David Bianculli
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5,104 appearances
121 recordings
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 18 Sep
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I'm David Bianculli.
Life in a cloistered Carmelite monastery in a rural area in the north of England was almost the opposite of the life Catherine Coldstream had lived before that.
She'd grown up in London and had lived in Paris, where she studied composition, worked on experimental music, and performed on viola.
At the age of 24, after her father died and she was at rock bottom, she found God.
Entering the monastery meant starting a new life cut off from the outside world.
Monastery life revolved around silent prayer, group prayer, singing hymns, work, and obedience.
To her, this new life seemed transcendent.
But eventually, she chafed against the obedience and the feeling that her artistic background, her intellectualism, and her persistent questioning, the whole reality of her outlook and personality, were rejected.
After 12 years, she left the monastery.
She went on to study theology at Oxford University, and she got married.
Today, Catherine Coldstream.
She spoke to Terry Gross in 2024 when her memoir, Cloistered, first was published.
It's now out in paperback.
Catherine Coldstream speaking to Terry Gross in 2024.
The former nun wrote a memoir about her dozen years in a Carmelite monastery.
The book is now out in paperback.
After a break, we'll continue their conversation.
And critic-at-large John Powers reviews The Hawk, the new TV series starring Will Ferrell.
I'm David Bianculli, and this is Fresh Air.
This is Fresh Air.
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