Masterworks and
the Master’s Word

The Manila Symphony Orchestra begins on the road to its centenary year with 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒, 80 years after the orchestra mounted a landmark series of concerts in post-liberation Manila.

Classical music was not mainstream them; neither is it today, says the MSO's Executive Director Jeffrey Solares, but it continues to have a vital part to play, and the long history of the orchestra shines a hopeful way forward. He joins MAESTRO FILIPINO with DZFE's Tiffany (Sat 1200h, replaying Sun 2400h / Thu 2000h) as well to talk about the eventful season ahead.

To listen via online simulcast: sg-icecast.eradioportal.com:8443/febc_dzfe.
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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉

From the very beginning, even in the womb, a mother begins to shape her child’s life. She nourishes, protects, and comforts. She loses sleep, gives generously of her energy and attention, and puts another life before her own. But beyond diaper changes and late-night lullabies a mother often becomes the child’s first glimpse into the heart of God.

God has designed families to reflect aspects of His love. And for many children, the first steady echo of that love comes through their mother. Her faith, imperfect, but sincere, becomes the backdrop against which a child begins to form their earliest thoughts about who God is. In moments of prayer, in patient correction, in forgiveness, and even in quiet perseverance through hardship, children are watching. And more often than not, they’re learning.

A mother’s love can not bring about salvation. Only Christ saves. But her life can become a living testimony to the grace that does. When a mother models repentance, humility, worship, and dependence on the Lord, she’s planting gospel seeds that God, in His timing, may cause to grow.

Scripture gives us beautiful glimpses of women who entrusted their children to the Lord’s purposes. Hannah comes to mind—a woman who wept and pleaded before God for a child, and when her prayer was answered, gave her son Samuel back to the Lord with trust and worship:

“I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.” 1 Samuel 1:27

This wasn’t just a moment of joy it was a moment of faith. Hannah recognized that her child ultimately belonged to God, and she responded not by clinging tighter, but by surrendering.

We see this same kind of quiet faith passed down in the New Testament, when Paul encourages Timothy by pointing to the legacy of the women who came before him:

I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. 2 Timothy 1:5

Timothy’s faith didn’t emerge in a vacuum. It was shaped, at least in part, by the faithful presence of a mother and grandmother who modeled trust in God. Their influence reached into the next generation—ordinary women, used by God in extraordinary ways.

To the mothers reading this: your unseen moments of faithfulness matter more than you know. The gospel you live out—through the messiness and the mundane—leaves a lasting imprint.

To those who were raised by godly mothers: thank God for that gift. Their prayers and perseverance are part of your story.

And to those who carry sorrow, longing, or complex emotions around motherhood—God sees. He is not distant from your ache. In fact, He uses the tenderness of a mother’s love as a picture of His own comfort:

“As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you.” Isaiah 66:13

Motherhood, whether biological or spiritual is not a role of personal glory. It’s a sacred sacrificial calling in the kingdom of God. And when surrendered to Him, it becomes a beautiful instrument of gospel grace.

haventoday.org/blog/the-quiet-power-of-a-mothers-faith/
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The 2025-26 SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL series from the WFMT radio network (Tue 1400h, replaying Fri 1200h) embarks with two very different quintets — 𝑆𝑖𝑥 𝐵𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠, an enchanting wind quintet that György Ligeti composed in 1953, and Antonín Dvorák’s 1887 celebration of all things Czech, the 𝑃𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝐴 𝑚𝑎𝑗𝑜𝑟.

Flutist Bart Feller finds Ligeti’s collection of concise pieces quite charming and says, “Later in Ligeti’s career he was very complicated and biting into the harmonies. These bagatelles sound like folk material that you would hear in the Hungarian hills.” Dvorák’s Opus 81, one of the most beloved pieces in the chamber music world, marks a first-time collaboration between pianist Kirill Gerstein and the Dover Quartet.
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