by Jarrett Hoffman
FOR THE YOUNG ONES:
Applications for the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra’s 2022-23 season are now open. Admire the photo by Roger Mastroianni above, then click here for more information.
And the Canton Symphony’s educational program “SymphonyLand Strings” — which tells the story of Crunch the Shy Dinosaur while teaching about string instruments — is now available to watch. Register here. It’s designed for children ages 3-6, but, I mean…a dinosaur? That’s shy? That maybe likes music? Potentially checks a lot of boxes. (And because it’s virtual, interested adults need not go the route of Steve Buscemi’s character in NBC’s 30 Rock, in a flashback to his days infiltrating high schools as an undercover cop.)
TODAY’S LISTENING, FOR YOU, AND FOR MR. KIBBLES
The Cleveland Orchestra’s podcast, On A Personal Note, continues with a two-part episode exploring “one of the most unusual and memorable performances” in the history of the ensemble. That was in January 2018, when one soloist for Haydn’s The Seasons fell ill — and then another. Listen to “Change of Seasons” here, from “The Scramble” to “The Golda Touch.”
And an article from Animal Wellness Magazine explores the benefits music may offer to dogs and cats, an idea with particular relevance in stressful environments such as shelters and veterinary hospitals. Perhaps those concepts and applications are a draw for you, or perhaps you don’t want to deny yourself the opportunity to see a picture of a dog wearing headphones. Either way, click here.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
Anniversaries on this particular date in classical music history go on and on — the birth of Mozart (Salzburg, 1756) and the death of Verdi (age 87 in Milan, 1901) just scratch the surface.
Given that January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day — chosen for the date in 1945 when the Soviet army liberated the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps — we’ll turn our focus to Czech pianist and composer Gideon Klein, who died on that same date in 1945 at age 25.