Of all the music heard around Christmas, few passages rival the awe and mystery of one chord, known as the Word of the Father chord.It's a rare instance of powerful drama in holiday liturgical music, more akin to Edward Elgar's depiction of God in The Dream of Gerontius, or the opening of the fifth door in the Bartok opera Bluebeard's Castle: a moment of total release, embracing the unknown.
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