For some reason, it was difficult to find company for a baroque concert called Sublime Torments, which was conducted by Bernard Labadie. I thought I had more interesting friends. The vocal program consisted of biblical stories: the sacrifice of a daughter, Peter’s denial of Jesus, meditations on mortality, and a long, earnest wail begging to feel Mary’s pain at the foot of the cross. Festive stuff. And very beautifully done.
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