Sun 10/19 @ 2:30PM
For more than 20 years, chamber orchestra CityMusic has been presenting free concerts in a variety of venues and neighborhoods to give more people access to classical music, both past and present. Its emphasis is on works by women composers and composers of color who have typically been underrepresented on classical music programs.
This weekend, the ensemble will perform at the Cleveland Museum of Arts’ Gartner Auditorium, led by guest conductor John McLaughlin Williams. The program will feature a group of lesser-known works that embody diversity. They include early 20th-century Austrian-American composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s 1919 Suite from Much Ado About Nothing; the world premiere of Jerod Impichchaachaaaha’ Tate’s Ko’koomfean (Our Grandmother), commissioned by CityMusic from the indigenous pianist/composer; Samuel Barber’s 1947 Knoxville: Summer of 1915 based on a text by noted author James Agee; and 20th-century composer George Frederick McKay’s Tlingit, honoring a Pacific Northwest indigenous group. The orchestra will be joined by soprano Kirsten Kunkel for this concert.
The concert is free but a ticket is required. Go here to reserve yours.