Eight days from 12:00 AM (New York time) December 24th, 2018, to December 31st, WKCR (89.9 FM and wkcr.org) will dedicate all broadcasting to the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/node/21295 Many of us have a Christmas tradition, a favourite film, or a meal or a gathering in the pub with friends, the local… Continue reading
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From old Eastern Bloc crock to cool powerhouse – Leipzig’s soar story
Leipzig, the great city of Bach and Mendelson, has made a remarkable, if belated, advance since the days of the Monday Prayer meetings in St Nicholas Church (Nikolaikirche), the peaceful cradle to the peaceful overthrow of communism and the fall of the Berlin Wall. (This is an account of my recent visit.) At first the economy… Continue reading →