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DIARY: WEEKEND, Friday-Sunday, April 10-12, 2026

by Daniel Hathaway

WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS:

APRIL 10 – FRIDAY

7:00 pm – No Exit Presents the Either/Orchestra at Trinity Cathedral. Repeated on Saturday at the Bop Stop.

7:30 pm – The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance with Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor, and Sol Gabetta, cello. Repeated on Saturday.

7:30 pm – Apollo’s Fire revives O Jerusalem! Crossroads of Three Faiths (pictured) in Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Repeated on Saturday at Congregation Mishkan Or in Beachwood.

7:30 pm – The Resonance Project presents pianist Irwin Shung, piano in J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Plymouth Church UCC, in Shaker Heights.

APRIL 11 – SATURDAY

7:00 pm – Cleveland Repertory Orchestra presents a concert of American music in tribute to Michael Tilson Thomas. Matthew Salvaggio conducts, with Kira McGirr, mezzo-soprano, at Disciples Church in Cleveland Heights.

7:30 pm – Cleveland Classical Guitar Society presents David Russell in works by Mauro Giuliani, Isaac Albéniz, J.S. Bach, Stephen Goss, and Gabriel Estarellas at the Maltz Performing Arts Center.

APRIL 12 – SUNDAY

2:00 pm – Tri-C Classical Piano Series presents Stewart Goodyear in a program of Beethoven’s sonatas and his Andante Favoriti, plus two of Goodyear’s original compositions in Tri-C Metro Auditorium.

3:00 pm – Cleveland Chamber Collective presents Travelogue, featuring works by Daniel Kessner, David Lang, Margi Griebling-Haigh, Béla Bartók, Robert Manno, and Dylan Moffitt at Disciples Church in Cleveland Heights.

7:00 pm – CityMusic Cleveland’s April Chamber Concert presents hornist Margaret Tung, violinist Miho Hashizume, and pianist Donna Lee in works by Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms at Praxis Fiber Workshop.

7:30 pm – Cleveland Chamber Symphony presents its annual Young and Emerging Composers Concert featuring world premieres in Gamble Auditorium at Baldwin Wallace.

For details of these and other classical events, visit the ClevelandClassical.com Concert Listings.                          [Read More…]

Pre•Views & Features

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.

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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.

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No Exit Presents: Either/Orchestra performs music from Ethiopia

by Mike Telin

Since playing their first show on December 17, 1985, at the Cambridge (MA) Public Library, the acclaimed Either/Orchestra has been thrilling audiences around the globe with their unique  combination of jazz, improvisation, and global musical influences.

This week, as part of the No Exit Presents series, Either/Orchestra will perform two different programs that feature Ethiopian music and Ethio-jazz.

On Friday, April 10 at 7:00 pm at Trinity Cathedral E/O will feature Ethiopian vocalist Bruck Tesfaye performing Mahmoud Ahmed and Nerses Nalbandian-associated songs.

And on Saturday, April 11 at 7:00 pm at The Bop Stop, the ensemble will be joined by vocalist Munit Mesfin. The program features Nerses Nalbandian songs, as well as songs by Teshome Mitiku, Bezunesh Bekele, and Mahmoud Ahmed. Both performances are free.

No Exit’s Laura King caught up with Either/Orchestra founder Russ Gershon and asked him about the ensemble’s long association with Ethiopian music, and what they have in store for audiences at this week’s concerts.

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