02 Jan 16 - 06:40 AM (#3762308) Subject: Salvation through music From: Paul Reade BBC Radio 4 "PM" New Year's Eve:- Salvation through the cello playing - in Auschwitz and Bagdhad. Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was saved from the gas chambers in Auschwitz due to her cello playing. Karim Wasfi played his cello in the street following a car bomb in Baghdad. http://bbc.in/1RUFjBZ |
02 Jan 16 - 07:50 AM (#3762316) Subject: RE: Salvation through music From: Steve Shaw Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, still going string at 90, is the mother of another distinguished cellist, Raphael Wallfisch, both members of a large family of very fine musicians. |
02 Jan 16 - 10:55 AM (#3762346) Subject: RE: Salvation through music From: Wesley S When I see a title like "Salvation through music " I think of folks like me who tend to be loners who are able to break out of their shells by playing with other musicians. |
02 Jan 16 - 11:16 AM (#3762355) Subject: RE: Salvation through music From: Amos Salvation comes in all kinds of shapes and sizes, I expect; and music brings about a grand share of it. The friends I have made, and the funks I have overcome just because there is music in my life, are beyond count. |