Craig Lemming

Onward 📚

Primary Trust by Eboni Booth at the Guthrie Theater

In memoriam: Frédéric Chopin (1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) ♓️

“be transformed by the renewing of your minds”

The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended,
the darkness falls at thy behest;
to thee our morning hymns ascended,
thy praise shall sanctify our rest.

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Duluth, Minnesota

Grand Marais, Minnesota

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Onward 📚

Feed the hungry.
Give water to the thirsty.
Clothe the naked.
Shelter the unhoused.
Visit the sick.
Visit the imprisoned.
Bury the dead.

Happy Birthday, Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911)

“Liberating God, we thank you for the steadfast courage of your servant Pauli Murray, who fought long and well: Unshackle us from the chains of prejudice and fear, that we may show forth the reconciling love and true freedom which you revealed in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.”

Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

8 years ago today: Ordination to the Sacred Order of Priests. Thanks be to God and all the saints! 🙏🏽❤️🙌🏽

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Rest in peace, Alfred Brendel (5 January 1931 – 17 June 2025)

“The word ‘listen’ contains the same letters as the word ‘silent’.”
— Alfred Brendel

SIMON Four Black American Dances
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA
THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD Conductor
BRUCE LIU Piano

Onward 📚

“He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.”
— Mary the Mother of God

Artwork: The Visitation by Giotto (1266–1337)

Ascension Day

WALKER Folksongs
DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto
SMETANA Tabor, from Má vlast
JANÁČEK Sinfonietta

MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA
JAMES EHNES Violin
EDWARD GARDNER Conductor

“For the flowers are great blessings.
For the flowers have their angels,
Even the words of God's creation.
For the flower glorifies God
And the root parries the adversary.
For there is a language of flowers.
For the flowers are peculiarly
The poetry of Christ.”
— Christopher Smart (1722–1771)

Triune God, Father and Mother to us all, who showed your servant Julian revelations of your nurturing and sustaining love: Move our hearts, like hers, to seek you above all things, for in giving us yourself you give us all. Amen.

Happy Birthday, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893)! 🏳️‍🌈

Absolutely loved these two powerful films!

Zoltan Almashi: Mariupol (Maria’s City)
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 44
Sergei Prokofiev arr. Stephen Prutsman: Violin Sonata No. 1

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Steven Copes, violin

The Many Lives of Viola Davis Podcast Episode · Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso · 04/27/2025 · 1h 10m

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