Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring: Bearing his sheaves with him . . .

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Well, my friend Don is going to march into heaven bearing his sheaves with him. Their music is going to fill the vaults of heaven as it filled the vaults of Gothic cathedrals in North America and Europe. What is Johhny Carson going to carry in his hands when he faces his judge?

You haven't lived until you have heard heavenly music in the exquisite accoustic marvel of a Gothic cathedral. Here are two of my most remarkable memories: I heard the Regensburger Domspatzen, also a boys and men cathedral choir, in their home church, the Regensburger Dom (late Gothic). I also heard the organist practicing in the Freiburger Münster (early Gothic). Both times, I felt as though I was floating in an ocean of pure sound.

You don't want to be listening to a sermon in those buildings unless they have been equipped with a modern sound system. They were created for the language of heaven, music.

-- posted by biogardener