Houston Early Music is pleased to offer this preview of our new 2013-2014 season. Venues of the concerts are not yet available, but here is the line up of artists and programs. You may now pre-order your season tickets.
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. 7:30 p.m. FRETWORK, with LUTENIST ELIZABETH KENNY Lacrimae: Music of John Dowland in observance of the 450th anniversary of his birth.
Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. 7:30 p.m. THE ROSE ENSEMBLE And Glory Shown Around: An Early American Christmas
Emerging Artists Series Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. 7:30 p.m. THE BROKEN CONSORT Muse, Modes, and Magic: Music from the 13th – 17th centuries
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. 7:30 p.m. THE ORLANDO CONSORT 25th Anniversary Tour Concert: Vocal works from the 13th – 15th centuries
Hispanic Heritage Series Fri., April, 11, 2014. 7:30 p.m. ENSEMBLE CAPRICE Salsa Baroque: Baroque music from Latin America
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The Boston ensemble is back with music by women composers at the rival German courts of Frederic the Great and the House of Hapsburg. Foes on the battlefield, the zeal for victory extended to the salon, where passions ran high and nothing was spared in their lavish quest of the arts. Music by Frederic’s sister, Wilhelmine, and Anna Bon goes up against Hapsburg-sponsored Camilla de Rossi and Maria Teresa Agnesi. Soprano Shari Alise Wilson and countertenor Gerrod Pagenkopf. Violins, viola, violone, harpsichord and viola da gamba.
Celebrate the season as this acclaimed British ensemble makes their Houston debut with their own brand of entertaining Christmas treats. Included are carols and a pretty number written by Henry VIII, after which things move to the streets with tavern music, ecstatic dances and foot-tapping ballads. This holiday delight includes voice and a feast of instruments including fiddle, harp, guitar, vielle, flute, recorder, percussion, hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes.
Harpsichord superstar Richard Egarr returns to Houston with his trademark sense of discovery and a fresh, compelling look at the virtuosic works of 17th century composers Couperin, Purcell, Froberger and Blow. With his inquiring mind and adventurous spirit, Egarr engages the audience with a gripping performance of works from a time when there were no restrictions and eccentricity was the standard.
Individual tickets are $35 for general admission, $30 for seniors, and $10 for students with ID. Free admission is available for children under 15.
Houston Early Music is pleased to introduce this exciting young Swiss ensemble. While remembered for his extravagant lifestyle, Pope Leo X (1513-1521) was a noteworthy patron of arts and a man of great sensitivity for music. Himself a competent composer, Leo X clearly had a weakness for good musicians and his rise to the peak of ecclesiastical power brought about a true (albeit short) Golden Age for many of them. Follow LA MORRA to Pope’s private chamber for an intimate concert performed by the best of the pontiff’s “secret musicians.” Music by Pope Leo, Tromboncine, Encina, Francisco de la Torre, … Madly beautiful music, performed on harp, fiddle, flutes, lute and vihuela de manna.
Christ the King Lutheran Church, 7:30 p.m. 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005 see map
PLEASE NOTE: THE LOCATION FOR THIS CONCERT HAS CHANGED
Due to circumstances beyond our control the new location is Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, 77005 see map. Parking is available in the Rice University visitor lot on Greenbriar immediately south of Rice Boulevard, entrance 13A. Parking costs $1, payable only by major credit card. Swipe your card entering the lot, and use the same card to swipe again as you exit. (You will be charged only one time.)
Individual tickets are $35 for general admission, $30 for seniors, and $10 for students with ID. Free admission is available for children under 15.
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.
Please Support Houston Early Music with Your Donations
Ticket purchase covers only part of the costs of bringing early music performances to Houston. We need the support of patrons like you. Please make your tax-deductible donation to Houston Early Music
We are pleased to introduce our new Season Brochure for 2011-2012. It will be hitting the postal mails shortly. But you can download it now or view our brochure online at issuu.com
Houston Early Music – Music from the Middle Ages through the 18th Century
World-class concerts performed with historical instruments and with styles true to the period.
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Sat., Oct. 2, 2010
DA CAMERA OF HOUSTON and HOUSTON EARLY MUSIC present
The Route of the New World, Jordi Savall, Dir.
7:30PM, Cullen Theater of the Wortham Center
The renowned Catalan ensembles Hespèrion XXI and La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Ensemble Tembembe of Mexico under the direction of the incomparable Jordi Savall, perform a musical dialogue from the Old Spain, the Mexican baroque and the living “Husteca” and “Jarocho” traditions. www.aaronconcert.com/savall.html
Mon. Dec.13, 2010
CIARAMELA
A Piper’s Noel
7:30PM, Christ Church Cathedral
For our Christmas offering, we present the exciting young American ensemble in a concert of carols, hymns, lullabies and instrumental pieces from Renaissance England, France, Spain, Italy and Germany. Featuring the talents some of the foremost early musicians performing works from humble pipers’ tunes to grand Renaissance polyphony with voices, shawms, sackbut, recorders, and bagpipes.
www.ciaramella.org
Mon., Mar. 28, 2011
TRIO SONNERIE, Monica Huggett, Dir.
