Sri Krsna

SRI AUROBINDO: «There is a psychic sorrow which usually comes when the soul feels how strong is the resistance in the world and how much the Forces in it rage against the Mother.» [Letters]. SRI AUROBINDO: «The psychic sadness is of a purifying and not a depressing kind.» [Letters]. Johann Sebastian Bach – Erbarme dich, mein Gott [Matthäuspassion, BWV 244] Contralto and director: Nathalie Stutzmann Violinist: Satomi Watanabe String Orchestra: Orfeo 55 Tommaso Iorco: «[…] the artistic expression of that particular soul condition that Sri Aurobindo calls “psychic sadness” (a sort of seraphic and loving piety, explains Mother): it hovers in the prelude of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde and vibrates persuasively in a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, contained in the Matthäuspassion [BWV 244]: it is one of the most beautiful arias of baroque music, entitled Erbarme dich, mein Gott. The violin and the voice are poignant, however the contralto must not weigh down the score with gloom accents, typical of the vital and not of the psychic.» [L’arte poetica].