Texas Classical Review

March 23 – Feb 22, 2025

Fort Worth Opera
McCammon Voice Competition
10 finalists and 5 alternates perform
2 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, pianist
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Zemlinsky: The Mermaid
2 p.m. Jones Hall

Harmonia Stellarum
Frescobaldi: Selections from Fiori musicali
Gregorian chant
4 p.m. First Lutheran Church, Houston

March 25

Chamber Music Houston
Leonkoro Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet in F major, Op. 50, no. 5
Berg: Lyric Suite
Ravel: String Quartet
7:30 p.m. Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center, Rice University

March 26

Performing Arts Houston
Les Arts Florissants
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violinist
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and other baroque works
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

Cliburn Concerts
Simone Porter and Blake Pouliot, violinists
Hsin-I Huang, pianist
8 p.m. Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall, Fort Worth

March 27

Cliburn Concerts
Simone Porter and Blake Pouliot, violinists
Hsin-I Huang, pianist
Works by Stravinsky, Korngold, Rózsa and others
7:30 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

Texas Performing Arts
Les Arts Florissants
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violinist
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and works by Monteverdi, Geminiani and Uccellini
7:30 p.m. Bates Recital Hall, University of Texas at Austin

March 29

ROCO
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ, composer and instrumentalist
Cuong: Commissioned song cycle (world premiere)
Fung: Lamenting Earth
Cuong: Pulse Train
Võ: Works incorporating traditional Vietnamese instruments
5 p.m. Asia Society Texas Center, Houston

Ars Lyrica
Handel: Theodora
Nola Richardson, soprano
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano
Cody Bowers, countertenor
Brian Giebler, tenor
Douglas Williams, bass-baritone
Moores School Concert Chorale
6 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston

March 31

DACAMERA
Merz Trio
Schumann: Trio No. 2 in F major
Brahms: Trio No. 1 in B major
Works by Purcell, Schumann, Monk and others
7:30 p.m. Menil Collection, Houston

February 22 – Jan 22, 2025

Houston Chamber Choir
Works by Brahms, Schubert, Sandström and others
7:30 p.m. South Main Baptist Church

San Antonio Philharmonic
Lina Gonzalez-Granados, conductor
Blake Pouliot, violinist
Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Frank: Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra
7:30 p.m. Scottish Rite Auditorium

Austin Symphony
Peter Bay, conductor
Ephraim Owens, trumpeter
Ellington: Three Black Kings
Lipman: Cradled by Grace (world premiere)
Bernstein: “Three Dance Episodes” from On the Town
Gershwin: An American in Paris
8 p.m Long Center for the Performing Arts

February 24

DACAMERA
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
John Churchwell, pianist
Korngold: Songs of Farewell
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39
Jewish songs and works by Adams, Price and Heggie
7:30 p.m. Menil Collection, Houston

February 27

Menil Collection
Meredith Monk, voice and keyboard
Katie Geissinger, voice
Allison Sniffin, voice, violin and keyboard
Selections from works by Monk
7 p.m. Richmond Hall, Houston

Cliburn Concerts
Haochen Zhang, pianist
7:30 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

February 28

Menil Collection
Meredith Monk, voice and keyboard
Katie Geissinger, voice
Allison Sniffin, voice, violin and keyboard
Selections from works by Monk
7 p.m. Menil Collection, Houston

Dallas Opera
Puccini: La bohème
Sylvia D’Eramo, Bekhzod Davronov, Emily Pogorelc, Takaoki Onishi, William Guanbo Su; Emmanuel Villaume
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org

January 23 – Dec 22, 2024

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Giedrė Šlekytė, conductor
Erin Hannigan, oboist
Eisendle: Heliosis
Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

January 24

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Giedrė Šlekytė, conductor
Erin Hannigan, oboist
Eisendle: Heliosis
Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Grand Opera
Puccini: La bohème
Yaritza Véliz, Michael McDermott, Brittany Renee, Edward Parks, Cory McGee; Karen Kamensek, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Houston Symphony
Tabita Berglund, conductor
Yoonshin Song, violinist
Thorvaldsdóttir: Metacosmos
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

January 25

ROCO
Violinists Nicole Cherry and Scott St. John and others
Works by Beethoven, Bridgetower, Bologne and others
5 p.m. DeLUXE Theatre, Houston

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Giedrė Šlekytė, conductor
Erin Hannigan, oboist
Eisendle: Heliosis
Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Tabita Berglund, conductor
Yoonshin Song, violinist
Thorvaldsdóttir: Metacosmos
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

