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A thousand shades of gray

Knowing I love the composer Morten Lauridsen, a friend posted Lauridsen’s setting of “Sure On This Shining Night” on my Facebook page.

It’s a great anthem for the Advent season. I saved it for my morning commute. Appropriately, it was still dark when I listened to it on the train—but listening to it on the train may have been a mistake. This YouTube version moved me to tears, with its beautiful black-and-white photos: