Be on the listen for Houston Music Highlights, Tuesday through Friday on Classical 91.7! These 6-minute highlights feature local musicians and ensembles such as the Houston Symphony, the Apollo Chamber Players, and numerous others each week. Houston Music Highlights air at 7 AM, and then repeat at 1 PM, 6 PM, and 10 PM.
This week, 20th– and 21st-century music abound! Highlights include a choral piece by a contemporary Norwegian composer; a beloved Bernstein overture via the UH Moores School Symphony; tango on sax; and a track from a new CD of music by a Shepherd School of Music faculty-composer.
Tuesday
Ubi Caritas: Ola Gjeilo
Cantare Houston; Kevin Riehle, conductor
Recorded in HPM’s Geary Performance Studio on May 5, 2011
Wednesday
Overture to Candide: Leonard Bernstein
Moores School Symphony Orchestra; Franz Anton Krager, conductor
Performed in the Moores Opera House on April 26th, 2014
Thursday
La Grand Tango (excerpts): Astor Piazzolla
Mario Ciaccio, saxophone; Simone Miotto, piano
Presented by the Foundation for Modern Music
Recorded in HPM’s Geary Performance Studio on April 25, 2011
Friday
Requiem: For the Living – George Eliot – Agnus Dei: Arthur Gottschalk
Lauren Snouffer, soprano; Andrea Jaber, alto; St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; St. Petersburg Chamber Choir; Vladimir Lande, conductor
Requiem: For the Living (Navona Records 6009)