JANUARY 31 - TUESDAY
7:30 pm — The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conducting. Smetana’s Three Movements from Ma Vlast (Vysehrad, The Moldau & Sárka), Sean Shepherd’s Wanderlust & Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 6. Tuesday Musical Series. E.J. Thomas Hall, University of Akron, 198 Hill St. Single tickets $22, $35 & $40.
7:30 pm — The Albers Trio with Yeol Eum Son, piano, Cleveland Chamber Music Society series. Mozart’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493, Dohnanyi’s Serenade for String Trio in C major, Op. 10, & Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25. Pre-concert lecture by Stephen Hefling at 6:00 pm. Fairmount Temple Auditorium, 23737 Fairmount Blvd., Beachwood. Tickets available online.
FEBRUARY 1 - WEDNESDAY
12:10 pm - Cleveland Institute of Music Organ Students, performers to be announced. Solos, duets and music for two organs by Bruhns, Soler, Vierne, Rheinberger, Hampton & Sousa. Emerging Artists Series. The Brownbag Concerts. Lunches welcome or purchase for $5. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.
6:00 pm - CMA Concert in the Galleries, CWRU Historical Performance Program students Elena Mullins & SIan Ricketts, sopranos, Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano, Lisa Kim, Matthew Leslie Santana & Christine Wilkinson, violins, Cynthia Black, viola, David Esteban Escobar, cello and viola da gamba, John Romey, double bass and violone, Paula Maust & Andrew Rosenblum, keyboard & Adam Wead, theorbo. “Milk and Honey: Sumptuous Music of the Sevententh Century”. Christoph Bernhard’s Jauchzet dem Herrn, Heinrich Biber’s O dulcis Jesu, Tarquinio Merula’s Favus distillans & Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla nanna, Dario Castello’s Sonata Decimasesta, and the anonymous Chiacona di Paradiso e d’Inferno (Milan, 1658). Reid Gallery (217 in the 1916 Building), Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard. Free.
7:30 pm — Viva! and Gala: Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, conducting, with Else Torp, soprano, Miriam Andersén, mezzo-soprano, Chris Watson, tenor, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, bass-baritone, and Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ. Arvo Pärt’s Veni creator spiritus, Trivium, My heart’s in the highlands, Da pacem & Berlin Mass, Machaut’s Veni creator / Christe qui lux es, Dowland’s Lacrymae, Anon. 14th c. Italian Benedicamus Domino (Faenza Codex), Pelle Gudmundsen Holmgreen’s Song & Kevin Volans’s Walking Song. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard. $41, $37 ($1 discount for CMA members).
7:30 pm - B-W Opera: Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Dean Williamson, conducting, directed by Benjamin Wayne Smith. With Adrianna Cleveland (Donna Anna), Andre C. Brown (Don Ottavio), Alec Donaldson (Don Giovanni), Jonathan F. Cooper (Leporello), Brittany Fernandez (Donna Elvira), Lindsay Espinosa (Zerlina), Justin Caithaml (Masetto) & Michael Revis (Commendatore). Kleist Center for Arts & Drama, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea. $15, $10 students & Seniors.
8:00 pm - CIM Orchestra at Severance Hall, Jeffrey Kahane, conducting, with Vinson Cole, tenor. Berlioz’s Overture to ‘Benvenuto Cellini’, Gluck’s Unis des la plus tendra enfance & Ah! mon ami, j’implore ta pitié (Iphigenie en Tauride), Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orphée et Eurydice), Berlioz’s Merci, doux crepuscule & Invocation a la Nature (Le Damnation de Faust) & Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 3 in a, op. 44. Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Free tickets required. Call 216.231.1111. Broadcast live over WCLV, 104.9 FM.
8:00 pm - University of Akron Faculty Recital: Bassoon & Friends, with Cynthia Cioffari, bassoon, Laura Silverman, piano and harpsichord, George Pope, flute, Jack Harel, oboe, Kristina Belisle Jones, clarinet, William Hoyt, horn, Alan Bodman, violin, and Christina Rosser, cello. Music by Telemann, Gebauer, Mendelssohn & Daniel Baldwin (premiere). Guzzetta Recital Hall, University of Akron, 139 E. Buchtel Ave. Free.
