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2020-21
June 2021
Sunday, June 6
Choral Evensong sung by St. Paul’s Choir
Bairstow: Jesu, the very thought of thee
Davison: ‘St. Kilda’ Preces and Responses
Caustun: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Parry: My soul, there is a country
July-August 2021 Summer Recital Series
Sunday, July 11
Apollo Chamber Players, with Kenneth Gayle, tenor
American Soundscape
Sponsored by St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society.
Sunday, July 25
Emily Wolfe, soprano
with Joel Trekell, piano
Art songs, arias, jazz and spirituals
Sponsored by St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society.
Sunday, August 8
Ben Kerswell, organ
with Amy Erlandson, soprano
Karg-Elert, Karosi and Faure
Sponsored by St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society.
2019-20
JANUARY 2020
Sunday, January 26
Choral Evensong sung by St. Paul’s Choir
Harris: Holy is the true light
Radcliffe: Preces and Responses
Howells: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis ‘St. Paul’s Service’
Friedell: For this cause
FEBRUARY 2020
Sunday, February 9
Hymn Festival Service at South Main Baptist Church
St. Paul’s Choir with the choirs of Christ Church Cathedral, First Presbyterian Church and South Main Baptist Church
Hymns, organ solos and choral anthems including:
Parry: I was glad
Campbell: Sing we merrily
Elgar: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
White: When in our music God is glorified
in support of the Emergency Aid Coalition
Sunday, February 23
Morning worship for Transfiguration Sunday
St. Paul’s Choir joined by the Mercury Chamber Orchestra, artistic director, Antoine Plante
Bach: O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118
Sponsored by St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society.
Sunday, February 23, at 4:00 pm
Choral Evensong for Transfiguration Sunday sung by St. Paul’s Choir
Bairstow: I sat down under his shadow
Radcliffe: Preces and Responses
Dyson: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D
White: O Light of Light
February-March 2021 Lenten Recital Series
Thursday, February 27
Mercury Chamber Orchestra directed by Antoine Plante
Concertos by Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi
Featuring soloists Jonathan Godfrey and Oleg Sulyga
Sponsored by St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society.
Thursday, March 5
Eya Medieval Ensemble: Pilgrimage
Eya journeys the Camino de Santiago and to Montserrat with music of medieval Spain from the Codex Calixtinus, Las Huelgas Codex, and the Llibre Vermell.
Sponsored by St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society.
Thursday, March 12
Artists from Houston Grand Opera
Leia Lensing, Nicholas Newton and Alex Munger present a program of art songs by Britten, Finzi and Howells, and operatic arias by Handel and Mozart.
Sponsored by St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society.
2018-19
Sunday, May 19
St. Paul's Choral Scholars End-of-Year Concert
Featuring highlights of the music sung in worship throughout the 2018-2019 season
Sunday, April 2
Worship for Easter Sunday Sung by St. Paul’s Choir
With music by William Walton and Georg Frederic Handel’s ‘Hallelujah’
Saturday, April 20, at 7 pm (Holy Saturday)
The Vigil of Easter
Sung by St. Paul’s Choir
With music by Philip Baker and René Clausen
Friday, April 19, at Noon
Service for Good Friday
Sung by St. Paul’s Choir
With music by Antonio Lotti and John IV Portugal
Thursday, April 18, at 7 pm
(Maundy Thursday)
Choral Service of Holy Communion with the Stripping of the Altar
Sung by St. Paul’s Choir and St. Paul’s Treble Choir
With music by Edward Bairstow and Maurice Duruflé
Sunday, April 14, at 8, 9:30, and 11 am
Services for Palm Sunday with the Procession of Palms
Sung by St. Paul’s Choir and St. Paul’s Children’s Choirs with brass ensemble
Music includes a newly commissioned anthem by Philip Moore, thanks to the support of St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society
Sunday, March 31, at 4 pm
Choral Evensong for the Season of Lent
Sung by St. Paul's Choral Scholars and St. Paul's Treble Choir
Short Service - Orlando Gibbons
Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake - Richard Farrant
Friday, March 22, at 7 pm
Concert featuring the choir of Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) and St. Paul’s Choral Scholars
Directed by Dr. Gary Seighman and Eddie Quaid; free and open to the public
Wednesday, March 6, at 7 pm
Service for Ash Wednesday with the Imposition of Ashes
Sung by St. Paul’s Choir and St. Paul’s Treble Choir with music by Richard Farrant, Thomas Attwood and Henry Purcell.
