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We continue the 2011 Texas Music Festival this week with the third concert in our PERSPECTIVES series entitled "Sensuous Perfume" featuring the world premiere of David Ashley White's "As you set out for Ithaca" along with works by Gershwin, Vieuxtemps, Brahms, and Hindemith.
On Saturday, June 25, we present our Festival Orchestra with conductor Carl St.Clair performing Christopher Theofanidis's "Rainbow Body" and Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7. Also performing with the Festival Orchestra, we have the 2011 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition winner, Lachezar Kostov. Mr. Kostov will be performing Saint-Sa�ns' Concerto No. 2. For a full bio on this Bulgarian cellist, visit www.lachezarkostov.net/about/. 
You may now purchase tickets online at http://tmf.tix.com, as well as calling the box office at 713-743-3313, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. through 4 p.m.
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This Week
June 20 (Mon.), Presidential Conf. Center, Texas A&M University, 7:30 p.m. June 21 (Tues.), Moores Opera House, University of Houston, 7:30 p.m. PERSPECTIVES 3: Faculty Artist Chamber Music "Sensuous Perfume" A world premiere of David Ashley White's new rhapsody for mezzo-soprano, "As you set out for Ithaca"(commissioned by the Immanuel and Helen Olshan 2011 Texas Music Festival and dedicated to Melanie Sonnenberg and Timothy Hester), virtuoso violin works by Gershwin and Vieuxtemps, and a Romantic favorite, Brahms's Piano Quartet, Op. 25, form the pillars of this dramatic and virtuosic program, which also includes Paul Hindemith's Cello Sonata, Op. 11. Performers: Melanie Sonnenberg, mezzo-soprano, Timothy Hester, piano, Lucie Robert, Zuo Jun, violin; Rita Porfiris, viola; Kevin Dvorak, Vagram Saradjian, cello June 23 (Thurs.), Dudley Recital Hall, Univ. of Houston, 7 p.m., FREE Young Artist Chamber Music Small ensemble performances by Orchestral Fellows. June 25 (Sat.), Dudley Recital Hall, Univ. of Houston, 10 a.m., FREE High School Piano Institute Ensemble Recital Nancy Weems, director Gifted high school pianists perform ensemble works. June 25 (Sat.), Moores Opera House, University of Houston, 7:30 p.m. FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Carl St. Clair, conductor Lachezar Kostov, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition Winner Christopher Theofanidis: Rainbow Body
Saint-Sa�ns: Concerto No. 2, Op. 119
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major June 26 (Sun.), Moores Opera House, Univ. of Houston, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m., FREE High School Piano Institute Recitals Nancy Weems, director Recitals by gifted high school pianists.
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Next Week
June 27 (Mon.), Presidential Conf. Center, Texas A&M University, 7:30 p.m.
June 28 (Tues.), Moores Opera House, University of Houston, 7:30 p.m.
PERSPECTIVES 4: Faculty Artist Chamber Music
"Grand Finale"
Ludwig Spohr was regarded on par with Beethoven in their day. His seminal Grand
Nonetto for Winds and Strings poses the question, "Who needs Beethoven?" Descending from the traditions of Dvorak and Brahms, Arthur Foote's luscious Romantic Piano Quintet (1897) and Kent Kennan's Trumpet Sonata demonstrate the evolution of American music.
Performers include: Aralee Dorough, flute; Randall Griffin, clarinet; Richard Beene,
bassoon; Roger Kaza, French horn; Jim Vassallo, trumpet; Andrzej Grabiec, Frank
Huang, TBA, violin; Wayne Brooks, Rita Porfiris, viola; Kevin Dvorak, cello; Dennis
Whittaker, double bass; Pianos, TBA
June 29 (Wed.), Dudley Recital Hall, Univ. of Houston, 7 p.m., FREE
Young Artist Chamber Music
Small ensemble performances by Festival Orchestra musicians.
June 30 (Thur.), Dudley Recital Hall, University of Houston, 7 p.m., FREE
Young Artist Chamber Music
Small ensemble performances by Orchestral Fellows.
July 2 (Sat.), Moores Opera House, University of Houston, 7:30 p.m.
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Grand Finale
Carlos Spierer, conductor
Brinton Averil Smith, cello soloist
Dvorak: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 |
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About Moores School of Music
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