2025 Events

Philharmonie Austin Chorus is comprised of many of the country’s finest singers and made their first appearance singing ‘A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols’ in December of 2024. In the 2025-2026 season, we are officially launching them as a new resident choral ensemble in Austin, singing in three concerts!

Under the direction of conductor Mark Dupere and guest conductor Allen Hightower, the group will explore a diverse range of repertoire from the Renaissance to the modern era. They will serve as the official chorus for all Philharmonie Austin choral-orchestral projects in the future, including their appearance with Philharmonie Austin in this season’s ‘Mass in B-Minor’ by Johann Sebastian Bach. In addition to this concert, they will sing ‘A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols’ in December and the ‘Hear My Prayer’ concert in March.

They will aim to produce performances that enliven the soul, as the musicians draw on a diverse wealth of knowledge from generations of performance practice research, bringing this into the live performance sphere. The priority of each Philharmonie Austin Chorus performance is generous and communicative music-making, bringing older and newer musical language to life for today’s audience.

Five harpsichords. Two performers. Who wins? You do!

Anton Nel and La Follia director Keith Womer perform music written for harpsichords of all types. Hear and see these beautiful instruments and learn what makes them different, as well as what makes the harpsichord sound so intoxicating. Yes, there will be a petting zoo at intermission and afterwards.

Music by Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, and Couperin, as well as modern works by Hirabayashi and McLean.

Five harpsichords. Two performers. Who wins? You do!

Anton Nel and La Follia director Keith Womer perform music written for harpsichords of all types. Hear and see these beautiful instruments and learn what makes them different, as well as what makes the harpsichord sound so intoxicating. Yes, there will be a petting zoo at intermission and afterwards.

Music by Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, and Couperin, as well as modern works by Hirabayashi and McLean.

Universally adored for its “pure and pristine sound” (San Francisco Chronicle), the legendary Vienna Boys Choir will sing a lively program celebrating the 200th birthday of one of Vienna’s most cherished native sons.

Johann Strauss Jr. was the grandfather of the Viennese waltz and polka styles that defined that city’s music for generations, and this choir has been singing choral renditions of his music since the 1920s! Come and hear classics like the Blue Danube waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, and a selection of rollicking polkas, all sung with spirit and finesse by these angelic young voices.

Johann Strauss II, Tausend und eine Nacht (Arabian nights), waltz, opus 346
Joseph Haydn, Insanae et vanae curae (Vain and useless worries), Hob. XXI:1, 13c
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat mater
Fac ut ardeat cor meum (Ignite my heart with love)
Quando corpus morietur (When the body will die)
Anton Bruckner, Virga Jesse floruit (The rod of Jesse has flowered) WAB 52, arr. Jimmy Chiang
Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss, Pizzicato Polka, arr. Alan Mossesset, Avi Esposito
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vesperae solennes de confessore, KV 339
Laudate Dominum (Praise the Lord)
The Prayer, from the movie Quest for Camelot, David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa, Tony Renis
Ludwig Van Beethoven, Joyful, Joyful (Ode to Joy), from Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, arr. Roger Emerson
Irving Berlin, There’s No Business Like Show Business, from Annie Get Your Gun
Jacques Offenbach, Barcarole – Belle nuit, o nuit d’amour (Beautiful night, night of love), from The Tales of Hoffmann
Johannes Brahms, Wiegenlied (Lullaby), opus 49/4
Jimmy Chiang, Erzherzog Johann Jodler (Archduke Johann’s yodel)
Zoltan Kodaly, Turot eszig a cigany (Chewing cheese curds)
Petar Liondev Kaval Sviri (A kaval flute plays, 1979), Bulgarisches Volkslied
Mykola Leontovich, Shchedryk (New Year’s Carol, 1916)
Johann Strauss II, Tritsch Tratsch (Chitchat), fast pola opus 214, arr. Gerald Wirth
Rolf Lovland, You Raise Me Up
Rollo Dilworth, Joshua, Traditional Spiritual
Johann Strauss II, An der shonen blauen Donau (Blue Danube Waltz), opus 314, arr. Gerald Wirth

The Gesualdo Six present a poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music containing radiant choral writing from across the centuries. Highlights include Tallis’ polyphonic masterpiece, Absterge Domine, alongside the astonishing harmonies of Gesualdo in Plange quasi virgo. Both composers beautifully capture a sense of vulnerability in their works, asking for forgiveness and protection. From more recent times, there are the effortless poetic settings of Joanna Marsh and Richard Rodney Bennett, who call on us to enjoy all that life has to offer. Elsewhere, pieces by Tavener and Morales present a series of questions, seeking reassurance. If you like, this is an uplifting sequence for the souls of the departed, to be heard by those who remember them.

“With the voices soaring and interweaving high above us, it occurred to me that it was no wonder that in centuries past, congregations sitting in the first gothic cathedrals believed in angels.” – Artstalk Magazine

Arts on Alexander presents a night of music from Haydn & Beethoven featuring Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D Major (London), Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, and Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major.

