«Book of Ruth - an oratorio about goodness»

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Kongsgårdsgata 2,
7013 Trondheim

«Book of Ruth - an oratorio about goodness»

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The concert «Book of Ruth - an oratorio about goodness» by cathedral cantor Petra Bjørkhaug is a story about inclusion, courage and love that is as relevant today as it was three thousand years ago. «The Book of Ruth» is one of the shorter books of the Old Testament. The story of Ruth is about hunger and hardship, love and faithfulness, loyalty and inclusion across cultural boundaries, and most of all about a strong woman who broke with the norms of society. The young widow and Moabite woman Ruth left her people and her religion to follow her mother-in-law to Bethlehem. She herself took the initiative towards Boaz, who was to become her second husband. She made independent choices on her own behalf, which was unusual in the patriarchal society she lived in around 3000 years ago. And these choices led to her, the immigrant woman Ruth, carrying the family line forward, becoming the great-grandmother of King David and the ancestress of Jesus. Nidarosdomens oratoriekor Irene Snuruås | soprano Nina Sæterhaug | mezzo Lars Eggen | baritone Petra Bjørkhaug | organ Karen Haugom Olsen | conductor