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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

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 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

Sunday, May 4, 2008
  • 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

  • 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

Sunday, April 13, 2008
  • Bach Society at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston - Chamber Music. Sebastian Knebel, organ and harpsichord, with members of the Bach Orchestra. 5:00 p.m. Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard at Greenbriar Drive, Houston, Texas. http://www.bachsocietyhouston.org

  • Rio Brazos Ensemble - Dallas. 3:00 p.m. The Rio Brazos Ensemble will perform as part of the Mu Phi Epsilon Conert Series. Peggy Turner, Karen Ferrer, and Alice Derbyshire, recorders with special guest Leslie Enlow, guitar. The program will include music spanning the centuries, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, including a piece written for this ensemble in 2006 by the Dutch composer Erik t'Hart. Admission is free. Dallas Public Library, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library Auditorium, 1515 Young St., Dallas, Texas. http://www.dallaslibrary.org

Saturday, April 12, 2008
  • Texas Early Music Project: Celtic Knot - Austin. Scottish, Irish, & Breton Music from the 16th-19th Centuries. Beautifully evocative ballads, instrumental and vocal folk tunes, and exuberant dances with special guest artists Therese Honey (harp), Bouree Texane, and others. 8:00 p.m. First English Lutheran Church, 30th and Whitis, Austin, Texas. http://www.early-music.org

Friday, April 11, 2008
  • Texas Early Music Project: Celtic Knot - Austin. Scottish, Irish, & Breton Music from the 16th-19th Centuries. Beautifully evocative ballads, instrumental and vocal folk tunes, and exuberant dances with special guest artists Therese Honey (harp), Bouree Texane, and others. 8:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 8001 Mesa Drive, Austin, Texas. http://www.early-music.org

  • Houston Early Music - Madcap, Red Priest and Angel. John Holloway, violin; Jaap ter Linden, cello; Lars Ulrich Mortensen, Harpsichord. Three of the foremost period instrumentalists return to Houston with a program of three of the foremost composers of the Baroque - Veracini (Madcap), Leclair (said to have played like an angel) and Vivaldi (Red Priest). Of the trio's playing Gramaphone UK has stated "It is rare to encounter this quality of ensemble playing outside the string quartet repertory … set exciting new standards for period performers." 8:00 p.m. St. Philip Presbyterian Church, 4807 San Felipe, Houston, Texas. http://www.houstonearlymusic.org

Saturday, April 5, 2008
  • La Follia Austin - The Bach-Abel Concerts - Austin, Texas. The Ed Sullivan Show of the 18th Century. Guest artist: Bill Cory, fortepiano. JC Bach (JS Bach's youngest son) and Carl Friedrich Abel (the last great Baroque-era gamba player) experimented in 1765 with a concert series performing the works of popular and up-and-coming composers like Haydn. The "experiment" was wildly popular and continued for nearly 20 years. La Follia recreates the exciting music performed at these concerts. There are no jugglers and no comics, but something like the Beatles and Mommas and Papas on Ed Sullivan's show. Bill Cory, fortepiano joins as guest artist. 8:00 p.m. First English Lutheran Church, 30th and Whitis, Austin, Texas. http://www.lafollia.org

  • Texas Camerata - Ava Pine and Larry Palmer - Fort Worth. 2:00 p.m., Modern Art Museum, 3200 Darnell Street, Fort Worth, Texas. Vocal and instrumental chamber music with Ava Pine, soprano, and Larry Palmer, harpsichord. Including works by Monteclair, Isabella Leonardo and Telemann. http://www.texascamerata.org

Friday, April 4, 2008
  • La Follia Austin - The Bach-Abel Concerts - Austin, Texas. The Ed Sullivan Show of the 18th Century. Guest artist: Bill Cory, fortepiano. JC Bach (JS Bach's youngest son) and Carl Friedrich Abel (the last great Baroque-era gamba player) experimented in 1765 with a concert series performing the works of popular and up-and-coming composers like Haydn. The "experiment" was wildly popular and continued for nearly 20 years. La Follia recreates the exciting music performed at these concerts. There are no jugglers and no comics, but something like the Beatles and Mommas and Papas on Ed Sullivan's show. Bill Cory, fortepiano joins as guest artist. 8:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 8001 Mesa Drive, Austin, Texas. http://www.lafollia.org

