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ROOTS SEASON 2016-2017 SEASON AT A GLANCE

OPENING NIGHT • HOUSTON PREMIERE JASON VIEAUX, GUITAR HOUSTON PREMIERE JULIA BULLOCK, SOPRANO Friday, December 9, 2016, 7:30 PM BRENTANO STRING QUARTET JOSEPHINE BAKER: Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the THE ART OF FUGUE A PERSONAL PORTRAIT Performing Arts Set Design by GABRIEL CALATRAVA OPENING Friday, September 30, 2016, 8:00 PM Choreography by JOHN-MARIO SEVILLA Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center ARTURO SANDOVAL Friday, March 3, 2017, 8:00 PM Friday, January 20, 2017, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center NIGHT JASON MORAN Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center IN MY MIND: MARQUIS HILL BLACKTET MONK AT TOWN HALL, 1959 ELIAS STRING QUARTET Saturday, March 11, 2017, 8:00 PM Friday, October 7, 2016, 8:00 PM IN BEETHOVEN’S FOOTSTEPS Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Julia Bullock, soprano Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection LLŶR WILLIAMS, PIANO ST. LAWRENCE QUARTET: FRACTALS Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:30 PM Josephine Baker: A Personal Portrait HOUSTON RECITAL DEBUT The Menil Collection BEETHOVEN AND JOHN ADAMS PREMIERE CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF, VIOLIN Friday, September 30, 2016, 8:00 PM Friday, October 28, 2016, 7:30 PM TERENCE BLANCHARD Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts AND LARS VOGT, PIANO Friday, February 10, 2017, 8:00 PM FEATURING THE E-COLLECTIVE PICASSO AND MUSIC Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Saturday, April 22, 2017, 8:00 PM Julia Bullock, soprano; International Contemporary Ensemble; Tyshawn Sorey, piano/percussion Cullen Theater, Wortham Center Monday, November 14, 2016, 7:30 PM HORSZOWSKI TRIO Arrangements and new music: Tyshawn Sorey Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:30 PM HOUSTON PREMIERE Texts: Claudia Rankine The Menil Collection FAURÉ, TOWER AND SCHUBERT Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 7:30 PM VIJAY IYER – RADHE RADHE: CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT The Menil Collection RITES OF HOLI with INTERNATIONAL Josephine Baker: A Personal Portrait is a unique and poignant evening honoring the brilliance, CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE; Saturday, December 3, 2016, 8:00 PM daring, public courage and private tragedies of the icon who created a Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center JOSHUA REDMAN STEVEN SCHICK, CONDUCTOR STILL DREAMING with RON MILES, Friday, May 5, 2017, 8:00 PM singing, dancing declaration of independence and blazed a trail of SCOTT COLLEY and BRIAN BLADE Cullen Theater, Wortham Center irresistible challenge and charm in France in the 1920’s. Friday, February 24, 2017, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Center

16-17ROOTS SEASON Sarah Rothenberg :: Artistic & General Director

Dear Friends of Da Camera, Da Camera’s celebration of musical and cultural roots kicks off with rising-star soprano Julia Bullock finding inspiration in Great music is often made by artists delving into their personal histories, taking the raw material of what legendary singer Josephine Baker. Julia Bullock has been hailed makes them tick and turning it into a public act. The magic is in the transformation. With the 2016-2017 as an “impressive, fast-rising soprano…poised for a significant season, Da Camera joins artists on this inward journey, focusing on musical works that vividly illuminate career” by The New York Times. She has captivated audiences with the “musical DNA” of composers and performers. ROOTS examines the sources from which creative artists her versatile artistry and commanding stage presence. Bullock makes develop a style that is uniquely their own. Experiences of childhood, ethnic identity and historic influences her Houston debut in Josephine Baker: A Personal Portrait, with new music and arrangements for the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble all come into play in the act of creation. Who am I? The answer is in the music. by celebrated composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey and texts A new string quartet by John Adams takes inspiration from the late Beethoven quartets he heard performed by poet Claudia Rankine. in his youth. Jason Moran celebrates Thelonious Monk, whose music prompted him to turn from classical “Ravishingly visceral.” piano to jazz. The Brentano Quartet takes Bach’s seminal Art of the Fugue and uses architectural design, – The New York Times on Julia Bullock dance and texts to make the form visible. The art of Picasso finds parallel expressions in music as the 20TH century unfolds. Vijay Iyer turns to his Indian heritage for his filmic celebration of the Holi festival, “Bullock doesn’t just sing to her audience. Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi, which also celebrates Stravinsky’s iconic masterpiece, The Rite of Spring. She connects with it.” – Democrat and Chronicle I hope you will join us for this musical exploration of Roots.

