Above: Detail from Monet’s The Houses of Parliament, Sunset. On November 29 and December 1 and 2, the Houston Symphony welcomes renowned conductor Edo de Waart to Jones Hall for a performance of Elgar’s noble and passionate Symphony No. 1. Learn more about this masterpiece and the context that inspired it in this post. The … Continued
Celebrate Veterans Day the classical way with this playlist of great American music. We hope this selection of familiar favorites and hidden gems brings the joy of music to your day. If you like having the freedom to listen to whatever music you want—thank a veteran! Copland: Lincoln Portrait Composed in 1942, Copland’s Lincoln Portrait … Continued
This November, the Houston Symphony gives you the rare chance to experience Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s 1933 ballet chanté (“sung ballet”), The Seven Deadly Sins, live in concert. Part classical, part cabaret, with catchy tunes galore and plenty of sharp satire, it’s a remarkable fusion of popular entertainment and high art from two 20th … Continued
On November 29 and December 1 and 2, the Houston Symphony welcomes world-renowned pianist Garrick Ohlsson back to Jones Hall for Ohlsson Plays Beethoven, a program featuring Beethoven’s dramatic Piano Concerto No. 3. Learn more about this fiery masterpiece and the events that may have inspired it in this post. The earliest sketch for Beethoven’s … Continued
Leonardo R. Soto Jr. is the newly appointed Principal Timpanist of the Houston Symphony and the first native Hispanic timpanist to play in a professional orchestra in the United States. Leo served as principal timpanist of the Charlotte Symphony from 2009 until 2018, and the Michigan Opera Theatre-Detroit Opera House from 2003 to 2009. He … Continued
Above: Detail from Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog. This Thanksgiving weekend, the Houston Symphony performs a program of music by composers associated with Vienna: Mozart, Brahms and Suppé. Learn more about Brahms’ powerful Symphony No. 4, a work of profound depth that many critics regard as his greatest masterpiece. During the summers … Continued
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