Tag: Bach

• Luke’s Nativity ‘Extras’

  Luke’s Nativity Story begins earlier than Matthew’s, with the priest Zechariah, whose aged wife Elizabeth hasn’t been able to conceive a child. One day, while carrying out his duties, “an angel from the Lord” appeared, and told him that his wife would bear a child, who must be called John – “a great servant of…

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  20th Dec 2022

  Christianity, Christmas, Composer, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, Music, New Testament, Religion

  Angel Gabriel, Bach, Gospel, Jesus, John the Baptist, Luke, Magnificat, Mary, Nativity, Samuel

• Heart on (heretical) Sleeve

  After sharing some thoughts with a friend, I want to try to put into words what ‘religion’ means to me. It’ll make sense to some, though not perhaps to all. Joseph Campbell describes the “game of belief” that leads to a “divine seizure”, his use of the word ‘game’ (as in Wittgenstein’s philosophy) not meaning…

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  8th Oct 2022

  Buddhism, Christianity, Composer, Consciousness, Music, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion

  Bach, Belief, Buddhism, Coleridge, Compassion, Gospels, Jesus, Joseph Campbell, Kathleen Ferrier, Love, Religion, St Matthew Passion