Easter is approaching, and it is good to focus on our Lord’s death and resurrection. When we lived in the Netherlands, one Easter tradition some of our friends had was attending the St. Matthew Passion. Others sang in it. Now people all around the world can watch it online. Centuries ago, J. S. Bach wrote […]
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Free Online Bach Festival
Here’s a Bach festival to remember: 10 days of Bach music available free online! From March 21 (Bach’s birthday) to March 31 (Easter) you can listen to Bach’s music as well as commentary from both experts and fans. Listening to Bach is perfect both as a devotional (if you know German or have access to […]
Free Sheet Music
I play organ. Not very well or very often, but I do enjoy it hugely. For most of my adult life I’ve thought vaguely of owning Bach’s Eight Little Preludes and Fugues for Organ. When I was still taking lessons, I memorized some of them, but I never did learn them all….and this summer, relearning the […]
Review: Then Sings My Soul by Robert Morgan
Sing praise to God! What better exemplifies the meaning of Christmas, and of Christianity itself, than glorifying our God with music? Here’s a wonderful book to help us do just that. Then Sings My Soul, Special Edition contains 150 Christmas, Easter, and All-Time Favorite Hymns as well as a story about each one. The hymns […]
Homeschool Crew Review: KinderBach
KinderBach. Even the name sounded appealing to our ears. You see, our family loves classical music, especially J. S. Bach, and the idea of KinderBach was intriguing. Well, we started week 1, lesson 1 and soon discovered that this program has nothing at all to do with J.S. Bach. Rather, KinderBach is an online […]