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The previous newsletter provided incorrect information on purchasing tickets. For this concert, tickets may be purchased at the door or by calling the Moores Opera House box office at 713-743-3313. (Not the Houston Early Music ticket line!) Tickets are $25 for general admission, $20 for seniors and students. (We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience.)
Houston Early Music Newsletter
2 November 2003
Houston Early Music presents historically-informed performances of early music in concerts featuring internationally renowned artists. We offer programs of vocal, instrumental, and chamber music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque periods using historically appropriate instruments.
Music from the past, as vital now as when new, is brought to life by some of our time's most gifted period musicians.(For information on subscribing or unsubscribing to this newsletter, see bottom of page.)
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Our Next Concert
Vespers of 1610
Claudio Monteverdi
with Houston Chamber Choir, Ars Lyrica Houston, and The Whole Noyse
Co-Sponsored by Moores School of Music (University of Houston) and Houston Chamber Choir
Two performances:
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003, 8 p.m.
and Thursday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m.at
Moores Opera House
University of Houston
(UH exit 16 off Cullen)SPECIAL NOTE ON TICKETS: For this concert, tickets may be purchased at the door or by calling the Moores Opera House box office at 713-743-3313. (Not the Houston Early Music ticket line!) Tickets are $25 for general admission, $20 for seniors and students.
We are pleased to join with two of our city’s premier musical ensembles in presenting one of the great masterworks of sacred music, Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Virgine. Houston Chamber Choir and Ars Lyrica Houston will be joined by the period wind ensemble, The Whole Noyse, in bringing to life this monumental work.
Prior to the November 15th performance at 7:00 in the Moores School of Music, renowned Monteverdi scholar, Dr. Jeffrey Kurtzman will present a lecture entitled "Honoring the Virgin, the Pope and Advertising Himself: Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine of 1610."
For more about the program, see Vespers of 1610
Upcoming Events
For information or Tickets, call 713-432-1744
Single tickets: $25 standard, $20 seniors/students
On Christmas Night – Music for the Yuletide Season
The Baltimore Consort
Sunday, December 14, 2003, 4 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas
You requested, and we happily complied with, a return engagement by this Houston favorite. Baltimore Consort returns with a selection of old carols and dance tunes from the British Isles, France and Appalachia performed on lute, flute, voices and viols in a program sure to delight the entire family. You and yours are invited to join us after the concert in the Great Hall for wassail and holiday treats.
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
Friday, February 27, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
St. Paul's Methodist Church
"…a thoroughly unconventional ensemble that defies standard notions about the recorder and its limitations." (Chicago Tribune)
Noted for flawless ensemble playing and breathtaking technique, this internationally renowned Dutch recorder quartet presents a concert of renaissance masterworks from Spain and the Low Countries performed on a collection of recorders ranging in size from the 6 inch garklein to the six-foot contrabass.
Harmonia Artificiosa – The Sonata à Cinque in the 17th- & 18th-Century
Rebel
Saturday, March 27, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
St. Anne Catholic Church
A beautiful and intriguing program of chamber music from 17th- & 18th-Century Italy, Germany and Austria tracing the origins of the quintet as we know it today, written for the richly sonorous formation of two violins, two violas and basso continuo, featuring rarely performed works by Salamone Rossi, H.I.F. Biber, Johann Rosenmüller, Georg Muffat and Georg Phillip Telemann.
"Vitality and enthusiasm … virtuosity and joy." (The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Hispanic Heritage Series
El Mundo
Friday, May 7, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral
This electrifying vocal and instrumental ensemble, noted for its exciting performances of baroque music from Spain and her New World colonies, returns to Houston after its stunning success in 2002 with a program of selected scenes from 17th-Century Spanish zarzuelas and Latin American music dramas. Featured will be excerpts from San Ignacio de Loyola, a sacred drama from the Viceroyalty of Peru with music by Dominico Zipoli.
"Savino and his ensemble provided crackling good playing." (Houston Chronicle)
About Houston Early Music
Houston Early Music is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to further the appreciation and performance of early music of the European traditions and other world cultures, presenting internationally famous musicians playing original instruments in historically-informed performances. In addition we reach out to new and diverse audiences through an educational outreach program on the elementary, secondary, college, and community levels.
You may reach us at
Houston Early Music
P.O. Box 271193
Houston TX 77277-1193
Phone 713-432-1744
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Web http://www.HoustonEarlyMusic.orgOur web site www.HoustonEarlyMusic.org describes the season's offerings and is a timely source for detailed information on concerts and events throughout the year. If you would like to receive our season program printed brochure, please email or call us. Season subscriptions (six concerts) are $140 standard, $100 seniors/students. A three-concert mini-pass is available for $70/$50.
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