FEBRUARY 2 - THURSDAY
7:30 pm - B-W Opera: Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Dean Williamson, conducting, directed by Benjamin Wayne Smith. With Alessandra Gabbianelli (Donna Anna), Max Nolin (Don Ottavio), Aaron Dunn (Don Giovanni), Zachary Rusk (Leporello), Lauren Koteles (Donna Elvira), Desiree Johnson (Zerlina), Joseph Ziegler (Masetto) & Michael Revis (Commendatore). Kleist Center for Arts & Drama, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea. $15, $10 students & Seniors.
8:00 pm — The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst conducting, with Yefim Bronfman, piano. Brahms Festival: Saariaho’s Lanterna Magica (US Premiere), Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 & Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets: 216.231.1111.
FEBRUARY 3 - FRIDAY
7:30 pm - B-W Opera: Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Dean Williamson, conducting, directed by Benjamin Wayne Smith. With Adrianna Cleveland (Donna Anna), Andre C. Brown (Don Ottavio), Alec Donaldson (Don Giovanni), Jonathan F. Cooper (Leporello), Brittany Fernandez (Donna Elvira), Lindsay Espinosa (Zerlina), Justin Caithaml (Masetto) & Michael Revis (Commendatore). Kleist Center for Arts & Drama, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea. $15, $10 students & Seniors.
[POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS] 7:30 pm - CIM Faculty Recital, Annie Fullard & Peter Salaff, violins, Caitlin Lynch, viola, Melissa Kraut, cello, & Kathryn Brown, piano. Piazzolla’s Spring (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires), Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in c, op. 15 & Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat, op. 44. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free, but seating passes required. Call 216.791.5000 x411.
8:00 pm — The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst conducting, with Yefim Bronfman, piano. Brahms Festival: Saariaho’s Lanterna Magica (US Premiere), Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 & Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets: 216.231.1111.
FEBRUARY 4 - SATURDAY
12:00 pm — Metropolitan Opera Live Broadcast: Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, Marco Armiliato, conductor, Anna Netrebko (Anna Bolena), Ekaterina Gubanova (Giovanna Seymour), Tamara Mumford (Smeaton), Stephen Costelo (Lord Riccardo Percy) & Ildar Abdrazakov (Enrico VIII). Runtime: 3 hours, 30 minutes. WCLV, 104.9 FM. Live.
4:00 pm - Concert in Honor of Karen Knowlton, retiring executive director of the Cleveland International Piano Competition. “It’s about the music”. Tributes by first prize winners Antonio Pompa-Baldi (1999), Chu-Fang Huang (2005), Margarita Shevchenko (1995) and Roberto Plano (2001), and incoming executive director Pierre van der Westhuizen with Mark Dumm, violin. Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Tickets at clevelandpiano.org.
7:30 pm - B-W Opera: Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Dean Williamson, conducting, directed by Benjamin Wayne Smith. With Alessandra Gabbianelli (Donna Anna), Max Nolin (Don Ottavio), Aaron Dunn (Don Giovanni), Zachary Rusk (Leporello), Lauren Koteles (Donna Elvira), Desiree Johnson (Zerlina), Joseph Ziegler (Masetto) & Michael Revis (Commendatore). Kleist Center for Arts & Drama, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea. $15, $10 students & Seniors.
7:30 pm - Lorain County Community College Civic Orchestra, Robert Beckstrom, conducting, with Jonathan Salter, clarinet, Mark Wanich, baritone & Janine Porter, soprano. Artie Shaw’s Clarinet Concerto & Alexander Manevich’s Russian Concerto for clarinet and orchestra & a preview of Beckstrom’s new opera, Job. Stocker Center for the Arts, Lorain County Community College, 1005 North Abbe Road, Elyria. $7, $6 for LCCC students & staff and Buckeye Card holders.
8:00 pm — The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst conducting, with Yefim Bronfman, piano. Brahms Festival: Saariaho’s Lanterna Magica (US Premiere), Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 & Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets: 216.231.1111.
8:00 pm - Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, Randall Craig Fleischer, conducting, with Eric Wolford, YSU head football coach, narrator. YSU Night at the Symphony. Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture, Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’, Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 & Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. De Yor Performing Arts Center, Federal Plaza West, Youngstown. Tickets available online.
FEBRUARY 5 - SUNDAY
2:00 pm - B-W Opera: Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Dean Williamson, conducting, directed by Benjamin Wayne Smith. With Adrianna Cleveland (Donna Anna), Andre C. Brown (Don Ottavio), Alec Donaldson (Don Giovanni), Jonathan F. Cooper (Leporello), Brittany Fernandez (Donna Elvira), Lindsay Espinosa (Zerlina), Justin Caithaml (Masetto) & Michael Revis (Commendatore). Kleist Center for Arts & Drama, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea. $15, $10 students & Seniors.
2:00 pm - Brahms Chamber Music with Yefim Bronfman. Yefim Bronfman, piano, with William Preucil & Stephen Rose, violins, Robert Vernon, viola & Mark Kosower, cello. Brahms’ Piano Sonata No. 3 in f, op. 5, Violin Sonata No. 3 in d, op. 108 & Piano Quintet in f, op. 34. Reinberger Chamber Music Hall at Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. $38 general admission. Call 216.231.1111.
2:00 pm - I Cellisti: Pizzicato 4 Cello Quartet, (Heidi Albert, Derek Snyder, Ida Mercer & Nick Diodore) with Natasha Simmons, soprano, student cellists Clara Kao, Eric Bruckner, Eli Lawas & Daniel Toner, with Sasha Mäkilä, conductor. An eclectic mix of music from the Renaissance to Piazzolla, concluding with Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for 8 cellos and soprano. Cleveland Cello Society scholarship benefit concert. The Music Settlement, 11125 Magnolia Dr., Cleveland. $10 suggested donation.
3:00 pm - KSU Faculty Recital: Lara Troyer, soprano. TBA. Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent. Free.
3:00 pm - Panorámicos, Sandra Simon, soprano, Mary Kay Robinson-Ferguson, flute, Takako Masame & Miho Hashizume, violins, Lynne Ramsey, viola, Ralph Curry, cello, Alicja Basinska, piano & Andrew Pongrancz, percussion. Music by Jeffrey Mumford, Jacques Ibert, Frank Martin, Dmitri Shostakovich & Peter Hamlin. Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University, 11200 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland. $10. CWRU community free.
3:30 pm - Suburban Symphony Orchestra, Martin Kessler, conducting. Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf & Bernard Rogers’ Once upon a Time (5 Fairy Tales). Conway Hall, University School, 20701 Brantley Rd., Shaker Hts. Free.
4:00 pm - Dana Chamber Orchestra, John Wilcox, conducting, with Dorota Sobieska, soprano. Robert Rollin’s Three Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Anton Reicha’s Woodwind Quintet in C, op. 91 (first movement) & Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1. Powers Auditorium, DeYor Center, Federal Plaza, Youngstown. $5, $4 and free with YSU ID.
7:30 pm - KSU Guest Recital: Kathleen Miller, soprano. TBA. Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent. Free.
FEBRUARY 6 - MONDAY
4:30 pm - CIM New Music Series: Symposium, David Del Tredici, composer. Del Tredici discusses his music and approach to composition. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free.
7:30 pm - University of Akron Symphony Orchestra, Guy Victor Bordo, conducting, with concerto competition winners Emily Adams, piano & Thomas Breadon, bassoon. Wagner’s Meistersinger Overture, Jacob’s Concerto for Bassoon & Strings, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue & Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol. E.J. Thomas Hall, University of Akron, 198 Hill St. $10 general, $8 senior citizens and UA faculty/staff/parents of UA students/alumni, $5 non-UA students, free for UA students with ZipCard. 330-972-7570.
FEBRUARY 7 - TUESDAY
7:30 pm - Pianofest, directed by Paul Schenly. Student & faculty performances with commentary. Reception following. Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. $5 at the door, students free.
7:30 pm - St. Olaf Choir, Anton Armstrong, conducting. Program includes newly commissioned works: Ralph M. Johnson’s On Horizon’s Brim & René Clausen’s Ave Rosa; works by former conductors: F. Melius Christiansen’s Psalm 50, Olaf C. Christiansen’s Light Everlasting & Kenneth Jenning’s Antiphon; works by Palestrina, J.S. Bach & Mendelssohn, folk songs and spirituals. Mary Queen of Peace Church, 4423 Pearl Road, Cleveland. $30, $20 students with ID, group rates available. Call 800--363-5487 or order online.
FEBRUARY 8 - WEDNESDAY
12:10 pm - Vocal Arts Recital, voice students from Case, Baldwin-Wallace and Trinity Cathedral Choir. Music by Mozart, Butterworth, Messiaen and others. Emerging Artists Series. The Brownbag Concerts. Lunches welcome or purchase for $5. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.
