Christmas in music, sweetness and humility

The detonating Silence of Falk Richter

The gold of the stuccoes powders in the chiaroscuro. The audience in the Royal Chapel at Versailles holds their breath. “Schlafe, mein Liebster, genie of the Ruh’” (‘ Sleep, my darling, enjoy your rest “), sings the countertenor Hugh Cutting, in a suave dialogue with the wind instruments. On this Sunday in December, John Eliot … Read more