Encore Houston

ROCO performs works by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Ferrenc, and Vivian Fung.

The Apollo Chamber Players perform works by Stamitz, Janáček, and Dvořák.

Mercury performs music by Bach, Vivaldi, and Telemann.

The Asia Society Texas presents the workshop premiere of a new work by Shih-Hui Chen.

MUSIQA presents world premieres by Todroki, Eric Estrada Valdez, and Kyle Rivera.

Loop38 presents new music by Theo Chandler and Martha Horst, along with other works by contemporary composers.

The Bach Society Houston performs a holiday-appropriate work for orchestra and chorus.

The Houston Brass Quintet performs music by British composers and sea-inspired tunes.

Ars Lyrica Houston performs Handel's Clori, Tirsi e Fileno.

The Houston Chamber Choir performs holiday music at Houston's Villa de Matel.

Mercury performs music by Baroque-era composers from Mexico and Spain.

The Apollo Chamber Players present music by Copland, Thomson, and a pair of world premieres from Allison Loggins-Hull and Mark Buller.

On this episode of Encore Houston, two concerts from MUSIQA showcase an eclectic repertoire of new music from composers near and far.

Music in this episode:

• FLANNERY CUNNINGHAM: as a ghost before you on the road
  • Tyler Martin, flute
  • Tonya Burton, viola
  • David Dietz, cello
  • Flannery Cunningham, electronics
• WILL HEALY: Small Spaces
  • Tyler Martin, flute
  • Tonya Burton, viola
  • David Dietz, cello
  • Blake Wilkins, percussion
• BENJAMIN HORNE: I Remember You
  • Maiko Sasaki, clarinet
  • Jacob Schafer, violin
  • David Dietz, cello
  • Chelsea de Souza, piano
• Performance date: 10/14/2022
  
• BADIE KHALEGHIAN: Turbulent Prelude
  • James Palmer, piano
• OLIVIA BENNETT: Prelude to the Afterlife
  • James Palmer, piano
• ROBERT HONSTEIN: Juno - II. still
  • Amanda Galick, flute
  • Maiko Sasaki, clarinet
  • Jacob Schafer, violin
  • David Dietz, cello
  • Blake Wilkins, percussion
  • Yvonne Chen, piano
• ALEX BERKO: Erupt/Erode
  • James Palmer, piano
• PIERRE JALBERT: All Is Now
  • Amanda Galick, flute
  • Maiko Saski, clarinet
  • Connor Landers, horn
  • Mary Grace Johnson, violin
  • Jacob Schafer, violin
  • Tonya Burton, viola
  • David Dietz, cello
  • Austin Lewellen, double bass
  • Blake Wilkins, percussion
  • Yvonne Chen, piano
  • Eiki Isomura, conductor
• Performance date: 1/20/2023
• Originally aired: 11/4/2023

New episodes of Encore Houston air Saturdays at 10 PM, with a repeat broadcast Sundays at 4 PM, all on Houston Public Media Classical.

On this episode of Encore Houston, the Kinetic Ensemble presents a pair of world premieres--one by Nicky Sohn that reflects the winter storm of February 2021, and a string orchestra version of Patrick Harlin's The Wilderness Anthology.

Music in this episode:

• NICKY SOHN: What Happens if the Pipes Burst?
• PATRICK HARLIN: The Wilderness Anthology
• PAUL NOVAK: a string quartet is like a flock of birds
• LEO WEINER: Pastorale, Fantasy, and Fugue
• Performance date: 10/9/2022
• Originally aired: 10/27/2023

New episodes of Encore Houston air Saturdays at 10 PM, with a repeat broadcast Sundays at 4 PM, all on Houston Public Media Classical.

Musicians from the Texas Music Festival perform music by Rachmaninoff and Rimsky-Korsakov.

ROCO performs new works by Derek Bermel, Marcus Maroney, Michael Abels, and others!

The St. Cecilia Chamber Music Society presents music by Poulenc, Mozart, and Fauré

Mercury performs music by Vivaldi and Handel.

Faculty from the Round Top Music Festival perform works by De Falla, Dutilleux, and Dvořák.

The Apollon Musagète Quartet performs works by Bach, Penderecki, and Shostakovich.