12:15 - Florence Mustric, organ. “I Heard it at the Movies”. Tunes from “La Dolce Vita”, “The Pink Panther”, “Topsy-Turvy”, “Platoon” & “The Godfather”. Beckerath organ. Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th & Lorain, Cleveland. Freewill offering.
12:15 pm - Trio Abelia, Geralyn Giovannetti, oboe, Denise Root Pierce, horn & David Palmer, piano. Program to be announced. Music at Noon Series. Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown State University, 524 Wick Ave. Free.
7:30 pm - Apollo’s Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord, Olivier Brault, violin, Kathie Stewart, flute & René Schiffer, cello. “The Intimate Bach”. J.S. Bach’s Trio from Musical Offering,Toccata in e, BWV 917, Unaccompanied Partita for Solo Flute, BWV 1013, and excerpts from the suite for unaccompanied cello in D, BWV 1012, and unaccompanied violin in g, BWV 1001. Chagrin Falls United Methodist Church, 20 South Franklin St. Tickets: apollosfire.org.
7:30 pm — Viva! and Gala: Chucho Valdés, with the Afro-Cuban Messengers. Latin Jazz. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard. $45, $40 ($1 discount for CMA members).
8:00 pm - CIM New Music Series: David Del Tredici 75th Birthday Concert, Steven Smith, conducting, with Jung Eun Oh, soprano. Del Tredici’s In Memory of a Summer Day (Child Alice, Part I). Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free.
8:00 pm - Oberlin Faculty Recital: Robert Shannon, piano. Schubert’s Sonata in D, D. 850, Messiaen’s Le Moquer Polyglotte (Dés canyons aux étoiles) & Liszt’s Sonetto 123 del Petrarca & Après une lecture du Dante (Années de pèlerinage II: Italie). Warner Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 77 W. College St. Free.
FEBRUARY 9 - THURSDAY
12:15 - Old Stone Thursdays at Noon, Cleveland State University Keyboard Division. Program to be announced. Old Stone Church, Public Square, Cleveland. Freewill offering.
7:30 pm - Apollo’s Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord, Olivier Brault, violin, Kathie Stewart, flute & René Schiffer, cello.“The Intimate Bach”. J.S. Bach’s Trio from Musical Offering,Toccata in e, BWV 917, Unaccompanied Partita for Solo Flute, BWV 1013, and excerpts from the suite for unaccompanied cello in D, BWV 1012, and unaccompanied violin in g, BWV 1001. Fairlawn Lutheran Church, 3415 W. Market St., Fairlawn. Tickets: apollosfire.org.
8:00 pm — The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, conducting, with the Men of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Schubert’s Hymn to the Holy Spirit, Night Song in the Forest, Song of the Spirits over the Waters & Mahler’s Symphony No. 7. Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets: 216.231.1111.
FEBRUARY 10 - FRIDAY
7:30 pm - Cabaret in the Country: Ensemble HD, with Joshua Smith, flute & Christina Dahl, keyboard. A wide variety of chamber music. Sheep Barn, Squire Valleevue Farm, 37125 Fairmount Blvd., Hunting Valley. $38 includes food and one drink. Call 440.247.9700 or reserve online www.chagrinarts.org.
7:30 pm - CIM Art Song Faculty Recital, with Kathryn Brown, soprano & Daniel Shapiro, piano. Songs by Purcell, Handel, Schubert, Brahms, Poulenc & Fauré. Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free.
8:00 pm - Apollo’s Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord, Olivier Brault, violin, Kathie Stewart, flute & René Schiffer, cello. “The Intimate Bach”. “The Intimate Bach”. J.S. Bach’s Trio from Musical Offering,Toccata in e, BWV 917, Unaccompanied Partita for Solo Flute, BWV 1013, and excerpts from the suite for unaccompanied cello in D, BWV 1012, and unaccompanied violin in g, BWV 1001. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Hts. Tickets: apollosfire.org.
8:00 pm - Oberlin Faculty Recital, Alexa Still, flute, Robert Walters, oboe, Richard Hawkins, clarinet, Geore Sakakeeny, bassoon, Roland Pandolfi, horn & Haewon Song, piano. Poulenc’s Sextet in C, Barber’s Summer Music, & Jean Françaix’s L’heure du berger. Warner Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 77 W. College St. Free.
