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recent Houston Symphony interviews


     
Houston Symphony - Orbit: An HD Odyssey
February 16, 2012    

We preview the World Première of the second concert-film in the Houston Symphony’s HD Odyssey series! Astronomer and film-maker, Duncan Copp, describes the video he has assembled from NASA's high-definition digital images of Earth, and guest conductor, Giancarlo Guerrero [pictured], talks about the music that the Symphony will perform live to accompany the film, including Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra.

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Houston Symphony - Conductor Jakub Hrusa
February 9, 2012    

We chat with Czech conductor, Jakub Hrusa, who leads the Houston Symphony and Chorus this weekend in a Czech-inspired, folk-flavored program that includes works by Dvorák, Borodin and Janácek.

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Houston Symphony - Bruckner's Ninth Symphony
February 2, 2012    

Music Director Hans Graf describes the many musical joys to be discovered by players and audience members alike when he and the Houston Symphony present Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9, this evening at downtown Houston’s Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.

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Houston Symphony - RachFest Final Weekend
January 18, 2012    

Pianist Kirill Gerstein and Music Director Hans Graf look ahead to the final concert of the Houston Symphony’s 2012 Rachmaninoff Festival. That concluding RachFest program features the composer’s beloved Piano Concerto No. 2 and the Symphony No. 3, coming up Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at Jones Hall.

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Houston Symphony - RachFest Weekend 2
January 13, 2012    

Pianist Kirill Gerstein [pictured] and Music Director Hans Graf preview the second weekend of RachFest, the Houston Symphony’s total immersion into the piano concertos and symphonic works of Russian master, Sergei Rachmaninoff! The next program plunges into the depths of his Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 and his tone-poem, Isle of the Dead, January 13 - 15 at Jones Hall.

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program history:

The Houston Symphony and Houston Public Radio: 25 Years Strong!

by Dean Dalton
Tune in Wednesdays at 8pm with Dean Dalton to experience the grandeur of the world renowned Houston Symphony. Recorded at the on-site Classical 91.7 studio at Jones Hall in downtown Houston, each broadcast is a unique presentation of some of the finest classical compositions available.

Broadcast Season Schedule

September, 2011 - January, 2012
February 01, 2012: Houston Symphony
     TBA
 
 
February 08, 2012: Houston Symphony
     JALBERT: Houston Symphony Commission, World Première
     BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D, op.77
     DVORÁK: Symphony No.6 in D, op.60
     James Ehnes, v; Hans Graf, cond.
     Recorded by Classical 91.7/Houston Public Radio, 
     September 16-18, 2011, in Jones Hall.
 
 
February 15, 2012: Houston Symphony
     ROUSE: Odna Zhizn – One Special Life
     LISZT: Piano Concerto No.2 in A
     R.STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), op.40
     Olga Kern, p; Hans Graf, cond.
     Recorded by Classical 91.7/Houston Public Radio, 
     September 22-25, 2011, in Jones Hall.
 
 
February 22, 2012: Houston Symphony
     TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy
     GERSHWIN/GROFÉ: Rhapsody in Blue 
     BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.5 in c, op.67
     Scott Holshouser, p; Michael Francis, cond.
     Recorded by Classical 91.7/Houston Public Radio
     June 17, 2011, at Miller Outdoor Theatre.
 
 
February 29, 2012: Houston Symphony
     TBA
 
 
March 14, 2012: Houston Symphony
     J.STRAUSS, JR.: Overture to Die Fledermaus (The Bat), 
     op.362
     BRUCH: Violin Concerto No.1 in g, op.26
     WAGNER: Prelude and Isolde’s Love-Death, from Tristan 
     und Isolde
     BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
     Chad Hoopes, v; Marcelo Lehninger, cond.
     Recorded by Classical 91.7/Houston Public Radio, 
     June 18, 2011, at Miller Outdoor Theatre.
 
 
April 11, 2012: Houston Symphony
     BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, op.62; Piano Concerto 
     No.5 in E-flat, op.73, Emperor
     SCHUBERT: Symphony No.8 in b, D.759, Unfinished
     André Watts, p; Hans Graf, cond.     
     Recorded by Classical 91.7/Houston Public Radio, 
     September 30-October 2, 2011, in Jones Hall.
 
 
May 02, 2012: Houston Symphony
     Fiesta Sinfónica Familiár.
     RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol, op.34
     PIAZZOLLA: Tangazo
     FALLA: Three Dances from El Sombrero de tres picos 
     (The Three-Cornered Hat)
     GINASTERA: Dances from the Ballet, Estancia, op.8a
     CASTILLO-OLIVARI: Elegy for String Orchestra
     M.MORALES: Cha-Cha-Chá Dulzón; Saturday Night
     Mariano Morales, p; Rolando Morales-Matos, perc; Jaime 
     Morales-Matos, cond.
     Recorded by Classical 91.7/Houston Public Radio, 
     September 11, 2011, in Jones Hall.
 
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