Encore Houston

<p>Encore Houston is a weekly show featuring a concert recording from a local ensemble or performance organization in Houston. Each episode features the concert and brief commentary from host Joshua Zinn, with a preview of an upcoming performance by the featured organization at the end of the program.</p>

Episode 220: Texas Music Festival

The Texas Music Festival Orchestra performs works by Nielsen, Britten, and Bartók.

06-21
01:17:40

Episode 219: Mercury Chamber Orchestra

Mercury performs works by Mendelssohn and Brahms.

06-18
01:34:24

Episode 218: Aperio, Music of the Americas

Aperio performs works by Manuel Ponce, Clarice Assad, Pablo Borras, and Samuel Zyman.

04-15
01:13:28

Episode 217: Ars Lyrica Houston

Ars Lyrica performs works by Scarlatti, Vivaldi, and Purcell.

04-10
01:33:39

Episode 216: Houston Chamber Choir

The Houston Chamber Choir performs Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered.

03-29
01:07:20

Episode 215: Kinetic Ensemble

Kinetic celebrates women in music with works by Amy Beach, Gabriela Lena Frank, and a world premiere by Nicky Sohn.

03-19
01:33:16

Episode 214: ROCO

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

03-08
01:15:06

Episode 213: Apollo Chamber Players

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

03-04
01:07:21

Episode 212: Mercury Chamber Orchestra

Mercury performs music by Bach, Vivaldi, and Telemann.

02-28
01:14:22

Episode 211: Asia Society Texas

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

02-22
01:06:30

Episode 210: MUSIQA

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

02-14
01:27:55

Episode 209: Loop38

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

01-11
01:26:07

Episode 208: Bach Society Houston

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

01-10
01:19:11

Episode 207: Houston Brass Quintet

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

12-22
01:14:34

Episode 206: Ars Lyrica Houston

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

12-15
01:26:12

Episode 205: Houston Chamber Choir

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

12-13
01:09:44

Episode 204: Mercury Chamber Orchestra

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

12-08
01:30:47

Episode 203: Apollo Chamber Players

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

12-01
01:14:33

Episode 202: MUSIQA

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: 11/4/2023New episodes of Encore Houston air Saturdays at 10 PM, with a repeat broadcast Sundays at 4 PM, all on Houston Public Media Classical.

11-17
01:14:22

Episode 201: Kinetic Ensemble

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: 10/27/2023New episodes of Encore Houston air Saturdays at 10 PM, with a repeat broadcast Sundays at 4 PM, all on Houston Public Media Classical.

11-02
01:15:01

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