The quartet has reached a stage where anything is possible, because it has dispensed with certainties. Performing works tonight by Mozart, Janacek, and Beethoven, they are lauded for their "fire and energy... playing staggeringly well... with sparkling virtuosity and a willingness to astonish." (Harald Eggebrecht, SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITU) PROGRAM MOZART […]
Percussion I and II Ensemble Concert
Purcell: Chaconne in G Minor for String Quartet (arr. Britten) Haydn: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20, No. 3 Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 108 Schubert: String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden” A DACAMERA audience favorite, the Grammy-nominated Danish Quartet is among the world’s finest […]
Join Ruby and her zodiac friends in a story that's not just a celebration of the Lunar New Year but an unforgettable adventure where the spirit of the zodiac comes alive! Get ready to be part of Houston Grand Opera's "Ruby's Chinese New Year" by Vicki Lee, an interactive storybook opera experience where every turn […]
Louis-Marie Fardet performs Bach works for solo cello.
"Unaccompanied," a program of new music for solo cello commissioned and performed by Boston-based cellist Leo Eguchi, explores personal stories of immigration and American identity. Each of the commissioned works is by immigrant and first-generation American composers tasked with tackling the question, “What does your American-ness sound like?” Being a mixed-race, first-generation American, I grappled […]
In collaboration with the Houston Hwamei Chamber Orchestra, the Houston Brass Quintet will play alongside Chinese Dance and Music Ensembles. HBQ's portion of the concert will feature works like Carmen and Rhapsody in Blue as well as some traditional Chinese arrangments by Guoxiang Zhang.
Conductor Delyana Lazarova returns, leading ROCO’s full chamber orchestra in a high-octane program brimming with dynamic energy! Elfrida Andree’s colorful, lyrical Symphony No. 2 in A Minor, with its exuberant opening theme, paves the way for the U.S. premiere of Richard Danielpour’s “Voci del Purgatorio”, a journey to rebirth – the second movement of his Symphony in Three Movements After the Divine […]
The Moores School Chamber Orchestra, in concert, will feature the 2023 Winner of the Moores School Concerto Competition, Vocal Division, Baritone, Sean Holshouser with music of Korngold, Handel and Ravel. This performance will be conducted by graduate members of the Orchestral Conducting Studio and will also feature additional music of Rameau, Mozart and Saariaho with […]
The eldest of the famed British musical family of seven musical prodigies, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason possesses dazzling technical skills and spellbinding musicality that have propelled the young musician into the international spotlight. She makes her Houston debut at DACAMERA in a recital featuring an equally exciting Houston premiere: Fanny Mendelssohn’s “Easter” Sonata – first lost […]
February is National Heart Health Month AND the month for Valentine's Day! Be prepared to experience music -- music that will "lift" your heart, music that might make your heart race, music that inspires memories of someone special, music that touches your innermost being, music that... well you get the picture. You will want to […]
‘Aikya’ explores the state of oneness in music, rhythm and movement. These complementing arts converge and diverge harmoniously, at times creating abstract patterns, and at other times telling stories that hail from the soil of India. Odissi is a classical Indian dance-form known for its lyricism and sinuous forms. Despite it being ancient in terms […]
