Ars Lyrica presents The St. John Passion with the University of Houston Concert Chorale

Bach’s setting of the passion narrative from the Gospel of John is sacred drama of the highest order. This beloved work, presented in collaboration with the Moores School of Music Concert Chorale, features tenor Tony Boutté as the Evangelist and a stellar lineup of soloists and players.  Select singers from the Klein High School Choir will also join the ensemble. 

Over the last 12 years, Ars Lyrica Houston has “set the agenda for imaginative period-instrument programming in Houston,” according to the Houston Chronicle.  The Grammy-nominated early music ensemble offers a yearly series of programs at Houston’s Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, where it is the resident period-instrument ensemble, and also performs regularly at other Houston-area and statewide venues. Ars Lyrica’s  thematic programming and advocacy of unfamiliar yet exceptional works from the 17th and 18th centuries has given it a distinctive edge, both in Houston and in the international early music community. Gramophone recently praised Ars Lyrica’s debut CD (on the Naxos label) for its “exemplary skill and taste,” the ensemble’s musicians for their “impassioned performance” of never-before recorded works by Alessandro Scarlatti.

For more information about Ars Lyrica, visit their website.

What the Critics Say about Ars Lyrica

“…impassioned performance of strongly characterized and eloquent music.” Gramophone

“It’s heartening to see Ars Lyrica enhancing its reputation with the release of [the Scarlatti’s] recording. Long may they keep the Baroque fires burning, not just in Houston but now around the world!”- KUHF

“…a ‘must have’ disk…the singing is wonderful and the playing spectacular.” Creator Magazine

“The virtuoso musicians of Ars Lyrica played with great expression and poise.” ArtsHouston

For more information about The Moores School of Music Concert Chorale, visit their website.

What the Critics Say about Moores School of Music Concert Chorale

“absolutely stunning… balanced, rounded program, superb technique, musically interpreted, emotionally moving…” — Philip L. Copeland, DMA, Director of Choral Activities, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Promenade Classics Concert ticket prices are: $22 adult, $20 senior, $16 child/student.