{"id":295087,"date":"2025-03-01T19:41:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/01\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-episode-0-the-nightingale\/"},"modified":"2025-03-01T19:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:41:25","slug":"the-catholic-culture-podcast-episode-0-the-nightingale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/01\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-episode-0-the-nightingale\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catholic Culture Podcast: Episode 0 &#8211; The Nightingale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"date\">Mar 5, 2021<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the approach of Episode 100 of the Catholic Culture<br \/>\nPodcast, here is the interview that started it all. Originally<br \/>\npublished on August 4, 2017, this interview turned out so well that<br \/>\nwe decided to launch a whole series of interviews on Catholic arts<br \/>\nand culture. The podcast launched several months later, on May 1,<br \/>\n2018.<\/p>\n<p>Catholic composer and pianist Mark Christopher Brandt joined<br \/>\nThomas Mirus to discuss his classical album and suite <em>The<br \/>\nNightingale<\/em>, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen&#8217;s story &#8220;The<br \/>\nEmperor and the Nightingale&#8221;. The discussion was a double delight<br \/>\nas it covered not only the album itself, but also an extended<br \/>\nexploration of the spiritual themes of Andersen&#8217;s classic fairy<br \/>\ntale, especially what it conveys about the true meaning of<br \/>\nfreedom.<\/p>\n<p>Mark has been a guest on the Catholic Culture Podcast twice<br \/>\nsince this first interview. (Since then, too, Thomas has played on<br \/>\nMark&#8217;s classical album <em>The Butterfly<\/em>, along with Katherine<br \/>\nColburn, the cellist whose skills are so highly praised in the<br \/>\n<em>Nightingale<\/em> interview.)<\/p>\n<p>All music used with permission from Mark Christopher Brandt and<br \/>\nLionheart Music East.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read: Hans Christian Anderson\u2019s fairy tale \u201cThe Nightingale\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hca.gilead.org.il\/nighting.html\">http:\/\/hca.gilead.org.il\/nighting.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark Christopher Brandt\u2019s <em>The Nightingale<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Score: <em>The Nightingale<\/em> sheet music <a href=\"https:\/\/markchristopherbrandt.com\/the-nightingale-scores-and-parts-store.html\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/markchristopherbrandt.com\/the-nightingale-scores-and-parts-store.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The artists:<\/p>\n<p>More: <em>Round Trip: The Making of an<\/em> <em>Artist<\/em><br \/>\ndocumentary <a href=\"https:\/\/markchristopherbrandt.com\/round-trip-the-making-of-an-artist-dvd---store.html\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/markchristopherbrandt.com\/round-trip-the-making-of-an-artist-dvd&#8212;store.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark&#8217;s appearances on the Catholic Culture Podcast:<\/p>\n<p>33 &#8211; Structure and Freedom in Music and in Christ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-33-structure-and-freedom-in-music-and-in-christ-mark-christopher-brandt\/\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-33-structure-and-freedom-in-music-and-in-christ-mark-christopher-brandt\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>68 &#8211; What I Learned From Making Music with Mark Christopher<br \/>\nBrandt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/ep-68-what-i-learned-from-making-music-with-mark-christopher-brandt\/\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/ep-68-what-i-learned-from-making-music-with-mark-christopher-brandt\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you like<br \/>\nthe show, please consider supporting us! <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicculture.org\/donate\/audio\">http:\/\/catholicculture.org\/donate\/audio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n      var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n      if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n      js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n      js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.8&appId=834757889913083\";\n      fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/catholicculturepodcast.libsyn.com\/episode-0-the-nightingale-mark-christopher-brandt\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mar 5, 2021 To celebrate the approach of Episode 100 of the Catholic Culture Podcast, here is the interview that started it all. 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