September 20, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – In the spring of 1747, J.S. Bach paid a visit to King Frederick the Great, where his son Carl Phillip Emmanuel was employed as a court musician. Curious to test Bach’s contrapuntal prowess, Frederick presented Bach with a subject to improvise two fugues, first one in three parts, and then one in six. Declining the […]
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September 20, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – A concert performance of Monteverdi’s beautiful 1639 opera with a stellar cast of 15 outstanding ARTEK singers.The story tells us of Ulysses (Richard Pittsinger) returning to his kingdom in Ithaca from his long travels where his wife Penelope (Kim Leeds) and son Telemaco (Evan Katsefes) do not know if he is alive or dead. Penelope, […]
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September 20, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – GRAMMY-nominated Baroque ensemble Ars Lyrica Houston’s season opener, In Praise of Virtue, spotlights countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, a “young star” (New York Times) and local favorite since his time in the HGO Studio. Nussbaum Cohen will share the stage with “breakout” soprano (Boston Globe) Hannah De Priest, in her Ars Lyrica debut. This program features […]
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September 21, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm – A concert performance of Monteverdi’s beautiful 1639 opera with a stellar cast of 15 outstanding ARTEK singers.The story tells us of Ulysses (Richard Pittsinger) returning to his kingdom in Ithaca from his long travels where his wife Penelope (Kim Leeds) and son Telemaco (Evan Katsefes) do not know if he is alive or dead. Penelope, […]
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September 21, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm – Join us for an evening of music and good wine in Belvedere overlooking the Lagoon. RSVP to heatherfindlay@gmail.com
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