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Human Rights  ׃  Music, Art, Culture  ׃  Spirituality ׃  Environment


Sep 25, Oct 9, Oct 23, Nov 13, Dec 4
Schubert: The Final Flowering

Clive Swansbourne
In this series, internationally acclaimed English-born pianist, Clive Swansbourne, will perform powerful works Schubert composed during the last six years of his life.  From the age of 25 to 31,  Schubert enjoyed an astonishing creative surge.  This five part series will be a retrospective of these final compositions.  Clive Swansbourne was educated at the Royal College of Music in London and received his doctorate from The Yale School of Music.  He has performed throughout the United States and Europe and has appeared often on NPR and the BBC.
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Location
: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: September 25th Recital FREE
Tickets $20 and $15 (students) for remaining recitals
Series tickets $80 and $60 (students)


October 3, 7:00 pm
The Gateless Gate: A Musical Exploration of Boundaries
Mukuru Arts for AIDS
Featuring performances by pianist Rodney Waters (Mukuru’s Artistic Director), pianist Adam Tendler (Artistic Director of Foundation for Modern Music), soprano Melissa Givens, and members of the Houston Symphony.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
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October 10 & 11
An Evening of Native American Dance
Tewa Dancers from the North
Ten dancers from the Ohkay Owingeh/San Juan Pueblo north of Santa Fe, will share their celebrative dances with traditional drums and authentic dress.  These performances will give the audience a close-up view of the historically mysterious and magnetic Pueblo culture and dance, as represented by a vibrant young family.  A question and answer period will follow.  Following the dance performance, the Chapel will host the Houston premiere of the recent documentary “Dancing from the Heart,” that features the Tewa Dancers from the North.  In the film, Andrew Garcia talks about his efforts to maintain Pueblo spiritual and cultural traditions while reconciling his heritage with contemporary life.  The film’s director and producer, Marilyn Hunt, a dance expert in New York and Santa Fe, will moderate a conversation with the dancers and the audience following the film.
Dates and Times: October 10-Performance at 7:00 pm, Documentary at 8:00 pm
October 11-Repeat performance at 1:00 pm
Location: Chapel Grounds
Admission: Free


October 17, 7:00 pm
Rothko on Rothko
Christopher Rothko
Mark Rothko’s son, Christopher, will discuss his father’s philosophical and creative genius. Currently, Christopher helps organize exhibitions of his father’s work around the globe. He is the editor of The Artist’s Reality, a book of his father’s philosophical writings.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
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October 19, 5:00 pm
For the Soul: Morton Feldman's Rothko Chapel and Other Selections
CANTARE Houston

CANTARE brings its unique choral perspective to the Chapel.  The Choir will perform a work by Morton Feldman commissioned by Dominique de Menil in memory of their good friend Mark Rothko.  Also hear compositions by Palestrina, Holst, Vaughan Williams and Ticheli, touching deep wells of spirituality and emotion.  Blake Williams, percussion; Laura Smith, harp.
Admission: Tickets are $25 and $20 for students.  Tickets may be purchased at www.cantarehouston.org
Location: The Rothko Chapel


October 22, 7:00 pm
A Long Shadow: Emily Dickinson and Contemporary Poets
Mark Doty, Alice Fulton, Susan Howe
This evening, organized by beloved outgoing University of Houston faculty member and celebrated poet Mark Doty, will focus on contemporary poetry inspired by Emily Dickinson.  Doty, as well as special guest poets Alice Fulton and Susan Howe, will read samples of their own works alongside poems by Dickinson.  This program is presented by the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts in conjunction with the upcoming performance of “Lightning at Our Feet.”
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
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November 21, 7:00 pm
Damaged Romanticism

Adam Zagajewski and Sarah Rothenberg

Poet Adam Zagajewski and pianist Sarah Rothenberg present an evening of readings, performance and conversation inspired by the themes and ideas of the recent Blaffer Gallery exhibition, “Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion.”  This program is presented by the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission: Free
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December 9, 7:30 pm
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


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
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December 19, 7:00 pm
Season of Light
Trio Angelico
Just as Mark Rothko’s Chapel paintings are full of light despite their dark hue, so too can the darkness of winter be the occasion for a mystical encounter with the power of light.  This evening will be a celebration of light and will feature Sonja Bruzauskas, Mezzo Soprano, Jennifer Keeney, flautist and Anita Kruse,  pianist.  Known as Trio Angelico, these three will premiere a composition by well known composer and pianist, Paul English who has performed  and recorded with such greats as Dizzy Gillespie, and Fathead Newman.  This program is presented by Divas World Productions.
Location: The Rothko Chapel
Admission:
Free
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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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