Twentieth-century Music
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In January of 1918 a young woman, who had suffered chronic illnesses and was to die only a couple of months afterwards, dictated to her sister a setting of the text Pie Jesu for singer, strings, harp and organ. Her name was Marie-Juliette Olga Boulanger, known as ‘Lili’ and this was her last piece. Her… 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 