From the Heart to the Heart - June 29, 2013

So wrote Beethoven regarding his pinnacle masterwork, Missa Solemnis, which was the opening work in the Oregon Bach Festival this year. Such aching beauty in the midst of deep soul searching expressed large. As 80 year old conductor Helmuth Rilling leaned sensitively toward his concert mistress daughter, Rahel, during the Agnus Dei sweet violin solo it was poignancy that opened this heart to spill a juicy well of love and gratitude.

Beethoven's original scores are written wildly, with stroke outs, energy, and are a visual beauty in their own right.

from Missa Solemnis score