All this week we are looking at the Magnificate (with the help of Bach’s Magnificate performed by the Netherlands Bach Society)….today we take an overview of the whole hymn – v.46-56….how was this teenage girl able to write such a brilliant song of praise?
Also available as an audio podcast here
Look with Luke 20 – The Blessed Woman
I once heard Peter Maxwell Davies utter the phrase , in jest of course , ” boring old Bach”.
We think of his mathematically majestic music as hyper – religious but the very great man was not necessarily his “dots on paper” :
https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2013/10/25/240780499/bach-unwigged-the-man-behind-the-music
Fabulous way to move into the Advent season so full of thanksgiving! Thank you, thank you!