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Houston Music Highlights: Week Of May 23rd, 2016

A preview of the Houston Music Highlights airing on Houston Public Media Classical this week.

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Album cover for Valerie Hartzell’s Ex Tenebris Lux.

Be on the listen for Houston Music Highlights, Tuesday through Friday on Houston Public Media Classical! 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, we feature chamber music from a local pianist, choral tunes from Russia and Hungary, and a classical guitar classic from Spain!

 

Tuesday

Des Pas Sur La Neige (Footprints in the Snow): Claude Debussy

Houston New Arts Movement: Adam Clay, piano

Recorded in HPM's Geary Performance Studio on March 15, 2016

 

Wednesday

The Ruins of the Tower: Sergei Taneyev

Houston Chamber Choir

Ravishingly Russian (MSR 1311)

 

Thursday

Esti Dal (Evening Song): Traditional Hungarian (arr. Zoltan Kodaly)

The King's Singers

Recorded in HPM's Geary Performance Studio in 2006

 

Friday

Recuerdos de la Alhambra: Francisco Tárrega

Valerie Hartzell, guitar

Valerie Hartzell – Ex Tenebris Lux (Soundset 1036)

Joshua Zinn

Joshua Zinn

Producer, Houston Matters

Joshua is a producer for Houston Matters on News 88.7 as well as the host of Encore Houston on Houston Public Media Classical. He joined Houston Public Media as a radio intern in 2014 and became a full-time announcer the following year. Now he prepares segments and occasionally records interviews...

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