Sarah Rothenberg Artistic & General Director SEASON AT A GLANCE

16-17ROOTS SEASON Sarah Rothenberg :: Artistic & General Director

Sarah Rothenberg Artistic & General Director

dacamera.com | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! Jason Moran St. Lawrence String Quartet: In My Mind: Monk At Town Hall, 1959 Fractals Friday, October 7, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Center Beethoven and John Adams Premiere

After creating the stunning Holed Up for his Da Camera residency in 2014, Friday, October 28, 2016, 7:30 PM Jason Moran returns to his roots in one of his first explorations into expanding Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts the possibilities for the jazz concert. Haydn Quartet in D Minor, Op. 20, No. 5 As a child in Houston studying classical piano, Jason Moran heard a recording John Adams String Quartet No. 2 (Houston premiere) of Thelonious Monk in his parent's living room and it changed his life. “Monk Beethoven Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 was really my first great influence on the piano,” says the pianist and composer. St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttall, violin; Owen Dalby, violin; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello) Moran's critically acclaimed multimedia tribute to Monk focuses on the seminal recording of the jazz iconoclast’s 1959 performance at Town Hall. Rather than “replay” the event, Moran delves into Monk's life and work in order to create a highly personal and innovative tribute to the pianist whom Moran now considers part of his “musical DNA.”

“By the closing number Crepuscule With Nellie, the music was triumphantly cherishing Monk by unveiling a world he had made possible.” – The Guardian, London “stunning project–connecting with Monk beyond the surface of his music.” – The New York Times

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The outstanding St. Lawrence String Quartet returns with a Houston premiere and masterpieces by Haydn and Beethoven. The new quartet by American master John Adams explores his musical roots in the classical repertoire and the life-changing experience he had as a teenager of attending performances by the Budapest and Juilliard Quartets. Reflecting deeply on his formative years, especially on the power of Beethoven's late works, Adams bases this new work on what he calls “fractals,” or small fragments, from Beethoven's last piano sonatas.

The Houston premiere of John Adams new quartet anticipates Houston Grand Opera's 30-year anniversary production of Nixon in China.

“Impassioned performances full of operatic lyricism and structural insight.” – The New Yorker

UPDATE: JASON MORAN HOMECOMING RESIDENCY YEAR 3 “These are fearless musicians whose spontaneity stretches past conventional Da Camera presents Year Three of the Jason Moran Homecoming Residency, a multi-year residency with interpretation and probes the music's imaginative limits.” jazz pianist/composer and Houston native Jason Moran, presented in partnership with the University of Houston – The Washington Post Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts. Stay tuned for details of Jason Moran’s educational and community activities. Jason Moran St. Lawrence String Quartet: In My Mind: Monk At Town Hall, 1959 Fractals Friday, October 7, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Center Beethoven and John Adams Premiere

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The Houston premiere of John Adams new quartet anticipates Houston Grand Opera's 30-year anniversary production of Nixon in China.

“Impassioned performances full of operatic lyricism and structural insight.” – The New Yorker

UPDATE: JASON MORAN HOMECOMING RESIDENCY YEAR 3 “These are fearless musicians whose spontaneity stretches past conventional Da Camera presents Year Three of the Jason Moran Homecoming Residency, a multi-year residency with interpretation and probes the music's imaginative limits.” jazz pianist/composer and Houston native Jason Moran, presented in partnership with the University of Houston – The Washington Post Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts. Stay tuned for details of Jason Moran’s educational and community activities. dacamera.com | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! Cécile McLorin Salvant Saturday, December 3, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s recording For One To Love won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2016. Soon after winning the prestigious Thelonious Monk competition, she made her first appearance on Da Camera’s jazz series, and since then

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her career has skyrocketed. She continues to impress with her unique interpretations of unknown and rarely-recorded jazz and blues compositions and with her own original songs.

“The finest jazz singer to emerge in the last decade.” – The New York Times Picasso and Music Monday, November 14, 2016, 7:30 PM Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:30 PM Menil Collection Works of Satie, Stravinsky, and De Falla Sarah Rothenberg, piano with guest artists

On the occasion of the Menil Collection's drawing exhibition, Picasso: The Line, pianist and Da Camera artistic director Sarah Rothenberg presents a program inspired by the work of Pablo Picasso. Picasso's genius is notable for its virtuosic diversity of styles and his work in multiple artistic media. His creativity extended also to theater and dance in collaborations with such composers as Igor Stravinsky, Manuel De Falla and Erik Satie. These landmark ballets produced by Diaghilev's legendary Ballet russes, with sets and costumes by Picasso, become the springboard for Sarah Rothenberg's exploration of parallel paths in music and art at the beginning of the 20th century.