8:00 pm - University of Akron Guest Recital:Duo Amaral, Jorge Amaral & Mia Pomerantz, classical guitar. Program to be announced. Stroud Classical Guitar Competition Festival event. Guzzetta Recital Hall, University of Akron, 139 E. Buchtel Ave. Free.
FEBRUARY 11 - SATURDAY
12:00 pm — Metropolitan Opera Live Broadcast: Wagner’s Die Götterdämmerung, Fabio Luisi, conducting, with Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde), Wendy Bryn Harmer (Getrune), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute), Jay Hunter Morris (Siegfried), Iain Paterson (Gunther), Eric Owens (Alberich) & Hans-Peter König (Hagen). Running time: 5 hours, 50 minutes. WCLV, 104.9 FM. Live. HD Simulcast in area theaters.
2:00 pm - Passport Project. Program to be announced. Music at Main Series. Cleveland Public Library, Main Branch, 3rd floor lobby, 325 Superior, Cleveland. Free.
3:00 - TrebleFest 2012 Evensong, with treble singers from the Episcopal churches in Cleveland, Erie, Akron, Toledo & Cleveland Heights led by Todd Wilson, Sharon Downey, Dan Fortune and Rick Nelson, Bishop Mark Hollingsworth, presiding. Music by Ridout, Sumsion, Lalouette & Ireland, in memory of Gerre Hancock. Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Freewill offering.
7:00 pm - 19th Darius Milhaud Performance Prize Competition, for best performance of a work by the composer. Participants TBA. Winner to be announced at the reception following. Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard, Cleveland. Free.
7:00 pm - M.U.S.i.C. (Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics) Midwinter Musical Salon, Stanislav Kristenko, piano, Suliman Tekalli, violin, Satoko Hayami, piano, Stanislav Golovin, clarinet, Fedor Amosov, cello, Joseph Rebman, harp, Sarah Mossman, soprano & Rob McGuiness, baritoone. Program includes Beethoven’s Clarinet Trio, virtuoso violin works and more. Reception following. Private home in Orange Village. $40 adults, $25 students. Order online www.starsintheclassics.org.
8:00 pm - Apollo’s Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord, Olivier Brault, violin, Kathie Stewart, flute & René Schiffer, cello. “The Intimate Bach”. J.S. Bach’s Trio from Musical Offering,Toccata in e, BWV 917, Unaccompanied Partita for Solo Flute, BWV 1013, and excerpts from the suite for unaccompanied cello in D, BWV 1012, and unaccompanied violin in g, BWV 1001. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 2747 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Hts. Tickets: apollosfire.org.
8:00 pm - Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra, Stephen A. Eva, conductor, with Dmitri Levkovich & Marina Radiushina, pianists. Valentine’s Day concert. Prokofiev’s First Piano Concerto & the first and second movements of Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Concerto (Levkovich) and Grieg’s Concerto in a (Radiushina). Chagrin Falls Little Theatre, 40 River Street. $35, $20 for children & students with ID. Call 440.247.8955.
8:00 pm — The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, conducting, with the Men of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Schubert’s Hymn to the Holy Spirit, Night Song in the Forest, Song of the Spirits over the Waters & Mahler’s Symphony No. 7. Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets: 216.231.1111.
8:00 pm - Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, Carl Topilow, guest conductor, with Michael Maguire, tenor. Symphonic Valentine: Frank Sinatra hits and big band tunes. De Yor Performing Arts Center, Federal Plaza West, Youngstown. .
FEBRUARY 12 - SUNDAY
2:00 pm - The Almeda Trio, Cara Tweed, violin, Ida Mercer, cello, & Robert Cassidy, piano. Mozart’s Trio in C, Piazzolas Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas & Paul Ferguson’s Solstice Suite. Fairmount Presbyterian Church, 2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Freewill offering. Pre-concert Brunch at 12:15 ($5 donation suggested; reservations required, call 216.321.5800).
2:00 pm - Piano-Organ Recital by Robert Schneider & Betty Meyers. Organ: Vierne’s Carillon and Adagio (Symphony 3); Piano: Beryl Rubenstein’s Sonatina in c-sharp; Piano & Organ: Flor Peeters’ Finale from Concerto for organ & piano & Shostakovich’s Andante (Piano Concerto No. 2; Piano Four Hands: Liszt’s Polonaise & hymn settings by Vicki Collinsworth; Organ Four Hands: J. S. Bach’s Sinfonia (Cantata 29). First Baptist Church, 3630 Fairmount Blvd., Shaker Heights. Freewill offering.
