Haydn & Beethoven
In Loving Memory of Dewayne E. Perry
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D Major – London
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C Major
Philharmonie Austin
Steuart Pincombe, cello
Mark Dupere, conductor
October 17–18, 2025 at 7:30 pm
$40 General | $35 Senior | $10 Student
Arts on Alexander
2111 Alexander Ave
Austin, TX 78702
Philharmonie Austin is comprised of many of the country’s finest period instrument players, and has been bringing exciting performances to Austin for over twenty years.
Under the direction of conductor Mark Dupere, the group explores a wide array of repertoire from early baroque to late romantic, often in collaboration with the Philharmonie Austin Chorus. Philharmonie Austin produces performances that enliven the soul, as the musicians draw on a diverse wealth of knowledge from generations of performance practice research, bringing this into the live performance sphere. As well as often performed works, the orchestra is committed to exploring new areas of performance practice in later music. The priority of each Philharmonie Austin performance is generous and communicative music-making, bringing older musical language to life for today’s audience.
Notable performances have included Mendelssohn’s Elijah, the complete Orchestral Suites and Brandenburg Concertos of Bach, Rameau’s Dardanus Suite, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Fourth Piano Concerto, Brahms’ Fourth Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s St. John Passion and Christmas Oratorio, Handel’s Messiah and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.
Meet Philharmonie Austin Orchestra
Mark Dupere conductor
Conductor and cellist Mark Dupere is Associate Professor of Music at Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, where he is the Director of Orchestral Studies and conductor of the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra. Dupere is also the conductor of Philharmonie Austin, an exciting period instrument orchestra comprised of top performers from across the US. As a cellist, Dupere has performed throughout Europe as an orchestral and chamber musician. He has performed with Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Haagsche Hofmuzieck, Anima Eterna and as an apprentice with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in London. Dupere was an “Emerging Artist” at the Victoria Bach Festival, performed in the Leipzig Bach Competition, and was recently named a national finalist in the American Prize in Conducting.
Steuart Pincombe cello
American cellist Steuart Pincombe quickly made a name for himself as an exquisite interpreter of early and contemporary music who was keen to experiment. Steuart is regularly featured as a soloist and chamber musician in leading venues across North America and Europe, including Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Concertgebouw Brugge, RADIALSYSTEM V Berlin, Bozar Brussels, Tivoli Vredenburg, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and the Kauffman Center, but he is equally at home playing in your local cafe or brewery. His playing has garnered wide acclaim from the public and critics alike: The Philadelphia Inquirer calls him “a gorgeous player with perfect intonation, imaginative phrasing,” The Strad Magazine refers to him as a “superb soloist,” virtuoso cellist Giovanni Sollima calls Steuart “a complete artist, true virtuoso and poet, totally at ease with all languages and musical styles,” and an audience member once said “You’da asked me a week ago if I’sa gonna be here, I’da said ‘hell no’. Well I’m here - and I love this stuff [Bach]”.
In addition to his numerous chamber engagements, Mr. Pincombe has appeared as soloist with ensembles such as Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop (Denmark), Holland Baroque (Netherlans), Wallfisch Band (United Kingdom), Symphonie Atlantique (NL), Apollo’s Fire (U.S.), and the Springfield, Missouri Symphony. His concert “Bach&Beer” was selected by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as one of the “Top 10 Classical Events of the Year” and a concert in which he appeared as soloist with Rene Schiffer and Apollo's Fire was numbered in London's “5 Best Classical Music Moments of 2014” according to The Telegraph (UK). If you can't hear him live, Steuart makes regular appearances on radio and has been featured on BBC, CBC, NPO, and NPR and has recently begun recording for 7 Mountain Records in Amsterdam.
With the aim of equipping other leading artists to engage with new audiences, Steuart and his wife Michelle started the Music in Familiar Spaces Artist Collective, which is made up of some of the leading performers of our time. Steuart and Michelle moved to Missouri to start a small, off-grid farm.