Pianist Sarah Rothenberg's many activities as performer, writer and public speaker illuminate connections between visual art and music. She has appeared at The Guggenheim; The Jewish Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Menil on subjects ranging from Impressionist drawing to Mark Rothko. Da Camera's recording, Rothko Chapel: Feldman, Satie and Cage, has received international acclaim and was named one of the top ten classical CD's of 2015 by the Chicago Tribune.

“Sarah Rothenberg is a prolific and creative thinker” – The Wall Street Journal “Erik Satie’s [piano pieces]... are marvellously strange and weightless in the hands of pianist Sarah Rothenberg.” – The Wall Street Journal

Presented in conjunction with the Menil Collection's exhibition Picasso: The Line, on view September 16, 2016 to January 8, 2017. Cécile McLorin Salvant Saturday, December 3, 2016, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

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her career has skyrocketed. She continues to impress with her unique interpretations of unknown and rarely-recorded jazz and blues compositions and with her own original songs.

Presented in conjunction with the Menil Collection's exhibition Picasso: The Line, on view September 16, 2016 to January 8, 2017. dacamera.com | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! Jason Vieaux, guitar Friday, December 9, 2016, 7:30 PM Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Works of Mauro Giuliani, J.S. Bach, Isaac Albéniz, Paulo Bellinati, Hans Werner Henze, Pat Metheny, Antonio Carlos Jobím, Duke Ellington and José Luis Merlín

National Public Radio describes guitarist Jason Vieaux as, “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation,” and Gramophone magazine puts him “among the elite of today's classical guitarists.” His most recent solo album, Play, won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo. Now, Jason Vieaux makes his Da Camera debut with a musical self-portrait, an unusually personal program ranging from 20th century German composer Hans Werner Henze to jazz greats Pat Metheny and Duke Ellington to the traditional classical guitar repertoire. "A substantially gifted guitarist whose playing revealed equal portions of stylistic elegance and technical polish." – The Baltimore Sun "One of America's premier guitarists... Vieaux's performance spun magic. Rarely has a single instrument so clearly painted such cinematic vistas and searching introspection." – Fort-Worth Star-Telegram

Arturo Sandoval DA CAMERA Friday, January 20, 2017, 8:00 PM JAZZ Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

A 10-time Grammy Award winner, Emmy Award recipient, 6-Time Billboard Award winner and 2015 Hispanic Heritage Award recipient, trumpeter and composer Arturo Sandoval is a true living legend. Sandoval was a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning group Irakere, whose explosive mixture of jazz, classical, rock and traditional Cuban music caused a sensation throughout the world. In 1981, he left Irakere to form his own band, which has garnered enthusiastic praise from critics and audiences alike.

“Everything has already been said about Sandoval's superb phrasing and virtuoso technique…he moves comfortably across genres and instruments — using the trumpet to generate an apocalyptic range of sounds, alternately majestic, humorous and romantic.” – The Los Angeles Times

Jason Vieaux, guitar Friday, December 9, 2016, 7:30 PM Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Works of Mauro Giuliani, J.S. Bach, Isaac Albéniz, Paulo Bellinati, Hans Werner Henze, Pat Metheny, Antonio Carlos Jobím, Duke Ellington and José Luis Merlín

