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Category Archives: Musica Sacra
Mystical fervor
Tomás Luis de Victoria is a Spanish composer who lived at the same time as St Teresa of Avila and St John of the Cross. As he was from Avila himself and later settled in Madrid as an organist and … Continue reading
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Soar joyfully upward
J-S. Bach Cantata BW 36 ” Schwingt freudig”
Entre le boeuf et l’âne gris…
I came across this French Christmas carol and it made me ponder the symbolism of ox and ass in a nativity scene. It is said that the ox knows it’s owner and the ass knows it’s master. Words coming to … Continue reading
Twas in the moon of winter time…
” The Huron Carol” ca 1643
Full of Grace
” Maria durch ein Dornwald ging”
And he shall purify…
(” And he shall purify” from The Messiah by GF Handel)
Making Mozart
William Christie and Les Arts Florissants; Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427
If the tears on my cheek…
One of the most beautiful scenes of the St Matthew’s Passion: Können Tränen meiner Wangen If the tears on my cheeks can Nichts erlangen, Achieve nothing, O, so nehmt mein Herz hinein! O then take my heart! Aber lasst es bei den Fluten, But let … Continue reading
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Lamb of God
J.S. Bach – St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen, Come, you daughters, help me to lament, Sehet – Wen? – den Bräutigam, See-Whom ? -the bridegroom, Seht ihn – Wie? – als wie ein Lamm! … Continue reading
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