Past Events

with harpsichordist Christina Edelen of Amsterdam will present a concert of music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque, played on instruments of like period. Gerald Self, host of Musica Antiqua on KPAC, will narrate the concert, which will be recorded for later broadcast on Texas Public Radio.

Taun Ogle Miner on flute, Cora Harnish on viola da gamba, and Dr. Daniel Long on harpsichord present music by Telemann, Quantz, Handel, and others.

Shakespeare’s Music
This hour-long concert explores music from the plays of Shakespeare. Presented in stories and music, the program contains 18 songs, either performed in the plays or mentioned by Shakespeare, along with dances familiar at the time. The performers are all recorder students of MSSA, as directed by Gerald Self.

Ensemble VIII presents its debut concert featuring professional vocalists from throughout the U.S. The repertoire includes familiar and seldom-heard masterworks of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Dr. James Morrow founded and directs Ensemble VIII.

Award-winning soprano Angela Malek from San Antonio joins bass Gil Zilkha and tenor Jos Milton, with the La Follia Baroque ensemble, in a performance of three famous solo cantatas of J.S. Bach, including the Wedding Cantata and Ich habe genug. All join in a performance of Bach’s joyous secular Coffee Cantata. Margaret Perry of Austin Lyric Opera will present a free lecture on the cantatas of Bach 30 minutes before curtain.

Award-winning soprano Angela Malek from San Antonio joins bass Gil Zilkha and tenor Jos Milton, with the La Follia Baroque ensemble, in a performance of three famous solo cantatas of J.S. Bach, including the Wedding Cantata and Ich habe genug. All join in a performance of Bach’s joyous secular Coffee Cantata. Margaret Perry of Austin Lyric Opera will present a free lecture on the cantatas of Bach 30 minutes before curtain.

Performing T.L. Victoria’s Tenebrae Responsoria

Copperleaf at Southwest School of Art

5:30 P.M. – Meet the Artists Reception in the Convent Garden
7:00 P.M. – Concert in Coates Chapel

Singers’ choice! Our singers perform their favorite madrigals by Monteverdi and English Renaissance composers such as Wilbye, Byrd, and the great Orlando Gibbons. Come experience this madness of madrigals in our first collaboration with the amazing SAMA.

Cellist Frederick Edelen and harpsichordist Christina Edelen present music of the French Baroque. Special guests are tenor Tony Boutté and baroque flutist Colin St. Martin. The concert will feature instrumental music by Rameau, Monteclair, and Boismortier, and the Coffee Cantata of Nicolas Bernier.

The McNay Art Museum Gallery Concert

Bach’s Herd of Harpsichords: Bach Concertos for 1-4 Harpsichords, backed by the La Follia string ensemble (lecture 30 minutes before on the harpsichord)