Encore Houston

Encore Houston

Encore Houston is a weekly show featuring a concert recording from a local ensemble or performance organization in Houston. Each episode features the concert and brief commentary from host Joshua Zinn, with a preview of an upcoming performance by the featured organization at the end of the program.

Episodes

June 21, 2024 77 mins
The Texas Music Festival Orchestra performs works by Nielsen, Britten, and Bartók.
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Mercury performs works by Mendelssohn and Brahms.
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Aperio performs works by Manuel Ponce, Clarice Assad, Pablo Borras, and Samuel Zyman.
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April 10, 2024 93 mins
Ars Lyrica performs works by Scarlatti, Vivaldi, and Purcell.
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March 29, 2024 67 mins
The Houston Chamber Choir performs Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered.
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March 19, 2024 93 mins
Kinetic celebrates women in music with works by Amy Beach, Gabriela Lena Frank, and a world premiere by Nicky Sohn.
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March 8, 2024 75 mins
ROCO performs works by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Ferrenc, and Vivian Fung.
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March 4, 2024 67 mins
The Apollo Chamber Players perform works by Stamitz, Janáček, and Dvořák.
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February 28, 2024 74 mins
Mercury performs music by Bach, Vivaldi, and Telemann.
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February 22, 2024 66 mins
The Asia Society Texas presents the workshop premiere of a new work by Shih-Hui Chen.
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February 14, 2024 87 mins
MUSIQA presents world premieres by Todroki, Eric Estrada Valdez, and Kyle Rivera.
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January 11, 2024 86 mins
Loop38 presents new music by Theo Chandler and Martha Horst, along with other works by contemporary composers.
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January 10, 2024 79 mins
The Bach Society Houston performs a holiday-appropriate work for orchestra and chorus.
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December 22, 2023 74 mins
The Houston Brass Quintet performs music by British composers and sea-inspired tunes.
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December 15, 2023 86 mins
Ars Lyrica Houston performs Handel's Clori, Tirsi e Fileno.
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December 13, 2023 69 mins
The Houston Chamber Choir performs holiday music at Houston's Villa de Matel.
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December 8, 2023 90 mins
Mercury performs music by Baroque-era composers from Mexico and Spain.
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December 1, 2023 74 mins
The Apollo Chamber Players present music by Copland, Thomson, and a pair of world premieres from Allison Loggins-Hull and Mark Buller.
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November 17, 2023 74 mins

On this episode of Encore Houston, two concerts from MUSIQA showcase an eclectic repertoire of new music from composers near and far.

Music in this episode:

  • FLANNERY CUNNINGHAM: as a ghost before you on the road
    • Tyler Martin, flute
    • Tonya Burton, viola
    • David Dietz, cello
    • Flannery Cunningham, electronics
  • WILL HEALY: Small Spaces
    • Tyler Martin, flute
    • Tonya Burton, viola
    • D...
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November 2, 2023 75 mins

On this episode of Encore Houston, the Kinetic Ensemble presents a pair of world premieres--one by Nicky Sohn that reflects the winter storm of February 2021, and a string orchestra version of Patrick Harlin's The Wilderness Anthology.

Music in this episode:

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