2011/12 SEASON

Zilkha Hall/Hobby Center
for the Performing Arts

September 23, Paradise Found November 12, Musical Alchemy December 31, Bach and Time March 9, La Resurrezione June 8, Heaven and Hell
Paradise Lost


illustration for Paradise Lost

Our 2011-12 season of Transformations begins with a journey from worldly torment to heavenly ecstasy, featuring French-Italian soprano Céline Ricci in her Houston début with core Ars Lyrica string and continuo players.

Program Notes




Domenico Scarlatti: Pur nel sonno almen tal’ora
Couperin and Rameau: Instrumental works
G. F. Handel: Gloria in excelsis Deo

Céline Ricci
Céline Ricci
soprano











“Ricci…is a sensation, vital on stage and a dazzling coloratura. ”
— Los Angeles Times

“a stunning virtuosity” —Opera Magazine

“Lots of bold, bright, nosethumbing fun.” —Records International

Friday

September 23, 2011

7:30 pm


Zilkha Hall

Hobby Center for the

Performing Arts


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Additional Performances:


Thursday, September 22,
7:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church
Bryan, Texas

Sponsored by the
College Station/Bryan Friends of Chamber Music

Monday, September 26,
7:30 pm
St James Episcopal Church
1620 Murray St
Alexandria, Louisiana

318 445-9845