Well, if there’s one positive to virtual programming, it’s that it’s less likely to be cancelled in the event of bad weather. Less likely, but not impossible. With that in mind, check out our list of this week’s best bets, most virtual and a couple you can attend in-person, rain gods be willing.
First up is a last call: This Sunday, May 23, is the last day to view the Alley Theatre’s virtual production of Henrik Ibsen’s
An Enemy of the People. Ibsen’s play, translated by Paul Walsh and directed here by Alley Artistic Director Rob Melrose, is about two brothers, one a doctor who discovers the water in the town’s spa is contaminated and wants it shut down and the other the town’s mayor who fears the damage a shutdown would do to their economy.
8 am ET: Wigmore Hall presents Michael Collins & Michael McHale. The clarinetist and pianist’s program includes Joseph Horovitz’s Sonatina which premièred at Wigmore Hall in 1981. Widor’s
Introduction et rondo was composed in 1898. At its première in 1935, Bax’s clarinet sonata was actually played twice; it was repeated in the program when the sheet music for a work by Lennox Berkeley was lost in the post. Each of the four
Time Pieces by Robert Muczynski highlights a characteristic of the clarinet in terms of range, technical prowess, tone color, and expressiveness. Register, view here and on demand for 30 days. LIVE
World-renowned violinist strings together new Houston Symphony shows Itzhak Perlman returns to Houston to pay tribute to Beethoven.
Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco A classical music legend is making a triumphant return to Houston’s hallowed Jones Hall. Globally renowned violinist
Itzhak Perlman will return to Houston on Saturday, May 22 at 8 pm and Sunday, May 23 for live and livestreamed performances as part of a three-year partnership with the symphony. Tickets are available now online. Shows include
Violin Romances, the
Symphony No. 7, according to a press release. The program is a season-long salute to Beethoven’s 250th birthday. Programming opens with the Grammy award-winning Perlman bringing his trademark work to two violin romances by Beethoven: