{"id":21963,"date":"2014-01-31T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=21963"},"modified":"2014-01-31T17:58:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T22:58:30","slug":"national-cathedral-music-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/01\/31\/national-cathedral-music-part-one\/21963\/","title":{"rendered":"National Cathedral Music: Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For one week in January, the National Cathedral in Washington, DC removed the thousands of chairs normally in the cathedral&#8217;s nave and hosted a number of events, including two nights of free choral concerts. Attendees were able to listen to the music while standing, sitting, or roaming through the emptiness of the cathedral. R&amp;E was at the cathedral on January 15 for a concert called \u201cThe Spirit in Flight,&#8221; performed by <em>Cathedra<\/em>. Watch excerpts, including our interview with the National Cathedral&#8217;s director of music, Michael McCarthy. <em>Interview by Missy Daniel. Edited by Fred Yi and Missy Daniel. Video by Murray Pinczuk, Lauren Talley, and Fred Yi.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Taking the chairs out\u2014it&#8217;s a union of both architecture and music,&#8221; says National Cathedral director of music Michael McCarthy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/01\/31\/national-cathedral-music-part-one\/21963\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":21977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[6865,5680,7003],"class_list":["post-21963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-choir","tag-sacred-music","tag-washington-national-cathedral","topics-faith-and-spirituality","topics-literature-and-the-arts","faith-christian"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>National Cathedral Music: Part One | January 31, 2014 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Cathedral in Washington, DC removed the thousands of chairs normally in the cathedral&#039;s nave. 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