Bach Society Houston – Bach Vespers with the Bach Choir and Mercury Baroque

The Bach Society Houston presents its first Bach Vespers of the season on Sunday, September 18, 2011, at 6:00 p.m. with the Bach Choir and Mercury Baroque. The performance will be preceded by a talk of eminent musicologist Prof. Dr. Christoph Wolff of Harvard University and Director of the Bach Archives in Leipzig about New Beginnings for Sacred Music: Bach Arrives in Leipzig.

Both the lecture and performance will be at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005. Click here for more information on the Bach Vespers and program.

02Dec 2013

Screening of “The Public Enemy” in Leipzig

If you are in Leipzig this week, why don’t you watch a movie in English – American Studies Leipzig presents The Public Enemy on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the American Studies Room GWZ 2.5.16. For more information, check out their website: http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/content/asl-film-screening-series-public-enemy-1931

08Nov 2013

Houston-Leipzig Presents: Music and Politics in Napoleonic Leipzig

Following the extensive coverage of the 200-year anniversary of the Voelkerschlacht/Battle of the Nations, Houston-Leipzig cordially invites you to a presentation in words and music by Jeffrey S. Sposato from the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, on Thursday, November 14, 2013, at 6:15 p.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church (more […]

07Nov 2013

NASA Imagery in Leipzig: “Ueber die Grenzen Hinaus – Across all Borders”

Leipzig, October 8, 2013. As part of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the Staedtepartnerschaft Leipzig-Houston in 2013, the Leipzig association is presenting an exhibition of NASA Imagery entitled “Across all Borders – Über die Grenzen Hinaus.” The exhibit is in cooperation with the International Space Education Institute and will take place in the […]

07Nov 2013

Naval ROTC Alumni Foundation Honors Texan Norton Rose Fulbright Trusts and Estates Lawyer Rodney Koenig

The University of Texas Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Alumni Foundation has selected Norton Rose Fulbright trusts and estates lawyer Rodney Koenig for its Distinguished Alumnus Award. Jointly awarded by the UT NROTC Midshipmans and Alumni foundations, the award is given for outstanding personal achievement or support that credits the UT Naval ROTC. Koenig is […]

06Nov 2013

In Houston this Week from Leipzig: St. Thomas Boys Choir – 2 Delegations – Mayor Burkhard Jung

We hope that you already have secured your tickets for the performances of the world-famous Thomanerchor/St. Thomas Boys Choir from Leipzig, under the direction of Thomas Cantor Georg Christoph Biller, this Saturday and Sunday at the Shepherd School of Music’s Stude Hall on the Rice University Campus. The concert on November 9 begins at 7:00 […]

28Oct 2013

Experience “Café Vienna” at the MFAH – Special Exhibition Viewings

Slip into Café Vienna to enjoy Austrian music, bites, coffee, and wine in a café environment specially designed by Punita Valambhia Interiors in collaboration with Decorative Center Houston. These special exhibition viewings only take place on selected Mondays, when the Museum is closed to the public. Cindi Strauss, curator of decorative arts, and Marissa Hershon, […]