The Cleveland Orchestra Continues Its Blossom Run and the Rest of the Classical Music to Catch This Week

It’s summertime at Blossom Credit: Scene Archives

Summer is a time to relax and recharge, but that doesn’t mean that classical music events go on holiday. Here’s an edited list of concerts for your consideration.

– Ohio Light Opera gets busier each week in Freedlander Theater at The College of Wooster as new productions and performances are added. This Wednesday, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel returns at 2 pm, with more performances at 2 pm on July 12 & 15, George and Ira Gershwin’s Tip-Toes is scheduled for 2 pm on Thursday and 7:30 pm on July 12, and Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon rises out of the Scottish mists on Friday at 2 pm and Saturday at 7:30. Tickets available online.

– The third faculty concert of the Kent Blossom Music Festival will feature cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia, and pianist Jee-Won Oh on Wednesday at 7 in Ludwig Recital Hall at Kent State University. Also on Wednesday, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s City Stages will present accordionist Yeison Landero in a free concert at Transformer Station on Wednesday at 7:30.

– The first of four Summers at Severance featuring The Cleveland Orchestra, Marie Jacquot, conducting, with Randall Goosby, violin, in music by Mozart and Richard Strauss starts at 7 pm on Thursday. Tickets are available online.

-Live music at the Happy Dog on Thursday at 9 pm will include New Orleans composer Neal Todten performing his organ score for the film House of Direction, electroacoustic works by Jacob Kirkwood and Buck McDaniel, and an ambient electronic set by Andrew Elaban.

– “Forte Fridays” at Crocker Park in Westlake will include novelty piano works by Bill McNally, a vocal and piano set by Joe Leaman & Dane Vannatter, and a solo performance by Halida Dinova sponsored by Piano Cleveland beginning at 6:30 pm.

– Also on Friday, Chagrin Arts opens its revival of Blind Injustice, a groundbreaking opera that recounts the harrowing journeys of six Ohio exonerees who had their convictions overturned through the work of the Ohio Innocence Project. The first performance in Outcalt Theatre in Playhouse Square is sold out, but tickets are available online for July 12 at 7:30 pm and July 13 at 3:00 pm. Read four preview articles on ClevelandClassical.com for more information.

– Saturday will see two al fresco performances. At 12 Noon, the Athena String Quartet, Leah Goor Burtnett and Sam Petre, violins, Laura Shuster, viola, and Julie Myers King, cello will join guest cellist Linda Atherton for a free performance of Franz Schubert’s Cello Quintet in Evans Amphitheater at Cain Park in Cleveland Heights.

– And at 7 pm on Saturday at Blossom, The Cleveland Orchestra, led by Osmo Vänskä, and joined by Shelén Hughes, soprano, Reginald Mobley, countertenor, John Brancy, baritone, the Blossom Festival Chorus and The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus will perform Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana — plus Jean Sibelius’ En Saga. Tickets available online.

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

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