Sunday, May 4, 2008
- Houston Early Music - Lucidarium la Istoria de Purim. Music and Poetry of the Jews in Renaissance Italy. In its first visit to Houston, this noted Italian ensemble presents a reconstruction of the soundscape that would have accompanied a typical Northern Jewish Italian family through the liturgical year and the life cycle. It combines sung poetry in Giudeo-Italian, Yiddish and Hebrew, traditional liturgical and paraliturgical music, and the lively songs and dances that would have been used to celebrate life's transitions. 4:00 p.m. First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin, Houston, TX. http://www.houstonearlymusic.org
- Bach Society at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston - Bach Vespers. Bach: Cantata BWV 172, Erschallet, ihr Lieder and other works. Bach Choir & Orchestra. Albert LeDoux, director. 5:00 p.m. Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard at Greenbriar Drive, Houston, Texas. http://www.bachsocietyhouston.org
Sunday, May 11, 2008
- Ars Lyrica - Duelling Divas - Houston. Ars Lyrica's season finale consists of two grand singing contests by Bach and Handel. These artful musical duels - Baroque equivalents to American Idol - are full of spectacular vocal and instrumental fireworks. See if you can tell to whom the composers give the prize! 5:00 p.m., Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, Texas. http://www.arslyricahouston.org
Saturday, May 17, 2008
- Mercury Baroque - Dido and Aeneas - Houston. Mercury will stage Purcell's only opera. Full of the passion and drama of baroque period, and this time in English, the opera promises to be the highlight of the season. Antoine will team up with one of Houston's most beloved arts groups to tell this famous tale of love and death. 8:00 p.m. Wortham Center, Cullen Theater, 201 Texas, Houston, Texas. http://www.mercurybaroque.org
Sunday, May 25, 2008
- The Texas Toot presents The 2008 Texas Early Music Festival/Workshop - Denton. Featuring Alison Melville, Frances Blaker, Mary Springfels, and Dan Stillman. The 2007 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, reeds, brass, viols, harp, lute, and voice. The festival will be held May 25 through May 31, 2008 on the campus of Texas Women's University in Austin, Texas. http://www.toot.org
Sunday, June 1, 2008
- Concert with The Wireless Consort Recorder Ensemble - Dallas, Texas. 4:00 p.m. Music from the Renaissance, Baroque, and 20th Century for recorder ensemble. Wireless Consort members are Sara Funkhouser, Cornell Kinderknecht, Lee Lattimore, Susan Richter, and Jennifer Carpenter. Location: Christ Episcopal Church, 534 W. 10th St., Dallas, Texas. Admission is free and open to the public. http://www.texasearlymusic.com/wc/
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