Friday, May 4, 2012
- Houston Early Music - Trio Settecento - Houston. Rising star violinist Rachel Barton Pine is joined by acclaimed cellist John Mark Rozendaal and harpsichordist David Schrader in a spirited program of Scottish baroque music including earthy, infectious Hebridean fiddling and the renewed pleasures of poetic works of Scotland's classical composers. Even the Italian virtuosi Geminiani and Veracini get in on the action with Scottish-themed compositions. 7:30 p.m. Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard at Greenbriar Drive, Houston, Texas 77005. http://www.houstonearlymusic.org
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
- 14th Annual Summer Texas Toot (June 3-9) - Austin. The 2012 Summer Festival/Workshop is a one-week program of classes in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music at all levels. Participants are welcome to participate in classes for recorder, viol, harp, lute, continuo and voice. This year's theme is "Music from the Mediterranean" and features the Flanders Recorder Quartet, Mary Springfels, Therese Honey, and Tom Zajac. The festival will be held June 3 through June 9, 2012 on the campus of Concordia University in Austin, Texas. http://www.toot.org
Friday, June 8, 2012
- Ars Lyrica - Heaven and Hell - Houston. This exciting collaboration with the New York Baroque Dance Company (Catherine Turocy, Artistic Director) brings to Houston a fully-staged program of some of Monteverdi's most imaginative scores. These works take us from heaven to hell and back again, with musical imagery that still surprises, even after four hundred years! Music by Claudio Monteverdi: Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Ballo delle Ingrate and other works from his 1638 Madrigals of Love and War. 7:30 pm. Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby, Houston, Texas. http://www.arslyricahouston.org
Saturday, June 30, 2012
- La Follia Austin - Yankee Baroque: Music in America at the time of the Revolution - Austin, Texas. Prepare to be amazed by the raw beauty of the original music of Colonial America. La Follia performs spirited ballads and choral tunes from "Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music," as well as American dance music and selections from Jefferson's music library (he was an accomplished harpsichordist). We close with America's first oratorio: "The Temple of Minerva," with libretto by Francis Hopkinson. It was performed for Washington and the French during the depths of the War, and set...to English music! Take a break from the familiar patriotic re-treads, and be inspired by the real thing. 8:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 8001 Mesa Drive, Austin, Texas. http://www.lafollia.org
Sunday, July 1, 2012
- La Follia Austin - Yankee Baroque: Music in America at the time of the Revolution - Bryan, Texas. Prepare to be amazed by the raw beauty of the original music of Colonial America. La Follia performs spirited ballads and choral tunes from "Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music," as well as American dance music and selections from Jefferson's music library (he was an accomplished harpsichordist). We close with America's first oratorio: "The Temple of Minerva," with libretto by Francis Hopkinson. It was performed for Washington and the French during the depths of the War, and set...to English music! Take a break from the familiar patriotic re-treads, and be inspired by the real thing. 7:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Carter Creek Parkway, Bryan, Texas http://www.lafollia.org
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