Mendelssohn & Schumann
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A Minor: The Scottish
Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major: The Rhenish
Philharmonie Austin
Mark Dupere, conductor
May 8-9, 2026 at 7:30 pm
$40 General | $35 Senior | $5 Student
Arts on Alexander
2111 Alexander Ave
Austin, TX 78702
Meet Philharmonie Austin
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.
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.