I spent the morning looking for a post office and took these pictures of churches along the way. Yesterday was cold and rainy and today is a beautiful day in Boston! The courtyard at First Lutheran. Yesterday it was pouring buckets here. After spending about six hours yesterday attending three organ recitals at First Lutheran… Read More Another day at First Lutheran
The main events of the Boston Early Music Festival are held at Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of Music, but the rest of the programs are held primarily in churches all over Boston. Each day, finding each church is a new challenge even though I can’t even count how many times I have… Read More BEMF Organ Mini-Festival
Last night’s performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 capped off a spectacular day and was for me the perfect end of the Boston Early Music Festival. (The Festival does not end until Sunday but it is the end for me because I am traveling to Germany today.) There were just 10 singers (of which there were only 3 women and… Read More Spectacular Vespers!
Carl decided to sleep in this morning so I came into Boston from Newton Centre all by myself. (You have to give me credit, as I am directionally-challenged!) One great perk of this American Guild of Organists convention is that in addition to the usual convention badge, convention book bag and convention program books (we… Read More Another day at the AGO Boston (marathon)
In a couple of days, we’ll be heading for Boston where we will be attending the Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF), which for us is the Boston Marathon! This is the premier festival for early music junkies (like ourselves), which The Times of London calls “the world’s leading festival of early music.” The New York Times… Read More The Boston Marathon