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, it's an international journey of music by Spanish, French, Italian and American composers! Not just any American composer, but a rising young local composer – HPM's own Joshua Zinn, a native Texan and graduate of the University of Houston's Moores School of Music.
Tuesday
"Evocacion" from the "Suite Iberia": Isaac Albeniz
Recorded in HPM's Geary Performance Studio in 2007
Wednesday
Violin Sonata No. 2 – II. Blues. Moderato: Maurice Ravel
Eric Halen, violin; Scott Holshouser, piano
Recorded in HPM's Geary Performance Studio on April 20, 2015
Thursday
Fantasia sulla Cavalleria Rusticana (excerpt): Pietro Mascagni-Calogero Di Liberto
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Recorded in HPM's Geary Performance Studio in 2007
Friday
A Many-Coloured Dome of Glass – III. The Road to Avignon: Joshua Zinn
Anna Diemer, soprano; Hailey Darnell, piano
Performed at the University of Houston's Dudley Recital Hall on April 26, 2015
