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 several works for voice, as well as some music from long ago... and others from much more recent years!
Tuesday
The Creation – The Marv'lous Work: Franz Joseph Haydn (arr. Lorento Golofeev)
Apollo Chamber Players; Lynelle Rowley, soprano; Sonja Harasim, violin; Adam LaMotte, violin; Deborah Dunham, bass
Recorded in HPM's Geary Performance Studio on January 5, 2017
Wednesday
Requiem: For the Living – Introit – Yizkor – Kyrie: Arthur Gottschalk
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; St. Petersburg Chamber Choir; Alberto Mizrahi, tenor; Vladimir Lande, conductor
Requiem: For the Living (Navona Records 6009)
Thursday
Serse – Ombra mai fu: George Frideric Handel
Ars Lyrica Houston; Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
Performed at the Hobby Center's Zilkha Hall on September 13, 2015
Friday
Varied Trio – IV. Rondeau in Honor of Fragonard, and V. Dance: Lou Harrison
MUSIQA: Sean Wang, violin; Blake Wilkins, percussion; Jeewon Lee, piano
Recorded in HPM's Geary Performance Studio on October 14, 2010.