How Sweet the Sound
Schedule
Sun, 31 May, 2026 at 05:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
1703 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX 77008-4023, United States | Houston, TX
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For the final concert of our season, How Sweet the Sound offers a profound musical journey through life’s most universal experiences - loss, reflection, and the enduring strength that rises from them. Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartets Nos. 14 and 15 stand at the edge of human experience. These final works confront mortality with a stark honesty. Quartet No. 15 unfolds as a tableau of six slow, meditative movements, each one a haunting reflection where grief, acceptance, and fragile hope converge. It is music stripped to its essence, yet unwavering in emotional intensity, a final testament to art sustained by the human spirit.
To conclude our season, we turn to Amazing Grace by the visionary American composer Ben Johnston. His String Quartet No. 4 reimagines the beloved hymn through a richly expressive and harmonically innovative language that deepens its message of redemption and light. With reverence and boldness, Johnston bridges tradition and transformation.
Join Axiom Quartet for an evening of How Sweet the Sound, where music becomes a vessel for remembrance, transcendence, and grace.
Free wine to be served before, during, and after the performance.
Attire: Business Casual
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