Ars Lyrica Houston Presents LONG LIVE THE QUEEN

Ars Lyrica Houston presents the 2017/2018 Artful Women season concert, Long Live the Queen on Saturday, April 7th 2018 at 7:30pm in Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. This regal program commemorates two beloved female patrons with J. S. Bach's rarely heard Trauerode, written for the 1717 funeral of Christiane Eberhardine of Saxony, and Handel's 1713 Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne. Both works call for multiple soloists, chorus, and unusually expressive orchestral forces, including two violas da gamba and lutes in the Bach cantata and an echo trumpet at the beginning of Handel's ode.

A stellar array of soloists including countertenors, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Ryland Angel, soprano Dominique McCormick, tenor Tony Boutte, baritone Mark Diamond, and the award-winning UH Moores School Concert Chorale join the Ars Lyrica ensemble for some noble and hauntingly beautiful music. Soloists: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor; Ryland Angel, countertenor; Dominique McCormick, soprano; Tony Boutte, tenor; Mark Diamond, baritone.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.arslyricahouston.org or call the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Box Office at 713.315.2525. (Press 4 for Ars Lyrica Houston) For more information on the concert with video link to exclusive insights from artists and artistic director in the Long Live the Queen promotional video (https://youtu.be/0XaP4g29mBA) or visit http://www.arslyricahouston.org/long-live-the-queen/