Encore Houston

MUSIQA celebrates its 10th Anniversary with a concert inspired by folk songs and Bob Dylan.

The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra performs music by Mahler, Jalbert, Guilmant, and Haydn with conductor Edwin Outwater and organist Paul Jacobs.

Aperio, Music of the Americas is the focus of this week's Encore Houston. We feature their concert from over a year ago, "New Argentinean Masters," featuring works by master of song Carlos Guastavino, a tango by Jose Bragato, contemporary works by Osvaldo Golijov, and an eclectic variety of pieces by Jorge Calandrelli with a little Piazzolla. Music in this episode: CARLOS GUASTAVINO, Three Songs  Julia Fox, soprano; Michael Zuraw, piano GUASTAVINO, Sonatina in G minor Michael Zuraw, piano JOSE BRAGATO, Graciela y Buenos Aires Daniel Saenz, cello; Brendan Kinsella, piano OSVALDO GOLIJOV, Mariel Daniel Saenz, cello; Craig Hauschildt, marimba GOLIJOV, Lúa descolorida Julia Fox, soprano; Daniel Saenz, cello; Craig Hauschildt, percussion; Michael Zuraw, piano JORGE CALANDRELLI, Six Pieces Sonya Belousova, piano CALANDRELLI/ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, Tango Remembrances Daniel Saenz, cello; Brendan Kinsella, piano CALANDRELLI, Concerto for Jazz Clarinet Ernesto Vega, clarinet; Michael Zuraw, piano Performance date: 9/18/2016

The Apollo Chamber Players, MUSIQA, and Jazz Forever come together for a benefit concert for the victims of Hurricane Harvey.

The St. Cecilia Chamber Music Society presents works by Beach, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, and Francaix.

The Texas New Music Ensemble performs works by composers from Houston and other areas of Texas.

Ars Lyrica Houston celebrates the legacy of Don Quixote with music from the 15th to 18th centuries.

On this week's Encore Houston, the Houston Chamber Choir and an orchestra of local musicians bring Bach back to life with a rousing performance of his monumental Mass in B minor. Before there were symphonies and operas, settings of the Latin Mass were the most prominent creative milestones for composers, dating back to at least the fourteenth century. And even centuries later, they are among several composers' best known works with popular settings from Mozart, Verdi, Durufle, and Britten. This mass by Bach is among his latest completed works, and is considered not only one of his greatest pieces, but among some of the greatest music in the classical canon. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, Mass in B minor Performance date: 4/1/2017 Originally aired: 7/22/2017New episodes of Encore Houston air Saturdays at 10 PM, with a repeat broadcast Sundays at 4 PM, all on Houston Public Media Classical.

KINETIC, the conductorless ensemble performs music from their second ever concert, with works by Bloch, Ysaye, and Ireland.

The Elias String Quartet, hosted by Da Camera, performs music of Beethoven and Brahms.

Chamber Music Houston presents Quatuor Ébène with music by Mozart, Beethoven, and Debussy.

Aperio, Music of the Americas performs contemporary works from three different concerts, with a few inspired by popular music.

Faculty musicians from the Round Top Music Festival perform works by Kodály, Janáček, and Schubert.

Soprano Julia Fox and pianist Keith Weber perform works by contemporary Texas-based composers.

Student musicians in the Texas Music Festival Orchestra perform dark works by Rachmaninoff, Webern, and Berg.

MUSIQA presents works by living composers as well as a poetry reading by Erica Funkhouser.

The St. Cecilia Chamber Music Society performs music by Halvorsen, Shostakovich, and Dvorak's Dumky Trio.

Ars Lyrica performs music of Beethoven, J.C.F. Bach, and Jean-Marie Leclair with special guest soloists.

Mercury performs works by Haydn, Mozart, and Rameau with guest soloist Alexander Weimann.

KINETIC presents early music from Mendelssohn and Barber, a world premiere by Alexandra T. Bryant, and more!