Apollo Chamber Player's season finale, Muted, uplifts voices that have been suppressed by totalitarian dogma and those silenced within ourselves. While Dutch-Jewish composer Dick Kattenburg perished in Auschwitz because of his faith, Robert Schumann perpetually battled and was ultimately defeated by the scourge of mental illness.
They will welcome Netherlands-based composer Joey Roukens to the Bayou City for the world premiere of a commission for string quartet, inspired by the composer’s favorite Dutch folk songs.