Station 7 – The Rood Screen

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The Rood Screen

Even after the Reformation, the rood screen was preserved, although the separation between the people and the clergy was abolished. The magnificent paintings from the Middle Ages remained whitewashed from 1528 to 1904.

Annunciation - Rood screen of the French Church of Bern

The angel announces to Mary that she will bear a child. Notice the carnations at the bottom: they are the "signature" of the workshop that painted the rood screen. ©Olivier Schopfer

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Canto Vivo Vocal Ensemble, Bern, conducted by Brigitte Scholl, Choral Recital 13 December 2023

J. S. BACH – Sonata BWV 1029, Adagio (1735)

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MAX REGER – "Jesus ist kommen" - "Von Gott will ich nicht lassen" op.67 (1902) - "Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen" op.79 (1903), "Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr" op.135a (1914)

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