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The Houston Symphony - Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
March 8, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Hans Graf, conductor
Orion Weiss, piano
Hector Vasquez, baritone
Todd Miller, tenor

Bach Society of Houston - St Matthew Passion
Sunday, March 16, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, March 18, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 21, 3 p.m. - not at 4:00 p.m., as previously announced
(those responsible for the previous erroneous information, have been sacked)
Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Blvd at Greenbriar
across from Rice Stadium
Free admission, offering taken at intermission and the concert's conclusion

Bass Matthias Weichert returns from Germany to join soloists Melissa Givens, Gerrod Pagenkopf, Daniel Buchanan, Paul Busselberg and Randy Lacy (as the Evangelist) under the direction of Dresden's Christfried Broedel.
Note: People tend to come in droves, so come early.

Moores Opera Center - A Wedding, an opera by William Bolcom
Saturday, April 5, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, April 7, 7:30, p.m.
Moores Opera House on the campus of the University of Houston
Entrance 16 from Cullen Blvd.
Tickets: $15 ($10 Students and Seniors), available at the box office.
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Everyone loves a wedding, but a lot of unexpected and very funny things can happen.
Premiered to riotous acclaim by the Chicago Lyric Opera in the 2004-05 season, this comedy is based on the film of the same name by the legendary director Robert Altman. The New Yorker said “Bolcom can knock out a Gershwin-ish tune like nobody’s business”. Don’t miss the operatic event of the year and our first opera written in the 21st century! This is a Houston premiere.

Houston Choral Society - John Rutter: Mass of the Children
Adolphus Hailstork: Set Me On A Rock (World Premiere)
Friday, May 2, 7:30, p.m.
Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center, Texas and Louisiana Aves, Downtown.
Tickets: $20, available on their website and at the box office.
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Ars Lyrica Houston - Duelling Divas
Sunday, May 11, 5 p.m.

Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 810 Bagby at Rusk, Downtown
Tickets: $25, Seniors $20, Student and groups $15
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Ars Lyrica’s season finale consists of two grand singing contests by Bach and Handel. These artful Baroque equivalents to American Idol are full of spectacular vocal and instrumental fireworks. See if you can tell to whom the composers give the prize!

Victoria Bach Festival - J.S Bach: Concertos and Arias
Monday, June 16, 7:30 p.m.

First United Methodist Church, 407 N. Bridge Street, Victoria, Texas
Tickets: $25, Seniors $20, Student $15. Available at the website and at the door.
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On the docket, Bach's fiendishly beautiful Cantata 51, Jauchzett Gott in allen Landen for soprano and trumpet.

Conspirare - World Choral Symposium
July 22-25, times and venues vary

If you find yourself over the pond this summer, come cheer for Conspirare as the only American choir invited to this year's event. On the program are American favorites from Barber to Dolly Parton, including a world premier of a new work by Eric Whitacre.

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