Saturday, October 25, 2014

The Manning Saga as oratorio: "The Source"

Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; (NPR.org, Oct. 25, 2014)
Bradley pre-Chelsea Manning in military court, news of the Snowden revelations
Pfc. Bradley, now Chelsea, Manning pays the price for exposing U.S. (uprisingradio.org)
Oratorio tackles issue of leaks from The Source
The oratorio is a time-honored way for classical composers to tell a big story. Composer Ted Hearne thinks so, too. His new oratorio, The Source, takes on the story of U.S. military insider-whistleblower Chelsea [formerly Pfc. Bradley] Manning and [Julian Assange's] WikiLeaks.

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