Sunday, March 30, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
  • Mercury Baroque - Missa Commemorationis - Houston. Les Voix Baroques joins Mercury for this rare opportunity to hear one of Mercury's favorite composers, Caldara, with the pure sound of a baroque singing group. The event marks the return of critically acclaimed counter-tenor Matthew White to the Houston stage - all the way from Antoine's home town of Montreal. 8:00 p.m. Wortham Center, Cullen Theater, 201 Texas, Houston, Texas. http://www.mercurybaroque.org

Friday, March 21, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Saturday, March 1, 2008
  • La Follia Austin - Bon Gout: The Glory of the French Baroque - Austin, Texas. Guest artist: Jed Wentz, traverso. Internationally acclaimed and recorded baroque flautist Jed Wentz joins La Follia in a concert of French Baroque music. Bon Gout means Good Taste, and it was used by the French to describe their musical ideal which flatters the ear with elegance, irony, and charm. We perform the very best of this beguiling repertoire. 8:00 p.m. First English Lutheran Church, 30th and Whitis, Austin, Texas. http://www.lafollia.org

  • Ars Lyrica - A Marian Feast - Houston. Alessandro Scarlatti, the Neopolitan master of the opera and oratorio, has long been an Ars Lyrica favorite. This program juxtaposes his "Stabat Mater" (Mary's lament at the crucifixion) with an oratorio on her immaculate conception (just recorded by Ars Lyrica!). 7:30 p.m., Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, Texas. http://www.arslyricahouston.org

Friday, February 29, 2008
  • La Follia Austin - Bon Gout: The Glory of the French Baroque - Austin, Texas. Guest artist: Jed Wentz, traverso. Internationally acclaimed and recorded baroque flautist Jed Wentz joins La Follia in a concert of French Baroque music. Bon Gout means Good Taste, and it was used by the French to describe their musical ideal which flatters the ear with elegance, irony, and charm. We perform the very best of this beguiling repertoire. 8:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 8001 Mesa Drive, Austin, Texas. http://www.lafollia.org

Sunday, February 24, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
  • Cliburn Concerts - Academy of Ancient Music - Fort Worth, Texas. Academy of Ancient Music, conducted by Richard Egarr. J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major BWV1050 and Concerto in G minor for harpsichord BWV1058. G.F. Handel: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op.6 No.4 HWV322 and Sonata a 5 in B flat major HWV288. G.P. Telemann: Concerto in D major for flute. 7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 1000 Penn St, Fort Worth, TX 76102. http://www.cliburn.org

Sunday, February 17, 2008
  • Bach Society at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston - Bach Vespers. Bach: Cantata BWV 18, Gleich wie der Regen und Schnee; Dieterich Buxtehude's Cantata, Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, BuxWV 62; and a motet by Domenico Mazzochi: Jesu dulcis memoria. Bach Choir & Orchestra. Guest conductor will be Matthew Dirst, artistic director of Ars Lyrica Houston and associate professor of music at the University of Houston. Guest soloists will be Melissa Givens, soprano; Randolph Lacy, tenor; and Sam Handley, bass. 5:00 p.m. Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard at Greenbriar Drive, Houston, Texas. http://www.bachsocietyhouston.org

Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Saturday, February 2, 2008
  • Texas Early Music Project: Monteverdi: Letters and Laments - Austin. Monteverdi at his most intimate, with exquisite laments, passionate letters set to music, and virtuosic madrigals of love and mythology for voices and instruments. 8:00 p.m. First English Lutheran Church, 30th and Whitis, Austin, Texas. http://www.early-music.org

  • McKinney Kammergild - Barricades...Alarms...FIRE! - McKinney, TX. An evening of Vivaldi, Couperin, and Marais on historic instruments.McKinney Performing Arts Center at the Historic Collin County Courthouse, 111 N. Tennessee, McKinney, TX 75069. $11.75 adult, $6.50 student/child. Additional fees apply to phone and online purchases. Tickets and Show Information: 214-544-4630

Sunday, January 27, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
  • Texas Camerata - Musica Espanola - Dallas. 5:00 p.m. Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, 5900 Bishop Blvd, Dallas, Texas. A New World premier of the zarzuela Las Nuevas Armas de Amor (The New Arms of Love). This operetta-like work was written in 1711 by Sebastian Duron for the Spanish Royal Court. Produced in collaboration with the Orchestra of New Spain, Grover Wilkins, artistic director. Also on the program will be Boccherini's flute quintet in D Major. http://www.texascamerata.org

