Houston Symphony presents another edition in its weekly livestream concert series. This week presents the eloquent and deeply powerful Lyric for Strings by groundbreaking composer George Walker, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Also, Jonathan Fischer performs Mozart’s lyrical "Oboe Quartet in F major" alongside members of the Houston Symphony string section. The concert also highlights members of the Symphony’s horn and cello sections. This event will be held online. On the day before the concert,…

Houston Symphony presents another edition in its weekly livestream concert series. Seven Houston Symphony musicians perform the suite from Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale, which recounts a devilish fable of a violinist who sells his soul, told through a vibrant and virtuosic musical language that pushes its performers to the limit. It’s paired with a selection from Wynton Marsalis’s Fiddler’s Tale, which responds to Stravinsky’s work from the perspective of later twentieth century music. This livestream performance concludes with Schubert’s "Symphony No. 2".…