Love Untamed explores deeply felt emotions with a Haydn solo cantata and a song cycle by Houston’s own David Ashley White. Haydn’s Arianna a Naxos treats the legend of Ariadne, whose abandonment by Theseus elicits a torrent of feelings, from despair to wrath. In contrast, White’s contemporary song cycle, set to poetry of Wendell Berry, finds balm for the troubled soul in the natural world. Surrounding these stormy narratives are spirited instrumental works in a more peaceful mode, by G. P. Telemann and Vittorio Rieti.

Performers will include mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner, traverso Colin St-Martin, violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock, and cellist Barrett Sills.