Sunday, January 13, 2008
  • Houston Early Music - Fortune's Wheel - Mirie It Is. A Glimpse of Medieval England. From the rough vigor of folk music to the refines sophistication of rarely-heard polyphony, Fortune's Wheel presents of most of the surviving vernacular treasurers from the once vast, now largely lost repertoire of the English Middle Ages. 4:00 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1015 Holman at Main, Houston, Texas. http://www.houstonearlymusic.org

Saturday, January 12, 2008
  • Texas Camerata - Musica Espanola - Fort Worth. 2:00 p.m., Modern Art Museum, 3200 Darnell Street, Fort Worth, Texas. A New World premier of the zarzuela Las Nuevas Armas de Amor (The New Arms of Love). This operetta-like work was written in 1711 by Sebastian Duron for the Spanish Royal Court. Produced in collaboration with the Orchestra of New Spain, Grover Wilkins, artistic director. Also on the program will be Boccherini's flute quintet in D Major. http://www.texascamerata.org

Sunday, January 6, 2008
Monday, December 31, 2007
  • Ars Lyrica - Clandestine Classics - Houston. Ars Lyrica's 07-08 New Year's Eve program is devoted to "Clandestine Classics": little-known masterworks by Bach and Handel, including the latter's recently rediscovered "Gloria." Join the musicians for a gala champagne reception and silent auction in the Hobby Center Founders' Club. Few composers strike the heart as powerfully as Claudio. 9:00 p.m., Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, Texas. http://www.arslyricahouston.org

  • Dallas Bach Society, Bach's Greatest Hits - Dallas. 25th Anniversary Concert. One Time Performance Only Champagne Reception for Subscribers and Donors. Non-stop Bach, including the Concerto for Two Violins, Brandenburg Concerto #3, and Cantata 140 ("Wachet auf"), as well as your favorite excerpts, in honor of the anniversary of our first concert in 1982. 7:30 p.m. Saint Rita Catholic Church, 12521 Inwood Rd, Dallas, Texas. http://www.dallasbach.org

Friday, December 14, 2007
  • Mercury Baroque - Messiah - Houston. The Houston Chamber Choir joins the Mercury orchestra for a moving tribute to the holiday season. Antoine has selected the uncut "1750 Covent Garden" version, so audiences can hear Handel's masterpiece as it would have sounded in the day. Afterwards, Mercury invites concert-goers to celebrate with Antoine and the musicians at the annual Christmas fundraising party. 7:00 p.m. Wortham Center, Cullen Theater, 201 Texas, Houston, Texas. http://www.mercurybaroque.org

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
  • The Fall 2007 Texas Toot - Palestine, Texas. The Texas Toot's Fall Festival/Workshop is a three-day program of classes in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music at all levels. Participants are welcome to participate in classes for recorder, reeds, brass, viols, violin, harp, percussion, and voice. The festival will be held November 16 through November 18, 2007 at the Lakeview Conference Center near Palestine, Texas. http://www.toot.org

Sunday, November 11, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
  • Ars Lyrica - Love and War - Houston. Few composers strike the heart as powerfully as Claudio Monteverdi. His arresting Madrigals of Love and War, which range from tender laments to full-throated battle cries, are complemented on this program by instrumental and vocal works of Luigi Rossi and Barbara Strozzi. 5:00 p.m., Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, Texas. http://www.arslyricahouston.org

  • Cornell Kinderknecht, World Flutes - Dallas. 3:00 p.m. Cornell Kinderknecht, World Flutes with Cynthia Stuart, keyboard. Sponsored by Mu Phi Epsilon. Admission is free. Dallas Public Library, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library Auditorium, 1515 Young St., Dallas, Texas. http://www.dallaslibrary.org

Saturday, November 3, 2007
Friday, November 2, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
  • Houston Early Music - Rebel - L'estro Armonico. Diverse Trumpet and Multiple Violin Concerti. L'Estro Armonico, or "musical inspiration," the title of Antonio Vivaldi's brilliant opus 3 aptly describes an exuberant and colorful extravaganza of rarely performed concerti for trumpet and multiple violins. 8:00 p.m. St. Philip Presbyterian Church, 4807 San Felipe, Houston, Texas. http://www.houstonearlymusic.org

Saturday, October 13, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Saturday, October 6, 2007
  • Ars Lyrica - Wired Bach - Houston. Bach invented not only the keyboard concerto but concertos for multiple keyboard instruments. The fingers will be flying in "Wired Bach," as we explore Bach's concertos for two harpsichords, violin sonatas, and solo cello suites. 7:30 p.m., St. Philip Presbyterian Church, 4807 San Felipe St., Houston, TX 77056. http://www.arslyricahouston.org