Under the direction of conductor Mark Dupere, the group explores a wide array of repertoire from early baroque to late romantic, often in collaboration with the Philharmonie Austin Chorus. Philharmonie Austin produces performances that enliven the soul, as the musicians draw on a diverse wealth of knowledge from generations of performance practice research, bringing this into the live performance sphere.

Join the Philharmonie Austin and renowned American cellist Steuart Pincombe as they bring two of history’s greatest composers to the live musical capital of the world!

The plays of William Shakespeare are filled with songs and dances, and the San Antonio Recorder Quartet will present a program exploring the many ways that Shakespeare used music in his plays. Featured performers include soprano Ardi Sanders and harpsichordist Nadia Soree. The San Antonio Recorder Quartet will perform using two different consorts of Renaissance recorders.

La Follia presents the lusciousness and intricacy of music for 4-6 viols. Like a string sextet, but better! Join us for a European tour of music from England, Germany, France, and Italy. Relax to the ultimate chill out music. Eric Taeyang Mun directs.

La Follia presents the lusciousness and intricacy of music for 4-6 viols. Like a string sextet, but better! Join us for a European tour of music from England, Germany, France, and Italy. Relax to the ultimate chill out music. Eric Taeyang Mun directs.

Back in the day, Telemann was undisputedly the greatest composer in Germany. There’s a good reason for that. Come hear us perform his exuberant and imaginative sonatas and concertos for flute, oboe, violin, cello, gamba, recorder, and harpsichord, and decide for yourself.

If you still prefer “the other guy” after this concert, well bless your heart.

Back in the day, Telemann was undisputedly the greatest composer in Germany. There’s a good reason for that. Come hear us perform his exuberant and imaginative sonatas and concertos for flute, oboe, violin, cello, gamba, recorder, and harpsichord, and decide for yourself.

If you still prefer “the other guy” after this concert, well bless your heart.

In this concert, La Follia Austin Baroque explores the challenges and opportunities of performing Bach’s vocal works in English (a practice Bach very well could have approved, being a Lutheran whose teachings emphasized the Word being offered in the vernacular).

La Follia will open with two pieces sung in both German and English. Rev. Nathaniel Biebert, a Lutheran pastor and an expert in Reformation era German, will provide us with unique translations which will demonstrate the surprisingly complex issues surrounding effective English translations.

After this enlightenment, La Follia will perform the greatest arias by Bach for soprano and baritone. La Follia will sing some in English and some in the original German. Discover for yourself how this glorious music best speaks to you.

Gitanjali Mathur, soprano, and Gil Zilkha, baritone/bass are featured.

In this concert, La Follia Austin Baroque explores the challenges and opportunities of performing Bach’s vocal works in English (a practice Bach very well could have approved, being a Lutheran whose teachings emphasized the Word being offered in the vernacular).

La Follia will open with two pieces sung in both German and English. Rev. Nathaniel Biebert, a Lutheran pastor and an expert in Reformation era German, will provide us with unique translations which will demonstrate the surprisingly complex issues surrounding effective English translations.

After this enlightenment, La Follia will perform the greatest arias by Bach for soprano and baritone. La Follia will sing some in English and some in the original German. Discover for yourself how this glorious music best speaks to you.

Gitanjali Mathur, soprano, and Gil Zilkha, baritone/bass are featured.

Sonido Barroco and Zion Lutheran Church present a complete performance of Bach’s beloved St. John Passion performed on period instruments.

La Follia performs Buxtehude’s sacred music masterpiece in its entirety, with a stellar vocal and instrumental ensemble, using instruments and performance practices Buxtehude would have used.

Eric Taeyang Mun directs.

La Follia performs Buxtehude’s sacred music masterpiece in its entirety, with a stellar vocal and instrumental ensemble, using instruments and performance practices Buxtehude would have used.

Eric Taeyang Mun directs.

La Follia performs music of Leopold Mozart, JC Bach, and Joseph Haydn, and conclude with Mozart’s Piano concerto 14 in E flat, K449. Mozart developed his style from mentors whose influence is unmistakable.

Anton Nel is featured as soloist in the Haydn and Mozart.

La Follia performs music of Leopold Mozart, JC Bach, and Joseph Haydn, and conclude with Mozart’s Piano concerto 14 in E flat, K449. Mozart developed his style from mentors whose influence is unmistakable.

Anton Nel is featured as soloist in the Haydn and Mozart.

If you just stick to music by the “big names,” you are depriving yourself of some truly first class Baroque chamber music. La Follia performs our favorites from the “no one plays this and it’s great” pile, and you can decide for yourself.

Music by Evaristo Dall’Abbaco, King Frederick the Great, Nicola Fiorenza, John Antes, John Eccles, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, and James Oswald.

If you just stick to music by the “big names,” you are depriving yourself of some truly first class Baroque chamber music. La Follia performs our favorites from the “no one plays this and it’s great” pile, and you can decide for yourself.

Music by Evaristo Dall’Abbaco, King Frederick the Great, Nicola Fiorenza, John Antes, John Eccles, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, and James Oswald.