by Daniel Hathaway
WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS:
FRIDAY
Today at 9 am and 2 pm, Piano Cleveland continues the first round of its Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists. repeated Daily through Sunday afternoon, online only.
Tonight at 7 pm, CIM Opera Theater stages Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel in Mixon Hall, repeated on Sunday at 3.
And at 8:00 pm, Baldwin Wallace Opera Theater stages Wolfgang Amadé Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte’s operatic masterpiece The Marriage of Figaro, directed by Scott Skiba and conducted by Dean Buck at the Kleist Center in Berea. Repeated Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 3.
SATURDAY
At 7:30, Daniel Meyer conducts BlueWater Chamber Orchestra with pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi (pictured) in works by Dmitri Kabalevsky & Leoš Janáček, and Wolfgang Amadé Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony at the Church of the Covenant.
At the same hour, Mélisse Brunet will lead the Canton Symphony, soprano Jessica Leigh, soprano, bass-baritone Sunghoon Han, and the Canton Symphony Chorus in Gabriela Lena Frank’s Adean Elegy and Johannes Brahms’s A German Requiem in Umstattd Hall at Zimmermann Symphony Center.
SUNDAY
At 3:30 pm, the Suburban Symphony Orchestra, Domenico Boyagian, conductor, with pianist Shuai Wang, will play Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 at the Maltz Performing Arts Center.
At 4:00 pm, the CIM New Music Ensemble, Keith Fitch, director, will feature works by guest composer Libby Larsen and Fitch in Mixon Hall.
For details of these and other classical events, visit the ClevelandClassical.com Concert Listings.
NEWS BRIEFS:
Oxford University’s Magdalen College Choir has announced that it will begin phasing girls into the ensemble for the first time since its founding in 1480. The Choir is best known for its Mayday morning ritual of singing carols from the chapel tower. Read the Oxford Mail story here.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Apollo’s Fire will revive Jeannette Sorrell’s program “O Jerusalem! Crossroads of Three Faiths” for performances from April 9-25 in Cleveland, New York City, Chicago, and London, with additional performances in Akron & Beachwood, and Evanston. IL. Read a press release here. [Read More…]
On Sunday, March 22 at 3:00 pm at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Chicago-based Third Coast Percussion — Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, and David Skidmore — will present “Time Pieces: The New Classical.” The program celebrates two decades of genre-defying, award-winning music, including many of the ensemble’s 20th anniversary commissions. The concert is sold out.
When Allison Hillier was starting her graduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music, she needed to find a place that was within walking distance of the school. While apartment hunting in nearby neighborhoods, Hillier found herself walking through Little Italy. “I heard opera coming from restaurants, and I thought this is a really vibrant community. There’s a lot going on,” she recalled during a recent Zoom conversation.