Sunday, September 30, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Friday, September 7, 2007
  • Texas Camerata - Sound the Trumpets! - Fort Worth. 7:30 p.m., University Christian Church, 2720 South University Drive, Fort Worth, Texas. Experience the glory of Baroque brass with works for 8 trumpets, timpani and strings. Featuring selections by Biber, Mouret, Schmelzer and Purcell. http://www.texascamerata.org

  • Ars Lyrica - Mad Women - Houston. Unhinged by love, deranged by circumstance, Baroque "mad women" are among the most fascinating creatures of their time. From the uncanny Bess of Bedlam to the suicidal Lucrezia, these women are unforgettable experiences, especially when portrayed by such stellar singers as Melissa Givens and Marie Lenormand. 7:30 p.m., Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, Texas. http://www.arslyricahouston.org

Friday, June 1, 2007
  • Double Feature Finale! Theater Project & Faculty Concert - Austin, Texas. The Masque of True Love A short but thrilling spectacle of poetry, art, dancing, singing, & playing, based on Ben Jonson's "Love Restored" and "A Challenge at a Tilt". Music by Henry Lawes, Nicolas Lanier, Alfonso Ferrabosco, Thomas Campion and others. Directed by Amy & Jonathan Brumley. The Toot Faculty Concert for Recorders, Viols, Lute, Harp, Voice, and More. 7:30 p.m. Schroeder Performance Hall in the Louise T Peter Center (Luther Lane) at Concordia University, 3400 N IH-35, Austin, Texas. Presented as part of the 2007 Summer Texas Toot. $10 general admission available at the door. http://www.toot.org

Tuesday, May 29, 2007
  • The Darke is My Delight - The Flanders Recorder Quartet - Austin, Texas. The 9th Annual Summer Texas Early Music Festival (aka the Texas Toot) is delighted to present the internationally renowned Flanders Recorder Quartet in concert. "The Darke is My Delight: English Music from c. 1600 for Soprano and Recorders" features compositions by Byrd, Morley, Dowland, and Ferrabosco and texts by Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. They will be joined by Austin soprano Gitanjali Mathur, who delights audiences at concerts by the Texas Early Music Project, Conspirare, and more. 7:30 p.m. First English Lutheran Church, 3001 Whitis Ave at 30th St, Austin, Texas. Presented as part of the 2007 Summer Texas Toot. Tickets: $18, $13 (student/senior), $4 (children under 15). Available by reservation and at the door http://www.toot.org

Monday, May 28, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
  • The Texas Toot presents The 2007 Texas Early Music Festival/Workshop - Austin. Music of England and Italy. The fabulous Flanders Recorder Quartet (Paul Van Loey, Bart Spanhoven, Tom Beets, Joris Von Goethe) returns to The Texas Toot. 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, harpsichord, and voice. The festival will be held May 27 through June 2, 2007 on the campus of Concordia University in Austin, Texas. http://www.toot.org

Saturday, May 19, 2007
Friday, May 18, 2007
  • The Helios Ensemble - Pergolesi's La Serva Padronna - Dallas. Giovanni Pergolesi's La Serva Padronna. A delightful baroque opera. Starring Robert Brooks, Rhonda Rom, and Joshua Dennis. Directed by Patrick Newell. Conducted by Kevin Sutton. 8 p.m. at the home of Bob and Patricia Brooks, 9632 Vista Oaks Drive, Dallas. Tickets are $25 general admission for adults. $12 for children under 12. Seating is limited so reserve your seats early. Call 214 696 5614 or email maestro2@grandecom.net http://www.heliosensemble.org

Sunday, May 13, 2007
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Friday, May 4, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
  • Houston Early Music - Virtuosi d'Italia -- An El Mundo Project. British violin virtuoso Monica Huggett and West Coast guitarist-lutenist Richard Savino--two of the world's most renowned period instrument practitioners--perform a selection of wonderfully diverse and brilliant Italian music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The duo is joined by the brilliant young cellist William Skeen. 8:00 p.m. Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas Avenue, Houston, Texas. http://www.houstonearlymusic.org

Sunday, April 15, 2007
  • James Richman, harpsichord and Joyce Alper, baroque oboe - McKinney, Texas. 4:15 p.m. The McKinney Kammergild will present "Viva Italia" featuring James Richman, Harpsichord and Joyce Alper, baroque oboe on April 15 at 4:00 pm at the McKinney Performing Arts Center. The performance includes works by Vivaldi, Albinoni, Geminiani, Allesandro Besozzi and Sammartini. Tickets are $15 adult and $5 student. For more information or tickets contact (972) 547-2660. The McKinney performing Arts Center is located at 222 N. Tennessee Street, McKinney, TX 75069.

