Category Archives: Theology

DYLAN IN RICHMOND

Bob Dylan’s concert in Richmond took place at the Richmond Coliseum, an edifice best described by the famous line, “What. A. Dump!” Nevertheless, the ageless Mavis Staples opened the three hour show with a feisty backup band as she reviewed some of her greatest hits and introduced a few of her new songs from her […]

November 12, 2017 – 3:42 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Current Events, from Paul, History, Music, Poetry, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on DYLAN IN RICHMOND

VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL: YO-YO MA & KATHRYN STOTT – RECALLING EDEN

The power of beauty breaks incomprehensibly, unnaturally, and completely irrationally into this world and rules it, for beauty is regal and cannot fail to rule, and the whole world stretches out to beauty as to the light. It is our special recollection of Eden, of ourselves in our true condition.                               […]

November 8, 2017 – 10:08 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in from Paul, History, Music, Quotations, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theology, Uncategorized | Comments Off on VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL: YO-YO MA & KATHRYN STOTT – RECALLING EDEN

Virginia Symphony: Bach to Reformation – Dinnerstein Dazzles

The occasion of the Virginia Symphony’s FROM THE MUSIC OF BACH TO THE REFORMATION SYMPHONY raises the subject of the overwhelming amount of Christian music associated with historic Protestantism. Why is that? The answer begins in the religious practices of the ancient Hebrew people. Jews, at the time of Jesus Christ, had a tradition of […]

November 5, 2017 – 5:32 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Current Events, from Paul, History, Music, Quotations, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theology | Comments Off on Virginia Symphony: Bach to Reformation – Dinnerstein Dazzles

VIRGINIA SYMPHONY: THE BEST OF WAGNER’S RING

The Virginia Symphony presented THE BEST OF WAGNER’S RING CYCLE, conducted by JoAnn Falletta, narrated by bass-baritone Jake Gardner. ” Entry of the Gods into Valhalla” from Das Rheingold, “Ride of the Valkyries” and “Wotan’s farewell & Magic Fire Music” from Die Walkure, “Forest Murmurs’ from Siegfried, and “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey” and “Siegfried’s Death and […]

October 23, 2017 – 9:51 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Art, Current Events, from Paul, History, Mini-Review, Music, Opera, Quotations, Theology, Uncategorized | Comments Off on VIRGINIA SYMPHONY: THE BEST OF WAGNER’S RING

VIRGINIA OPERA PRESENTS RARE SAMSON AND DALILAH

The occasion of the Virginia Opera’s production of Camille Saint-Saens’ 1877 SAMSON AND DALILAH underscores the fact Camille Saint-Saens’ work is one of only a handful of operas based on Biblical stories. Why is that? Many historical factors account for the phenomenon. First, during the late sixteenth century, when opera was being developed, the Pope, […]

October 4, 2017 – 9:30 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Current Events, Dance, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Music, Opera, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology, Uncategorized | Comments Off on VIRGINIA OPERA PRESENTS RARE SAMSON AND DALILAH