Karim Al-Zand: PERFORMANCES

Event Information:

• Sat

  13

  Jan

  2018

  Visions from Another World

  7:30 PMMATCH Box 4 / Midtown Arts and Theater Center, Houston TX

  Travel back time and to other worlds in this program featuring works by Musiqa composers for chamber orchestra. Journey to the dawn of [wo]man with Maternity, an oratorio by Musiqa Artistic Director Anthony Brandt with libretto by frequent collaborator David Eagleman; to the banks of the Sea of Galilee in Pierre Jalbert’s Transcendental Windows inspired by Tiffany stained glass; and the fanciful, otherworldly, Visions from Another World (a new transcription for 15 players) by Karim Al-Zand. The concert features a reading by Dr. Eagleman, bestselling author of “Sum” and “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain.” Loop38 performs, with conductor Jerry Hou and soprano Karol Bennett.