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“This is not a church service—not by a longshot—but the setting, the architecture and the iconography relate to the music, the text, and Bach’s inspiration for the Mass in a way that no concert hall can. In this Gothic simulacrum, you are sheltered by the same vaults and arches that Bach saw in his church in Leipzig, a style even more ancient than the music of Palestrina, whom Bach revered.” — John Maclay
Grace Church, NYC / 05-09-13 / Photo by dk
