This podcast looks at Heinrich Schütz's Musikalische Exequien, funeral music written for Heinrich 'Posthumous' of Reuss. Rory McCleery is joined by Dr Lesel Dawson (Bristol University/Good Grief Festival) to discuss 17th-century ideas about death and mourning, and what psychological as well as spiritual benefit there might be to planning your own funeral.

The Orbis sensualium pictus can be seen here: https://archive.org/details/johamoscommeniio00come/mode/2up

This episode accompanies Schütz 1: Vale of tears, which you can watch here: https://www.marianconsort.co.uk/demand/vale-of-tears.

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Produced by James Hardie