Beckon Magazine

Someone Kept Speaking

Few people in Prešov still enter the Orthodox synagogue for the purpose it was built for. Most who cross its threshold today do so only on occasions like this one. A concert. The

The Fourth Ingredient

Pu-erh tea. Parmigiano Reggiano. Soy sauce. Prosciutto di Parma. At first glance, they do not have much in common. They were created in different countries, under different climates and within different cultures.

Where Is the Sound of Our Time?

Before an organ can fill a church with sound, someone must teach it how to speak. It is in the voicing room of the BIES organ workshop in Hranovnica that an instrument’s

The Alchemy of the Canopy

Small, glistening droplets sometimes appear on the plants beneath a silver fir forest. They look like dew, but they are not. Bees seek them out with greater urgency than the nectar of many