The Prayer for PEACE in Baguio
On Peace Memorial Day in Nagasaki 2011
Baguio Cathedral
Taken on July 16 @ 10:44, 2011
Destroyed Nagasaki City by Atomic Bomb in August, 1945
As far as the eye could see there was nothing but burnt-out ruins after Atomic Bomb. You can see the destroyed Urakami Cathedral on the hill.
The Marian statue of Urakami is in fact the head of a Madonna statue that survived the Nagasaki atomic bomb. Located in the Urakami Catholic chapel, the statue was destroyed during the bombing and buried in the rubble.
A replacement was built in 1959, after a serious debate between Nagasaki city government and the congregation.
The city government suggested preserving the destroyed cathedral as a historical heritage, and offered alternate site for a new church. However, Christians in Nagasaki strongly wanted to rebuild their cathedral on the original place for their historical reasons.
The place is a symbol of the persecution and their suffering.
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Symphony No.2 in C minor “Auferstehung” (“Resurrection”) 1st movement
Gustav Mahler Symphony No.2 “Resurrection” 1st mov.(1/7) -Seiji Ozawa / Nagasaki Peace Concert
Gustav Mahler Symphony No.2 “Resurrection” 1st mov.(2/7) -Seiji Ozawa / Nagasaki Peace Concert
グスタフ・マーラー 交響曲第２番『復活』 第１楽章
小澤征爾 / ナガサキ平和コンサート on Jun.14, 1995 ＠ 浦上天主堂
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) “Air on the G String”
From “Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068”
J. S. バッハ 『管弦楽組曲第３番 ニ長調』から「アリア」（G線上のアリア）
東北関東大震災チャリティー・コンサート on April 10, 2011 @東京文化会館
ズービン・メータ / ＮＨＫ交響楽団
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For a world free of nuclear weapons from Nagasaki
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