Catch 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 a.m., and then repeat at 1 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m.
It's an almost all-Russian week of Highlights! We'll hear Houston musicians and friends performing selections by Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky. A piece by contemporary Texas composer, Stephen Lias, rounds out the week.
Tuesday
Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5: Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. Anthony Elliott)
Anthony Elliott, cello; Timothy Hester, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Music for Cello and Piano – Anthony Elliott
Wednesday
Scherzo à la russe: Igor Stravinsky
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Performed in Jones Hall on May 13, 1996
Thursday
June – Barcarolle from "The Seasons": Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
Timothy Hester, piano
The Classical 91.7 Sessions – Timothy Hester
Friday
Imaginary Folksongs – III. Magic Island and VI. The Three Jolly Pigeons: Stephen Lias
Dan Gelok, alto saxophone; Laura Bleakley, piano
Recorded in HPM's Geary Performance Studio on May 20, 2016