Saturday, April 14, 2007
  • Texas Camerata - Sweeter than Roses - Fort Worth. 2:00 p.m., Modern Art Museum, 3200 Darnell Street, Fort Worth, Texas. Ava Pine, soprano, Larry Palmer and Linton Powell, harpsichords, and Adam Gordon, trumpet. Featuring J.S. Bach's Cantata #51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! and his Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C Major, as well as works by Vivaldi, and Jose de Nebra. http://www.texascamerata.org

Thursday, April 12, 2007
Friday, April 6, 2007
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007
  • Houston Early Music - Ensemble Caprice - Les Septs Sauts. Baroque Chamber Music at the Court of Stuttgart. An exuberant program demonstrating the foreign influences that made music played at the Court of Stuttgart so colorful. Remarkable recorder virtuosi Matthias Maute and Sophie Lariviere direct the Montreal-based ensemble of viola da gamba, harpsichord and Turkish percussion in works by Handel, Vivaldi, Couperin, Froberger and Bodino. 8:00 p.m. St. Philip Presbyterian Church, 4807 San Felipe, Houston, Texas. Pre-concert talk at 7:00 p.m. by Matthias Maute, Co-director, Ensemble Caprice. http://www.houstonearlymusic.org

Friday, March 9, 2007
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Friday, March 2, 2007
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Friday, February 9, 2007
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Friday, December 15, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Saturday, December 9, 2006
  • Orchestra of New Spain - An Italian Christmas - Dallas. Vocalists of the Orchestra of New Spain with soloists from the Dallas Wind Symphony in a joyous Christmas celebration. There are few Christmas works that sound more Christmas than Ottorino Respighi's pastoral Laud to the Nativity. The Angel, Mary and a Shepherd reflect on the hillside experience of the rejoicing shepherds. With works from Spain's Siglo de Oro. 5:00 p.m. Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, 5900 Bishop Blvd, Dallas, Texas. http://www.orchestraofnewspain.org

Sunday, December 3, 2006
  • Bach Society at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston - Music for Advent and Christmas. Abendmusik: Music for Advent and Christmas. Michael Praetorius: Wie schoen leuchtet der Morgenstern [How brightly beams the Morning Star]; J.S. Bach: Cantata, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland [Savior of the nations, come], BWV 61; J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243. Melissa Givens, soprano; Christine Reber, soprano; Gerrod Pagenkopf, countertenor; Randolph Lacy, tenor; Timothy Jones, bass; Bach Choir & Orchestra, Albert LeDoux, director. 5:00 p.m. No admission charge; free-will offering. Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard at Greenbriar Drive, Houston, Texas 77005. http://www.bachsocietyhouston.org

Thursday, November 30, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Friday, November 17, 2006
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
  • Ars Lyrica Houston - Celestial Sirens - College Station. Otherwordly music written for the Three Ladies of Ferrara, the original "girl group." Ars Lyrica's heavenly voices include Melissa Givens and Tracy Rhodus, sopranos, and Natalie Arduino, mezzo-soprano. The opulent continuo for this concert includes harpsichord, viola da gamba, archlute, and Baroque Harp. 7:30 p.m., St. Thomas Episcopal, 906 Bush Dr., College Station, Texas. http://www.arslyricahouston.org

Monday, November 13, 2006
  • Ars Lyrica Houston - Celestial Sirens - Houston. Otherwordly music written for the Three Ladies of Ferrara, the original "girl group." Ars Lyrica's heavenly voices include Melissa Givens and Tracy Rhodus, sopranos, and Natalie Arduino, mezzo-soprano. The opulent continuo for this concert includes harpsichord, viola da gamba, archlute, and Baroque Harp. 7:30 p.m., Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby Street, Houston, Texas. http://www.arslyricahouston.org

Sunday, November 12, 2006
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Monday, November 6, 2006
  • Houston Early Music - Flanders Recorder Quartet. The Darke is My Delight -- English Music from the Reign of Elizabeth I. Crystal clear ensemble playing, seemingly effortless virtuosity and expressive interpretation. Joined by delightful Scottish soprano Susan Hamilton, the splendid Belgian ensemble performs music from the Golden Age of England--compositions by Byrd, Morley, Dowland and Ferrabasco with texts by Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. 8:00 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1015 Holman (at Main), Houston, Texas. http://www.houstonearlymusic.org

