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Beautiful Music in a Beautiful Space

Located in the heart of the Museum District, St. Paul’s is one of Houston’s most beautiful and treasured concert venues.
Online live-streaming for some events is available www.stpaulshouston.org/stream

Many concerts and special music events at St. Paul’s are underwritten by St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society

LENTEN RECITAL SERIES 2025

Thursdays, 12:15pm - 1:00pm | St Paul’s Sanctuary | Admission is free
generously underwritten by St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society

Thursday, March 6, 12:15pm
QUARTET FOR STRINGS
Chamber Music America’s Ensemble of the Year, the Apollo Chamber Players, perform Texas composer Julia Smith’s Quartet for Strings, music by Benjamin Britten and Phillip Glass, and Astor Piazzolla’s Tango Ballet.

Thursday, March 13, 12:15pm
STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGS
Artists from the studio of Houston Grand Opera sing operatic arias and art songs including the dramatic Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss.

Thursday, March 20 at 12.15pm
CONCERTOS FOR CHAMBER ORGAN
Organists Christopher Betts and Jim Roman play two of Handel’s most popular concertos for organ, arranged to be played on two pipe organs. Also featuring soprano, Emily Wolfe.

Thursday, March 27 at 12.15pm
FRANZ LISZT’S SONATA FOR PIANO
Prize-winning pianist Jonathan Mak plays the virtuosic Sonata in B minor by Franz Liszt, and music by Liszt’s contemporaries.

Thursday, April 3 at 12.15pm
BACH’S BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
Members of the Mercury Chamber Orchestra, with Emily Amos, harpsichord, play J. S. Bach’s uplifting Brandenburg Concertos No 3 in G major and No. 5 in D major.

Thursday, April 10 at 12.15pm
MOZART’S CLARINET QUINTET
An ensemble of University of Houston faculty, alumni and students play music for string quartet and clarinet, including Mozart’s exquisite Clarinet Quintet in A major.

THE KING OF KINGS

Palm Sunday, April 13, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
St Paul’s Sanctuary | Admission is free
generously underwritten by St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society

Watch Cecil B. de Mille’s dramatic silent movie about the life of Christ, in St. Paul’s beautiful Sanctuary, with a moving symphonic accompaniment improvised at the organ by internationally renowned organist, David Briggs. An event not to be missed.