Evensongs and Afternoons
Eric Plutz, organist,
UTSA Percussion Ensemble, Sherry Rubins, director Choral Evensong
Matthew Mireles, conductor
Eric Plutz, organist,
UTSA Percussion Ensemble, Sherry Rubins, director Choral Evensong
Matthew Mireles, conductor
SPRING CONCERT | MAY 19 | 4 PM
St. Mark’s Choir and Orchestra featuring Brandon Hendrickson, baritone “hailed as having a ‘mellifluous,’ and ‘beautiful baritone’” — Opera News Magazine
The St. Mark’s Choir and St. Cecilia Guild present praises of the season with the music of Gerald Finzi and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Highlights include Vaughan Williams’ “Five Mystical Songs” and “O Clap Your Hands” and Finzi’s “Ecologue” for piano and strings.
ARS LYRICA HOUSTON | JAN 14 | 4 PM
Matthew Dirst, Artistic Director “The leader among Houston’s early music ensembles” — Houston Chronicle
Ars Lyrica Houston present Fugal Games – a quintessentially Baroque afternoon featuring works by G. P. Telemann, excerpts from J. S. Bach’s “Art of the Fugue,” and chamber pieces from “Musical Offering.”
Featuring Matthew Dirst, harpsichord; Elizabeth Blumenstock, Baroque violin and viola; Stephen Redfield, Baroque violin; Sydney ZumMallen, Baroque cello; and Colin St-Martin, traverso.
THE TALLIS SCHOLARS | APR 13 | 7 PM Peter Phillips, Founder and Director “The rock stars of Renaissance vocal music” — The New York Times
The Tallis Scholars return to San Antonio to present Darkness to Light – an evening-length journey from the calamity of the Crucifixion to the light of the Christian message, with works by Robert White, David Lang, Nico Muhly, Eric Whitacre, Robert Parsons, and William Byrd.
Sponsored by the Paulena F. Mitchell Testamentary Trust