Art that witnesses, consoles, and strengthens
Artist Margaret Adams Parker explores the human need to lament and reveals how various “arts of lament” console, strengthen, bear witness to those who engage with them. (51 minutes)
Turn to the Lord your God
Ken Myers introduces musical settings from the book of Lamentations, traditionally sung during Holy Week. (26 minutes)
Renaissance music for Good Friday
In a special Feature for Good Friday, Ken Myers shares settings of passages from the Book of Lamentations and of the Tenebrae Responsories by Tomás Luis de Victoria. (18 minutes)
Meditative music for Passiontide
At the start of Passiontide, Ken Myers introduces listeners to works by the Renaissance composer Orlande de Lassus which highlight the theme of lamentation. (18 minutes)