We are delighted that we can welcome fabulous Calmus again in Houston for a concert on Sunday, January 18, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. You may remember their performances with a deep and wide repertoire, pleasing to all ages and musical tastes. The Bach Society Houston cordially invites you to their Abendmusik Concert with Calmus,
Dear Members and Friends of Houston Leipzig, my term as your president has come to an end. We’ve had an exciting year with many highlights. First I would like to thank you for your trust in electing me your president in 2014, and I want to thank each and every one of you for your […]
Sebastian Krumbiegel, entertainer extraordinaire from Leipzig, returns to Houston! The German Consulate General cordially invites you to a show/concert/evening of superb entertainment and a reception on Monday, November 24, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall, Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005. The Houston-Leipzig Sister City Association joins in […]
We celebrated the fall of the Berlin wall early on Monday with the glorious Gewandhaus Orchestra concert. Some of the comments heard after the concert included “. . . an unforgettable evening . . . an experience of a lifetime . . . so much beauty and perfection brought tears to my eyes.” Thank you […]
The time has come to get your tickets for the very special concert Monday night, November 3, 2014, when the world famous Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig comes to Jones Hall under the baton of Ricardo Chailly for the opening of its 2014 Celebratory U.S. tour right here in in Houston, Texas, at 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a very special retrospective of the 25th anniversary of the end of the Cold War. The program will begin with a brief performance by Sinfonietta Leipzig, a group of Gewandhaus musicians composed of Volker Hemken, Bass Clarinet; Yun-Jin Cho and Karl Heinrich Niebuhr, Violins; Tahlia Petrosian, Viola; and Matthias Schreiber, Violoncello. An […]
CONCERT MARKS 25TH ANNIVERSARY MILESTONE OF FALL OF BERLIN WALL World renowned Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra begins celebratory U.S. tour in Houston on November 3 Former President George H. W. Bush and former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III to serve as honorary chairs of the concert Mayor Annise Parker, Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung, and […]
The Bach Society Houston is proud to present John Scott, Organist and Director of Music at St. Thomas Church in Manhattan, at the October 26, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice boulevard, Houston, TX 77005. He will delight listeners with selections from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Clavier-Übung III. John Scott […]
This is a reminder that in lieu of our monthly meeting in October, we are invited by the Consulate General of Germany to the Opening Reception of an incredibly moving and compelling exhibit, Postcards from the Trenches: Germans and Americans Visualize the Great War, on Thursday, October 23, 2014, at 6:30 p.m., at The Printing […]
Organ & Voice with Rick Erickson Opens Bach Society Season The Bach Society Houston cordially invites you on Sunday, September 28, at 6:00 pm for the opening of the Bach Society season featuring new Director Rick Erickson in a new event called Organ & Voice. The performance will be in the format of a Vespers […]