Sunday, November 5, 2006
Thursday, November 2, 2006
  • Mundi: CD Release and Performance - Austin, Texas. Mundi, music of and for the world, has announced the release date for their sophomore album: "The Book & The Flower" - Thursday November 2, 2006. The full length album, a follow-up to 2004's "Apple Howling," is a result of the talent of five extraordinary musicians, just back from a tour of Spain. Mundi will host a celebration, including a performance. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., performance at 7:30 p.m. Barr Mansion, Artisan Ballroom, 10463 Sprinkle Rd., Austin, Texas 78754. Tickets are $12.00 and available from the Mundi website. CDs will be available at a special price at the celebration. http://www.mundiensemble.com

Saturday, October 28, 2006
  • The Helios Ensemble - The Splendor of the Baroque - Dallas. The Gala Opening of The Helios Ensemble's seventh concert season. Featuring works by Andre Campra, Johann Sebastian Bach, Leopold Hoffman and Antonio Vivaldi. Patricia Brooks, soprano; Katrina Burggraf Kledas, mezzo soprano; Kevin Sutton, tenor; Robert Brooks, bass with Daniel Golleher and James Gallagher, violins; Sheila Madden, viola; Brady Lanier, cello; Lee Lattimore, flutes; Beth Carter, oboe; John McKean, harpsichord. 8 p.m at the home of Barbara Bradfield, 3535 Lawther Drive, Dallas. Tickets are $20 general admission. Seating is limited to 60 patrons. Call 214.696.5614 to reserve your seat, or email Maestro2 -at- grandecom.net. http://www.heliosensemble.org

Saturday, October 21, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
Sunday, October 8, 2006
Sunday, October 1, 2006
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006
  • Houston Early Music - Artek, Eine Kleine Abendmusik. An evening of German baroque chamber music including compositions by J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Krieger and Erlebach. This New York-based ensemble features the virtuoso skills of violinist Robert Mealy, gambist Lisa Terry and harpsichordist/organist Gwendolyn Toth with the lustrous voice of soprano Jessica Tranzillo. 8:00 p.m. Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard at Greenbriar Drive, Houston, Texas 77005. http://www.houstonearlymusic.org

Sunday, September 24, 2006
Friday, September 22, 2006
Monday, September 18, 2006
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Sunday, September 10, 2006
  • Bach Society at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston - Worldly Delights. Abendmusik: Worldly Delights, Bach's Secular Cantatas. Brandenburg Concerto Nr. 3, The Coffee Cantata: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211, Hercules Decision: Lasst uns sorgen, lasst uns wachen, BWV 213. Melissa Givens, soprano; Joseph Schlesinger, countertenor; Randolph Lacy, tenor; Scott Guinn, bass. Bach Choir & Orchestra, Albert LeDoux, director. 5:00 p.m.,Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard at Greenbriar Drive, Houston, Texas 77005. http://www.bachsocietyhouston.org

Saturday, September 9, 2006
Friday, September 8, 2006
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Friday, August 11, 2006
  • Stephanie Prewitt and Friends - Austin, Texas. Austin Critics Table award winner mezzo-soprano Stephanie Prewitt performs English baroque music. Accompanying Ms. Prewitt will be lutenist Scott Horton, harpsichordist Keith Womer, violinist Boel Gidholm, and gamba player James Brown. Music will include works by Campion, Dowland, Purcell, Gibbons, and Byrd. 7:00 p.m. Preece Recital Hall, Armstrong Community Music School, 901 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas. http://www.lafollia.org

Friday, July 28, 2006
  • La Follia Austin Baroque - Sneak Preview Concert - Austin, Texas. La Follia members and guest artists perform selections from upcoming concerts on their 2006-2007 season. Composers on the program include Bach, Telemann, Erlebach, Reusner, Marais, Monteclair, C.P.E. Bach and Frederick the Great himself. Jenifer Thyssen, soprano; Stephanie Prewitt, mezzo-soprano; Boel Gidholm, baroque violin; Marcus McGuff, traverso; James Brown, viola da gamba; Scott Horton, lute/theorbo; and Keith Womer, harpsichord/organ. 8:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 8001 Mesa Drive, Austin, Texas. http://www.lafollia.org

