Here it is already February, and our next meeting will be in a couple of weeks. Leipzig seems to be present everywhere. If you did not read the article Early Music Finds a Home in Houston in the weekend Houston Chronicle, please check it out here. The long-time director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig, […]
Our organization is underwriting the Houston Seminar lecture by Prof. Christoph Wolff, the world’s leading Bach scholar. The lecture will be at Christ the King Lutheran Church on Thursday, February 6, 7 – 8:30 p.m. His talk will be the climactic event in a series sponsored by the nonprofit Houston Seminar in anticipation of the […]
Do you know that we in Houston are blessed with an extraordinarily outstanding opera? Less than a handful of cities in the United States can claim a world-renown opera company; there are the Met in New York, the Lyric Opera in Chicago, the San Francisco Opera, and then there is the Houston Grand Opera – […]
Dear Members and Friends of the Houston-Leipzig Sister City Association, Greetings and best wishes for the New Year from your 2014 President! 2013 was an exciting year under the leadership of Ute Eisele with highlights of our 20th anniversary celebration and the visit of the St. Thomas Choir. Ute, thank you for your efforts and […]
The Board of Directors Cordially invites you to a Special Meeting in Lieu of the Annual Meeting and the Christmas Party PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS The Nominating Committee presents the following slate of candidates for election: Irene Hickey – Rodney Koenig – Robert Moore – Patricia Maass – Angelika Schmidt-Lange – […]
Dear Members and Friends of Houston-Leipzig, a busy and interesting year comes to an end. Under the leadership of our 2013 President Dr. Ute Eisele we participated in some outstanding and true highlights; I mention only our 20th anniversary celebration in September and the visit of the St. Thomas Boys Choir last month. Next year […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Fitzcarraldo Introduced by Gwen Goffe, former associate director, investment and finance, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston A haunting film in a class of its own, Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo tells the story of opera aficionado Brian Sweeney “Fitzcarraldo” Fitzgerald (Klaus Kinski, who played the title character in Herzog’s Aguirre: The Wrath of God, also set in […]
