Advent hymns : 'Awake, a voice is calling'...

"Many people" , says music historian Monsignor Philip Whitmore," find the spiritual quality of Bach's music a great help with their prayer. It can settle us into a recollected frame of mind. If you get the chance you may like to listen to a recording Bach's cantata ' Wachet auf!' as part of your Advent devotion . At the heart of it is a dialogue between Christ and the soul...

A programme produced by Veronica Scarisbrick .

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