TRIO SETTECENTO, Featuring Rachel Barton Pine, Performs Scottish Baroque in Houston Tonight, 5/4

Houston Early Music presents Chicago-based Trio Settecento, featuring rising star violinist Rachel Barton Pine, tonight, May 4, 7:30 p.m. at Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church (2353 Rice Blvd, Houston 77005) in a program of Scottish Baroque classical and folk music. Joining Pine, who will be performing on a violin made in 1770 by Nicola Gagliano, will be harpsichordist David Schrader and, playing a Baroque cello, John Mark Rozendaal, who will present a pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. Tickets, $10-35, are available at www.HoustonEarlyMusic.org, or call 281-846-4222.

Pine said that most places separated classical and folk music, but in Scotland there was no such differentiation. “You would have the same guy who was playing in a local musical society orchestra doing Vivaldi concertos one night, and then he’d be playing in a barn for a dance the next night. Same instrument,” said Pine.

Photo credit: Janette Beckman