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December 4, 7:15 pm
Schubert: The Final Flowering
Clive Swansbourne
Last in the series, the
internationally-acclaimed English-born pianist Clive Swansbourne discusses
and performs works the great Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
composed in the last six years of his young life.
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Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission:
Tickets $20 and $15 (students) for remaining recitals
Series tickets $80 and $60 (students)
December 13, 2:00 pm
Midwinter Carols
The Nathan
Clark George Trio
The all-acoustic Nathan Clark George Trio,
performing on guitar, mandolin, violin, and bass will offer a
seasonally-appropriate selection of Christmas music. Medieval to modern,
the trio’s carols reveal the beauty and meaning of Christmas and offer an
occasion for reflection and reverence at the height of the holiday season.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
December 19, 7:00 pm
Angels
Trio Angelico
Trio Angelico’s three distinctive
voices—Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo soprano; Jennifer Keeney, flutist; and
Anita Kruse, pianist/composer—combine to form a unique, passionate sound
that resonates with comfort and warmth. In the spirit of the holiday
season, Trio Angelico presents a Song Salon program inspired by the topic
of Angels, with music composed about angels and pieces based on various
spiritual texts referencing these elusive messengers of God. Radio
personality Dean Dalton joins the Trio to comment on the music.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
January
19, 7 p.m.
Voices of Praise for Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Jones Family Singers
Based in Bay City, Texas, the Jones
Family Singers, three generations of a family, are led by Fred A. Jones,
father, pastor, and manager. The contemporary gospel group has performed
at Austin City Lights Music Festival and on Black Entertainment Network.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
January
20, 7:30 p.m.
Messiaen Centennial
Concert: Visions de l'Amen
DaCamera of Houston
Olivier Messiaen’s great religious
piano cycle was first performed by the composer and his student and future
wife Yvonne Loriod in a semi-secret art gallery concert in Nazi-occupied
Paris. Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg, who studied the music of
Messiaen with Loriod in Paris, is joined by Marilyn Nonken, the
contemporary music virtuoso who made an outstanding Da Camera debut in
2007.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Tickets are available at
www.dacamera.com
March 20,
7 p.m.
Salon Series: The Power of Baroque
Matthew Dirst and Sonja Bruzauskas
Harpsichordist Matthew Dirst,
associate professor of Music at the University of Houston and artistic
director of Ars Lyrica Houston, along with mezzo-soprano Sonja Bruzauskas,
artistic director of Divas World Productions, will highlight the
harpsichord, revered during the Baroque era and rediscovered in the
twentieth century. Similarities and differences between the eras will be
revealed during the evening.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
Friday,
March 27, 8 p.m.
Music for Peace: A Sweeter Music
Sarah Cahill
Taking its title from Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.’s acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964,
where he called for “a sweeter music, a cosmic melody that is far superior
to the discords of war,” this concert at The Rothko Chapel is one of the
annual international concerts for peace. California-based pianist Sarah
Cahill, a specialist in new American music, will perform music composed
for her by legendary composers Meredith Monk, Yoko Ono, Pauline Oliveiros,
and others. The concert will occur immediately following the
presentation of Rigoberta Menchu's talk at 6:00 p.m..
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
The Music, Art and Culture series is partially funded
by a grant from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
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