGaffin carillonneur George Leggiero will strike the University Circle bells with music by Peter Paul Olejar celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of such American outdoor attractions as New York’s Central Park and the Wade Lagoon at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Music by Handel and a pair of 20th-century sarabandes too. Can’t make it in person? There’s also a live stream. [Read more…]

 by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S ENTRIES:

. News Briefs: Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and Assembly for the Arts receive $3.3 million from the American Rescue Plan Act

. Interesting Reads & Listens: canceling the “1812,” musical chairs at Westminster Abbey & St. John’s Cambridge, a conversation between Pierre van der Westhuizen and Aaron Dworkin

. Almanac: celebrating birthdays of Ashkenazy, Hartke, and Morricone

ON TODAY:

Ohio Light Opera continues its run of The Student Prince at 2:00 pm at Freedlander Theatre in Wooster. Purchase tickets here.

There are two concerts in Kent today at 7:30 pm.  [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. June festivals wind up, July concerts blast off at Blossom

. News Briefs: CityMusic to go conductorless

. Interesting read: Culture Track survey dismantles some stereotypes about older Americans and the arts

. Almanac: The storks were busy this weekend. Celebrating the debuts of William Herbert Brewster, Carl Weinrich, Frederick Fennell, and Leoš Janáček

THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:

ChamberFest Cleveland ends the third week of its tenth season with performances of Debussy & Thorvaldsdottir on Friday at The Madison (note the correct start time is 7:30 pm and read a preview article here), Berio & Brahms on Saturday at 7:30 at the Maltz PAC (6:30 prelude concert by violinist Stephen Waarts), and on Sunday at 6:30 at The Grove Amphitheater (featuring soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon, violinist Stephen Waarts, and harpist Sivan Magen). [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S ENTRIES:

. OLO’s Hello, Dolly! reviewed and matinee scheduled for 2pm, UA Symphonic Band goes al fresco tonight

. In the News: ASCAP Young Composer Awards

. Interesting Reads: vocal warmups and vinyl supply chain problems

. Almanac: remembering Cleveland composer Hale Smith [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S ENTRIES:

. Walker, Ives, and Furtwängler on today’s “Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music”

. Update on Cliburn gold medalist Yunchan Lim, Youth Wind Symphony joins CSU

. Almanac features Happy Birthday composer & piano sonatas by George Walker on his natal anniversary

ON TODAY:

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Radio Broadcast: Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music, Eric Charnofsky, host. George Walker’s Five Fancies for clarinet and piano four hands, William Bland’s Sonata No. 4 for guitar and piano, Charles Ives’ Turn Ye, Turn Ye for choir and pipe organ, and Wilhelm Furtwängler’s second symphony. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

IN THIS EDITION:

. a long list of concerts in all shapes, flavors and sizes

. taking note of births and first performances: Terry Riley, William Grant Still, and Magnus Lindberg

THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:

The results of ENCORE’s String Quartet Intensive will be on display in three Young Artist Concerts on Friday at 7pm, and Saturday at 4pm and 7pm at Gilmour Academy’s Dodero Center in Gates Mills.

ChamberFest Cleveland presents “Color X Expanse” on Friday at 7:30 at Disciples Church, visiting piano music by Fritz Kreisler and George Walker, Kodaly’s Violin/Cello Duo and Fauré’s Piano Quintet. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S ENTRIES:

. Hello Dolly! at Ohio Light Opera

. Almanac: Sir Peter Pears, Jeffrey Mumford, and Darius Milhaud celebrate anniversaries of their debuts 

ON TODAY:

At 2:00 pm Ohio Light Opera presents Cinderella, music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II at Freedlander Theatre, 329 E. University St., Wooster. Purchase tickets here.

To check out live concerts happening this week in Northeast Ohio, see our Concert Listings. [Read more…]

by Daniel Hathaway

TODAY’S ENTRIES:

. Yesterday was Juneteenth, celebrating the end of slavery in 1865, but only established as a federal holiday in 2021 and not widely implemented until 2022. Since it falls on Sunday this year, we celebrate it on the following Monday

. Almanac: the birth of pianist André Watts in 1946, the debut of Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring at Glyndebourne in 1947, and the first public demonstration of Columbia Records’ 33-rpm “Long Playing” discs at a press conference in New York City in 1948

. Early warning: astronomically speaking, Summer begins tomorrow, Tuesday, June 21 at 5:13 am with the Summer Solstice

ON TODAY:

Tune in to Eric Charnofsky’s “Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music” today at 2pm for two hours’ worth of newish music, with works by Frank Martin, Joan Tower, Stephen Whittington, Zvronimir Nagy, Marin Marais, and Mark John McEncroe. (Question: which of these composers is a stowaway on a program of recent music?) [Read more…]