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Mr. Suzuki’s Bach Passion
Here is a BBC radio documentary about the extraordinary story of Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan whose Bach recordings have blown away Bach performance—and opened unexpected doors for the...
View ArticleThe Right Response to a Great Tragedy
There’s a good post over on Steadfast Lutherans by Pr. Nathan Higgins on how to respond to a national tragedy. The substance of the post is summarised in the opening sentence: Perhaps the best way to...
View ArticleHow to grieve without words
Coming up on Sunday Cantata next week: BWV 12, Weinen, klagen, sorgen, zagen. I have often said—and in this I am far from alone—that no one does joy quite as well as Bach does. When it comes to...
View ArticleAnti-heresy anthem
Some months ago, and at the end of a longer article, Pr. David Petersen quoted a hymn by Luther that was still included in The Lutheran Hymnal (no. 260) but was left out of the Lutheran Service Book....
View ArticleSorrow to joy in one simple step
How do you go from this, and this, to this, and this? Simple: by being found by the Good Shepherd! The full story, via Bach’s cantata BWV 21, in Sunday Cantata on Lutheran Radio UK this Sunday (16...
View ArticleWhat sort of a man
… do you think Bach was? Here are some answers, from neuroscientist Raymond Tallis, conductor John Eliot Gardiner and organist John Butt, interviewed by Catherine Bott, during the BBC’s Bach Marathon...
View ArticleContented Peace
This beautiful aria was our Communion anthem today at Our Saviour Lutheran Church, from Bach’s Cantata BWV 170, Vergnügte Ruh, to words by Georg Christian Lehms (1684–1717). Contented peace, beloved...
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The purpose of music in the church
Here’s an extract from the episode of Sunday Cantata on 25 August 2013 on Lutheran Radio UK. You can listen to the whole programme here. The first part of the programme demonstrates how these words...
View ArticleStrike soon, blessed hour
In next week’s Sunday Cantata, you will be treated to an extraordinary musical experience: a pair of oboes accompanied by a symphony of bells (as rendered by pizzicato strings). The lower strings,...
View ArticleSome thoughts on long hymns
An extract from the Sunday Cantata episode for Trinity 24, first aired on 3 November 2013 on Lutheran Radio UK. In my life so far, I have been fortunate enough to have lived in a number of different...
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