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 a double dose of Korngold with Evelyn Chen (joined by her husband Brinton Smith), a gentle romantic tune from Ralph Vaughan Williams, and a Houston Symphony world premiere recording of music by Christopher Rouse.
Tuesday
Don Quixote – Dulcinea of Toboso & Adventure: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Evelyn Chen, piano
Recorded in HPM’s Geary Performance Studio on September 26, 2011
Wednesday
Five Mystical Songs – III. Love bade me welcome: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Moores School Chamber Orchestra; Charles Stanton, baritone; Jaemi Blair Loeb, conductor
Performed in the Moores Opera House on October 30, 2010
Thursday
Much Ado About Nothing – Garden Scene: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Brinton Averil Smith, cello; Evelyn Chen, piano
Recorded in HPM’s Geary Performance Studio on September 26, 2011
Friday
Flute Concerto – IV. Scherzo: Christopher Rouse
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Carol Wincenc, flute; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Christopher Rouse – Symphony No. 2, Flute Concerto, Phaethon (Telarc 80452)