Thursday, July 27, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
Sunday, July 9, 2006
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Sunday, June 11, 2006
  • Victoria Bach Festival - Victoria, Texas. Annual summer event that is a radiant jewel among the nation's cultural attractions. The weeklong Festival offers a varied repertoire of orchestral, choral and chamber music by baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary composers and features performances by nationally acclaimed artists. Led by artistic director Craig Hella Johnson. Held at various venues around Victoria Texas. June 11, 2006 through June 16, 2006. http://www.victoriabachfestival.org

Friday, June 2, 2006
  • Texas Toot Faculty Concert and Commedia dell'arte - The Faithful Pilgrim Lover - Austin, Texas. The Faithful Pilgrim Lover, directed by Amy & Jonathan Brumley, will be a fully staged and costumed musical comedy based on a Commedia dell'arte scenario. It will feature 17th century Italian songs by Monteverdi, Caccini, and others accompanied by a Baroque band, and will be enlivened by a chorus, dancing, and hilarious and loveable characters. Following the commedia, the entire Toot Faculty will present its final concert of the week. 7:30 p.m. Schroeder Performance Hall at the Louise T. Peter Center, Concordia University at Austin, Luther Avenue, east of Red River, Austin, Texas. http://www.toot.org

Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Monday, May 29, 2006
  • The Killer Bees - Triumph over Passion - Austin, Texas. Music from the Court of Queen Christina of Sweden. Kathlene Ritch-Brown and Amy Brumley, sopranos, Brett Barnes, baritone, Karen Burciaga and Boel Gidholm, violins, James Brown, viola da gamba, Jonathan Brumley, lutes, and Keith Womer, organ. 8:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 8001 Mesa Drive, Austin, Texas. http://www.toot.org

Sunday, May 28, 2006
  • The Texas Toot presents The 2006 Texas Early Music Festival/Workshop - Austin. The fabulous Flanders Recorder Quartet (Paul Van Loey, Bart Spanhoven, Han Tol, Joris Von Goethe) returns to The Texas Toot. The 2006 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, violin, harp, percussion, and voice. The festival will be held May 28 through June 3, 2006 on the campus of Concordia University in Austin, Texas. http://www.toot.org

Saturday, May 27, 2006
  • Cornell Kinderknecht, World Flutes - Dallas. Cornell Kinderknecht will perform on ethnic and historic World Flutes with Cynthia Stuart, keyboard and percussion. 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. The Tramell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, 2010 Flora Street (between Harwood and Olive), Dallas, Texas 75201. http://www.cornellk.com

Saturday, May 20, 2006
  • Mercury Baroque, Romeo and Juliet - Houston. Mercury Baroque will cooperate with the Dominic Walsh Dance Theater to present Romeo and Juliet, a new ballet by Dominic Walsh. Music by Vivaldi and Handel. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be held at Wortham Center, Cullen Theater, 201 Texas, Houston, Texas. For information, visit online or call 713-315-2525. http://www.mercurybaroque.org

Friday, May 19, 2006
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Friday, May 12, 2006
  • Nathaniel Bryant Mayfield, A Historical Journey of the Trumpet - Austin, Texas. First Presbyterian Church St. Cecilia Music Series presents Nathaniel Bryant Mayfield - A historical journey of the trumpet from the Renaissance to the present! Mr. Mayfield will be describing and performing on the natural/baroque trumpet, the cornetto, the keyed trumpet, and the German rotary trumpet, including works by Telemann, Hummel, Hindemith and others. The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 8001 Mesa Drive, Austin, Texas. For ticket reservations, call 512-345-8866 ext. 43. http://www.fpcaustin.org

  • Houston Early Music - The King's Noyse. In May Time. This popular violin band celebrates May with a Renaissance German program of instrumental and vocal music portraying country life, full of characters dancing and eating much like a Bruegel painting. 8:00 p.m., St. Paul United Methodist Church, 5501 Main, Houston, TX. http://www.houstonearlymusic.org

Monday, May 8, 2006
Sunday, May 7, 2006
  • The Texas Bach Choir and Collegium - San Antonio, Texas. Handel's "The Messiah". One of the great Baroque masterpieces, performed on period instruments and according to Handel's intentions. Internationally acclaimed Niklas Eklund, natural trumpet, and other marquee soloists fill the lineup of performers. 3:00 p.m., St. Peter Prince of the Apostles Catholic Church, 111 Barilla Place, San Antonio, Texas. http://www.texasbachchoir.org

Saturday, May 6, 2006
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Monday, April 24, 2006
Saturday, April 8, 2006
Monday, April 3, 2006
Saturday, April 1, 2006
  • Passion Music of the French Baroque - Austin. Stunningly beautiful music by Louis Couperin and other masters of the French Baroque. Come hear the Texas Early Music Project Baroque Ensemble instruments and singers present this romantic program! The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. at the First English Lutheran Church, 30th and Whitis, Austin, Texas. http://www.early-music.org

