Gallery Concert | Caldara’s Christmas Cantata
December 16, 2023
Experience the warmth and joy of a holiday concert at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Four soloists from Mercury Singers join members of the Mercury Chamber Orchestra for this holiday performance featuring an 18th-century Italian masterpiece. Enjoy Antonio Caldara’s Christmas cantata “Vaticini di Pace,” surrounded by masterworks in the European art galleries. Presented as part of Mercury’s Neighborhood Series.
Featured Artists
- Jesús Bravo, Tenor
- Briana Kerner, Soprano
- Melanie Piché Miller, Soprano
- Michael Skarke, Alto
- Mario Aschauer, Harpsichord
- Jonathan Godfrey, Violin
- Kana Kimura, Violin
- Antoine Plante, Cello
Tickets
Available for purchase via Mercury Chamber Orchestra
Tickets for 6:30 p.m. Tickets for 8:30 p.m.
Plan Your Visit
Seating begins about 30 minutes prior to each concert, with priority seating for subscribers. On Saturday, the Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
About the Program
Mercury Chamber Orchestra’s “Neighborhood” series offers concerts in unique spaces across Houston: the MFAH, Memorial, Midtown, and The Woodlands.
All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Texas Commission on the Arts; and the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.