Austin Opera presents Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross the Face of the Moon), a mariachi opera by José ‘Pepe’ Martínez on Feb. 1-4. The production, directed by Leonard Foglia, is a collaboration with the Studio of the Ópera de Bellas Artes, based in Mexico City. Mariachi specialists Trío Chapultepec will play alongside […]
In a bid to expand the available repertoire for piano, violin, and cello, the Merz Trio has sought out (and in some cases, created themselves) arrangements for their instrumentation. As a result, their Feb. 11-12 program for the Dallas Chamber Music Society includes a wide range of composers, including Hildegard of Bingen, Thelonious Monk, and […]
On Feb. 22-25, the Dallas Symphony, trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth, and violinist Karen Gomyo will perform the world premiere of Xi Wang’s Year 2020, a double concerto. Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 will feature organist Bradley Hunter Welch. The program, conducted by Fabio Luisi, will open with Flare by the young German composer Sophia Jani. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/saint-saens-organ-symphony/
As part of a program titled Silent Wood, Deep River, the Austin Chamber Music Center will present the world premiere of Daniel Temkin’s Rise for cello and piano on Feb. 23-24. Cellist Annie Jacobs-Perkins and pianist Michelle Schumann will also play works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Louis Ballard, Stratis Minakakis, and Gabriel Fauré. https://austinchambermusic.org/event/silent-wood-deep-river/
It is rare to hear a performance of Franz Schmidt’s 1938 religious oratorio, The Book with Seals. Dallas Symphony patrons will get that chance when Fabio Luisi conducts the work on March 1-3. Soloists will include tenor Paul Appleby, soprano Meghan Kasanders, mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor, and bass Hadleigh Adams. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/the-book-with-seven-seals/
Pieces that take their inspiration from world folk musics is the theme for the March 3 concert from the San Antonio Chamber Music Society. The Jupiter String Quartet will play Su Lian Tan’s Life in Wayang, selections from Wynton Marsalis’ Quartet No. 1, At the Octoroon Balls, and Dvořák: String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, […]
