Ars Lyrica Performs "A Musical Pleasure Garden" at Bayou Bend March 14, 2009

Imagine the poetry of a garden path, green and growing, alive with color and light. Now add to it the timelessness of voices raised in song. That's the promise of Ars Lyrica's A Musical Pleasure Garden, which will be held at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston's Bayou Bend on March 14, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. This family-friendly event is the perfect way to welcome spring. With songs and sonatas of Handel, Arne, William Shield and their contemporaries, the afternoon will showcase the best of early music by Houston's premiere early music ensemble. Led by artistic director Matthew Disrt, the Ars Lyrica musicians will ring in the spring with this joyous concert presentation. They will be joined by singers from the University of Houston's Moores School of Music. The artists will perform on period instruments and in period dress. The concert is part of the MFAH's "House and Garden Days at Bayou Bend" celebration during the annual azalea blooming season. Tickets are $10. For tickets and details, visit www.arslyricahouston.org.

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