Like Franz Liszt’s early years, Richard Wagner’s music and performance style was entertaining and exciting, but it represented only one side of the spectrum. At 12:15 p.m. today in the Amphitheater, organist Jared Jacobsen will perform music that highlights the relationship between Liszt and Wagner.
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Mystic Heart Program combines presence with practice
August 14, 2011
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Subagh Singh Khalsa, Mystic Heart Program founder and co-director, will reprise his role as meditation facilitator during Week Eight.
The Mystic Heart Program seeks to educate Chautauquans about a variety of spiritual traditions, including those outside of the Abrahamic canopy. Subagh and his wife, Subagh Kaur, co-direct the program.
Read moreTrinity United Church of Christ choir to join voices and traditions with Chautauqua at Sacred Song
August 14, 2011
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Last time the Sanctuary Choir of Trinity United Church of Christ sang at Chautauqua, they nearly missed their plane back to Chicago.
The audience loved their performance so much that they kept cheering the choir on to sing another song, said Jared Jacobsen, Chautauqua’s organist and coordinator of worship and sacred music. When the choir finally left the stage to board the bus and drive away from the Amphitheater, Chautauquans still filled the seats cheering for an encore.
Read more Moss to preach at Week Eight morning services
August 13, 2011
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The Rev. Otis Moss III, senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, will be the preacher for Week Eight. He will preach at the worship service at 10:45 a.m. Sunday in the Amphitheater and speak about his faith journey at the 5 p.m. Vesper Service in the Hall of Philosophy. He also will preach at the 9:15 a.m. worship services Monday through Friday in the Amphitheater.
Read more Greenhouse to take audience on her journey out of Christian Science
August 12, 2011
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The last time Lucia Ewing Greenhouse saw her father alive was while he lay in his hospital bed. This would be normal, except that her father was a Christian Science practitioner.
According to Christian Science, Greenhouse’s father was not ill, nor did he die. And his religion discouraged him from going to the doctor, let alone the hospital.
Read more Nearly 300 years later, Walton’s church still growing
August 10, 2011
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Jon Walton is the pastor of a congregation that soon will have a unique distinction in the United States — it will celebrate its 300th anniversary.
“We have not started actual planning, but we will invite whoever is Moderator of the General Assembly (of the Presbyterian Church [U.S.A.]) to visit,” Walton said. “We are working on a building fund for our nursery school. We anticipate the renewal of our outreach and service to the community.”
Read moreJacobsen and Liszt mourn Chopin with ‘Funérailles’ on Massey
August 10, 2011
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When Frédéric Chopin died at the age of 39, Franz Liszt was heartbroken. So he wrote one of his most popular pieces, “Funérailles,” in Chopin’s honor.
At 12:15 p.m. today in the Amphitheater, organist Jared Jacobsen will honor both of the composers by playing “Funérailles” and three of Chopin’s piano compositions on the Massey Memorial Organ.
Read more Guest pianist Duggan to connect Bach and spirituality
August 9, 2011
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As a Roman Catholic priest and a pianist, Sean Duggan takes cues from one of the world’s most well-known composers: Johann Sebastian Bach.
But Bach’s music is only half of the inspiration. Bach also was a very religious man, and his music reflected that spirituality, Duggan said.
Read more Terkel to lead Mystic Heart in ecstatic Kabbalah
August 7, 2011
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Larry Terkel is returning to lead the Mystic Heart Program Week Seven, and this time, he’s bringing his brain. Not just the brain in his head, but a plastic brain, affectionately named Albert.
Read morePoetry, Psalms mark 9/11 anniversary at Sacred Song service
August 7, 2011
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Faith and art can be two of the most powerful forces in pulling people through crises and struggles. The Sacred Song service this week will combine the two in remembrance of 9/11.
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