Hymns for a time of healing ...
"In the years after the Reformation", says music historian Monsignor Philip Whitmore,
"German composers used chorale melodies all the time, in their organ music, and in
their choral music. And earlier generations of composers would have used Gregorian melodies in a similar way.
For Bach these chorale melodies were the heart and soul of his church music".
A programme produced by Veronica Scarisbrick
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