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DIARY: Wednesday, January 10, 2024

January 10, 2024 by Jarrett Hoffman

by Jarrett Hoffman

IN THIS EDITION:

•Today: Joshua Redman Group with vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa (pictured) at CMA

•Announcements: Tuesday Musical Scholarship Competition, Early Music America Young Performers Festival, Early Music Month Mini-Grants, and Ohio Light Opera box office opening

•Interesting read: a profile of Wayne Brown, the recently retired president and chief executive of Detroit Opera

•Almanac: Sherrill Milnes and Frank Bridge

HAPPENING TODAY:

At 7:30 pm at Gartner Auditorium, the Cleveland Museum of Art will feature the Joshua Redman Group, featuring vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa. The ensemble features Redman on saxophone, Paul Cornish on piano, Philip Norris on bass, and Nazir Ebo on drums. Tickets are available here.

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DIARY: Tuesday, January 10, 2023

January 10, 2023 by Jarrett Hoffman

by Jarrett Hoffman

IN THIS EDITION:

•A programming change from The Cleveland Orchestra

•Registration open for Guitar Society’s guitar orchestras

•Almanac: the stylistic breadth of Frank Bridge

NEWS BRIEFS:

Yesterday afternoon, The Cleveland Orchestra announced a change to its program scheduled for February 2-5. Cellist Truls Mørk has withdrawn due to a muscle injury, so Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Cello Concerto will be replaced by Andrew Norman’s Sustain, led by previously announced guest conductor Klaus Mäkelä. The rest of the program — Debussy’s Images and Ravel’s Boléro — remains unchanged. (Pictured: Norman and Mäkelä.)

Registration is open until January 23 for the Cleveland Classical Guitar Society’s spring 2023 guitar orchestras. Those include one ensemble aimed at advanced guitarists, and another for beginner-to-intermediate players. Rehearsals begin in late February. More information here.

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Cleveland Orchestra’s holiday concerts return with plenty of festive cheer (Dec. 11)

by Stephanie Manning

This article was originally published on Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio — If the twinkling lights, leafy green garlands and festive poinsettias didn’t already clue you in, the holidays have arrived at Severance Music Center. ‘Tis the season for annual traditions — including The Cleveland Orchestra’s holiday concerts, which began on Wednesday evening.

Running through December 22, the programs feature plenty of seasonal classics plus some potential new favorites. The first performance proved that this mix is a delightful recipe for festive cheer.

“Look at you all, out on a school night!” conductor Sarah Hicks proclaimed joyfully from the podium. Just as many concertgoers donned red outfits to get into the spirit, Mandel Concert Hall was also decked out with decorations and stage lighting effects.

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Oberlin Conservatory convincingly tells Omar’s story (Dec. 8)

by Stephanie Manning

The Cleveland premiere of Rhiannon Giddens’ and Michael Abels’ Pultizer Prize-winning opera Omar on December 8 at the Maltz Performing Arts Center proved that concert productions of opera can succeed without sets, elaborate costumes and extensive staging. Indeed, the Oberlin Conservatory presentation offered more than enough to keep the audience in the crowded house enthralled.

The Opera, which was also presented at Oberlin’s Finney Chapel two days earlier, is based on the 1831 autobiography of Muslim scholar Omar ibn Said, the only such work written by an enslaved person during their enslavement, and the only such document written in Arabic.

Rhiannon Giddens’ brilliant libretto chronicles the life of ibn Said, beginning in present-day Senegal and following him through his capture, journey via the Middle Passage, and enslavement in North and South Carolina. [Read on…]

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