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dacamera.com | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! FIRST HOUSTON RECITAL APPEARANCE Elias String Quartet INAUGURAL JAMES K. SCHOOLER MEMORIAL CONCERT In Beethoven’s Footsteps Christian Tetzlaff, violin Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection and Lars Vogt, piano Beethoven Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 Friday, February 10, 2017, 8:00 PM Bartók Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Brahms Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2 Beethoven Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30/2 Elias String Quartet (Sara Bitlloch, violin; Donald Grant, violin; Martin Saving, viola; Marie Bitlloch, cello) Jörg Widmann New work Mozart Sonata in F Major, K. 377/374e Following their electrifying Da Camera debut in the 2015/2016 season, Artistic Director Schubert Rondo in B Minor, D. 895 Sarah Rothenberg immediately invited the Elias Quartet to return to Houston. Known for their intense and vibrant performances, the Quartet is internationally acclaimed as one of the leading Da Camera proudly presents world-renowned violinist Christian Tetzlaff in his first Houston ensembles of their generation. In this return engagement, the Elias Quartet explores how recital appearance. An artist known for his musical integrity, technical assurance and intelligent, Brahms’s lyrical A Minor Quartet and Bartók’s dramatic Quartet No. 4 are firmly rooted in compelling interpretations, Tetzlaff is internationally recognized as one of the most important the works of Beethoven. violinists performing today. His frequent collaborator Lars Vogt has rapidly established himself as one of the leading pianists of his generation. Known to Houston audiences from their appear- “Few quartets at any stage of their development have this much personality.” ances as soloists with Houston Symphony, the illustrious duo play treasured works by Mozart, – Philadelphia Inquirer Beethoven and Schubert, as well as a new piece by celebrated German composer Jörg Widmann. “This was that rare ensemble that sounded in person even better “One of the most brilliant and inquisitive artists of the new generation.” than on its excellent recordings.” – The New York Times on Christian Tetzlaff – Boston Musical Intelligencer “Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt are sensitive Mozartians and their partnership here seems to be one made in heaven.” – The Strad This event is the inaugural James K. Schooler Memorial Concert, an annual event recognizing the generous bequest made by a loyal Da Camera subscriber and donor. FIRST HOUSTON RECITAL APPEARANCE Elias String Quartet INAUGURAL JAMES K. SCHOOLER MEMORIAL CONCERT In Beethoven’s Footsteps Christian Tetzlaff, violin Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection and Lars Vogt, piano Beethoven Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 Friday, February 10, 2017, 8:00 PM Bartók Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center Brahms Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2 Beethoven Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30/2 Elias String Quartet (Sara Bitlloch, violin; Donald Grant, violin; Martin Saving, viola; Marie Bitlloch, cello) Jörg Widmann New work Mozart Sonata in F Major, K. 377/374e Following their electrifying Da Camera debut in the 2015/2016 season, Artistic Director Schubert Rondo in B Minor, D. 895 Sarah Rothenberg immediately invited the Elias Quartet to return to Houston. Known for their intense and vibrant performances, the Quartet is internationally acclaimed as one of the leading Da Camera proudly presents world-renowned violinist Christian Tetzlaff in his first Houston ensembles of their generation. In this return engagement, the Elias Quartet explores how recital appearance. An artist known for his musical integrity, technical assurance and intelligent, Brahms’s lyrical A Minor Quartet and Bartók’s dramatic Quartet No. 4 are firmly rooted in compelling interpretations, Tetzlaff is internationally recognized as one of the most important the works of Beethoven. violinists performing today. His frequent collaborator Lars Vogt has rapidly established himself as one of the leading pianists of his generation. Known to Houston audiences from their appear- “Few quartets at any stage of their development have this much personality.” ances as soloists with Houston Symphony, the illustrious duo play treasured works by Mozart, – Philadelphia Inquirer Beethoven and Schubert, as well as a new piece by celebrated German composer Jörg Widmann. “This was that rare ensemble that sounded in person even better “One of the most brilliant and inquisitive artists of the new generation.” than on its excellent recordings.” – The New York Times on Christian Tetzlaff – Boston Musical Intelligencer “Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt are sensitive Mozartians and their partnership here seems to be one made in heaven.” – The Strad This event is the inaugural James K. Schooler Memorial Concert, an annual event recognizing the generous bequest made by a loyal Da Camera subscriber and donor.

dacamera.com | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! Horszowski Trio Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection

Fauré Trio in D Minor, Op. 120 Joan Tower For Daniel Schubert Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, D. 898

Horszowski Trio (Jesse Mills, violin; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Rieko Aizawa, piano)

Two-time Grammy-nominated violinist Jesse Mills joins with the founding cellist of the prize- winning Daedalus Quartet and acclaimed pianist Rieko Aizawa in this celebrated ensemble. Named for legendary pianist and Curtis Institute of Music teacher Mieczysław Horszowski, the Trio takes inspiration from Horszowski’s musicianship, integrity and humanity.

In their Houston debut, they perform Fauré’s gracefully lyrical Trio, American composer Joan Tower’s elegiac For Daniel, and the radiant Schubert work which inspired Brahms to write, “One glance at Schubert’s Trio and the troubles of our human existence disappear and all the world is fresh and bright again.”

