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HOLDING SPACE

Episode 8 of #BACH52 is now live! This episode is the first of a mini series about Boston’s Emmanuel Music and Emmanuel Church - a very special place for the music of #Bach.

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IS IT ELITIST?

Episode 7 of #BACH52 is now up! A moving interview with Grammy-nominated countertenor Reginald Mobley, who generously shares of his personal experiences performing Bach’s music and speaks powerfully about how we can’t hoard his music and how it should be accessible to anyone who wants it.

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BACH AS EDUCATOR

Episode 6 of BACH 52 is now available!

This episode features a moving and insightful chat with San Francisco Conservatory of Music Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Michael Roest, who is also the founder and director of the International Pride Orchestra

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ORPHEUS WITH HIS LUTE

I’m about to fly off to Greece next week to tend to some family business, and my mind is turning towards some of the Greek mythology that permeated my childhood reading as my mother attempted to inundate me with the history of my Greek heritage growing up…

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REBECCA CLARKE

Rebecca Clarke passed away on this day in 1979. Here's a little #FlashbackFriday clip of her beautiful setting of Yeat's poem "The Cloths of Heaven" from Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago's 2021 Collaborative Works festival…

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BAROQUE COMFORT

“…For me, Buxtehude’s cantata, “Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab’ “ is a hope-filled prayer turning to whatever higher being is out there for some comfort. The world could definitely use some solace these days, and I think I am drifting towards this musical memory a lot this week, because Buxtehude’s music is a ray of sunlight in what feel like increasingly dark and terrifying times…”

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