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A short post for the end of the year 2025, and what could the subject be but Bach’s short chorale prelude on Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (the old year is past, BWV 614) from his Orgelbüchlein. The text of the chorale thanks the Lord Jesus Christ for having guided us so faithfully in need Read more
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Eight-four years ago today, 15 January 1941, in a prisoner-of-war camp in Silesia, a remarkable first performance took place. Remarkable enough for being a performance of modernist chamber music in that very difficult context that the story does not need the embellishments and additions that have accrued to it. The composer himself used to say Read more
Theology in Music 