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DIARY: Wednesday, March 4, 2026

by Daniel Hathaway

HAPPENING TODAY:

At 12 noon in Trinity Cathedral, Rosa Lee plays the Chinese zither, and at 6pm, the Cleveland Museum of Arts presents Will Dudley in an exploration of music for the kora in Toby’s Gallery for Contemporary Art.

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TODAY’S ALMANAC:

By Mike Telin

As we begin the gradual shift from winter into spring, we celebrate the birth of the composer whose name is synonymous with all four seasons. On this day in 1678 Antonio Vivaldi made his world debut in Venice, Italy.

Vivaldi’s page on London’s Classic FM highlights many fun facts about the red-haired composer, who was nicknamed il Prete Rosso (“The Red Priest”). Here are a few to ponder. [Read More…]

Pre•Views & Features

Cleveland Classical Guitar Society: a conversation with An Tran

By Mike Telin

“I’m so honored to be making my Cleveland debut — I love the city,” Guitarist An Tran said during a Zoom conversation. “I’ve been there twice. The first time was to go to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The second time was for the Cleveland International Classical Guitar Festival in the summer — not to play, just for fun. And now, I finally get to play there.”

On Saturday, March 7 at 7:30 pm at the Maltz Performing Arts Center, The Cleveland Classical Guitar Society continues its International Series with program by Chicago-based, Vietnamese guitarist An Tran. Tickets are available online.

[Read on…]

Apollo’s Fire: a celebration of music from the Palace of Versailles

By Mike Telin

This week Apollo’s Fire takes audiences on an excursion to 17th and 18th century France with a program celebrating the music created for the Palace of Versailles under the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV. Led by Associate Artistic Director Alan Choo, the program features works by Charpentier, Leclair, Lully, Rameau, and Rebel.

Performances begin on Thursday, March 5 at 7:30 pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron. The program will be repeated on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights and Sunday at 4:00 pm at Rocky River Presbyterian Church. Tickets are available online.

We caught up with oboist Gaia Saetermoe-Howard by Zoom, who will be giving a pre-concert lecture one hour before each performance. I began by asking her what the earliest piece on the program will be.

[Read on…]

Tuesday Musical: a conversation with saxophonists Timothy McAllister and Branford Marsalis – Part 2

By Mike Telin

On Tuesday, March 3 at 7:30 pm at Akron’s E.J. Thomas Hall, Tuesday Musical continues its season with the Marsalis-McAllister-Ames Trio — Branford Marsalis and Timothy McAllister, saxophones, and Liz Ames, piano. Tickets are available online.

I caught up with Branford Marsalis by phone in Durham, North Carolina. I began by asking him to share his recollection of how the trio met.

Branford Marsalis: I met Liz through her former husband who is a saxophonist. I went to a saxophone conference after I’d met her, and was just amazed at the volume of music that she could learn on the fly. If you’ve ever been to something like the North American Saxophone Alliance, you know that the pianists have to play something like twenty-five pieces in three days. And Liz had this massive volume of music that she walked around with, going from rehearsal room to rehearsal room, rehearsing with saxophonists from all over the country. I was just amazed by that. It left an impression on my mind. Wow, she’s amazing.

[Read on…]

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