The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra is one of the finest youth orchestras in the nation. Members receive regular coaching from The Cleveland Orchestra musicians and are led by Music Director Brett Mitchell. In addition to playing in the orchestra, students participate in a chamber music program. They performed selections of what they've been working on in this edition of Live from KeyBank Studio.
Live from KeyBank Studio: Cavatina Duo
The Cavatina Duo is the husband and wife team of flutist Eugenia Moliner from Spain and guitarist Denis Azabagic from Bosnia. They visited WCLV to perform live in the KeyBank Studio, and talked about their unique partnership, the different audiences they've encountered all over the world, and working with living composers.
Live from KeyBank Studio: Classical Revolution Cleveland
Classical Revolution Cleveland is a loosely bound group of classically trained musicians who all have one thing in common: they love performing in unusual and non-traditional formats around Cleveland. Ariel Clayton is the director of Classical Revolution Cleveland and plays violin.
Nine members of the group join Angela Mitchell in the KeyBank Studio today, performing works by Dohnanyi, Cassado, Ibert, and Brahms.
Live from KeyBank Studio: GPS Trio
The GPS Trio is made up of flutists Sean Gabriel and George Pope and pianist Rei Sakurai. They stop by the KeyBank Studio today to preview this Sunday’s recital, performing some of the greatest repertoire for flutes and piano.
Cleveland Ovations: Quire Cleveland and the Land of Harmony
CWRU music professor Ross W. Duffin has made his name as a scholar in several fields, among them, fifteenth-century Franco-Flemish music, English music of the Jacobean period and the study of historical tuning systems. Recently, though, he’s become fascinated with early American music, a subject he explored with the professional singers of Quire Cleveland in “The Land of Harmony: American Choral Gems from The Bay Psalm Book to Amy Beach."
Live from KeyBank Studio: cellist Brian Thornton
Brian Thornton is a musician of many interests. As cellist and conductor, he has performed in hundreds of venues across the world, from The White House in Washington,D.C., to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. He has performed as soloist with over 30 orchestras, and conducts his own ensemble located in Solon, Ohio. Brian has premiered over 100 new works, either as a soloist or in chamber ensembles. Evenings are spent performing with the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra, where he has been in the cello section for 19 years.
In this Live from KeyBank Studio session, Brian shares news about the Lev Aronson Festival, which he founded, and performs works by Bach and Paganini.
Live from KeyBank Studio: Opera per Tutti
Angela Mitchell welcomes four singers and a pianist to the KeyBank Studio. Opera per Tutti, the resident opera company of Cleveland Public Theatre, is about to open its 9th season. The singers are sopranos Andrea Anelli and Rebecca Freshwater, tenor John David Nevergall, baritone Benjamin Czarnota, and pianist Jeanette Davis. They perform arias and duets from La Traviata, Suor Angelica, Faust, Phantom of the Opera, and more. Pirates of Penzance opens September 12.
Live from KeyBank Studio: violinist Sonja Molloy and the Amati Ex-Hepton violin
Joining Angela Mitchell in the KeyBank Studio are violinist Sonja Molloy, instructor at The Music Settlement and member of the second violin section at The Cleveland Orchestra; pianist Alicja Basinska; Charlie Lawrence, president and CEO of The Music Settlement; and Megan Clay Constantine, chair of the Center for Music.
The Music Settlement recently acquired the Amati “Ex-Hepton” violin, which was built in 1665 by Nicholo Amati. Charlie and Megan explain how this priceless instrument came into the Settlement’s possession, and Sonja and Alicja perform Stravinsky's Suite Italienne, Bolcom's Graceful Ghost, and more.
Sonja Molloy, Megan Clay Constantine, and and Alicja Basinska
Preview of The Cunning Little Vixen - Part 4
The Cleveland Orchestra presents The Cunning Little Vixen by Leoš Janáček in a brand-new production. There are two more performances at Severance Hall: Thursday, May 22 at 7:30pm and Saturday, May 24 at 2:00pm.
This is the last installment in WCLV’s 4-part series previewing the show. Angela Mitchell attended opening night and spoke with audience members afterward to get their reaction. Shibani Faehnle, Andrew Singer, and Mackenzie Hutton are all members of “The Circle,” Cleveland Orchestra’s Young Professionals Group.
Photo credit: Roger Mastroianni/Cleveland Orchestra
Preview of The Cunning Little Vixen - Part 3
The Cleveland Orchestra presents The Cunning Little Vixen by Leoš Janáček in a brand-new production, opening May 17, 2014 at Severance Hall.
This is the third installment in WCLV’s 4-part series previewing the show. Assistant Producer Angela Mitchell is joined by Frank Rosenwein, principle oboe for The Cleveland Orchestra, to talk about the music, the rehearsal process, and more. Plus: Mark Williams, director of artistic planning, returns to give audiences a brief synopsis of the opera.
Photo credit: Roger Mastroianni/Cleveland Orchestra
Preview of The Cunning Little Vixen - Part 2
The Cleveland Orchestra presents The Cunning Little Vixen by Leoš Janáček in a brand-new production, opening May 17, 2014 at Severance Hall.
This is the second installment in WCLV’s 4-part series previewing the show. Assistant Producer Angela Mitchell sits down with Julie Kim, Director of Operations for the orchestra, to talk about what it takes to bring this opera to life.
Photo credit: Roger Mastroianni/Cleveland Orchestra
Preview of The Cunning Little Vixen - Part 1
The Cleveland Orchestra presents The Cunning Little Vixen by Leoš Janáček in a brand-new production, opening May 17, 2014 at Severance Hall.
This is the first installment in WCLV’s 4-part series previewing the show. Assistant Producer Angela Mitchell sits down with Mark Williams, Director of Artistic Planning for the orchestra, to talk about the opera's history, its music, and Janáček himself.
Photo credit: Roger Mastroianni/Cleveland Orchestra
Live from KeyBank Studio: Contrapunctus
Contrapunctus is a professional vocal ensemble specializing in the performance of sacred and secular music from the middle ages through the modern era, combining polyphony, literature, art and dialogue to create exceptional music within an historical context. In this edition of Live from KeyBank Studio, they perform works by Tallis, Bach, Gibbons, Byrd, and more, previewing their next concert.
Live from KeyBank Studio: pianist Vera Holczer
Pianist Vera Holczer, founder and director of the Aurora School of Music, visits the KeyBank Studio for performance and conversation with WCLV's Angela Mitchell. She performs Mozart’s Fantasy No. 4 in C minor, K. 475 and Beethoven’s Sonata No. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique.”
Live from KeyBank Studio: Aurora Trio
The Aurora Trio (violinist Andréa Belding, clarinetist Jenny Hublin, pianist Yuka Nakayama-Lewicki) consists of faculty from the Aurora School of Music in Aurora, Ohio. They perform--and explore--Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale live in the KeyBank Studio.
Oberlin Voice Symposium
Earlier this month, Oberlin College and Conservatory hosted their first ever Symposium for Voice Performance and Pedagogy. It brought together voice teachers, doctors, and others who share an intense interest in the welfare of singers and professional voice users. Assistant Producer Angela Mitchell brings you the story.
Jeannette LoVetri works with an Oberlin student during a master class.
Live from KeyBank Studio: Duo Amal
Palestinian Bishara Haroni and Israeli Yaron Kohlberg joined forces for a peace concert at the Oslo Opera House in 2011. The concert’s tremendous success resulted in a permanent partnership, aptly titled Duo Amal - a musical collaboration that transcends political and national differences. In this week's Live from KeyBank Studio, they chat with WCLV's Angela Mitchell and perform works by Schubert and Stravinsky.
