The first event of the morning for me was Choral Matins in Grace Cathedral. You must know that this whole convention was about choices — in addition to Matins, you could also elect to go to an African-American worship service in a Baptist church or an organ and violin concert by a Chinese organist. There… Read More Last day of the convention
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
After getting back to the hotel so late after the Wanamaker concert, probably the last thing I wanted to do was to go to a hymn festival. What was unique about this festival, however, was that we had been given a newly published hymnbook by the OHS, and all of the hymns were by Philadelphia… Read More A day in Delaware
You may remember from my recent post, “A mighty fortress,” that I was startled to learn about Bach’s exhumation in the 1950s, when his body was moved from St. John’s Cemetery in Leipzig to St. Thomas Church, in front of the altar. “Apparently Bach was buried in a pauper’s grave with two other people. He then… Read More Occupational hazard?!
On this last day of the AGO convention, we spent the morning in Wellesley, some 17 miles away from Boston, and went right to Houghton Chapel on the Wellesley College campus. On the Wellesley College website, you can read that: The organ built by the late Charles Brenton Fisk (1925-1983) for Houghton Chapel at Wellesley College is… Read More Morning in Wellesley