Scheduled Activities of HLSCA
We all remember the fabulous all-Mendelssohn performance by the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig under the baton of Riccardo Chailly in Jones Hall here in Houston last November. When we reported on the audience reaction, many were overcome with the sheer beauty of the performance; some classified it as the musical highlight of their lives. Now the […]
In commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of the City of Leipzig, the Bach Society Houston presents an Abendmusik concert at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1015 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77004, on Sunday, October 4, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. The program will consist of music by Leipzig composers throughout history, with combinations of the Bach Choir Houston […]
We are delighted to welcome the Leipzig Piano Quintet to Houston! Our first opportunity to hear these talented students from the Conservatory for Music and Theatre Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig will be on Thursday, October 1, at 7:30 p.m., when the Bach Society Houston presents them at a chamber music concert at the Archway Gallery, […]
Please note that the traditional home of the Bach Society Houston is being remodeled, and for the 2015/16 season, be sure to regularly check the dates and locations of performances. As performance dates come near, do take a look at our Houston-Leipzig Events page, our home page or blog or facebook page, the facebook page […]
Sister Cities of Houston is pleased to inform you of its Fall Concert on October 4, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at St. Thomas University’s Jones Hall. The musical lineup features the Leipzig Piano Quintet from the Conservatory for Music and Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig, Katumbella (African vocalist + musicians), the Houston […]
The Houston Brass Quintet invites you to a recital in honor of the Houston Saengerbund. Please come and enjoy an evening with music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel, as well as polkas and hymns. The recital will take place at First Evangelical Lutheran Church at 1311 Holman Street in Midtown on September […]
Twenty-six years ago at this time, a great number of people were clueless. The secret services of all the western allies, the Staatspolizei of the DDR and the KGB (including Mr. Putin, who was stationed in Dresden as an agent), the pundits and politicians, and the many families suffering from a division of Germany – […]
Please join us for a fabulous look-back at one of Germany’s all-time great athletes. On July 16, 2015, at 6:30 p.m., Houston-Leipzig presents ESPN Classic’s: Katarina Witt – The Diplomat: “The World was watching, so was the Government . . .” At the height of the Cold War, Katarina Witt became one of East Germany’s […]
Do join us for the first of our summer movies on Thursday, June 18, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall of Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005. Der Mann, der ueber Autos sprang: Julian escapes from a Berlin psychiatric clinic with the desire to walk to southern Germany […]
