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 an arrangement of Beethoven’s outdoorsy Sixth Symphony, an unorthodox trio by Mozart, Russian choral music, and a Baroque solo oboe work from Venice.
Tuesday
Pastoral: Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. WindSync)
WindSync: Common Thread (HPM 629)
Wednesday
Trio in E-flat major, K. 498, “Kegelstatt” – II. Menuetto: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
St. Cecilia Chamber Music Society: Richie Hawley, clarinet; James Dunham, viola; Rodney Waters, piano
Recorded in HPM’s Geary Performance Studio on May 4, 2015
Thursday
The Golden Cloud: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Hidden Beauty: César Cui
Houston Chamber Choir; Robert Simpson, conductor
The Houston Chamber Choir: Ravishingly Russian (MSR 1311)
Friday
Oboe Concerto in D minor – II. Adagio: Alessandro Marcello
The Greenbriar Consortium: Anne Leek, oboe; Molly Hammond, piano
Recorded in HPM’s Geary Performance Studio on February 12, 2013