Bach Collegium Japan conducted by Masaaki Suzuki at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, August 3rd 2020
God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be is the title of a late seventies album by Sun Ra. That is quite a statement as well. I’ve always been a fan of those artists in touch with the Mystic, like Sun Ra, John and Alice Coltrane, Santana, Ravi Shankar, Terry Riley, among others. It seems obvious to me that music elevates spirit and mind and can serve as a conduit to reach what’s beyond ourselves. Connecting with the universal structure. The Creator has a Master Plan… Through his works, Johann Sebastian Bach reached mystical transcendence several times. St. Matthew Passion is perhaps the quintessential spiritual work of art. This was the piece that I witnessed in my return to live music after an almost five months pause due to the pandemic. I didn’t think this concert would happen. It was supposed to take place on April 10th, Good Friday, but it was postponed to August 3rd. I thought it was going to be cancelled like most of my other scheduled concerts were, but then I got an email saying t...