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Past Performances

Season 4: 2008-2009

JoAnn Falletta
Mollie Marcuson

Season Opener

October 11, 2008 7:30 p.m.
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston

October 12, 2008 6:30 p.m.
Evans Art Series at Chapelwood United Methodist Church, Houston

JoAnn Falletta, Conductor
Mollie Marcuson, Harp Soloist

World premiere by Houston-based composer Karim Al-Zand
Visions from Another World

Handel
Harp Concerto

Strauss
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Emperor's Waltz
- encore/surprise piece

Conductor generously underwritten by the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.

Karim Al-Zand's premiere is made possible by an individual artist grant from Houston Arts Alliance.

Karim Al-Zand

 

Robert Simpson
Matthew Dane

Concert of Angels
for Día de los Muertos
in collaboration with Houston Chamber Choir

November 1, 2008 5:00 p.m.
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston

Robert Simpson, Conductor
Matthew Dane, Viola Soloist

Daniel Kellogg
Mozart's Hymn

José Pablo Moncayo
Homenaje a Cervantes

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Flos campi for solo viola, chorus and orchestra

Ecueno
La Comparsa
- quintet/surprise piece

Selection of traditional Mexican folk songs

Join us for a special musical ofrenda in conjunction with the concert

Houston Chamber Choir

Brian Lewis

Third Concert - Conductorless!

February 21, 2009 5:00 p.m.
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston

February 22, 2009 2:00 p.m.
St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston

ROCO Soloists

Bizet
Symphony in C

Bloch
Concerto Grosso for Solo String Quartet and Strings

Respighi
Trittico Boticelliano

The Conductorless Concert is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.


Alastair Willis
Christina Jennings

Season Finale

April 18, 2009 5:00 p.m.
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston

Alastair Willis, Conductor
Christina Jennings, Flute Soloist

Haydn
Symphony No. 44

World Premiere
and ROCO Commission
Carter Pann
Mercury Concerto

Shostakovich
Chamber Symphony Op. 83 for Winds and Strings

View Haydn Symphony No. 44 - Allegro con brio Video

View Haydn Symphony No. 44 - Menuetto: Allegreto Video

View Haydn Symphony No. 44 - Presto Video

View Haydn Symphony No. 44 - Adagio Video

View Video of Carter Pann and Christina Jennings discussing World Premiere of Mercury Concerto

View Video of Conductor Alastair Willis Introducing World Premiere of Mercury Concerto

View World Premiere of Mercury Concerto - Movement 1 Video

View World Premiere of Mercury Concerto - Movement 2 Video

View World Premiere of Mercury Concerto - Movement 3, Part 1 Video

View World Premiere of Mercury Concerto - Movement 3, Part 2 Video

Carter Pann

 

 
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