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Acts 6:8-8:8 – The First Martyr

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Brad

Farewell to Stromness was composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CH, CBE (born 8 September 1934), an English composer and conductor. In 2004 he was made Master of the Queen’s Music. Adiós a Stromness fue compuesta por Sir Peter Maxwell Davies , CH , CBE (nacido … Continue reading →

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Acts 3:1-4:37 – Growth and Persecution

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Brad

The Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, by Dmitri Shostakovich is a work for orchestra composed between April and July 1937. Its first performance was on November 21, 1937, in Leningrad by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky. The premiere was a huge success, and … Continue reading →

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Acts2:1-47 – The Day of Pentecost 

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Brad

The “Ride of the Valkyries” is the popular term for the beginning of act 3 of Die Walküre, the second of the four operas by Richard Wagner that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen. La ” Cabalgata de las Valkirias ” es el término popular para el … Continue reading →

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