3:00 pm - Akron Youth Symphony, Levi Hammer, conducting. Program to be announced. E.J. Thomas Hall, University of Akron, 198 Hill St. Tickets: akronsmphony.org.
3:00 pm - Amir Eldan , cello & Spencer Myer, piano. Works by Beethoven, Debussy, de Falla, Prokofiev & Schumann. Presented by Arts Renaissance Tremont. Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2592 W. 14th St., Tremont, Cleveland. Freewill offering.
3:00 pm - Aron Duo, Stephen & JoNell Aron. Love songs from the turn of the century. Music by Nature Winter Concert Series. Conference Center at Hines Hill, 1403 West Hines Hill, Peninsula. $20 ($17 Conservancy members). Call 330-657-2909.
3:00 pm — The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, conducting, with the Men of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Schubert’s Hymn to the Holy Spirit, Night Song in the Forest, Song of the Spirits over the Waters & Mahler’s Symphony No. 7. Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Tickets: 216.231.1111.
3:00 pm - Falls River Brass Quintet with Gary Pinter, organ. Music by Gigout, Curnow, Mussorgsky, Karg-Elert, Holst, Schickele, Conley, J.S. Bach, Westenkeuhler & Bridge. Fairlawn Lutheran Church, 3415 W. Market St., Fairlawn. Freewill offering.
4:00 pm - Apollo’s Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord, Olivier Brault, violin, Kathie Stewart, flute & René Schiffer, cello. “The Intimate Bach”. J.S. Bach’s Trio from Musical Offering,TToccata in e, BWV 917, Unaccompanied Partita for Solo Flute, BWV 1013, and excerpts from the suite for unaccompanied cello in D, BWV 1012, and unaccompanied violin in g, BWV 1001. Rocky River Presbyterian Church, 21750 Detroit Rd. Tickets: apollosfire.org.
4:00 pm - Mary Dobrea-Grindahl, piano. Piano music inspired by dance. Music by Rodrigo, Debussy, Albeniz, Milhaud, Rave & de Falla. Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Free.
4:00 pm - Valentine’s at the Corning Mansion, with George Foley, piano. Romantic favorites from The Great American Songbook, with wine, appetizers, pink chambagne & desserts. Corning Mansion, Bratenahl. Suggested donation $35 single, $50 couple. Call 216.681.1621 or email corningmansion@yahoo.com.
4:00 pm - M.U.S.i.C. (Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics) Midwinter Musical Salon, Stanislav Kristenko, piano, Suliman Tekalli, violin, Satoko Hayami, piano, Stanislav Golovin, clarinet, Fedor Amosov, cello, Joseph Rebman, harp, Sarah Mossman, soprano & Rob McGuiness, baritoone. Program includes virtuoso violin works and music for harp, piano and more by Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Paganini, Debussy and others. Reception following. Private home in Shaker Heights. $40 adults, $25 students. Order online www.starsintheclassics.org
7:00 - B-W Brass Choir, John Brndiar, director. Hindemith’s Morgenmusik, Wuensch’s Music for Seven Brass & music by Telemann, J. S. Bach & others. Chamber Music Hall, Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, 96 Front St., Berea. Free.
7:30 pm - Kent State Orchestra & Chorale, Liza Grossman, conducting. Tan Dun’s Dragon & Phoenix Overture, Margaret Brower’s Sizzle & concerto competition winners’ concertos. Cartwright Auditorium, Kent State University. Tickets at the door.
FEBRUARY 13 - MONDAY
7:00 pm - Ohio State University Men’s Glee Club, Robert J. Ward, conducting. Program to be announced. Sandusky High School, 2130 Hayes Ave., Sandusky. $15, $ students at the door.
8:00 pm - Contemporary Jazz Trio, Peter Dominguez, bass, Billy Hart, percussion & Dan Wall, piano. Evans’s Orbit, Shearing’s Conception, Shorter’s Infant Eyes, Corea’s Matrix, Zindars’s How My Heart Sings, Cahn/Styne’s I Fall in Love Too Easily, Fischer’s We’ll Be Together Again & Parks’s Don’t Misunderstand. West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River. Free.

