Saturday, March 21, 2026

Kidane, Bartók, Scriabin, and screaming at Severance

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Elim Chan continued her two-week guest stint with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall with an engaging program of music from the 20 th...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Stravinsky, Haydn, and Beethoven at Severance

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Guest conductor Elim Chan returned to Cleveland to lead a varied program that ranged from the classical age, to the cusp of the romantic era...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

The Slow, Sad Death of Sony Classical

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During the 20 th Century, there were two great American Classical Music record labels, Columbia and RCA.  Columbia had sub-labels like Epic...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

Brahms, Martinů, and Kaprálová with Hrůša at Severance

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This weekend’s Cleveland Orchestra concerts featured the return of guest conductor Jakub Hrůša , leading the orchestra in works both familia...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Music of Unsuk Chin and Richard Strauss at Severance

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As befits the shortest month of the year, this evening’s Cleveland Orchestra program at Severance Hall , which featured guest conductor   Al...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Five Days in Cancún

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Daniel and I just returned from a five-day vacation in Mexico, our fourth time in that country together.  February is an ideal time to go to...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Yet another proposed ordinance in South Euclid

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One advantage of being old is that, as long as one maintains one's mental faculties, one has a long memory.  I'm old enough to remem...