FEBRUARY NIGHT MUSIC

Premieres Sunday, Febraury 28 at 8:00 p.m. | Virtual Program

Formatted in talk-show style, Texas Early Music Project's (TEMP) Night Music! mini-series offers short programs of calm and respite, focused on lullabies and the diversity of lullaby styles in cultures around the world.

The third episode premiering Sunday, February 28 at 8:00 p.m. features music from Karelia and Croatia as well as conversation with Gitanjali Mathur, Daniel Johnson, and guests.

General admission access is $15, but TEMP offers lower-priced student/supporter pricing for those struggling due to the coronavirus situation. Friend and Patron prices are available for those who wish to contribute a little more to help someone else who pays less. Everyone who purchases a ticket online will be sent an email with access instructions. The video will be viewable until March 5.

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Event Details

Date: February 28-March 5, 2021
Time: 8:00 p.m. CST (Becomes available on demand after the premiere)
Website: https://temp.ticketbud.com/february-night-music

Ticket Information

Cost: $15.00

Presenter Details

Name: Texas Early Music Project

During the period 1995–2002, TEMP's Baroque orchestra (with Daniel Johnson conducting) performed in several productions with the Sarah and Ernest Butler Opera Center, including Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Baroque and Loving It, (a pastiche of selections from the works of Lully, Rameau, Cavalli, Cesti, and others, created by Daniel Johnson), Cavalli’s L’Ormindo, Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea, and Handel’s Alcina and Rinaldo. TEMP performed regularly at the Early Music Weekend at Round Top Festival Institute, for the Texas Early Music Festival in Palestine, TX, for the annual Mostly Music Marathon benefiting AIDS Services of Austin, and in public and private concerts in the Austin area.

In 1998, TEMP became a member of the Austin Circle of Theaters, recorded its popular CD The Bonny Broom and Other Scottish Ballads, and initiated its Midwinter Festival of Music, with two to three performances of a wide variety of concerts and operas on six successive weekends (1999–2002). Local performers and guests from Europe, Canada, and other parts of the US came together for performances of Handel’s Rinaldo and Alcina, Purcell’s King Arthur, a post-modern blending of early and modern music and theater (It's About Time), and an inclusive range of concerts ranging from Hildegard chants and Sephardic love songs to lieder by Schubert and Beethoven.

Since the 2002–2003 season, TEMP has offered a relatively calm six-concert season, between the months of September to May. Many of the concerts were so much fun and so popular that different versions of them were presented in successive years, including Convivencia: The Three Worlds of Spain (2004 and 2005) and The Play of Daniel (2003–2005).

Members of TEMP also perform regularly with such groups as La Follia Austin Baroque, Dallas Bach Society, Texas Baroque Ensemble, the Clearlight Waites, Sinfonia Baroque, and other ensembles.