{"id":25371,"date":"2014-07-27T08:25:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T12:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=25371"},"modified":"2014-07-27T08:25:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T12:25:56","slug":"parables-by-robert-aldridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/07\/parables-by-robert-aldridge.html","title":{"rendered":"Parables, by Robert Aldridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>This modern oratorio by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertlivingstonaldridge.com\/biography.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Robert Livingston Aldridge<\/a>, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/cjonline.com\/life\/2010-04-29\/symphony_choir_to_tell_parables\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Parables<\/a>,\u201d uses texts from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, originally setting out with the intent\u00a0to highlight similarities between the three traditions, but ending up highlighting differences as well in very striking ways. See the composer\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/music\/index.ssf\/2011\/12\/gotta_have_faiths_religious_re.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">interview with Ronnie Reich<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2012\/04\/19\/minnesota-sounds-and-voices-parables\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a piece by Minnesota Public Radio<\/a> for more information, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1ujHP5VkAuzTPf9i0ZSWzX-3IwgEkDRNkd7UwUPz30ps\/edit#\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this document with notes by librettist Herschel Garfein as well as the composer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This modern oratorio by Robert Livingston Aldridge, \u201cParables,\u201d uses texts from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, originally setting out with the intent\u00a0to highlight similarities between the three traditions, but ending up highlighting differences as well in very striking ways. 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