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Houston Early Music Newsletter
Houston Early Music presents the world's finest period ensembles and soloists ... bringing to life music from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance to the Baroque and Classical periods. Experience with us early music played on original instruments, by musicians reviving performances of the past.
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Next Concert:
ENSEMBLE CAPRICE
Les Septs Sauts
Baroque Chamber Music at the Court of Stuttgart
Friday, March 16, 2007 at 8pmSt. Philip Presbyterian Church
4807 San Felipe Map
Preconcert talk at 7pm
Matthias Maute, Co-director, Ensemble Caprice
For more information, including complete program notes, please see
http://www.houstonearlymusic.org/2006/4caprice/
Montreal-based Ensemble Caprice makes its first visit to Houston on Friday, March 16 in a performance presented by Houston Early Music. The program of baroque pieces has been chosen to show the foreign influences that made music at the Court of Stuttgart so colorful. Internationally-acclaimed recorder/flute virtuosi Matthias Maute and Sophie Larivière will be joined in this performance by Suzie Napper (cello), Erin Helyard (harpsichord) and Ziya Tabassian (Turkish percussion) in works by Handel, Vivaldi, Froberger and Couperin. The program also features anonymous French contredanses and Italian balletti.
Formed in Germany in 1986, Ensemble Caprice is renowned for its innovative interpretations of baroque music and has performed to great critical acclaim internationally. In 2005, the ensemble made its U.S. debut in the Boston Early Music Festival concert series and has subsequently appeared in many parts of this country. Closer to home in Canada, the ensemble has its own concert series at Redpath Hall in Montreal and was recently nominated for the Conseil Québécois de la Musique's prestigious Prix Opus award in three different categories. A new recording featuring the music of Fux, Caldera and Badia will be released in June and another, a unique recording featuring early gypsy music from an anonymous collection (1730) from Eastern Europe and works by Vivaldi will be released this fall on the Analekta label.
At 7:00 p.m. Mattias Maute will give a free pre-concert talk on the music to be performed.
"….such dazzling virtuosity on the recorder leaves you in a staggering daze!"
Le Devoir, Montreal
Concert ticket prices are $30 for general admission, $25 for seniors and $10 for students (with student ID). Free admission for children under 15. Tickets may be purchased at the door or by calling 713-432-1744. For more information visit www.HoustonEarlyMusic.org
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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.
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Houston Early Music
P.O. Box 271193
Houston TX 77277-1193
Phone 713-432-1744
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Web http://www.HoustonEarlyMusic.org
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