The Harmony of Nations
7:30PM, Venue – TBA
Trio Sonnerie, Monica Huggett’s longest running and smallest group, comes from the UK to present the choicest pick of Europe’s chamber music from the Baroque period. Biber’s astonishing “Mystery Sonatas” for virtuoso violin contrast with exquisitely refined French music for viola da gamba and sprightly tunes from Jacobean England. Of course, the Harmony of Nations wouldn’t be complete without JS Bach, here represented by a magnificent sonata for violin and harpsichord. www.sonnerie.org.uk
Mon., May 2, 2011
FLANDERS RECORDER QUARTET,
with SOPRANO CECILE KEMPENAERS
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
7:30PM, Venue – TBA
In a return trip to town, the dazzling ensemble presents a fascinating entertainment for recorder quartet, singer and narrator. The story of the king and his six wives is told with music and words joined artfully together – Music from the 16th and 17th centuries, contemporary pieces, a scene from Shakespeare, letters from King Henry and Anne Boleyn, and original verse. www.flanders-recorder-quartet.be
HOUSTON, TX— June 27, 2009 – Houston Early Music announces its 2009-2010 season featuring four internationally known groups – Red Priest, The Rose Ensemble, Ensemble Caprice and Tapestry. Each will delight audiences with inventive programs, outstanding virtuosity and their expertise in early music performance.
Houston Early Music is excited to announce the concerts in its 2009/2010 season. We hope you will join us for the outstanding performances by some of the leading artists in early music today. Please see our Subscription Page
NOTE NOTE NOTE
This season we will send our concert reminders via email. Please be sure to give us your contact information by emailing us at info@HoustonEarlyMusic.org or calling us at 713-432-1744. If you don’t use email, please let us know that by phone or mail at Houston Early Music, P.O. Box 271193, Houston, TX 77277-1193
Tue., Oct. 27, 2009, 7:30PM
RED PRIEST
A Nightmare in Venice
Trinity Episcopal Church 1015 Holman (at Main)
Just when you thought it was safe to go to a Baroque concert – UK’s Red Priest comes to town with a Halloween fest of some of the most extraordinary chamber music of the Baroque era, featuring Vivaldi’s Nightmare Concerto, Tartini’s Devil’s Trill sonata, Masque music by Robert Johnson, Gluck’s Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Leclair’s Demon Airs and Red Priest’s own Fantasia on Corelli’s La Follia. www.piersadams.com
“If the Rolling Stones played recorder, violin, cello and harpsichord and their genre was 17th-century music, they would be the band called Red Priest” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HISPANIC HERITAGE SERIES
Sun., Dec. 13, 2009, 5:00PM
THE ROSE ENSEMBLE
Celebremos el Niño – A Mexican Baroque Christmas
Christ Church Cathedral
1117 Texas Ave.
Early Mexican music resounds in this joyful holiday program featuring over two centuries of festive Christmas dances, ballads and villancicos from the great cathedrals of Puebla and Mexico City. Accompanied by viola da gamba, vihuela da mano and percussion, solos and choruses burst forth in this program that’s anything but predictable. www.roseensemble.com
“a scholarly, period-conscious group, they sing and play with a lusty ease that blows the dust off old music.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Fri., Mar. 5, 2010, 8:00PM
ENSEMBLE CAPRICE
Music of Paradise and Hell
Christ the King Lutheran Church
2353 Rice Blvd
Montreal-based Ensemble Caprice, under the artistic direction of recorder virtuosi Matthias Maute and Sophie Larivière, returns to perform a dazzling selection of 17th century works on recorders, viola da gamba, baroque guitar and percussion. The performance in conjunction with Society of Seventeenth-Century Music annual conference. www.ensemblecaprice.com
“Such dazzling virtuosity on the recorder leaves you in staggering daze! We wonder by which diabolical trick the flautists manage to articulate at such speed, with so much breath and energy.” Le Devoir– Canada
The three women of Tapestry, joined by Shira Kammen, vielle and harp return to Houston with a program crisscrossing borders and centuries to tell tales of remarkable women who inspired nations and generations. These women captured the imaginations of artists, composers, and writers throughout the ages. www.tapestryboston05.com
“An ensemble that plants haunting vibrations, old and new, in our ears.” Cleveland Plain Dealer
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Subscribe to our season and receive a discount on ticket price. As a season subscribers you will be given priority seating. Prices at the door are $35 for general admission, $30 for seniors and $10 for students (with student ID). Free admission for children under 15.
In times of economic uncertainty, it’s good to be able to count on an investment with guaranteed returns of pleasure and inspiration. We are offering a reduced-price subscription to our continuing season. Your investment in Houston Early Music helps us bring the finest early musicians to Houston audiences, supports our our commitment to educational outreach, and sustains the reputation of Houston on the international arts scene.
If you have subscribed to Houston Early Music but not yet received your tickets in the mail, they will be waiting for you at the box office Will Call Desk at the concert Friday night.
We remind you of the change of venue for our first concert. Since some patrons still lack power or email service, please let your friends know that the concert will be held at Christ Church Cathedral.
Parking The Cathedral Parking Garage on San Jacinto between Texas and Prairie provides free parking when you are attending events or meetings at the Cathedral. Please inform the parking attendant. Click here for a map.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008, 8:00PM LA DONNA MUSICALE The Pleasures Of Love And Libation: Aires by Julie Pinel and other Parisian women Christ Church Cathedral 1117 Texas Avenue
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Boston-based La Donna Musicale is joined by tenor Aaron Sheehan, an audience favorite, as they explore the contribution of Parisian women composers to the French Baroque and Rococo genres. Recreating the sounds of the Parisian salon, this delightful group features works by Julie Pinel and other Parisian women, including Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. A sacred work by Antonia Bembo is also included.
The voices, with flute accompaniment, are supported by the captivating tones of the harpsichord and viola de gamba.
“Kudos to La Donna Musicale as they champion the unheard music of women composers.” — Early Music America
Preconcert talk at 7:00pm Laury Gutiérrez, Founding Director of La Donna Musicale ladm.org
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. 7:30 p.m.
Emerging Artists Series
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. 7:30 p.m.
Hispanic Heritage Series
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