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Joanna Forbes L'Estrange (soprano​)​, TONUS PEREGRINUS - Seven Letters | Letter B: To the angel of the church in Smyrna

from SEVEN LETTERS (AND OTHER SACRED MUSIC) by TONUS PEREGRINUS, Antony Pitts

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Probably the first-ever complete setting of the astonishing series of letters to seven early Christian churches in Asia minor (Turkey). Written over 1900 years ago, the letters are unique in their authorship and literary style, and striking in their individual detail within what is clearly a chronological and culminative structure. The actual sites of the seven churches are today as fascinating as they are diverse: a variety of ruins from ancient Mediterranean empires co-exist with the incongruent strata of modern society. Ephesus is one of the most stunningly preserved towns but is no longer inhabited, except by passing tourists and those who earn their living from them. The other sites range from the bustling city of Izmir (Smyrna) to obscure villages with a few glimpsed fragments of the past: in Alasehir (Philadelphia) four pillars from an early church building remain. The final site of Laodicea is, like Ephesus, now just a ruin, but one bleakly devoid even of tourists, and with a natural water supply that is still sickeningly lukewarm - the adjective applied to the Laodicean Christians themselves.

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To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. I know your afflictions and your poverty - yet you are rich! I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.
(Revelation 2:8-11)

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from SEVEN LETTERS (AND OTHER SACRED MUSIC), released June 1, 2005

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Cannes Classical Award-Winners – from Pérotin, Pärt (No.1 Album Passio), Pitts (The Naxos Book of Carols & Gramophone Editor’s Choice on Hyperion) to Mad World and more...

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