2024-2025 EVENTS
15th Anniversary Season
October 5, 2024
Neil Mueller, Trumpet
Cleveland School of the Arts Choir and Strings
November 23, 2024
James Thompson, Violin
March 1, 2025
Afendi Yusuf, Clarinet
Amy Zoloto, Basset Horn
May 17, 2025
A Collaboration with Cleveland Chamber Choir
Season 14
JASON VIEAUX PLAYS VIVALDI
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society
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Saturday, March 16, 2024
Church of the Covenant
University Circle
Vivaldi: Concerto in D, RV 93
Dorman: How to Love for Guitar and Strings
Cleveland Premiere
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux joined BlueWater Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Director Daniel Meyer in performances of two divergent works for solo guitar with string orchestra. The Vivaldi Concerto in D, RV 93 is a beloved masterpiece from the 17th century, while Israeli composer Avner Dorman’s concerto How to Love for guitar and strings resonates deeply with our times. Dorman writes, “How to Love speaks to the essentials of mindfulness and how to love. How to love oneself, how to listen and understand, be happy, and even disagree. The journey of embracing imperfection in order to love each other fully is explored throughout all the movements.” The program concluded with Beethoven’s joyful Symphony No. 7.
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YOLANDA KONDONASSIS PLAYS RAVEL
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Saturday, March 16, 2024
Church of the Covenant
University Circle
Gounod: Petite Symphonie for Winds
Itoh: Kohola Sings
Ravel: Introduction and Allegro
Faure: Incidental Music to Pelléas et Mélisande
The beauty of the solo harp was extolled in two works for harp and strings. Yolanda Kondonassis performed Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro as well as the world premiere of Kohola Sings by Takuma Itoh, a work that celebrates the humpback whale. Also on the program was the Petite Symphonie for Winds by Gounod and selections from the Incidental Music to Pelléas et Mélisande by Fauré. Soprano Amanda Powell sang the Chanson de Mélisande.
JINJOO CHO PLAYS BARBER
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Friday, November 17, 2023
Church of the Covenant
University Circle
McTee: Adagio
Barber: Violin Concerto
Copland: Appalachian Spring: Suite for Full Orchestra
American vistas are the theme as dynamic violinist Jinjoo Cho returns to BlueWater to perform the lush Barber Violin Concerto. The program opens with Cindy McTee’s Adagio for String Orchestra, reminiscent of Barber’s beloved score. Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring: Suite for Full Orchestra concludes this program of iconic works by American composers.
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Jinjoo Cho’s appearance is made possible through the generosity of BNY Mellon Wealth Management.
YARON KOHLBERG PLAYS SHOSTAKOVICH
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Saturday, October 7, 2023
Church of the Covenant
University Circle
Bach/Mahler: Suite for Orchestra
Stravinsky: Danses Concertantes
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in c minor, Op. 35
Pianist Yaron Kohlberg, President of Piano Cleveland, joined Maestro Meyer and the BlueWater Chamber Orchestra in the first piano concerto of Dmitri Shostakovich. The prominent trumpet solo in the piece was performed by Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) Artist Diploma candidate Austin Cruz.
Other works on the program were Mahler’s arrangement of selections of Bach’s Orchestral Suites and the Danses Concertantes of Stravinsky.
PHOTO CREDITS: Jinjoo Cho – Kyu-Tae Shim, Yolanda Kondonassis – Mark Battrell, Jason Vieaux – Tyler Boye