Article published November 29, 2007
Array of concerts will please classical music fans
By SALLY VALLONGO
BLADE STAFF WRITER
Area classical music lovers will be busy this week traveling from concert to concert in what shapes up to be a full slate of events, several of which have a holiday theme.
Here's a rundown:
•Toledo native David Hattner, a clarinetist and conductor in the New York area, will be in Toledo Saturday for a free public recital of chamber music for winds at 2:30 p.m. in Monroe Street United Methodist Church, 3613 Monroe St. On the program will be works by Ferenc Farkas, Edvard Grieg, and Charles Gounod.
In part, Hattner said, the event is in celebration of his father, Louis Hattner, for his 80th birthday. But it's also a chance to perform with Toledo Symphony clarinetists Georg Klaas and his wife and musical partner, Jocelyn Langworthy, as well as other local musicians.
"It has been so long since I performed there," said Hattner, from the Milwaukee airport, where he was stranded briefly on his way home from a gig with the Kansas City Symphony. He left Toledo at age 15 to finish high school at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. Hattner has a music degree from Northwestern University. He is principal clarinet of the Princeton Chamber Symphony and conductor of the Camerata Atlantica.
•The Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra and Chorale will present their annual holiday concerts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in St. Rose Catholic Church, Perrysburg, and at 2 p.m. Sunday at Owens Community College Center for the Fine and Performing Arts.Under the direction of Barbara Specht, the orchestra will perform traditional and popular Christmas music by Boyce, Vaughan-Williams, Davis, and others. Featured performers will be flutist Connie Alleshouse and oboist Charles Pease.
Wayne Anthony will lead the choir in Britten's Ceremony of Carols, with harpist Denise Grupp-Verbon at the Saturday concert. A highlight of the Sunday performance will be the Children's Choir from Jerusalem Elementary School, Oregon, directed by Kathleen Schulak.
Ticket prices for the Saturday concert are $5 to $10 at Ken's Flowers, Perrysburg, or at the door. Tickets for the Sunday performance are $8-12 at the door.
•Holiday concerts by the Bowling Green Area Community Band are set for 3 p.m. Saturday in Woodland Mall, Bowling Green, and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at Bowling Green Church of the Nazarene, 15341 Gorrill Rd. Conductor Nick Ezzone will lead the 80-member band through traditional and contemporary seasonal music, with singer Abby Paskvan, a sixth-grade student at St. Aloysisus School, and trumpeter Gary Keller, principal of Kenwood School, as featured soloists. Both concerts are free.
•The Heidelberg Symphonic Band will present a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in Brenneman Music Hall on the Tiffin college campus. On the program will be music for tuba and band performed by faculty musician Michael DiCuirci, and a tribute performance of music from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein in honor of the work's 50th anniversary. Works by Dana Wilson, Arthur Pryor, Jack Stamp, and Edward German are also on the program of this free, public concert.
Also in Tiffin, the Ritz Theatre will present the Heidelberg Tiffin University Holiday Concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the historic hall, 30 South Washington St.
Musical ensembles from Heidelberg College and Tiffin University will perform traditional and contemporary music of the season. Tickets are $10 to $30 through the box office, 419-448-8544 or online at www.ritztheatre.org.
•The Adrian College Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble will offer their Winter Concert at 3 p.m. Saturday in Dawson Auditorium on the Adrian college campus. A varied program will include pop and jazz standards and light classical music. Vocalist Ruth Nichols will perform with the jazz group. The concert is free.
Contact Sally Vallongo at svallongo@theblade.com
or 419-724-6101.
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