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Venue: Jones Hall, Houston

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AddressHouston
TX TX 77002
United States
Google maps29° 45' 37.542" N 95° 22' 11.719" W
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Houston Symphony vividly brings Peer Gynt to life

Karita Mattila, Dima Slobodeniouk and the Houston Symphony © Melissa Taylor
Blending theater and symphony, the Houston Symphony reimagines Peer Gynt as Grieg intended – complete with dialogue, chorus, and a luminous cameo from Karita Mattila.
****1
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Showpieces star in Houston Symphony’s memorable season opener

Angel Blue, Juraj Valčuha and the Houston Symphony © Melissa Taylor

Celebration is on the menu at the Houston Symphony Orchestra’s season opening weekend of concerts, conducted by Juraj Valčuha. 

****1
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Death and lunacy in Juraj Valčuha's Houston Symphony program

Ekaterina Gubanova, Juraj Valčuha, Gábor Bretz and the Houston Symphony © Melissa Taylor
A mad March hare, a murdered child, a hypochondriac prince, and a roomful of dead wives make for a stellar concert by the Houston Symphony Orchestra. 
*****
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Brilliant Bach from Jane Glover and the Houston Symphony

The Houston Symphony showed the many sides of Bach in a festive performance over the Easter weekend.
***11
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Bach by arrangement: Houston Symphony under Esa-Pekka Salonen

Listening to arrangements of Bach is like Dostoevsky’s challenge not to think about polar bears. It’s best to put the Bach out of your thoughts, even if “the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.”
****1
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Full-bodied Beethoven from Yefim Bronfman and Fabien Gabel in Houston

Fabien Gabel and the Houston Symphony Orchestra present memorable Beethoven performances that are solidly in the Austro-German tradition.

****1
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A successful Beethoven 8 in Houston

Brinton Averil Smith, the Symphony's principal cello, approached Haydn's D major Concerto with bold courage and passionate, if inconsistently manufactured, strokes.
***11
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A confused “Resurrection” at the Houston Symphony

In a failed mash-up, the Houston Symphony performed only the first movement (the three-minute “Prelude: Maestoso”) of Ives’ Fourth Symphony and continued attacca into the 80 minutes of Mahler's "Resurrection."
**111
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