LENTEN RECITALS 2019
Thursday, March 7, at 12:15 pm
Mercury Chamber Orchestra
St. Paul’s ensemble-in-residence, directed by Antoine Plante, playing double violin concertos by J. S. Bach and Antonio Vivaldi. Featuring soloists Jonathan Godfrey and Oleg Sulyga.
Thursday, March 14, at 12:15 pm
Solo Artists from Houston Grand Opera
HGO Artists Blair Salter, Yelena Dyachek, Lindsay Kate Brown, and Kyle Naig perform art songs, and music from Norma and Madame Butterfly.
Thursday, March 21, at 12:15 pm
St. Paul’s Organists
Christopher Betts and Ben Kerswell play the music of J. S. Bach, Pietro Yon, and Edward Elgar, and feature both the grand Schantz organ and the delightful Oberlinger chamber organ in George Frideric Handel’s Organ Concerto in F.
Thursday, March 28, at 12:15 pm
St. Paul’s Chamber Choir
Music for Lent and Holy Week - Thomas Tallis’ Lamentations of Jeremiah and anthems by William Byrd, Henry Purcell, Anton Bruckner and Pablo Casals.
Thursday, April 4, at 12:15 pm
Robert Walzel, clarinet
Robert Walzel plays Gerald Finzi’s Five Bagatelles, and compositions for clarinet by four Houston musicians: James Scott Balantine, Michael Horvit, Robert Nelson, and David Ashley White.
Thursday, April 11, at 7 pm
Jeremy Filsell, piano & Erik Suter, organ
Internationally renowned performers, Jeremy Filsell and Erik Suter, present a varied program, including Franz Liszt’s Prelude and Fugue on BACH, Earl Wild’s Etudes on themes by George Gershwin, and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, arranged for piano and organ.
{See also: Chamber Music Society}
Sunday, March 3, at 4 pm
Choral Evensong for the last Sunday after the Epiphany
Sung by St. Paul's Choir and St. Paul’s Choral Scholars
Magnificat tone II - Paul Halley
Trinity Service Nunc Dimittis - David Briggs O nata lux - Morten Lauridsen
Sunday, February 24, at 7 pm
Concert featuring the A Cappella Choir of Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Directed by Dr. John Dickson; free and open to the public
Sunday, February 3, at 8:30 and 11:05 am
Choral Eucharist
Sung by St. Paul’s Choir and soloists, accompanied by members of St. Paul’s ensemble-in-residence, Mercury Chamber Orchestra
Music includes Mozart’s Missa Brevis in D
Generously supported by St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society
Saturday & Sunday, January 19 & 20
RSCM Winter Festival A fun-filled weekend of singing for boys and girls 3rd grade and up with the Royal School of Church Music. The choristers will sing at the 11:05 am service on January 20 at St. Paul’s. Register online: www.rscmgulfcoast.org
Sunday, January 27, at 4 pm
Choral Evensong for the Feast Day of the Conversion of Paul
Sung by St. Paul's Choir
Service and Strength - Stephen CaraccioloCanticles in C - Charles Stanford
How lovely are the messengers - Felix Mendelssohn
Sunday, December 16, at 4:30 pm
Children’s Candlelight Service
Sung by St. Paul’s Children’s Choirs
Monday, December 24, at Noon
Christmas Eve Choral Eucharist
Sung by St. Paul’s Treble Choir
With music including Malcolm Archer’s Christchurch Mass
Monday, December 24, at 4 and 6 pm
Christmas Eve Services of Lessons and Carols
Sung by St. Paul’s Choir
With music by Mack Wilberg, William Dawson, Benjamin Britten and Arvo Pärt
Monday, December 24, at 8 pm
Christmas Eve Choral Eucharist
Sung by the St. Paul’s Chamber Choir
With music by Herbert Howells and T. L. da Victoria
Monday, December 24, at 10 pm
Las Posadas (en español)
Led by the Fe y Esperanza community
2017-18
Sunday, August 26, 2017, at 4 pm
Evensong at Moody Memorial First UMC, Galveston, Sung by St. Paul's Choir
2813 53rd Street, Galveston, TX
Sunday, September 17, 2017, at 4 pm
Evensong, Sung by St. Paul's Treble Choir and St. Paul's Choral Scholars
Sunday, October 22, 2017, at 4 pm
Vocal Recital Benefiting the Emergency Aid Coalition
Sung by members of the St. Paul's Choral Scholars
