MUSIC

Early Music Southwest, an international collaboration of baroque music professionals, presents Schubertiade at Rienzi, the MFAH's Center for European decorative arts. Early Music Southwest specializes in the performance of chamber music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries on original instruments, perfectly complementing the unique historical environment of Rienzi’s collection.

The recital is followed by a wine and light hors d’oeuvres reception. Reservations are required. Rienzi will open 45 minutes prior to the recital so that guests may enjoy an open house tour of Rienzi before the music begins.

Rienzi is the center for European decorative arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Comprising a remarkable art collection, and a house and gardens, Rienzi was given to the museum by arts patrons Carroll Sterling Masterson and Harris Masterson III. This handsome residence is named for Mr. Masterson's grandfather, Rienzi Johnston, and is situated on 4.4 acres in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood. The structure was designed in 1952 by John F. Staub, the same architect who designed Bayou Bend.