Take in a timely night of contemporary chamber music when Apollo Chamber Players present Muted at the Duncan Recital Hall in the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University on Friday, May 24, 2024 at 7pm.
Houston’s critically and internationally acclaimed Apollo Chamber Players concludes its 2023-24 season with a concert featuring a world premiere performance at Rice University’s Duncan Recital Hall.
Muted caps off the ensemble’s 16th season entitled Silenced Voices, a series of concerts that served as a response to our modern era’s continued efforts to ban, censor and marginalize.
The four-concert series (which also included Banned, Canceled and Revised) uplifts voices that have been suppressed either by outside forces or by inner struggles, including mental illness. Proceeds from the concert will benefit NAMI Houston, a nonprofit that provides advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.
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A World Premiere Commission
Muted is comprised of three works for string ensembles, including the world premiere commission Forgotten Dutch Melodies by Netherlands-based composer Joey Roukens.
Inspired by Dutch folk songs previously erased from existence, the work was commissioned by Apollo Chamber Players and highlights Roukens’ influences and aesthetics, drawn from the orchestral vibrancy of early Stravinsky and Ravel, the late-Romantic gestures of Mahler and Sibelius, and the pulsating rhythms of American minimalism.
Forgotten Dutch Melodies is paired with Trio à cordes by Dutch Jewish composer Dick Kattenburg—who perished in Auschwitz because of his faith—as well as Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet with Turkish-born guest artist Tugçe Özcivan, honoring the composer’s perpetual battle and ultimate defeat by mental illness.
Closing out the 16th season, Muted will showcase the ensemble’s signature style and passion through dazzling orchestrations that echo Apollo Chamber Players’ ability to craft concerts that respond to current events.
Host St. John Flynn will lead a pre-concert Q&A at 7pm.
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About Apollo Chamber Players
Founded in 2008, Apollo Chamber Players has dedicated itself to passionately advocating for contemporary music and underrepresented composers.
Apollo Chamber Players’ globally-inspired programming and multicultural new music commissions have garnered international acclaim, including sold-out performances at Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center, and the honor of being the first American chamber music group to perform in Cuba since 1960.
The group’s fifth studio album, With Malice Toward None, reached No. 1 on Amazon’s Hot New Release chart.
The ensemble includes Matthew J. Detrick, violin; Anabel Ramirez Detrick, violin; Matthew Dudzik, cello; and Aria Cheregosha, viola.
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Apollo Chamber Players: Muted at Rice University
- Date: Friday, May 24, 2024
- Time: Q&A at 7pm; concert at 7:30pm
- Location: Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005
- Admission: Tickets are $35; $10 for students with ID. Order tickets or learn more about Apollo Chamber Players’ Muted.
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