CONCERT ARCHIVE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 2025
DUO DRAMATIQUE:
“SHADOWS OF WAR, WHISPERS OF LOVE”
MUSIC BY: Leoš janaček, Clara Schumann, William grant-still, sergei prokofiev, Jessie Montgomery.
A dramatic evening of music by Duo dramatique, where music inspired by the suffering of war and oppression (janaček and prokofiev) faces off the music inspired by love.
university of st. thomas, cullen hall
2025/2026:
SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 4PM
THE POLISH DUO:
“ECHOES OF THE LOST WORLD”
MUSIC BY ELGAR, BRAHMS AND RICHTER in a magical concert, where the old world of romantic sentiments goes away in the turmoil of modernism. Experience the magnificent romantic sonatas by Edward Elgar and johannes brahms juxtaposed with the modern piece by max richter - "mercy"
SUNDAY, MAY 11, 6PM
THE POLISH DUO:
“LOVE AND LEGACY. A MOTHER'S DAY CONCERT”
MUSIC BY DVORAK, FIBICH, WIENIAWSKI, CHOPIN
archway gallery
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2025
THE POLISH DUO
"MYTHS, FABLES AND FAIRY TALES"
UNFORGETTABLE CONCERT BY THE PASSIONATE POLISH DUO, WHERE THE ICONIC "MYTHS" BY KAROL SZYMANOWSKI inspired by storied of greek mythology, MEET THE RAPTUROUS VIOLIN SONATA BY polish pianist, composer and statesman - IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI. also on the program - virtuoso music by woman composer grażyna bacewicz.
DOMINIKA DANCEWICZ, VIOLIN
ALINA KLIMASZEWSKA, PIANO
HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, BELIN CHAPEL
7502 FONDREN RD
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2025
DUO DRAMATIQUE
“THE MUSEUM OF LOST LOVE”
A RIVETING EVENING OF STORIES AND MUSIC. THE IDEA FOR THIS CONCERT IS BASED ON THE 2019 BOOK BY GARY BARKER "THE MUSEUM OF LOST LOVE", FEATURING THE ACTUAL EXISTING MUSEUM IN ZAGREB, CROATIA, ESTABLISHED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 1990s WAR IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA.
THIS SPECIAL CONCERT FEATURED MUSIC BY YUGOSLAV AND BALKAN COMPOSERS, AS WE EXPLORE THEMES OF IMPERMANENCE OF LOVE AND PRECARIOUSNESS OF HAPPINESS.
THIS CONCERT IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON THROUGH THE HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE "LET CREATIVITY HAPPEN" GRANT.
Music by: Teodora Žebeljan, Marko Tajcevič, Dora Pejačević, VITEŽSLAVA KAPRÁLOVA
UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS
CULLEN HALL
4001 MT VERNON, 77006
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15
DUO DRAMATIQUE
“TWISTS OF FATE: FROM FORGOTTEN MANUSCRIPT TO FORGOTTEN VIRTUOSO"
THIS EXCITING RECITAL FEATURES TWO GIGANTIC LANDMARKS OF THE VIOLIN-PIANO REPERTOIRE:
THE ICONIC, MUSCULAR "KREUTZER SONATA" BY LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, AND THE GRAND SONATA IN F MAJOR (1838) BY FELIX MENDELSSOHN, NEVER PUBLISHED DURING THE COMPOSER'S LIFE UNTIL NEARLY 120 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH. WE WILL ALSO PERFORM THE ELUSIVE "NOCTURNE" BY LILI BOULANGER.
THIS CONCERT IS A PART OF MUSIC AT THE MEETING HOUSE CONCERT SERIES AT FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
10840 BEINHORN RD, 77024
MARCH 1, 2026
THE POLISH DUO
"THE LARK ASCENDING"
UNFORGETTABLE CONCERT BY THE PASSIONATE POLISH DUO, FEATURING THE ICONIC "LARK ASCENDING" BY VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS, SUK'S PIECES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, AND EDVARD GRIEG SONATA IN C MINOR.
DOMINIKA DANCEWICZ, VIOLIN
ALINA KLIMASZEWSKA, PIANO
ST JOHN'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
MAY 10, 2026
DUO DRAMATIQUE
“VISIONS OR FREEDOM"
EXCITING RECITAL FEATURING MUSIC FOR SOPRANO, VIOLIN AND PIANO BY POLISH COMPOSERS AND VISUAL DISPLAY OF ICONIC PAINTINGS BY POLISH MASTERS.
GUEST ARTIST: KINGA FERGUSON, SOPRANO
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS CULLEN HALL
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2026, 7PM
DUO DRAMATIQUE
“TWISTS OF FATE: FROM FORGOTTEN MANUSCRIPT TO FORGOTTEN VIRTUOSO"
THIS EXCITING RECITAL FEATURES TWO GIGANTIC LANDMARKS OF THE VIOLIN-PIANO REPERTOIRE: