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Review of Fortune’s Wheel concert
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on January 15, 2008
Fortune’s Wheel: making music from the far past seem like it was wrriten yesterday
By CHARLES WARD, January 13, 2008
…. But the Fortune’s Wheel singers – Lydia Heather Knutson, Aaron Sheehan and Shira Kammen – perfromed as if the Medieval English style had become their primarily musical language. Their simple communication with the audience made the essentially unfamiliar music as appealing as the Three Bs. Kammen, on the harp, and Mealy, on the fiddle, added sinuous accompaniments. ….
The Music Card Jan/Feb 2008
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on January 14, 2008
Upcoming Houston chamber music events Music Card 2008-01
Ars Lyrica’s first CD on Naxos
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on January 14, 2008
Ars Lyrica’s first CD on Naxos
Audiences and critics alike have been enthusiastic about Ars Lyrica programming in general and the Alessandro Scarlatti programs in particular. We are pleased to announce that a recent Ars Lyrica recording of Scarlatti’s music will be available on the NAXOS label later this year. Continue reading…
Venue: Trinity Episcopal Church
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on January 13, 2008
1015 Holman (at Main)
just south of downtown on the rail line
HCC/Ensamble Rail Stop
MAP
Since 1893 Trinity has provided a spiritual home for countless seekers in the heart ofHouston. Over the years, as our neighborhood and city have changed, we’ve evolved too, and responded to the needs of a challenging urban context. Today we are an interesting assortment of creative folk, who represent the eclectic nature and boundless energy of our vibrant cosmopolitan home. We are an open, inclusive community and welcome others to join us on the spiritual path. We value such things as beauty and diversity, which you’ll find reflected in our art, architecture, and music, and also in our commitment to outreach and service to those in need. We strive to be faithful to our call to reconcile all people to God and to each other. Our hope is that Trinity Church h\can be a refreshing oasis of calm, peace, and understanding amidst the chaos of city life.
Our historic neo-gothic church building was designed by renowned architect Ralph Adams Cram, assisted by William Ward Watkin, and was completed in 1919. The lovely Morrow Chapel was renovated in 2002 and features world-class stained glass, artwork, and liturgical furnishings by such artists as Kim Clark Renteria, Kermit Oliver, Troy Woods, Shazia Sikander, and Selven O’Keef Jarmon. Our Sunday worship services combine the serenity of these sacred spaces with the joyful
Program Notes for MIRIE IT IS
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on January 03, 2008
NOTES ON THE PROGRAM
All medieval music is glimpsed from a great distance, but no repertory is so hard to see as that of England in the middle ages. Where France had a tradition of lyric song that lasted long enough for thousands of songs to be enshrined in manuscripts, the music we have from England of the same period is scattered and faint: much was destroyed when the monasteries were taken over by the state in the Renaissance, and much more has suffered from the ravages of time. What has come down to us, though, speaks in astonishingly vivid voices.
