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Purcell & Couperin

Purcell & Couperin

Date

February 24 - 27, 2022

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An intimate program of Baroque delights

Hearing sounds from over 300 years ago is a special treat – even more so while surrounded by lush paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, or lit by stained glass radiance at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, or over delicious comfort food meals at the Dosey Doe.  Join us at one of our unique Neighborhood venues for this short casual concert. An intimate ensemble will perform on period (rather than modern) instruments – allowing you the chance to hear the actual sounds the great composers would have had in their heads while creating these works.

This concert is made possible in part by the Houston Endowment, the Brown Foundation, the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, and by supporters like you.

Program

 

Henry Purcell

Curtain Tune on a Ground from Timon of Athens, Z. 632

Sonata for four, No. 6, in G minor, Z. 807 – Adagio on a ground of the bass of Lully’s “Scocca Pur”

Pavan in B-flat major, Z.750

and more…

François Couperin

La Françoise from Les Nations

FEATURED ARTISTS

Jonathan Godfrey, Violin
Manami Mizumoto, Violin
Antoine Plante, Viola da Gamba
Mario Aschauer, Harpsichord