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 […]
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 […]
Alexander’s Feast—Or, The Power of Music by G.F. Handel, is a remarkable musical tale. It relates how the rapturous song of a musician named Timotheus aroused and moved Alexander the Great. Bach Society Houston collaborates with Ars Lyrica Houston for the closing event of this season. The Bach Choir performs the choral portion of Handel’s […]
The first time or maybe many other times that you went to downtown Houston, did you wonder what that building was with towers and turrets that looked like a castle? And then, as you were passing by, you saw banners pronouncing The Carpetbagger’s Children (2000-01), a premiere by famous Texan Horton Foote commissioned by the […]
We are delighted to welcome Dramaturg Paul Hopper to our Houston-Leipzig meeting on Thursday, March 26, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall at 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005. He is the Houston Grand Opera’s expert on Richard Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen, and of course this season’s Die Walküre. Opera patrons love […]
The Rev. Dr. Robert Moore and The Rev. Karin Liebster of Christ the King Lutheran Church joyfully invite you to the Ostergottesdienst [Easter Service with Holy Communion] on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. The service will be held in German. Following the service all are invited to the festive reception in the Parish […]
Please join us on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. in welcoming Gary McHenry, a Life Member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Executive Vice Chairman of the Speakers Committee, Member of the Mutton Bustin Committee, and a Member of the Salt Grass Trail Association, and its Magnificent Wagon 7. The Salt Grass Trail […]
The German Consulate General Houston, in coordination with the European Space Agency (ESA) and St. Thomas University, cordially invites you to a special evening with German Geophysicist Alexander Gerst on February 18, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. in the Scanlan Room, Jerabeck Athletic Center, St. Thomas University. We are looking forward to an exciting presentation by […]
