How Sweet the Sound
Sun, May 31
|Sangerhalle
Join Axiom Quartet for an evening of How Sweet the Sound, where music becomes a vessel for remembrance, transcendence, and grace.
Time & Location
May 31, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Sangerhalle, 1703 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX 77008, USA
About the event
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…