Every weekday at 10 a.m., the hosts at Classical MPR play a standout work based on the theme for the week. We call them Morning Glories.
Five hundred years ago this week, a grassroots movement was born that not only shook the foundations of Roman Catholic Europe and religious practices, it also clearly and forever changed the political, philosophical and cultural world. The Reformation gave new expression to art, literature and music as no other event in modern human history. While Martin Luther is credited as the protagonist of this monumental shift, the effects of the Reformation transcend the bounds of Lutheranism and had a profound effect on liturgical and secular art and music.
On this week's Morning Glories, we commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with music.
Monday
Martin Luther: A Mighty Fortress is our God
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 80: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is Our God)
Tuesday
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"
Wednesday
Martin Luther: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin
Dietrich Buxtehude: Chorale: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin
Thursday
Johannes Brahms: Two Motets
Friday
Samuel Scheidt: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 61: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
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