![Genealogy of a work of praise](https://mha-members.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FF-240329-Passion-Chorale-201x300.jpg)
Genealogy of a work of praise
For Good Friday, Ken Myers tells the history of the text and music behind the popular hymn, “O Sacred Head, now wounded.”
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Bach retrospective
In light of Passiontide and Holy Week, Ken Myers revisits three interviews — with Calvin Stapert, Robin Leaver, and Christoph Wolff — that provide an illustrative background for listeners to appreciate J. S. Bach’s theological attentiveness and scholarly genius. (36 minutes)
![Music that demands an existential commitment](https://mha-members.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pelikan-Bach-among-the-theologians-1-300x300.png)
Music that demands an existential commitment
Jaroslav Pelikan on the radical differences between Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Passions
![The infinity of beauty in Bach](https://mha-members.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Hart-Beauty-of-the-Infinite-300x300.png)
The infinity of beauty in Bach
David Bentley Hart on why Johann Sebastian Bach is the greatest of Christian theologians
![The music and the notes are precious](https://mha-members.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FF-221125—Nun-komm-der-Heiden-Heiland-201x300.jpg)
The music and the notes are precious
Ken Myers encourages an understanding of the Church as a particular culture that should be nourished and sustained, and then describes the history of an Advent hymn written by St. Ambrose. (27 minutes)
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Passions before Bach
In preparation for Holy Week, Ken Myers presents a whirlwind music history lesson with musical examples from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. (22 minutes)
![Bach’s Passions in context](https://mha-members.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Stapert-J.-S.-Bach-300x300.png)
Bach’s Passions in context
Calvin Stapert on the evolution of an ancient musical-liturgical tradition
![Music for Good Friday](https://mha-members.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/180330-Rathey-and-Marissen-on-Bach-1-201x300.jpg)
Music for Good Friday
A conversation with Marcus Rathey and Michael Marissen about Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion. (12 minutes)
![Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 137](https://mha-members.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MH-137-M-300x300.jpg)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 137
FEATURED GUESTS:
Gilbert Meilaender, James L. Nolan, Joel Salatin, Michael Di Fuccia, Robin Leaver, and Michael Marissen
![Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 135](https://mha-members.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MH-135-M-300x300.jpg)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 135
FEATURED GUESTS:
Bob Cutillo, Hans Boersma, Dana Gioia, Matthew Levering, Bruce Gordon, and Markus Rathey
![Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 120](https://mha-members.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MHAJ120_1-Intro-mp3-image-300x300.png)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 120
FEATURED GUESTS:
Douglas Rushkoff, Phillip Thompson, Jonathan Wilson, James Bratt, D. C. Schindler, and Paul Elie
![Creation as beauty and gift](https://mha-members.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ARCH-067-6-Hart-on-beauty-201x300.jpg)