by Daniel Hathaway
WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS:
This weekend usually features only a set of Cleveland Orchestra concerts. We’ll add two interesting performances by large Oberlin ensembles and a smattering of single events to that list, and wish everyone a Happy Easter or Chag Pesach Sameach.
Thursday
On Thursday at 7:30 pm, Daniele Rustioni will conduct The Cleveland Orchestra with organist Paul Jacobs (pictured) in Gabriel Fauré’s Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, Francis Poulenc’s Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Timpani, Alfredo Casella’s Italia, and Claude Debussy’s La Mer in Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Tickets available online. Repeated on Friday and Saturday at 7:30. Read Mike Telin’s interview with Paul Jacobs here.
And at 7:30 pm, Raphael Jiménez will lead the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra in Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, Claude Debussy’s Première Rhapsodie with Keyvar Smith-Herold, clarinet, and Léo Delibes’ Suite from Coppélia in Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., Oberlin. It’s free.
Friday
At 7:30 pm in Warner Concert Hall, Timothy Weiss will conduct the Oberlin Sinfonietta in world premieres of works by Christian Quiñones, Daniel Pesca, Michael Frazier, and Matthew Brown. 77 W. College St., Oberlin. It’s also free.
Saturday
2:00 pm – Music at Main presents Black Voltron, a group that fuses jazz, hip-hop, neo-soul, house/disco, and world music, honoring the Black Diaspora while innovating contemporary music. Third Floor Fine Arts Lobby, Cleveland Public Library Main Library, 325 Superior Ave., Cleveland. Free.
At the same hour, the Rosa Lee Chinese Music Ensemble will play Silk and Bamboo-style Chinese music at the Orange Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, 31975 Chagrin Blvd., Pepper Pike. Free.
And at 8 pm – Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project will host Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet and waveforms / Ahn in an evening of bold, exploratory sound art at 1433 E 33rd St., Cleveland, Tickets available online.
For details of these and other classical events, visit the ClevelandClassical.com Concert Listings.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If you took yesterday’s announcement seriously about Timothée Chalamet’s appointment as its new Director of Opera and Vocal Ensembles, The Cleveland Institute of Music has a bridge you might like to buy. Bitcoin inquiries only.
WEEKEND ALMANAC:
April 2:
Just one historical event to spotlight today: the founding of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in 1842, making the ensemble the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States. [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.