St. Paul’s Day
Sunday, Jan. 29 | 4 pm Concert & 5 pm Dinner
(While there are no longer seats available for dinner, there is plenty of space for the concert.
We hope to see you there.)
Celebrate our St. Paul's community with a special concert and dinner!
All of our choirs (St. Paul's Choir, Choral Scholars, Treble Choir, Choristers, and Wesley Singers) will be joined by members of the Mercury Chamber Orchestra for a festival concert, directed by Chris Betts and Antoine Plante, Mercury artistic director and St. Paul's member. Music will include George Frederic Handel's "Zadok the Priest", Andrew Carter's "Benedicite", an organ solo: Herbert Brewer's "Marche Heroique", and an opportunity for all to join in singing the hymn "All creatures of our God and King" with all of our choirs and orchestra.
Following the concert, all are invited for a dinner in Fondren Hall, featuring music by the Masanotti jazz trio. Admission to the concert is free of charge thanks to the St. Paul's Chamber Music Society.
Dinner Registration (All Spots filled)
We have filled our seating capacity in Fondren Hall to max allowance, and can no longer accept registrations. Please join us to celebrate 117 years of St. Paul's service to God and community with morning worship and a special 4 pm concert in the Sanctuary.
Fun Facts about the music you will hear at the concert:
Handel's anthem, "Zadok the Priest" was written for the coronation of British King George II in 1727 at Westminster Abbey, and has been sung at every British coronation since then.
Andrew Carter's "Benedicite" is a setting of the traditional canticle, The Song of Creation (in Latin: Benedicite omnia opera Domini), in which all of creation praises God: angels, heavens, sun and moon, trees of the forest, ice and snow, and many more. In his setting, Carter also includes three movements for children's choirs: Badgers and Hedgehogs, Butterflies and Moths, and Grannies and Grandads, who also praise God. It was first performed in 1989 by the British Federation of Young Choirs, in Edinburgh Scotland. It was inspired by the restoration of the ceiling of the south transept of York Minster, which was destroyed by fire in 1984 and restored to include images of all of creation.
Joel Trekell will play Brewer's "Marche Heroique" - this rousing march could easily be confused for another of Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance marches!
The concert will end with everyone joining our combined choirs and orchestra in singing “All creatures of our God and King”.