Berlin
Luther statue near Marienkirche and the television tower. Television today spreads information as the printing press did in Luther's time.
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Luther Choral Fest
This is where we will sing Saturday evening. A massive, magnificent church, the Berliner Dom.
Luther Choral Festival in Berlin
One more rehearsal to go before the performance Saturday evening. 280 singers from the US have been working with Helmut Rilling on Bach's "Ein Fest Burg" and two Mendelssohn pieces, "Wir Glauben all an einen Gott" and the gorgeous, touching Psalm 42, "Wie der Hirsch schreit." Beautiful.
Berlin
Memorial outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church for the victims of the truck that deliberately rammed into a Christmas market crowd on Dec. 19, 2016.
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Interior of the new church. The massive old church was bombed in World War 2 and some of the remaining sections have been kept as a reminder.
Berlin
The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church . This photo from my phone doesn't do it justice. I will try find another.
Juterbog
Johan Tetzel was in this medieval town and was a preacher who sold indulgences for absolution of sins, but really to help the Archbishop of Mainz pay off his debts. This is a coffer of his.
Tower at Schlosskirche
Martin Luther's hymn, A Mighty Fortress ois our God,' 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, ein gute Wehr und Waffen.'
Wittenberg
I am out of order but my phone died and I couldn't add photos. These are the front doors of the church at Wittenberg where Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses. That was the start of the Reformation, October 31, 2017. There are metal doors now that have his statements on them.
Prague
A lovely day to explore! Drove around this morning, returned to the Old City Center for lunch, bought some street art on the Karl's Bridge and walked back with the castle in the background.
Terezin
We spent half the day at the concentration camp Terezin and the town of Theresienstadt, which basically became a ghetto for prisoners after they expelled the town residents to make room for the increasing number of prisoners. I did not want to post pictures. Then the other choir members arrived, and now we start the part of the trip with them, with our first concert here in Prague tomorrow.
St. Barbara's Church Kutna Hora
A very interesting day trip to Kutna Hora, 'miners' hill, a highly productive silver mining area in the 13th century that would be made into the Prague Groschen, the Prague coin, when it was still part of Bohemia. The miners built this massive church, but it took hundreds of years to complete.
Prague
A lovely evening in Prague at one of the bridges over the Moldau. Google 'Smetana' for his glorious composition about his country and this river!
