Our second Live from Jones Hall livestream concert shines a light on the members of the Houston Symphony’s string and wind sections as small ensembles take center stage. Discover more about the night’s repertoire—Strauss’s deeply poignant Metamorphosen – Realisation for String Septet and Mozart’s lyrical and graceful Wind Serenade in E-flat major. You can also … Continued
Ready for the first Live from Jones Hall livestream chamber concert? Discover more about the night’s repertoire, from a quartet by trailblazing composer Florence Price to a vibrant Czech Capriccio to two favorites by Bach. You can also check out full musician bios here. Live from Jones Hall: Bach, Price & Janáček Saturday, July 11, … Continued
On Friday, June 12, Houston Symphony musicians Aralee Dorough, principal flute, and Colin Gatwood, oboe, invite you into their home for a livestream concert performance in summer’s Living Room Series. Their son, Corin Gatwood, joins on electric bass, too—marking the first time that all three have performed publicly together. Houston Symphony: What has the process … Continued
What Shakespeare was to the sonnet, Richard Strauss was the tone poem. Pioneered by Franz Liszt in the mid-1800s, tone poems took the then-groundbreaking step of tying music to an extra-musical source—usually, a poem, novel, painting, or landscape—allowing music to “tell the story.” In the tone poem Strauss found a perfect outlet for his compositional … Continued
On Friday, May 22, Joan DerHovsepian, associate principal viola, invites you to an evening of music via livestream concert, the fourth of the Houston Symphony’s new Living Room Series. Joan will be joined by her musical family: husband Erik Gronfor is the assistant principal double bass in the Houston Grand Opera’s Orchestra, and daughter Clara, … Continued
“Music is ultimately about sharing what you love with your audience.” On Friday, May 15, Brinton Averil Smith, principal cello invites online viewers into his home for a livestream performance with his wife, pianist Evelyn Chen, and their daughter, Calista Smith, a vocalist who is also trained as a violinist. Before their Living Room Concert, … Continued