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 music exclusively by American composers as we approach the Fourth of July holiday! Make sure you don’t miss out on the Houston Symphony’s Star Spangled Salute at Miller Outdoor Theater next Monday at 8:30 PM!
Tuesday
Rodeo – Hoedown: Aaron Copland
Houston Symphony; Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
Sabre Dance – Houston Symphony (Pro Arte 250)
Wednesday
An Ante-Bellum Sermon: Henry T. Burleigh, arr. Apollo Chamber Players
Blurred Boundaries (Navona Records 6038)
Thursday
Summer: Thomas Helton
Vladimir Kotsiouruba, violin; Greg Harbar, accordion; Thomas Helton, double-bass
Recorded in HPM's Geary Performance Studio on July 12, 2005
Friday
America, the Beautiful: Samuel A. Ward, arr. Gordon Schuster
The Liberty Bell March: John Philip Sousa
Recorded in HPM's Geary Performance Studio on July 1, 2011
