DACAMERA Young Artists: Beautiful, Picturesque and Sublime
Event details
- Thursday, February 9 | FREE
- 6:30 PM & 7:30 PM
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Kinder Building
- 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston TX 77005
DACAMERA Young Artists present a concert inspired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Stuart Collection of 18th and 19th-century British landscapes, featuring music by British composers Henry Purcell, Gustav Holst, Judith Weir and Oliver Knussen.
Gustav Holst: Phantasy Quartet on British Folk Songs, Op. 36
A Purcell Garland
Oliver Knussen: …upon one note: Fantasia after Purcell
Henry Purcell: Fantasia 7 (Transcribed by George Benjamin)
Henry Purcell: Fantasia 13 (Arranged and completed by Colin Matthews)
Judith Weir: Atlantic Drift
DACAMERA Young Artists Ariel Lee, violin; David Dietz, cello; Jonathan Mak, piano and celesta; Keeheon Nam, clarinet; Lauren Ross, viola; Teresa Wang, violin
Performance is free; entry to the museum is free on Thursdays.
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