Bach, Faith & Radical Welcome with Reverend Pamela Werntz

How Sacred Music Holds Space for Everyonewith Reverend Pamela Werntz | rector, Emmanuel ChurchIs Bach's sacred music only for believers? Reverend Pamela Werntz, Rector of Boston's Emmanuel Church, thinks otherwise. In this episode of BACH 52, she shares how Bach's cantatas create space for an extraordinarily diverse community — from musicians and scholars to people sleeping in the church garden — and why that radical welcome is at the heart of what this music can do. Emmanuel Music has performed Bach cantatas in their liturgical context for over 50 years. Their Bach Institute brings emerging professional artists to study this music not just as performance, but as living spiritual practice.The aria for this episode is Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe from Cantata BWV 156, recorded with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Baroque Ensemble, directed by Elisabeth Reed and Corey Jamason, with special guest SFCM soprano Chea Kang.Watch the episode and see full episode credits at https://www.bach52.nicholas-phan.com/episodes/ep8This project is a fiscally sponsored project of FRACTURED ATLAS.To find our more information and to make a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE donation to support the continuation of this project please visit:https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/nicholas-phan-recording-projects