{"id":39519,"date":"2017-02-03T06:28:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T11:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=39519"},"modified":"2017-02-01T09:43:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T14:43:03","slug":"song-of-ascents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2017\/02\/song-of-ascents.html","title":{"rendered":"Bishop as Composer"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DKahTnmVXCc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DKahTnmVXCc<\/a>\n<\/p><p>The above is a\u00a0setting of the Psalms known as the \u201csongs of ascent\u201d (or similar titles), by Russian Orthodox bishop and composer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hilarion.ru\/en\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hilarion Alfeyev<\/a>. Below is his setting of <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kaUPjt\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">St. Matthew\u2019s Passion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hilarion (Alfeyev) \u2013 The Passion According To St. Matthew \/ \u0418\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043e\u043d (\u0410\u043b\u0444\u0435\u0435\u0432) \u2013 \u0421\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u043e \u041c\u0430\u0442\u0444\u0435\u044e\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A5XgsLqUN6k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>And here is his Christmas Oratorio:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041c\u0438\u0442\u0440. \u0418\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043e\u043d \u0410\u043b\u0444\u0435\u0435\u0432. \u0420\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043e\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u044f\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NrZt-zEYSkc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=B019HKJAXQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bishop-Hilarion-Alfeyev-Matthew-Passion\/dp\/B001AMCFIW\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkId=3c93bc4daf1723049098ac5b017df8fa\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B001AMCFIW&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001AMCFIW\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Metropolitan-Hilarion-Alfeyev-Christmas-Oratorio\/dp\/B019HKJAXQ\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkId=4e9024ac86fa182f207a4532299b00df\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B019HKJAXQ&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is also the <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2krHlyU\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">author<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kaY6z7\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">numerous books<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Orthodox-Christianity-History-Canonical-Structure\/dp\/0881418781\/ref=as_li_ss_il?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1485959994&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=Hilarion+Alfeyev&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkId=8d45c2f551466368c9e9e536f5695cd6\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0881418781&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; 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