{"id":127299,"date":"2016-03-29T13:08:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T10:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/?p=127299"},"modified":"2016-04-04T13:09:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T10:09:58","slug":"musical-event-at-saint-anthony-church-in-vienna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/musical-event-at-saint-anthony-church-in-vienna\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Event at \u201eSaint Anthony\u201d Church in Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday evening, 28 March 2016, a classic religious music concert was performed in the parish room of Saint Anthony <\/em>church in Vienna.<\/p>\n

The concert was offered by Mrs Dana Cristina Probst, classical music composer and member of the parish council, as well as by other artists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe performer presented the famous piece \u201cMatth\u00e4us-Passion\u201d (\u201cPassions according to Matthew\u201d, BWV 244) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). While reading fragments from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew and exemplifying them musically, she showed both the musical and theological depth of Bach\u2019s composition. The explanations alternated with live extracts of some fragments from \u201cMatth\u00e4us-Passion\u201d performed by Carolina Iulia Astanei (mezzosoprano, Graz Opera, Austria), Tudor Andrei (violin), Maria Magdalena Probst (violoncello) and Dana Cristina Probst (piano)\u201c Rev. Fr. Ioan Moga explained.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the end, Rev. Fr. Ioan Moga, the host of the event, emphasised the relationship between the classical music and Christian spirituality, as well as the role the compositions of some musicians like Bach, Mozart, H\u00e4ndel etc. played in the life of certain great people of the Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n

The musical event is part of a cycle of auditions and concerts organised by Saint Anthony <\/em>church in Vienna.<\/p>\n