Sunday, November 5, 2017, at 4 pm
Evensong for All Saints' Day, Sung by St. Paul's Choir
Sunday, December 3, 2017, at 5 pm
Service of Advent Lessons and Carols, Sung by St. Paul’s Choir,
followed by Daniel Pinkham's "Christmas Oratorio" with organ and brass
Sunday, May 6, 2018, at 4 pm
St. Paul’s Choral Scholars End-of-Year Concert
Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at 7 pm
Washington National Cathedral's Boy and Girl Choristers to Sing in Concert
On Wednesday, June 13, at 7 pm, the National Cathedral’s boy and girl choristers will combine in a concert performance in St. Paul’s sanctuary, under the direction of Michael McCarthy, together with Cathedral organist Benjamin Straley. The concert will feature music from the wide repertoire used in services and special events at the National Cathedral, including works by Felix Mendelssohn, Gustav Holst, Cesar Franck, Kenneth Leighton, Malcolm Archer, and Benjamin Britten’s Missa Brevis. Thanks to the support of the St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society, this concert is free and open to the public.
“We are excited to host such talented young singers,” says Christopher Betts, Director of Music at St. Paul’s UMC Houston. “It is rare privilege to hear the choristers outside of Washington, D.C., and we are especially thrilled that boys in our region can have the opportunity to spend the day singing side by side with the Cathedral boy choristers.”
Monday, June 25 – Sunday July 1, 2018
Royal School of Church Music America Gulf Coast Summer Course
Hosted by St. Paul’s, 45 girls aged 10-18 from all over the United States join together for a week of singing led by guest clinician, Jonathan Vaughn. The choir will also be joined by Philip Moore, former director of music at York Minster (United Kingdom) and an accomplished composer. Our Gulf Coast course is one of only ten RSCM summer courses in the United States. All are invited to come to services led by the choristers:
Thursday, June 28, at 6 pm. Choral Evensong. South Main Baptist Church (4100 South Main)
Friday, June 29, at 1 pm. Concert at Houston Methodist Hospital Crain Garden (6565 Fannin)
Friday, June 29, at 5:30 pm. Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Peter. Sanctuary at St. Paul’s UMC (5501 Main)
Saturday, June 30, at 9 pm. Compline service. Outdoor labyrinth at St. Paul’s
Saturday, June 30, 2018
St. Paul’s Choir workshop with Philip Moore
Sunday, July 1, 2018, at 11:05 am
RSCM Sunday
The girl choristers of the RSCMA Gulf Coast course, under the direction of Jonathan Vaughn, conclude their week at St. Paul’s by leading our worship at 11:05 am. The service will also include an introit sung by our own St. Paul’s Choir under the direction of Philip Moore.
2016-17
Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 4 pm
Evensong, Sung by St. Paul's Choir and St. Paul's Choral Scholars
Rose: Preces and Responses
Hylton Stewart: Psalm 61
Sumsion: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G
Balfour Gardiner: "Evening Hymn"
Arneses: "Even When He Is Silent"
Oldroyd: Improvisation No. 2
Alain: Litanies
Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 9 am
Holy Eucharist on the Feast of Hildegard of Bingen
In conjunction with SMU Perkins School of Theology
Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at 7:30 pm
Evening Prayer in honor of St. Francis of Assisi
Sung by member of St. Paul’s Choir, and St. Paul’s Trebles
Poulenc: "Quatre Prières de Saint François d’Assise"
Rowley: "Hurt No Living Thing"
Sunday, October 9, 2016, at 4 pm
Evensong, Sung by St. Paul's Choir
Shephard: Preces and Responses
Goss: Psalm 48
Walton: "Jubilate Deo"
Dyson: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D
Sunday, October 16, 2016, at 4 pm
Vocal Recital Benefitting the Emergency Aid Coalition
Sung by members of the St. Paul's Choral Scholars.
