Upon entering the elaborately decorated St Ildephonsus’s chapel, Bach’s Toccata and Fuge in D minor pipes out of the magnificent organ. This heart-stopping scenario doesn’t occur in rural Italy, but in the dusty Western Australian bush. As I settle onto the antique pew to admire the heavenly fresco the juxtaposition of a time-honoured civilisation [...]
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Finding divinity in the bush
Posted: 21st October 2010 by Carmen Jenner in New NorciaTags: monestry, monk, New Norcia, Pico Iyer, travel, western australia
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