Dona Nobis Pacem - July 8, 2016
Grant us peace - is the common Latin liturgical refrain, and the the one that ended Bach's Deathbed Cantata last evening at the conclusion of an exquisite church concert of the most sacred music. And could we possibly ask for more now in these troubled days?
Racism and antisemitism rearing ugly around us in contemporary guise as if we have learned so little in the past hundreds of years.
I am reading Lauren Belfer's, And After the Fire, an impeccably researched historical fiction about a discovered Bach cantata with blatant antisemitic libretto and the conundrum that it raises. Well suited to our times.
Racism and antisemitism rearing ugly around us in contemporary guise as if we have learned so little in the past hundreds of years.
I am reading Lauren Belfer's, And After the Fire, an impeccably researched historical fiction about a discovered Bach cantata with blatant antisemitic libretto and the conundrum that it raises. Well suited to our times.
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