No matter how many dreary events it’s played at, “Jerusalem” — a hymn with lyrics from a poem by William Blake set to music by Sir Hubert Parry — never loses the power to move and astonish, unlike so ...

Monday night at Lincoln Center in New York City, early-music expert Jordi Savall is taking his audience back to ancient Jerusalem. But this project is different from the work that has earned Savall ...

Sacred music — music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence — will be celebrated this week at the 3rd annual Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival. Part of Jerusalem’s Season ...

When a mathematical problem stumped Professor Einstein, he played Mozart on his violin to put him “in touch with the harmony of the cosmos,” and often the solution followed. It does not require genius ...

Any stroll through downtown Jerusalem’s Ben Yehuda/Zion Square pedestrian mall is punctuated by the music of buskers playing everything from Israeli folk to classic pop. Now there’s a permanent ...

The Jerusalem Singers came from humble beginnings. In 1996, the year they were formed, there were only nine people in the choir, says director Pete Deshler. The Salisbury Township-based group has ...

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An MP has suggested heterosexual couples are being discriminated against because they are unable to sing the hymn Jerusalem at their weddings. Labour's Chris Bryant said it was banned by many churches ...