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...Saturday, March 9, the warm glow of the interior of the First Church Congregational was intensified with a superb performance by the Musica Sacra choir. Included among the diverse pieces performed was a choral adaptation of Psalm 23 composed by famed Harvard Professor of Mathematics Noam D. Elkies. Elkies, a campus personality remarkable for the winning combination of his youth and achievements, sat quietly in the second row throughout the performance of his composition, standing only for a few unassuming seconds afterwards to offer the audience a short wave, a little kiss and an understated...
...focus on the gradual progression from iconographical elements to a naturalist setting ultimately culminates into the Fogg Museum’s core acquisition for this exhibit—The “Sacra conversazione”(also known as “Virgin and Child with Saints”), a Venetian altarpiece by an unknown artist dating from 1515. The altarpiece depicts the Virgin and Child occupied in a sacred conversation with saints, a “sacra conversazione.” With the paintings soft colors and sense of space, its former attribution to Renaissance masters such as Bellini...
...Although the viewer would most likely expect the “sacra conversazione” to be the altarpiece’s main attraction, the altarpiece’s exceptional background is surprisingly the cause of debate. Rather than coinciding an iconic religious background with the conventional religious imagery in the foreground, the artist unexpectedly copied a secular landscape from Guilio Campagnola’s print “Shepherds in a Landscape” as this altarpiece’s background. Rather than the conventional background of golden leaves and angels, the viewer instead finds a background of trees...
...name really fast, and people will think you're talking about Austin Powers. The Harvard University Art Museum proudly presents "The Annual E. Power Biggs Memorial Bach Recital," with Werner Jakob, founder and artistic director of Nuremberg's Musica Sacra Festival. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St. 495-4544. 3 p.m. $8 students...
...Sacra. at G. State...