Philharmonie Austin is a period instrument orchestra that has been bringing exciting performances to Austin for over ten years, previously under the name Musica Redemptor. Under the direction of conductor Mark Dupere, the group explores repertoire ranging from early baroque to late romantic music and is comprised of many of the country's finest players of old instruments. Philharmonie Austin is privileged to come under the umbrella of Arts on Alexander and to enjoy its long and happy collaboration with the Redeemer Choir. Notable performances have included Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Handel's Messiah, and Mendelssohn's Elijah.

The orchestra has explored a vast range of instrumental works including the complete Orchestral Suites and Brandenburg Concertos of Bach, Rameau's Dardanus Suite, Handel's Water Music, Mendelssohn String Symphonies, and more recently, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Fourth Piano Concerto, Brahm’s Fourth Symphony, and Mozart Symphony 39 and Requiem. Drawing on the wealth of research and knowledge into performance practice of each period, the group seeks to bring its audience performances that enliven the soul as we strive to get to the heart of the composer's intentions and communicate this to a new generation.

Here are some of the works performed in the past ten years:

  • Armonico Tributo: Sonata V in G Major – Georg Muffat

  • Brandenburg Concertos, BWV1046-1051 – Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Christmas Concerto – Antonio Corelli

  • Concerto for 2 Oboes and Bassoon – Georg Philipp Telemann

  • Concerto for 2 Violins, BWV 1043 – Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Concerto for Strings in G Major – Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

  • Concerto for Trumpet and Oboe – Antonio Corelli

  • Concerto Grosso in B-flat Major, HWV 313 – Georg Frideric Handel

  • Concerto in C Major for Two Trumpets, RV53 – Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

  • Concerto in G Minor for 2 Cellos – Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

  • Dance of the Furies from ‘Orphée et Eurydice, Wq.41 – Christoph Willibald Gluck

  • Dardanus Orchestral Suite – Jean-Philippe Rameau

  • Don Quixote Suite, TWV 55:G10 – Georg Philipp Telemann

  • Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 – Felix Mendelssohn

  • Hercules Suite, HWV 60 – George Frideric Handel

  • Orchestral Suite No. 1, BWV 1066 – Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069 – Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Organ Concerto, Op. 7, No. 3 – George Frideric Handel

  • Piano Concerto No 4 in G Major – Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Première Suite de Symphonies for Trumpet, Violins, and Oboes – Jean-Joseph Mouret

  • Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • Sinfonia from ‘Non sa che sia dolore’, BWV 209 – Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Sinfonia, BWV 174 – Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Sinfonia, BWV 42 – Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Sinfonia, BWV 52 – Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Sonata from ‘Der Himmel lacht!’, BWV 31 – Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Suite from ‘King Arthur’, Z.628 – Henry Purcell

  • Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 – Johannes Brahms

  • Symphony No. 5 in C Minor – Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Symphony No. 5 in D Major – William Boyce

  • Symphony No. 39, K. 543 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a – Johannes Brahms

  • Water Music Suite – George Frideric Handel

Mark Dupere, Conductor

Mark Dupere is Associate Professor of Music at Lawrence University, where he is the Director of Orchestral Studies. He currently conducts the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie Austin, as well as making guest appearances with Regional and National Honor Youth Orchestras. As a cellist, Mark performed throughout Europe with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Haagsche Hofmuzieck, Anima Eterna Brugge and as an apprentice with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in London. Mark 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. Mark holds degrees in Cello from the University of Texas at Austin, Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, The Netherlands and a Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting from Michigan State University.

Emily Dupere, Orchestra Leader

Australian violinist Emily Dupere has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player throughout Europe, the USA, and Australia. She has collaborated with artists such as Malcolm Bilson, Bart van Oort, Petra Somlai, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Shunske Sato, Jaap ter Linden, Sigiswald Kuijken, Maasaki Suzuki, Jos van Immerseel, and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Emily studied under Paul Wright at the University of Western Australia, graduating with first class honors and was awarded the Lady Callaway Medal for the most outstanding graduate. She completed her studies in baroque violin at The Royal Conservatoire in The Hague with Ryo Terakado, Kati Debretzeni, and Walter Reiter. 

In Australia, Emily performed with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, as an Emerging Artist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and with the award-winning Sartory String quartet. In Europe she performed with many groups including The Wallfisch Band (UK), Les Passions de l’âme (Switzerland), Les Inventions (France), Haagsche Hofmuziek (NL), Collegium Musicum Den Haag (NL), The English Baroque Soloists (UK), Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (UK), Bach Collegium Japan, and Anima Eterna Brugge (Belgium). Emily is the concertmaster of Philharmonie Austin in Austin, TX and she also coaches chamber music at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Her particular interests include the sacred music of Bach and classical and romantic chamber music on period instruments.