by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
•Tonight: Cleveland Orchestra plays Berg and Schubert
•News: Jejuana C. Brown (pictured) joins the Orchestra as Director of Diversity & Inclusion
•Almanac: Morton Feldman and his important decision to leave a concert early
HAPPENING TODAY:
Tonight at 7:30 pm, Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra will be joined by Joélle Harvey (soprano), Daryl Freedman (mezzo-soprano), Julian Prégardien and Martin Mitterrutzner (tenors), Dashon Burton (bass-baritone), and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus for a program that includes Berg’s Lyric Suite and two works by Schubert: the Symphony No. 8 and the Mass No. 6. Interestingly, the movements of the Berg and Schubert 8 are interwoven — Berg, Schubert, Berg, Schubert, Berg. Take a look here, where you can also find tickets. It’s the first of three performances over the coming days.
Musicians who are inclined to talk to the audience during concerts should take their lead from Timothy Weiss. On Saturday afternoon in Gartner Auditorium of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the director of the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble gave cogent and dryly humorous introductions to music by Luke Bedford, Philip Cashian and Morton Feldman, and conducted a brief, impromptu interview with composer Sean Shepherd.