“Destined for great things.” – The New Yorker on the Horszowski Trio “Played as if he’d just received [the music] from some distant, vast and magnificent reach of the cosmos.” – The Washington Post on Jesse Mills “Understatedly elegant and smooth tone.” – The Boston Globe on Raman Ramakrishnan DA CAMERA “A pianist of extraordinary refinement and vitality.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer on Rieko Aizawa JAZZ Joshua Redman Still Dreaming with Ron Miles, Scott Colley and Brian Blade Friday, February 24, 2017, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Center

The son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman, Joshua Redman is a leading force in jazz today. The son pays homage to the father in Still Dreaming — a program of new compositions inspired by his father’s band, Old and New Dreams, which featured an unforgettable lineup of Ornette Coleman alumni: Dewey Redman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Ed Blackwell. For Still Dreaming, Joshua Redman taps drummer Brian Blade, bassist Scott Colley, and trumpeter Ron Miles to celebrate the tradition of innovation fostered by Coleman.

"At his best, Joshua Redman seems a class apart for technique, invention and artistry. This US maestro has contemporary saxophone covered." – Evening Standard Horszowski Trio Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 7:30 PM The Menil Collection

Fauré Trio in D Minor, Op. 120 Joan Tower For Daniel Schubert Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, D. 898

Horszowski Trio (Jesse Mills, violin; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello; Rieko Aizawa, piano)

"At his best, Joshua Redman seems a class apart for technique, invention and artistry. This US maestro has contemporary saxophone covered." – Evening Standard dacamera.com | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! DA CAMERA JAZZ

HOUSTON PREMIERE Marquis Hill Blacktet Brentano String Quartet Saturday, March 11, 2017, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

The Art of Fugue Chicago native trumpeter Marquis Hill was the winner of the Thelonious Monk Friday, March 3, 2017, 8:00 PM International Jazz Trumpet Competition in 2014. He is widely recognized as one Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center of the preeminent voices on the instrument of his generation. Hill makes his first J.S. Bach Art of Fugue BWV 1080 / with an interlude for spoken voices by Itamar Moses Houston appearance with the Blacktet, who share his deep roots in the Brentano String Quartet (Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Nina Lee, cello) Chicago jazz tradition. Performance Installation Design: Gabriel Calatrava Playwright: Itamar Moses “A dauntingly skilled trumpeter.” Choreographer: John-Mario Sevilla – The New York Times Featuring the Art of Fugue Dancers Reader (pre-recorded): Michael Stulhbarg “A formidable talent.” Experience one of the cornerstones of western music in an entirely new way as the brilliant – Jazz Times Brentano Quartet elucidates and visualizes the fugue in their performance of one of J. S. Bach's final works. This “performance installation” created by the Brentano Quartet, engineer Gabriel Calatrava and choreographer John-Mario Sevilla is produced by Da Camera in partnership with New York’s 92nd St Y. The set and the choreographed movements of a corps of dancers illuminate the themes and counterpoints of Bach’s masterpiece, performed live by the Brentano Quartet. “Perfection may be an impossible goal in art, as in life, but the Brentano comes close.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer

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HOUSTON PREMIERE Marquis Hill Blacktet Brentano String Quartet Saturday, March 11, 2017, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

dacamera.com | 713.524.5050 | SUBSCRIBE NOW! Terence Blanchard DA CAMERA Featuring The E-Collective JAZZ Saturday, April 22, 2017, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Since top-tier jazz and multiple Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard embarked on his solo recording career, the New Orleans-born and -based artist has traveled many paths musically, including delivering adventurous and provocative acoustic jazz outings of original material and composing over 50 soundtracks. Now, Blanchard powerfully and playfully journeys into a new jazz realm with his quintet, The E-Collective — an exciting zone of grooved fusion teeming with funk, R&B and blues colors. It’s a first foray into straight-up groove for Blanchard; come enjoy the dance-steeped party he and his quintet – guitarist Charles Altura, Fabian Almazan on piano and synthesizers, bassist Donald Ramsey, and drummer Oscar Seaton – have cooked up.

“A trumpeter of expressive urgency and a composer of expansive vision.” – The New York Times

“Terence Blanchard has always been forward thinking, but with E-Collective he shoots straight into Llyrˆ Williams, piano tomorrow…but it’s still the tough but Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:30 PM tender, timeless but vital unique tone The Menil Collection that marks Terence’s Schumann Papillons, Op. 2 horn as one of the truly Humoreske in B flat Major, Op. 20 great and classic Chopin Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49 jazzmen.”– DownBeat Rachmaninoff Selection of Preludes from Op. 23 and Op. 32

Welsh pianist Llˆyr Williams is a regular performer at London’s Wigmore Hall and recently made his debuts at The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and the Ravinia Festival. On the cusp of a major international career, he has received rapturous acclaim from critics for his performances and recordings. In his Houston recital debut, Williams plays beloved masterworks of the Romantic repertoire by Schumann, Chopin and Rachmaninoff.

