by Kurt Knecht | Mar 12, 2012 | BWV 172, J.S. Bach, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
Once again, I have been confronted with the wild and bold choices of JSB. This time, it’s from BWV 172. I was accompanying this yesterday and was shocked to see that fourth measure. (You can expand the picture by clicking on it.)That’s right. Over a pedal...
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 8, 2012 | gigging stories, kurt knecht, ravel concerto, the florida orchestra, Uncategorized
Part of my prize in the Florida Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition was the opportunity to perform the third movement of the Ravel G major Piano Concerto three times with the Orchestra. We were to play two “Coffee Concerts” and one evening concert. Each concert was...
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 8, 2012 | bach chorales, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
Chorale #183 in RiemenschneiderWould you let your students write this bit that happens over the 2nd barline? The key signature is G major, by the way.
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 5, 2012 | christian music, kurt knecht, St. Augustine, Uncategorized
When we talk about the history of Christian music, we are immediately confronted with difficult terminology. What exactly do we mean when we say “Christian music”? Do we mean – in the rather unorthodox parlance of the modern evangelical movement – that there was an F...
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 1, 2012 | kurt knecht, the christian artist, Uncategorized, Wolterstorff
In my last post on the divided existence of the religious artist (which you can read here), I began discussing the struggle that many artists face between their religious and artistic lives. I found a lovely passage in Wolterstorff’s Art in Action today that...
by Kurt Knecht | Feb 28, 2012 | kurt knecht, the christian artist, Uncategorized
“The maid who sweeps her kitchen is doing the will of God just as much as the monk who prays — not because she may sing a Christian hymn as she sweeps but because God loves clean floors. The Christian shoemaker does his Christian duty not by putting little...
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