http://www.blancoperformingarts.com Bringing Classical Music to the Texas Hill Country Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:12:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/jolente-de-maeyer-with-orchestre-philharmonique-royal-de-liege/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/jolente-de-maeyer-with-orchestre-philharmonique-royal-de-liege/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:09:49 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1368 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/jolente-de-maeyer-with-orchestre-philharmonique-royal-de-liege/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/jolente-de-maeyer-nikolaas-kende/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/jolente-de-maeyer-nikolaas-kende/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:12:02 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1357
When Blanco Performing Arts organized in 2010 to present stellar musical performances in the Hill Country, we could not have guessed that we would be hosting true international talent of such quality as Jolente de Maeyer and Nikolaas Kende as the final performers for the 2012-13 season. Sunday afternoon, April 14 at 3:00 in the [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/jolente-de-maeyer-nikolaas-kende/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/celtic-music-on-st-patricks-weekend/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/celtic-music-on-st-patricks-weekend/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:03:33 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1348
You may have heard them on KMFA Austin Classical Music station. Therese Honey, harpist, and Abby Green, vocalist and on various instruments, are quite in demand in Early Music and Celtic music circles. We are fortunate to have them with us on Saturday evening, March 16, in the Uptown Blanco Ballroom to help us get [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/celtic-music-on-st-patricks-weekend/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/revel-a-new-vision-of-classical-music/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/revel-a-new-vision-of-classical-music/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:15:29 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1333
Blanco Performing Arts is pleased to welcome REVEL back to the Uptown Blanco Ballroom on Saturday evening, February 9 at 7:30pm. REVEL’S trio of award-winning artists, violinist Cármelo de los Santos, cellist Joel Becktell and pianist Carla McElhaney, will take you on a journey that will change everything you think about classical music. From soulful masterworks to passionate tangos, from [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/revel-a-new-vision-of-classical-music/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/melissa-marse-the-music-of-claude-debussy/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/melissa-marse-the-music-of-claude-debussy/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:20:53 +0000 Vickie Pautz http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1276
“And more, much more than this, I did it my way…” Frank Sinatra made these lyrics from his signature song popular, but they could have been sung by the famous French composer, Claude Debussy (1862-1918). At least, they express his quest for his own ideas. Debussy was born into a working class family, but showed [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/melissa-marse-the-music-of-claude-debussy/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/wyndnwyre-celtic-band/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/wyndnwyre-celtic-band/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:11:37 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1135
Join us in the beautiful Uptown Blanco Courtyard this Saturday evening, when Blanco Performing Arts presents Wyndnwyre, a Celtic Band from Houston. They bring all manner of stringed instruments: harp, fiddle, mandolin, hammer dulcimer, guitar, (and some that you may not recognize), along with various whistles and flutes, and of course, bells and drums. In [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/wyndnwyre-celtic-band/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/kathryn-eberle-and-julie-pautz-postscript/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/kathryn-eberle-and-julie-pautz-postscript/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:17:45 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1119
Blanco Performing Arts finished the season on a crescendo Sunday afternoon with violinists Kathryn Eberle and Julie Pautz and pianist Maimy Fong. The virtuosic players delighted the crowd with their unity of sound and depth of emotion. Their interpretation of Bach was especially energized, but the climax was the Navarra by Sarasate which had the [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/kathryn-eberle-and-julie-pautz-postscript/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/pablo-de-sarasate-navarra-opus-33-notes/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/pablo-de-sarasate-navarra-opus-33-notes/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:10:58 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1090
Painted by Whistler, written of by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and cartooned in Vanity magazine, the violin virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) with his dashing and bushy mustache was a cultural phenomenon. For his own use he composed over 50 works, all with charming melodies that evoke folk music from his native Spain. Unlike the [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/pablo-de-sarasate-navarra-opus-33-notes/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/prokofiev-sonata-for-2-violins-op-56-notes/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/prokofiev-sonata-for-2-violins-op-56-notes/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:51:16 +0000 Admin http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1082
After an intermission for this Sunday’s Performance, Julia Pautz and Kathryn Eberle return to the stage (accompanied by Dr. Maimy Fong at the piano) to perform the Prokofiev Sonata for 2 Violins. From the memoirs of Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) A society called the “Triton” had been formed in Paris for the performance of new chamber [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/prokofiev-sonata-for-2-violins-op-56-notes/feed/ 0 http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/concerto-for-2-violins/ http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/concerto-for-2-violins/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:54:14 +0000 Vickie Pautz http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/?p=1072
J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) – Concerto for 2 violins in d minor, BWV 1043 While the piano reduction of the original orchestral version makes this an unusual choice for a serious classical music recital, Bach himself was involved in similar small chamber music performances, making practical arrangements of his works to be performed by [...]]]> http://www.blancoperformingarts.com/blog/concerto-for-2-violins/feed/ 0