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During the 2011-2012 concert
season, Apollo will explore the singular folk elements imbued in Russian and French music. While featuring a few compositional
war-horses from each of these countries - Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Debussy, to name a few - Apollo will premiere string arrangements
of both popular and rarely heard folk melodies from these unique and storied cultures.
Apollo's season-opening concert will
feature music by the giants of the Impressionist movement, Debussy and Ravel, and one of Russia's famed 'The Mighty Handful,'
Alexander Borodin, complimented by a set of Apollo-arranged folk melodies from around the world. Debussy's lustrous
String Quartet in G Minor will be featured, along with Ravel's spiritied and virtuosic 'Duo for Violin and Cello, a work composed
to pay homage to Debussy's timeless musical legacy. Borodin's renowned String Quartet No. 2 in D Major and original
folk melodies from Germany, Russia, and Spain will pay tribute to an evening in the spirit of French fete and celebration. Click for ticket purchase via the Cypress Creek FACE website
Join Apollo for a program featuring the Russian heavyweights of the 19th and 20th centuries. Shostakovich's
stirring and folk-infused Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, a lamentation for both Shostakovich's closest friend and the victims
of the Holocaust, will be spotlighted. Also highlighting the program will be Prokofiev's mellifluous Five Melodies for
Violin and Piano, Schnittke's intriguing 'Prelude in Memorium of Shostakovich', and a set of Russian folk melodies - including
folk tunes by the nationalistic-minded 'The Mighty Handful'- arranged for strings by Apollo. Tchaikovsky's famed 'Souvenir
de Florence' string sextet will provide a rousing finale to an evening of Russian reverence. Click for ticket purchase on The Hobby Center website! Or call The Hobby Center Box Office at: 713-315-2525
Three avant-garde French composers immersed
in the Impressionist movement infused their seminal chamber music works with distinctive folk flavorings. Experience
with Apollo Ravel's exquisite and Hungarian-inspired 'Duo for Violin and Cello', as well as his Piano Trio in A minor, a work
reflecting the folk influences of his native French Basque ancestry. Debussy's String Quartet in G Minor, evocative
of both Spanish sounds and Javanese Gamelan colors, as well as Satie's 'Choses vues a droite et a gauche; sans lunettes' (Things
Seen Left to Right; Without Glasses), will be featured. In Apollonian fashion, a set of traditional French folk melodies
arranged for strings will connect and contextualize these Impressionist masters and their folk inspirations. Click on the options below for ticket purchase! (Via Paypal)
Additional Concert Collaborations and Engagements In addition to season concerts at Zilkha and the Shepherd School,
Apollo is collaborating with other Houston non-profit organizations for exciting concerts throughout the year.
Sister Cities of Houston presents a memorial service for the 10th anniversary of 9/11. As special guests at this memorial, Apollo will perform Samuel Barber's famous and reflective 'Adagio for Strings,' and in celebration of cultural diversity, conclude with a set of original folk melodies from around the world.
Click for more info. on the Sister Cities website
Apollo opens the Houston Symphony League Bay Area's concert season with
Debussy's String Quartet in G Minor and a set of folk meloides from Spain, Germany, and Greece.
Experience The Apollo Chamber
Players as they join forces with the Houston Heights Orchestra for a concert of Mozartian delights. Houston's own wind
ensemble, Windsync, will also perform, and both groups will serve as ensembles-in-residence for the newly formed chamber orchestra.
Music to include Mozart's Symphony No. 25 and Divertimento in E-flat Major, K. 563 for string trio. |
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