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Houston Symphony - Hilary Hahn & Alexander Shelley Violin superstar, Hilary Hahn, and guest conductor, Alexander Shelley, chat about this weekend’s Houston Symphony concerts, which feature an all-early-20th-century program, including Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 and Elgar's Enigma Variations. |
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Houston Symphony - Conductor Vasily Petrenko & Violinist Chloe Hanslip British violinist, Chloë Hanslip, and Russian maestro, Vasily Petrenko, preview this weekend’s Houston Symphony concerts, which include Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5. |
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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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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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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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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.
May 02, 2012: Houston Symphony
For Cinco de Mayo: the 2008 Fiesta Sinfónica Familiár
GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture
PIAZZOLLA/LJOVA: Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires)
GINASTERA: Dances from the Ballet, Estancia
REVUELTAS: La noche de los Mayas (Night of the Mayas)
MONCAYO: Huapango Alondra de la Parra, cond.
Recorded by Houston Public Radio, September 7, 2008, in Jones Hall.
[REPEAT: Originally broadcast, May 06, 2009]
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.]
