MUSIC

Houston Chamber Choir presents Bach and All That Jazz.

Scheduled Performances:

Friday, November 2, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Lone Star College – Montgomery, Music Recital Hall, 3200 College Park Drive, The Woodlands, TX 77056

Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 7:30 pm
St. Philip Presbyterian Church, 4807 San Felipe, Houston, TX 77056

The art of improvisation was highly prized during the Baroque era, and Bach was a particularly skilled practitioner. The Chamber Choir adds a modern twist to this venerable practice with the help of noted Houston jazz pianist Paul English (pictured).

Between the Chamber Choir’s performances of Bach’s magnificent motets, Singet dem Herrn, Der Geist hilft and Jesu, meine Freude, English and his jazz trio will create responses inspired by the motet’s music and text.

The point-counterpoint promises to be fascinating. While the idiom will be jazz, the spirit will be Baroque.