Bach Society Houston | “Knights in Shining Armor”
Bach Society Houston
May 16, 2025
Experience music from the era of Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries. Bach Society Houston presents a concert of madrigals and chansons by composers who worked at roughly the same time as the 16th-century Battle of Pavia. Hear music from French, Italian, Spanish, and possibly German/Swiss writers, performed by nine singers and one percussionist. James Anno, associate curator of European art, introduces the 30-minute program, which the group performs twice.
Plan Your Visit
- This concert is included with Museum admission.
- The performance takes place in Cullinan Hall on the street level of the Law Building.
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About the Performers
Bach Society Houston presents rich, vibrant, historically informed performances of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries.
“Knights in Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries” is organized by the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte and The Museum Box in collaboration with the Kimbell Art Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Major support is provided by:
Martha and Richard Finger
Additional generous support is provided by:
Luther King Capital Management
Vivian L. Smith Foundation
Consulate General of Italy in Houston and The Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles
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 John M. O'Quinn Foundation; 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.