Adagio for Glass Harmonica, K 356, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Adagio for Glass Harmonica, K 356, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Dennis James, Glass Harmonica

Sweet Philomela

Friday, September 22, 2017 at 7:30 pm

Zilkha Hall / Hobby Center For The Performing Arts, Houston, Texas

Opening night of our 2017/18 season of Artful Women features exotic musical works inspired by Philomela, mythical princess of Athens, whose transformation into a nightingale has fascinated poets and musicians for centuries. Soprano Sherezade Panthaki returns to the Zilkha Hall stage for evocative arias from Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato and Johann Adolph Hasse’s lyric cantata L’Armonica, while Dennis James makes his Ars Lyrica debut on the glass harmonica, an instrument whose ethereal sounds fascinated both Hasse and Mozart. The ensemble of strings and winds soars as well, with one of C. P. E. Bach’s vibrant symphonies for twelve obbligato instruments.
ARTISTIC PERSONNEL

Matthew Dirst, Artistic Director, conductor, harpsichord
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Dennis James, glass harmonica

VIOLIN 1: Elizabeth Blumenstock, Maria Lin, Oleg Sulyga, Hae-a Lee
VIOLIN 2: Alan Austin, Noel Martin, Nadia Lesinska, Matthew Detrick
VIOLA: Erika Lawson, Yvonne Smith
CELLO: Barrett Sills, Eric Smith
VIOLONE: Deborah Dunham
TRAVERSO: Colin St-Martin, Alaina Diehl
BAROQUE OBOE: Meg Owens, Pablo Moreno
NATURAL HORN: Paul Avril, James Wilson
BASSOON: Benjamin Kamins

©Ars Lyrica Houston 2017 | www.arslyricahouston.org

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