- Saturday | March 28 | 7:00 PM
- Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
- 800 Bagby St #300, Houston, TX 77002
- 713-524-5050 | boxoffice@dacamera.com
Schubert Perspectives #2
Program
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”
PHILIP GLASS: String Quartet No. 5
SCHUBERT: Cello Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956
Musicians
Parker Quartet (DANIEL CHONGE, violin; KEN HAMAO, violin; JESSICA BODNER, viola; KEE-HYUN KIM, cello); RAMAN RAMAKRISHNAN, cello
Discover anew Schubert’s glorious Cello Quintet, considered by many the most beautiful work in all of chamber music. The Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet, one of the preeminent ensembles of its generation, opens their program with the ferocious intensity of Beethoven and the minimalism of Philip Glass, setting the stage for a fascinating dialogue with Schubert’s time-suspending masterpiece.
“Exceptional virtuosity [and] imaginative interpretation”
— The Washington Post
“fiercely committed performances”
— The Boston Globe
RECOMMENDED EVENTS
Other Worlds: Season Overture
- Friday | October 3 | 7:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
DACAMERA’s Other Worlds season opens with an all-star cast of artists in a varied program of solo and chamber works that sets the stage for what is to come: virtuosic Romanticism, Bluegrass and folk influences and the sublime beauty of Schubert.
Matthias Goerne, baritone; Daniil Trifonov, piano
- Wednesday | October 29 | 7:30 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
DACAMERA’s Schubert Perspectives series kicks off with two titans of the classical world. Hear Trifonov play Schubert solo, and then the two artists come together for the song cycle Schwanengesang (Swan Songs).
Isidore String Quartet
- Monday | April 6 | 7:30 PM
- The Menil Collection
Schubert Perspectives #3: The Isidore Quartet – skyrocketing to the heights of the music world since their debut at DACAMERA in 2023 – return with a strikingly diverse program, juxtaposing Schubert with twentieth and twenty-first century works by Ligeti and Tyshawn Sorey.
OUR VALUES
Connection
We value and nurture rich and often unexpected connections among musical genres, art forms, and ideas; between people and places; between the past and the present.
Exploration
We believe that openness to new experiences and enthusiasm for learning are vital to human experience. At the vanguard of arts organizations, we continually evolve our ways of presenting to combine an unusual mix of in-depth exploration and accessibility.
Excellence
DACAMERA has become synonymous with quality; the common denominator of our diverse activities, on stage and in the community, is excellence.
LET’S KEEP IN TOUCH.
Sign up for DACAMERA emails and be among the first to know about on sale dates, upcoming concerts and more. Text DACAMERA to 346-440-4545 for occasional event announcements and special offers.