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DIARY: Tuesday, April 14, 2026

by Daniel Hathaway

HAPPENING TODAY:

Today at 12 noon, organist Chase Olson will divide his Tuesday noon program at the Church of the Covenant in University Circle between the Covenant’s 17th-century-style gallery instrument (music by Heinrich Scheidemann, Melchior Schildt, and Dietrich Buxtehude), and its American classic-style chancel instrument (music by Olson, Charles-Marie Widor, and Franz Liszt).

And at 7:30 pm – CIM Perspectives will present pianist Inna Faliks in Mixon Hall,

For details of these and other classical events, visit the ClevelandClassical.com Concert Listings.

TODAY’S ALMANAC:

Yesterday’s Diary mentioned the first performance of Handel’s Messiah in Dublin in April of 1742. Seven years later, in 1759, the composer died on this date at the age of 74. A crowd of 3,000 attended his funeral and burial in London’s Westminster Abbey on April 20, a service led by the Bishop of Rochester with music provided by the combined choirs of the Abbey, the Chapel Royal, and St. Paul’s Cathedral. [Read More…]

Pre•Views & Features

Pianist Alexandre Kantorow to make Cleveland debut

by Mike Telin

In 2019 at the age of 22, Alexandre Kantorow became the first French pianist to be awarded the Gold Medal at Tchaikovsky Competition, along with the Grand Prix, something that has happened only three times in the competition’s history. In 2024, he received the Gilmore Artist Award.

On Thursday, April 16 at 7:30 pm Alexandre Kantorow will make his Severance Music Center debut as part of The Cleveland Orchestra Recital series. His program will feature works by Liszt, Chopin, Medtner, Alkan, Scriabin, and Beethoven. Tickets are available online.

Answering his phone in Paris he told me he was taking care of real life things like renewing his passport before heading back into the music world. His American tour begins on Tuesday, April 14 and continues until May 2.

[Read on…]

Apollo’s Fire: O Jerusalem! Crossroads of Three Faiths — Part 2

by Mike Telin

This week, Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire will premiere a fresh version of their celebrated program O Jerusalem! Crossroads of Three Faiths. In this musical tour of the four quarters of Old Jerusalem (Jewish, Christian, Arab, and Armenian), surprising cross-influences emerge.

The program will be presented on Thursday, April 9 at The Bath Church UCC, on April 10 in Gartner Auditorium at the  Cleveland Museum of Art, and on April 11 at Congregation Mishkan Or, all at 7:30 pm. Pre-concert conversations will be presented by Daphna Mor and Ronnie Malley, one hour before each performance. Tickets are available online.

I caught up by telephone with Ronnie Malley, who, in addition to playing oud & accordion, served as the Arab musical and cultural consultant for this project. I asked him to talk about what he brought to the program.

Ronnie Malley: Jennette was very open to whatever I wanted to bring. And I thought, I am a Jerusalemite and I should  bring something from there. And the one thing that the city has always represented to me are the three Abrahamic faiths — Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

[Read on…]

David Russell brings Don Quixote to Cleveland Classical Guitar Society

by Mike Telin

The Cleveland Classical Guitar Society International Series will host celebrated guitarist David Russell on Saturday, April 11 at 7:30 pm at the Maltz Performing Arts Center.

Russell’s program will feature works by Mauro Giuliani, Isaac Albéniz, J.S. Bach, Stephen Goss, and Gabriel Estarellas. Tickets are available online.

On Sunday, April 12 at 2:00 pm, Russell will present a masterclass at the CCGS offices at 7100 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.

I caught up with the guitarist in San Francisco where he was in the middle of his annual residency at the San Francisco Conservatory. I began our Zoom conversation by welcoming him back to Cleveland.

[Read on…]

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