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Texas Early Music Festival, March 8-10

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ARS LYRICA, MERCURY, DA CAMERA & HOUSTON EARLY MUSIC PRESENT HOUSTON’S FIRST ANNUAL “TEXAS EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL”

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Houston Early Music is teaming up to showcase Houston’s innovative Early Music programming in March, setting the stage for an annual state-wide festival.

On one weekend in March 2013, all four of the “Big Baroque” organizations in Houston – Mercury (formerly Mercury Baroque), Ars Lyrica, Da Camera and Houston Early Music – will have back-to-back early music programs. 

Our presentation  March 9, 2013: POÈME HARMONIQUE will be part of this festival. You can purchase tickets to all three events at the special price of $90

 

Photos from ARMONIA CELESTE, February 12, 2013

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These photos are from our concert by ARMONIA CELESTE,  February 12, 2013.  Photo credits: Donn Mumma

 

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 ARMONIA CELESTE

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EMERGING ARTISTS SERIES

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 
ARMONIA CELESTE
Udite Amanti – Lovers Beware!
7:30PM, Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church
6221 Main Street

 A pre-concert talk with ensemble members begins at 6:45 p.m. 

 

Download preview of program: Armonia Celeste Explores Love’s Perils

This up-and-coming group specializes in rarely heard music from the Italian Renaissance and early Baroque. In mid-17th-century Rome, the Barberini family was a great supporter of vocal chamber music. The program highlights Roman composers of the period, including Rossi, Carissimi and Cesti. To complete the historical picture, a copy of the famous Barberini harp, made for this prestigious family in 1635, will be played in this concert.

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