January 26

Houston Grand Opera
Puccini: La bohème
Yaritza Véliz, Michael McDermott, Brittany Renee, Edward Parks, Cory McGee; Karen Kamensek, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Houston Symphony
Tabita Berglund, conductor
Yoonshin Song, violinist
Thorvaldsdóttir: Metacosmos
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”
2 p.m. Jones Hall

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Giedrė Šlekytė, conductor
Erin Hannigan, oboist
Eisendle: Heliosis
Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
3 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

San Antonio Chamber Music Society
3Esprit Trio
Beethoven: Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1, no. 2
Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello
Dvořák: Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65
3:15 p.m. Trinity Baptist Church

Houston Chamber Choir
Invitational Choral Festival
4 p.m. South Main Baptist Church

January 28

DACAMERA
Alexandre Kantorow, pianist
Brahms: Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, no. 1
Liszt: Chasse-Neige
Liszt: Vallée d’Obermann
Bartók: Rhapsody, Op. 1
Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 1 in D minor
Bach/Brahms: Chaconne in D minor
8 p.m. Wortham Theater Center, Houston

January 30

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

January 31

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
glo dance company
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Bernstein: West Side Story
Shereen Pimentel, Brenton Ryan, Yesenia Alaya, Ana María Martínez, Kyle Coffman; Roberto Kalb, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

February 1

Chamber Music Society Fort Worth
Busch Trio and guests
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major, WoO 38
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1, no. 1
Franck: Piano Quintet
2 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
cmsfw.org

Austin Opera
Verdi: Requiem
Leah Crocetto, Daryl Freedman, Limmie Pulliam, Wei Wu; Timothy Myers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
glo dance company
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Puccini: La bohème
Yaritza Véliz, Michael McDermott, Brittany Renee, Edward Parks, Cory McGee; Karen Kamensek, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

February 2

Austin Opera
Verdi: Requiem
Leah Crocetto, Daryl Freedman, Limmie Pulliam, Wei Wu; Timothy Myers, conductor
2 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
glo, dance company
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Bernstein: West Side Story
Shereen Pimentel, Brenton Ryan, Yesenia Alaya, Ana María Martínez, Kyle Coffman; Roberto Kalb, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
3 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

December – Dec 01, 2024

The Texas Classical Review calendar of events will return in January.

November 30 – Oct 23, 2024

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Markus Poschner, conductor
Charles Yang, violinist
Bowers: For a Younger Self
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “New World”
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”
Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

October 23 – Sep 23, 2024

Dallas Opera
Verdi: La Traviata
Yaritza Véliz, Javier Camarena, Alfredo Daza; Iván López Reynoso, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org

October 24

Mercury
Jonathan Godfrey, violinist
Elinor Frey, cellist
Mario Aschauer, fortepiano
Koželuch: Trio in G minor
Haydn: Trio in G major “Gypsy”
Mozart: Trio in B-flat major, K. 502
7:30 p.m. Saengerhalle, Houston

October 25

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Jane Glover, conductor
Angela Hewitt, pianist
Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 “Paris”
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Rossini: Cenerentola
Isabel Leonard, Jack Swanson, Alessandro Corbelli; Lorenzo Passerini, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

October 26

Mercury
Jonathan Godfrey, violinist
Elinor Frey, cellist
Mario Aschauer, fortepiano
Koželuch: Trio in G minor
Haydn: Trio in G major “Gypsy”
Mozart: Trio in B-flat major, K. 502
2:30 p.m. Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church; 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts

Orchestra of New Spain
Works for wind quintet by Villa-Lobos, Ibert and others
3 p.m. Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Dallas

Dallas Opera
Verdi: La Traviata
Yaritza Véliz, Javier Camarena, Alfredo Daza; Iván López Reynoso, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Jane Glover, conductor
Angela Hewitt, pianist
Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 “Paris”
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Ailyn Pérez, Michael Spyres, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Lucas Meacham, Morris Robinson; Patrick Summers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

October 27

Dallas Opera
Verdi: La Traviata
Sara Gartland, Bekhzod Davronov, Alfredo Daza; Iván López Reynoso, conductor
2 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Jane Glover, conductor
Angela Hewitt, pianist
Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 “Paris”
2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Rossini: Cenerentola
Isabel Leonard, Jack Swanson, Alessandro Corbelli; Lorenzo Passerini, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Mercury
Jonathan Godfrey, violinist
Elinor Frey, cellist
Mario Aschauer, fortepiano
Koželuch: Trio in G minor
Haydn: Trio in G major “Gypsy”
Mozart: Trio in B-flat major, K. 502
7 p.m. Dosey Doe, The Woodlands

October 28

DACAMERA
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Op. 59, no. 1
Schubert: String Quartet in G major, D. 887
7:30 p.m. Menil Collection, Houston