“Williams has that precious ability to shed new light on the most familiar music, and a nonchalant technical mastery and singing tone that transform the simplest of melodies into something exceptional.” – The Guardian “Profound musical intelligence, warm humanity and formidable technique.” – Seen and Heard International

Terence Blanchard DA CAMERA Featuring The E-Collective JAZZ Saturday, April 22, 2017, 8:00 PM Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

“A trumpeter of expressive urgency and a composer of expansive vision.” – The New York Times

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CLASSICAL MASTERS MUSIC OF TODAY Six concerts featuring works by such masters as Five concerts that include works by John Adams, Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Brahms. Tyshawn Sorey, Joan Tower, Vijay Iyer and Jörg ST. LAWRENCE QUARTET: FRACTALS Widmann. October 28, Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center JULIA BULLOCK, JOSEPHINE BAKER: ELIAS STRING QUARTET: A PERSONAL PORTRAIT IN BEETHOVEN’S FOOTSTEPS September 30, Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center January 31, The Menil Collection ST. LAWRENCE QUARTET: FRACTALS CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF, VIOLIN October 28, Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center AND LARS VOGT, PIANO CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF, VIOLIN AND LARS VOGT, February 10, Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center PIANO HORSZOWSKI TRIO February 10, Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center March 3, Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center HORSZOWSKI TRIO BRENTANO QUARTET: THE ART OF FUGUE February 21, The Menil Collection March 3, Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center VIJAY IYER, RADHE RADHE: RITES OF HOLI LLYYˆR WILLIAMS, PIANO May 5, Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center HOUSTON PREMIERE April 4, The Menil Collection BEETHOVEN PLUS Three concerts featuring string quartets Vijay Iyer ART-FILM-DANCE CONNECTIONS and violin sonatas by the great German composer. Four concerts with connections to visual art, film or dance. ST. LAWRENCE QUARTET: FRACTALS Radhe Radhe: Rites Of Holi October 28, Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center Friday, May 5, 2017, 8:00 PM JASON MORAN’S IN MY MIND: Cullen Theater, Wortham Center MONK AT TOWN HALL ELIAS STRING QUARTET: October 7, Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center IN BEETHOVEN’S FOOTSTEPS Vijay Iyer Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi January 31, The Menil Collection PICASSO AND MUSIC Vijay Iyer, piano; International Contemporary Ensemble; Steven Schick, conductor November 14 and 15, The Menil Collection CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF, VIOLIN AND LARS VOGT, Film directed by Prashant Bhargava PIANO BRENTANO QUARTET: THE ART OF FUGUE February 10, Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center A remarkably inventive musician who is at home in both the worlds of jazz and contemporary March 3, Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center concert music, American pianist and composer Vijay Iyer draws much from his rich Indian VIJAY IYER, RADHE RADHE: RITES OF HOLI heritage. American pianist and composer Vijay Iyer draws much from his rich Indian heritage. May 5, Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center With Rahde Rahde: Rites of Holi, performed by Iyer and the virtuosic International Contemporary Ensemble, Iyer responds to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring with an explosive work of live music and film inspired by the ancient Hindu Holi festival of colors and love celebrated each spring in Southern Asia. Vijay Iyer is joined by members of International Contemporary Ensemble, the imaginative, genre-defying ensemble which serves as Coming in Spring 2017 Artists-in-Residence at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival. Da Camera at “Radhe Radhe is a richly successful creative expression…visually and sonically The Match dazzling collaboration… here’s hoping that many viewers and audiences get a Stay tuned for the announcement of chance to experience Holi through Bhargava and Iyer’s eyes and ears.” cutting-edge Da Camera performances – National Public Radio at midtown’s exciting new venue, “[one of] today’s most important pianists… extravagantly gifted… brilliantly eclectic.” The Match. Subscribers will have the – The New Yorker on Vijay Iyer first opportunity to get tickets for these events. “America’s foremost new-music group.” – The New Yorker on International Contemporary Ensemble Made possible with support from the Da Camera Yˆ Presented in partnership with Asia Society Texas. Artistic Development Fund. Build Your Own Series: Choose any six concerts or start with these suggestions.

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