Lifelong friends Joseph Haydn and Marianne Martines helped each other realize their respective dreams: he was her first music teacher, and she later connected him with influential figures in Viennese society.

Viennese Dreamers explores this famous friendship with a Classical era sampler that includes a symphony, a concerto, a cantata, and selected songs. Ars Lyrica Houston will welcome back fortepianist Patricia Garcia Gil and countertenor Key’mon Murrah, two audience favorites from recent seasons.