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, violinist and violist
Members of the orchestra and Southern Methodist University faculty
Beethoven: String Trio in C minor
Brahms: String Sextet in B-flat major
7:30 p.m. Caruth Auditorium, SMU
dallassymphony.org

October 29

Chamber Music Houston
Jerusalem Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 50, No. 1
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 12
Mozart: Quartet in C major, K. 465 “Dissonance”
7:30 p.m. Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center, Rice University

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, violinist and violist
Members of the orchestra and Southern Methodist University faculty
Beethoven: String Trio in C minor
Brahms: String Sextet in B-flat major
7:30 p.m. Temple Emanu-El
dallassymphony.org

Houston Grand Opera
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Ailyn Pérez, Michael Spyres, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Lucas Meacham, Morris Robinson; Patrick Summers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

September 27 – Aug 08, 2024

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei, conductor

Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni

Zemlinsky: Sinfonietta

Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Symphony
Gonzalo Farias, conductor
Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitarist
Soto: Suite No. 1 from La Rosa y el Niño

Soro: Danza Fantástica
Granda/Alvarez: La flor de la canela

Villoldo-Matos/Drago: El choclo & la cumparsita

Gutierrez/Meza: Alma Llanera

Hernandez/Ceron: Cachita

Marquez: Guitar Concerto (world premiere)

Marquez: Danzón No. 2
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

September 28

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei, conductor

Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni

Zemlinsky: Sinfonietta

Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Lang Lang, pianist
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Rossini: Overture to William Tell
8:45 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

September 29

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei, conductor

Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni

Zemlinsky: Sinfonietta

Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

September – Jun 01, 2024

The TXCR calendar of events will return in September.

May 31 – Apr 23, 2024

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Peter Steiner, trombonist
Constanze Hochwartner, pianist
Day: Departures: Double Concerto for Trombone, Piano and Orchestra
Higdon: river sings a song to trees
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

April 23 – Mar 26, 2024

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Cohn, conductor
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Samantha Bennett, violinist
Conor Hanick, pianist
George Nickson, percussionist
Chin: Acrostic Wordplay
Saariaho: Graal Theatre
Chin: Double Concerto for Piano and Percussion
7:30 p.m. Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University
dallassymphony.org

Harmonia Stellarum
Monteverdi: Psalm settings
7:30 p.m. Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston

April 24

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Conor Hanick, pianist
Otte: The Book of Sounds
7:30 p.m. Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University
dallassymphony.org

April 25

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Samantha Bennett, violinist
Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Kurtág: Kafka Fragments
7:30 p.m. Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University
dallassymphony.org

April 26

Houston Grand Opera
Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Sound of Music
Isabel Leonard, Alexander Birch Elliott, Katie Van Kooten; Richard Bado, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Houston Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano; Reginald Mobley, countertenor; Will Liverman, baritone
Houston Symphony Chorus
López Bellido: Symphony No. 4 “Eclipse” (world premiere)
Orff: Carmina Burana
8 p.m. Jones Hall

April 27

Houston Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano; Reginald Mobley, countertenor; Will Liverman, baritone
Houston Symphony Chorus
López Bellido: Symphony No. 4 “Eclipse”
Orff: Carmina Burana
2:30 (Carmina Burana only) and 8 p.m. Jones Hall

ROCO
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Danielpour: Symphony in Three Movements After the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Alle Soglia del Paradiso
Ellisor: A Woman Without Apology
Piazzolla: Tangazo
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos Symphony-Suite (arr. Ochoa)
5 p.m. Brockman Hall for Opera, Rice University, Houston

Houston Chamber Choir
Stravinsky: Mass
Works by Cage, Lauridsen and Whitacre
7:30 p.m. South Main Baptist Church

Houston Grand Opera
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Luca Pisaroni, Ryan McKinny, Andriana Chuchman, Sasha Cooke, Kang Wang, Erika Baikoff; Jane Glover, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

April 28

Houston Grand Opera
Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Sound of Music
Isabel Leonard, Alexander Birch Elliott, Katie Van Kooten; Richard Bado, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

Houston Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano; Reginald Mobley, countertenor; Will Liverman, baritone
Houston Symphony Chorus
López Bellido: Symphony No. 4 “Eclipse”
Orff: Carmina Burana
2:30 p.m. Jones Hall

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Emily Levin, harpist
George Nickson, percussionist
Stockhausen: Freude
Boulez: Sur Incises
7:30 p.m. Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University
dallassymphony.org

April 30

Chamber Music Houston
Wu Han, Philip Setzer and David Finckel Trio
Debussy: Piano Trio in G major
Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor
7:30 p.m. Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

Houston Grand Opera
Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Sound of Music
Isabel Leonard, Alexander Birch Elliott, Katie Van Kooten; Richard Bado, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org