Houston Chamber Choir

Posted on Jun 15, 2010 | 0 comments

Spanning works from the Renaissance to the present day, the artistry, expressiveness and faultless intonation of the musicians of the Houston Chamber Choir will be showcased in three commissions including one world premiere and the Fest-und Gedenkprüche (Festival and Commemorative Sentences) by Johannes Brahms in A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass, on Saturday, March 24, 2012, 7:30 p.m. at The Church of St. John the Divine, 2450 River Oaks Boulevard, Houston, TX 77019.  The concert will be repeated on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Beaumont, Texas at 4:00 pm. The concert title is taken from a new work composed by Dominick DiOrio that he dedicated to the Houston Chamber Choir, which will receive its world premiere in Houston.  The composition is set to the texts of American poet Amy Lowell and is scored for chorus, soprano soloist and marimba. The concert will include portions of two other works commissioned by the Houston Chamber Choir: Messages to Myself by internationally-renowned composer Christopher Theofanidis – known to Houston audiences for his celebrated work, The Refuge presented by Houston Grand Opera in 2007 – and The Blue Estuaries by noted Houston composer David Ashley White, Director of the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston.