Ring in the New Year with Andres Orozco-Estrada and the Houston Symphony, Jan 2014

The Houston Symphony's January calendar features two out-of-this-world concerts with Music Director Designate Andrés Orozco-Estrada including Mozart's Jupiter Symphony on January 3, 4 and 5 and a double-header performance of The Planets And The Earth - An HD Odyssey on January 9, 11 and 12.

January also brings fun for the family with Wild, Wild West! on the morning of January 25 and The Contemporary Songbook, a POPS concert on January 24, 25 and 26 featuring singer and pianist Tony DeSare, who was described by the New York Times as "two parts young Sinatra to one part Billy Joel, meshed seamlessly."

Unless otherwise noted, all concerts take place at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, 615 Louisiana Street, in Houston's Theater District. For tickets and information, call (713) 224-7575 or visit www.houstonsymphony.org unless otherwise noted. Tickets may also be purchased at the Houston Symphony Patron Services Center in Jones Hall (Monday - Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). All programs and artists are subject to change.

Friday, January 3, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 4, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 5, 2014, 2:30 p.m.

Mozart's Jupiter Symphony

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor

Eric Halen, violin

***Jennifer Owen, violin

Haydn: Symphony No. 59, Fire

Schnittke: Moz-Art á la Haydn - for two violins and chamber ensemble

Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

Celebrate the New Year with Andrés Orozco-Estrada and two of classical music's great superstars. Mozart's brilliance shines through in his sublime final symphony, Jupiter. Drama, joy and energy are presented with the composer's trademark elegance. The program opens by turning up the heat with the equally exciting Fire Symphony by Haydn. Schnittke's Moz-Art á la Haydn features our own Associate Concertmaster Eric Halen and Principal Second Violin Jennifer Owen.

Thursday, January 9, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 11, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 12, 2014, 2:30 p.m.

The Planets And The Earth - An HD Odyssey

Andrés Orozco Estrada, conductor

Women of the Houston Symphony Chorus

Charles Hausmann, director

The Earth - An HD Odyssey

Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine

R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

The Planets - An HD Odyssey

Holst: The Planets

In this unprecedented multimedia event, the Houston Symphony will perform a back-to-back lineup of the first two installments in the HD Odyssey film series - The Planets and The Earth (formerly Orbit). See striking images in The Earth, shown on a giant screen above the orchestra, taken from NASA's missions to Earth's orbit, and accompanied by Strauss' epic tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra. Then, watch in awe as images of NASA's exploration of the solar system are brought to life in vivid form with the orchestra's performance of Holst's The Planets.

Friday, January 24, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 25, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 26, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

The Contemporary Songbook

Michael Krajewski, conductor

Tony DeSare, singer/pianist

Described by the New York Times as "two parts young Sinatra to one part Billy Joel, meshed seamlessly," singer/pianist Tony DeSare premieres a new orchestra program featuring his fresh and honest approach to today's standards including hits, "How Deep Is Your Love," "Kiss" and "You Give Love A Bad Name."

Saturday, January 25, 2014, 10:00 a.m.

Saturday, January 25, 2014, 11:30 a.m.

Wild, Wild West!

Robert Franz, conductor

Join us for a program that explores the sights and the sounds of the Rodeo! Head out to the range with music from Hoedown and Billy the Kid. Dive into what makes Texas, Texas, when a rodeo cowboy and performers from Theater Under the Stars help us explore our western heritage through song.

About the Houston Symphony: During the 2013-14 Centennial Season, the Houston Symphony celebrates its 100th year as one of America's leading orchestras with a full complement of concert, community, education, touring and recording activities. The Houston Symphony is one of the oldest performing arts organizations in Texas whose inaugural performance was held at The Majestic Theater in downtown Houston on June 21, 1913. Today, with an annual operating budget of $30.7 million, the full-time ensemble of 87 professional musicians is the largest performing arts organization in Houston, presenting more than 280 concerts for 280,000 people, including 84,000 children, annually. For tickets and more information, visit www.houstonsymphony.org or call 713-224-7575.

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