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March 9, 2012 Houston Symphony Pops - Bowfire Artistic Director Lenny Solomon and two other members of the group, Bowfire, demonstrate their incredible levels of fiddle and violin virtuosity in just about ANY style of music, from classical to Texas swing! Bowfire performs with the Houston Symphony Pops this weekend at Jones Hall. |
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February 23, 2012 Houston Symphony - Conductor John Storgards & Percussionist Colin Currie Percussionist Colin Currie [pictured] introduces us to Incantations for Percussion and Orchestra, a piece by contemporary Finnish composer, Einojuhani Rautavaara, which Mr. Currie performs this weekend with the Houston Symphony. Guest conductor, John Storgårds, talks about the Brahms Overture and the Beethoven Symphony that are also included on this weekend’s Jones Hall concerts. |
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February 16, 2012 Houston Symphony - Orbit: An HD Odyssey We preview the World Première of the second concert-film in the Houston Symphony’s HD Odyssey series! Astronomer and film-maker, Duncan Copp, describes the video he has assembled from NASA's high-definition digital images of Earth, and guest conductor, Giancarlo Guerrero [pictured], talks about the music that the Symphony will perform live to accompany the film, including Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra. |
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February 9, 2012 Houston Symphony - Conductor Jakub Hrusa We chat with Czech conductor, Jakub Hrusa, who leads the Houston Symphony and Chorus this weekend in a Czech-inspired, folk-flavored program that includes works by Dvorák, Borodin and Janácek. |
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February 2, 2012 Houston Symphony - Bruckner's Ninth Symphony Music Director Hans Graf describes the many musical joys to be discovered by players and audience members alike when he and the Houston Symphony present Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9, this evening at downtown Houston’s Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. |
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Tune in Wednesdays at 8pm with Dean Dalton to experience the grandeur of the world renowned Houston Symphony. Recorded at the on-site Classical 91.7 studio at Jones Hall in downtown Houston, each broadcast is a unique presentation of some of the finest classical compositions available.
March 7, 2012: Houston Symphony Pops
Mike's March Mania
SOUSA: The Washington Post March
BERLIOZ: Rákóczy March from The Damnation of Faust, op.24
GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette
ALFORD: Colonel Bogey March
J.STRAUSS II: Frühlingsstimme (Voices of Spring), op.410
TCHAIKOVSKY: Marche slave, op.31
BAUDAC-HAGGART/PRECHEL: South Rampart Street Parade
WENDEL: Parade of the Percussionists
HEFTI/PRECHEL: Cute
WILLIAMS: The Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back
TCHAIKOSKY/COHEN: 1812 Overture, op.49 - Texas Version
WILLSON/PRECHEL: Seventy-Six Trombones from The Music Man
Bob Thomas, tuba and tap dancer; Michael Krajewski, cond.
Recorded by Houston Public Radio, March 4, 2004, in Jones Hall.
[REPEAT: Originally broadcast, March 2, 2005.]
March 14, 2012: Houston Symphony
J.STRAUSS II: Overture to Die Fledermaus (The Bat), op.362
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No.1 in g, op.26
WAGNER: Prelude and Isolde's Love-Death, from Tristan und Isolde
BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Chad Hoopes, v; Marcelo Lehninger, cond.
Recorded by Classical 91.7FM/Houston Public Radio,
June 18, 2011, at Miller Outdoor Theatre in Hermann Park.
March 21, 2012: Houston Symphony
GOLIJOV: Last Round
MOZART: Piano Concerto No.25 in C, K.503
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.3 in D, op.29, Polish
Emanuel Ax, p; Hans Graf, cond.
Recorded by Classical 91.7FM/Houston Public Radio,
November 18-20, 2011, in Jones Hall.
March 28, 2012: Houston Symphony and Chorus
TIAN: A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
SCHUBERT: Mass No.3 in B-flat, D.324
BRAHMS: Symphony No.2 in D, op.73
Elizabeth Keusch, s; Quinn Patrick, ms; Steven Tharp, t; Stephen Bryant, b-bar; Houston Symphony Chorus; Hans Graf, cond.
Recorded by Classical 91.7FM/Houston Public Radio,
November 10-13, 2011, in Jones Hall.
April 04, 2012: Houston Symphony
RachFest 1.
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.3 in d, op.30; Symphonic Dances, op.45
Kirill Gerstein, p; Edward Gardner, cond.
Recorded by Classical 91.7FM/Houston Public Radio,
January 5-8, 2012, in Jones Hall.
April 11, 2012: Houston Symphony
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, op.62; Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat, op.73, Emperor
SCHUBERT: Symphony No.8 in b, D.759, Unfinished
André Watts, p; Hans Graf, cond.
Recorded by Classical 91.7FM/Houston Public Radio,
September 30-October 2, 2011, in Jones Hall.
April 18, 2012: Houston Symphony
RachFest 2.
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.1 in f-sharp, op.1; Isle of the Dead, op.29; Piano Concerto No.4 in g, op.40
Kirill Gerstein, p; Hans Graf, cond.
Recorded by Classical 91.7FM/Houston Public Radio,
January 13-15, 2012, in Jones Hall.
April 25, 2012: Houston Symphony
RachFest 3.
RACHMANINOV: Vocalise, op.34/14; Piano Concerto No.2 in c, op.18; Symphony No.3 in a, op.44
Kirill Gerstein, p; Hans Graf, cond.
Recorded by Classical 91.7FM/Houston Public Radio,
January 19-22, 2012, in Jones Hall.
May 02, 2012: Houston Symphony
Fiesta Sinfónica Familiár.
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol, op.34
PIAZZOLLA: Tangazo
FALLA: Three Dances from El Sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat)
GINASTERA: Dances from the Ballet, Estancia, op.8a
CASTILLO-OLIVARI: Elegy for String Orchestra
M.MORALES: Cha-Cha-Chá Dulzón; Saturday Night
Mariano Morales, p; Rolando Morales-Matos, perc; Jaime Morales-Matos, cond.
Recorded by Classical 91.7FM/Houston Public Radio, September 11, 2011, in Jones Hall.
May 09, 2012: Houston Symphony
MOZART: Symphony No.30 in D, K.202; Symphony No.28 in C, K.200
BARTÓK: The Wooden Prince, op.13
Hans Graf, cond.
Recorded by Houston Public Radio, September 18-20, 2004, and March 10, 2005, in Jones Hall.
[REPEAT: Originally broadcast, January 12 and May 25, 2005.]
May 16, 2012: Houston Symphony and Chorus
DVORÁK: Te Deum, op.103; Slavonic Dances, opp.46 and 72 (selections)
BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
JANÁCEK: Taras Bulba - Rhapsody for Orchestra
Vocal Soloists; Houston Symphony Chorus; Jakub Hrusa, cond.
Recorded by Classical 91.7FM/Houston Public Radio,
February 10-12, 2012, in Jones Hall.
May 23, 2012: Houston Symphony Pops and Chorus
ROSSINI: Overture to William Tell
WAGNER: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
PACHELBEL: Canon in D
ORFF: O Fortuna from Carmina Burana
VERDI: Gloria all'Egitto (Glory to Egypt), Grand (Triumphal) March from Aida
TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture, op.49
William ver Muelen, hn; Houston Symphony Chorus; Michael Krajewski, cond.
Recorded by Houston Public Radio, February 18-20, 2005, in Jones Hall.
[REPEAT: Originally broadcast, April 6, 2005.]