Sunday, November 6, 2016, at 4 pm
All Saints’ Day Service with Requiem by Maurice Duruflé
Sung by St. Paul’s Choir with chamber orchestra, directed by Paolo Bordignon
Sarah Bannon, mezzo-soprano, Elliott Hines, baritone, Bryan Anderson, organ
Sunday, November 20, 2016, at 4 pm
Evensong for the Feast of Christ the King, Sung by St. Paul’s Treble Choir
Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at 7:30 pm
Evening Prayer in honor of St. Cecilia and all musicians
J.S. Bach: Piece d’Orgue, BWV 572
Byrd: "Sing joyfully"
Tallis: "All people that on earth do dwell"
Gibbons: "O Clap Your Hands"
Whitlock: Dolcezza
Sunday, December 4, 2016, at 6 pm
Service of Advent Lessons and Carols sung by St. Paul’s Choir
Palestrina: Matin Responsory
Vaughan Williams: "This is the truth sent from above"
Traditional: "Lo How a Rose"
Lloyd: "Drop down, Ye Heavens"
G. Ives: "This Is the Record of John"
Britten: "A Hymn to the Virgin"
Palestrina: Vestper Responsory
A. Carter: "O Come, O Come Emmanuel"
Friday, January 6, 2017, at 7:30 pm
Evening Prayer in observance of Epiphany
Sunday, January 22, 2017, at 4 pm
Choral Evensong, Conversion of Paul, Sung by St. Paul's Choir
Howells: Preludio "Sine Nomine"
Radcliffe: Preces and Responses
B. Luard-Selby: Psalm 67
Howells: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, St. Paul's Service
Harris: "Holy Is the True Light"
J.S. Bach: Prelude & Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
Monday, February 13, 2017, at 7:30 pm
Evening Prayer in honor of Absalom Jones, former slave, abolitionist, and first African American Episcopal priest.
Anthems by Tomkins and Sheppard sung by the St. Paul’s Chamber Choir.
Tomkins: "When David Heard"
Sheppard: "I Give You a New Commandment"
Palestrina: "Super Flumina Babylonis"
Spirituals: "Steal Away to Jesus" and "Great Day"
Sunday, February 26, 2017, at 4 pm
Evensong for Transfiguration, Sung by St. Paul’s Choir
March 2 – April 6, 2017
Lenten Recital Series
Sponsored by the St. Paul's Chamber Music Society
Friday, March 3, 2017, at 7:30 pm
Evening Prayer in honor of Charles and John Wesley, pioneers in the Methodist Movement.
Hymns, anthems, and organ repertoire all composed by the Wesleys and led by the St. Paul’s Choir.
Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 4 pm
Evensong in the Season of Lent, Sung by St. Paul’s Choir
Sunday, May 14, 2017, at 4 pm
Evensong, Sung by St. Paul’s Chamber Choir
Sunday, May 21, 2017, at 4 pm
St. Paul’s Choral Scholars End-of-Year Concert
Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at 7:30 pm
Evening Prayer in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler, astronomers and mathematicians.
Music includes John Dove’s anthem “Seek him that Maketh the Seven Stars” sung by the St. Paul’s Chamber Choir.
Sunday, June 4, 2017, at 4 pm
Evensong for Pentecost, Sung by St. Paul’s Choir
Sunday, June 18, 2017, at 11:05 am
Holy Eucharist led by the RSCM Gulf Coast Choir
Guest Clinician Richard Webster, of Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, leads a weeklong intensive course in Anglican choral music, bringing together over 40 girls to St. Paul’s from throughout the United States.
2015-16
Sunday, September 13, 2015, at 4 pm
Choral Evensong
Sung by St. Paul's Choir and the St. Paul's Choral Scholars
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Evening Service in A Major, Charles Villiers Stanford
Preces and Responses, Richard Ayleward
"Hail, Gladdening Light," Charles Wood
(Audio recordings here.)
Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at 7:30 pm
All-Bach Harpsichord Recital presented by Dr. Paolo Bordignon
Dr. Bordignon will be joined by flute soloist Leone Buyse (Rice University), violinists Oleg Sulyga and Ling Ling Huang, violinist Erika Lawson, cellist Barrett Sills, and bassist Erik Gronfor for Bach’s dazzling Brandenburg Concerto No. 5.
Paolo will also present a pre-concert talk in the Sanctuary on Sunday, September 27, at 12:15 pm.
Admission to both events is free, generously underwritten by St. Paul’s Chamber Music Society.
(Recital Program here.)
Friday, October 30, 2015, at 7:30 pm
Vienna Boys Choir in Concert
Presented by the Brilliant Lecture Series.
Sunday, November 1, 2015, at 4 pm
All Saints' Evensong
Sung by St. Paul's Choir and St. Paul's Treble Choir with orchestra
Requiem, Gabriel Fauré
Sunday, December 6, 2015, at 6 pm
Service of Advent Lessons and Carols sung by St. Paul’s Choir and St. Paul’s Trebles
Hymns:
Hark the Glad Sound - Richmond
Prepare the way, O Zion - Bereden väg för Herran
Lo, He comes with clouds descending - Helmsley, descant by John Scott
O Come, O Come Emmanuel - arr. Andrew Carter
Choral Repertoire:
Matin Responsary -adapt. from Palestrina by David Willcocks
This is the truth sent from above - arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Adam lay Ybounden - Peter Warlock, sung by St. Paul's Trebles
Drop down, ye heavens - Richard Lloyd
On Jordan's Bank - arr. Malcolm Archer
Angelus ad Virginum - arr. Andrew Carter, combined choirs
Vesper Responsary - adapt. from Palestrina by Philip Ledger
Organ Repertoire:
Chorale Prelude on "Wachet auf" - J. S. Bach
Toccata on "Veni Emmanuel" - Andrew Carter
Sunday, January 24, 2016, at 4 pm
Choral Evensong, Conversion of Paul
Sung by St. Paul's Choir
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D, George Dyson
Preces and Responses, David Ashley White
composed for St. Paul's Choir's first U.K. Cathedral residency, 1989
Tuesday, February 9, at 7 pm
A Recital of Tudor and Baroque Music
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord; Wayne Ashley, tenor; and Anna Teagarden, soprano
(Recital Program here.)
February 11 - March 17 (Thursdays at 12:15 pm)
Lenten Recital Series
Sponsored by the St. Paul's Chamber Music Society
Tuesday, February 23, 2016, at 7 pm
LECTURE:Music & Liturgy in Lent, Holy Week, and Easter
Presented by Paolo Bordignon
Why Maundy Thursday or Good Friday? Where have the organ voluntaries gone? What are the Good Friday Reproaches, and why is the Exsultet sung as we bless fire at the Great Vigil of Easter? Take a deeper look into our liturgical practice and seasonal repertoire from Ash Wednesday to Easter.
Sunday, February 28, 2016, at 4 pm
Choral Evensong for the Season of Lent
Sung by St. Paul's Choir
Opening Voluntary: Psalm-Prelude, Set 1, No. 2, Herbert Howells
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F, Harold W Friedell
Preces and Responses, Gerre Hancock
Anthem: Like as the Hart, Herbert Howells
Closing Voluntary: Psalm-Prelude, Set 1, No. 1, Herbert Howells
Sunday, May 15, 2016, at 4 pm
Choral Evensong for the Season of Pentecost
Sung by St. Paul's Choir
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, St. Paul's Service, Herbert Howells
Preces and Responses, Bernard Rose
Sunday, May 22, 2016, at 4 pm
Annual End-of-Season Concert and Celebration
Sung by St. Paul's Choral Scholars, directed by Eddie Quaid
Featuring an eclectic range of repertoire from Lotti and Mozart, to Gwyneth Waller and Moses Hogan.
Sunday, June 26, 2016, at 4 pm
Choral Evensong
Sung by St. Paul's Choir with orchestra
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Evening Service in A Major, Charles Villiers Stanford
Preces and Responses, David Ashley White
"Te Deum in B-flat," Charles Villiers Stanford
Ballad on "Judas and Mary" for organ solo by Rebecca Te Velde, world premiere