Thursday, March 30, 2006
  • Jennifer Carpenter and Brandi Berry - Denton, Texas. Solo and chamber music of the early to mid Baroque featuring Jennifer Carpenter, recorders and Brandi Berry, Baroque violin. Works by Ortiz, Fontana, Mealli, Marini, van Noordt, Turini, and Marais. 6:00 p.m. in the Organ Recital Hall, Music Building, University of North Texas, 415 Ave. C, Denton, Texas.

Monday, March 27, 2006
Saturday, March 25, 2006
  • Mercury Baroque, Sabat Mater - Houston. Counter tenor Matthew White is featured in a performance of Stabat Mater by Vivaldi and other Italian Baroque masterpieces. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. 800 Bagby, Houston, Texas. For information, visit online or call 713-315-2525. http://www.mercurybaroque.org

Saturday, March 18, 2006
Friday, March 17, 2006
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Friday, March 10, 2006
  • The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree - Austin, Texas. First Presbyterian Church St. Cecilia Music Series presents Music from Bach's Ancestors. If Bach had not lovingly preserved the works of his forefathers, we would know almost nothing about them. His collection, the Altbachisches Archiv, was lost during the Second World War and only recently rediscovered in the Archives in Kiev. Hear works from the collection for voices, violins, multiple bass violas da gamba and continuo, directed by James A. Brown. The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 8001 Mesa Drive, Austin, Texas. For ticket reservations, call 512-345-8866 ext. 43. http://www.fpcaustin.org

Sunday, March 5, 2006
  • Texas Camerata - Early Music Delights - Dallas. A mostly-Mozart program commemorating the 250th birthday of one of the most revered artistic geniuses of all time. Guest soloists Camille King, soprano, and Larry Palmer, harpsichord. Texas Camerata flutist Lee Lattimore will be featured in a performance of Mozart's flute quartet in D Major. Other works by Philidor, Bonporti, and Ebart will be included. 7:30 p.m. Highland Park Presbyterian Church, 3821 University Blvd, Dallas, Texas. http://www.fwearlymusic.org

Sunday, February 26, 2006
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Saturday, February 18, 2006
  • Mercury Baroque, Acis and Galatea - Houston. The pastoral opera by Handel fully staged with costume, set, and subtitle. Soloists include Ana Trevino-Godfrey, soprano, Gerrod Pagenkopf, counter tenor, Joseph Gaines, tenor, and Sam Handley, bass. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. 800 Bagby, Houston, Texas. For information, visit online or call 713-315-2525. http://www.mercurybaroque.org

Tuesday, February 14, 2006
  • Houston Early Music - Rachel Podger and Gary Cooper. Mozart Sontatas for Keyboard and Violin. Rachel Podger, Baroque violin and Gary Cooper, fortepiano. 8:00 p.m., First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin, Houston, Texas. http://www.houstonearlymusic.org

  • Dallas Bach Society, Valentine's Day at Perkins Chapel - Dallas. The Society presents an intimate evening of love songs including Arias and Duets on the topic of Love, Coffee Cantata of J.S. Bach, Le Rossignol-en-amour (Couperin), No se entendera jamas (Handel's only Spanish cantata), Liebeslieder Polkas (PDQ Bach). Featuring Lucy Creech, soprano; Natalie Arduino, alto; Dan Baker, tenor; David Grogran, bass; Tamara Meredith, flute; James Gallagher, violin; Gyongy Erodi, cello; and James Richman, harpsichord. 8:00 p.m., Perkins Chapel, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. http://www.dallasbach.org

Sunday, February 12, 2006
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Saturday, February 4, 2006
  • The Helios Ensemble - This Faire Emeralde Isle - Dallas. Music of Renaissance and Baroque England featuring Tracey Deen and Heidi Dietrich Klein, sopranos; Katrina Burggraf Kledas, mezzo soprano; Kevin Sutton, tenor; Jason Chandler, baritone; and special guest Dr. Keith Franks, organist. Presented at the home of Mrs. John Bradfield, 3535 Lawther Drive, Dallas, Texas. The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. and seating is limited to the first fifty patrons. For ticket pricing and information, call 214-696-5614 or email maestro2 at grandecom.net. http://www.heliosensemble.org

Friday, February 3, 2006
Sunday, January 29, 2006