Arts and Entertainment

November 2009

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CLASSICAL

Brunch with Bach: Joel Schoenhals, associate professor of piano at Eastern Michigan University, plays solo piano fantasies by Schumann, Chopin, and Scriabin. 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Nov. 8. $35 includes brunch and concert; $15 concert only. Both prices include museum admission. In the Kresge Court of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward, Detroit; 313-833-4005, tickets.dia.org.

Chamber Music Society of Detroit: Russian pianist Vladimir Feltsman takes on Schubert’s sprawling Sonata in B-flat Major and all four of Chopin’s dramatic Ballades. 8 p.m. Nov. 14. $43-$75. Seligman Performing Arts Center on the campus of Detroit Country Day School, 22305 W. 13 Mile, Beverly Hills; 248-855-6070; comehearcmsd.org.

Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings: The Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Karl Pituch, Corbin Wagner, and Bryan Kennedy toot their horns in a program called Horns O’Plenty III. 8:30 p.m. Nov. 6. $10-$20. Hagopian World of Rugs, 850 S. Old Woodward, Birmingham; 248-644-2040.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Pianist Michel Camilo performs in his own Piano Concerto No. 1, which will be a DSO premiere. Also on tap are Debussy’s ever-popular La Mer, Berlioz’s Le Corsaire overture, and Ginastera’s Estancia: Four Dances. Leonard Slatkin is on the podium. Nov. 19-21.

• Pianist Joseph Kalichstein is equally at home playing chamber music or concerti. He takes on Mozart’s final concerto, No. 27, with Leonard Slatkin at the helm. The piece shares the bill with Ravel’s sweeping La Valse and Menuet antique, Hindemith’s Concert Music for Strings and Brass, and the Toccata and Fugue by Bach-Skrowaczweski. Nov. 27-29. $19-$123. Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward, Detroit; 313-576-5111; detroitsymphony.com.

Michigan Opera Theatre: OK, so technically, Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music is a musical, not an opera, but there’s no denying the byzantine operatic plot, sprightly waltzes, and supremely melodic score. And there is an overture, after all, which most operas have. Ron Raines and Leslie Uggams head the cast of the 1973 work, which includes such songs as “Liaisons,” “You Must Meet My Wife,” “A Weekend in the Country,” and, of course, “Send in the Clowns.” Nov. 14-22. $29-$121. 1526 Broadway, Detroit, 313-237-SING, michiganopera.org.

University Musical Society: American soprano Christine Brewer has one impressive set of pipes. She can handle the powerful demands of Strauss and Wagner, but her voice isn’t steely like many Wagnerian singers. Instead, it has a warm, golden tone. She performs a recital with pianist Craig Rutenberg, which includes pieces by Strauss, Marx, Britten, and other composers. 4 p.m. Nov. 1. $10-$50. Hill Auditorium, 825 N. University.

• The St. Lawrence String Quartet performs a recital ranging from the Classical period to the modern day. Quartets by Haydn, Ravel, and Adams are on the menu. 4 p.m. Nov. 8. Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington, Ann Arbor.

• One of the world’s greatest orchestras, the Berlin Philharmonic, stops by to perform Brahms’ Third and Fourth symphonies, as well as Schoenberg’s Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene, under the baton of Simon Rattle. 8 p.m. Nov. 17. $10-$125. Hill Auditorium.

• On Thanksgiving weekend, the unofficial start of the Christmas season, the ethereal singers of the Vienna Boys Choir lift their voices in a program called “Christmas in Vienna.” 4 p.m. Nov. 29. $10-$36. Hill Auditorium. 734-763-3333; ums.org.

Vivace Concert Series: The Merling Piano Trio, artists-in-residence at Western Michigan University, offers a program of Dvorak, Haydn, and Fauré. 8 p.m. Nov. 21. $12-$23. Birmingham Temple, 28611 W. 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills; 248-788-9338; vivaceseries.org.

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