Maybe you, like I did, read the story in the Washington Post this morning, “On Martin Luther King Day, nine facts about him that may surprise you.” Of course, this is the fact that jumped out at me: His mother was also assassinated Just six years later, his mother, Alberta Williams King, was also assassinated.… Read More Martin Luther King Jr.’s mother
On Monday, January 21st at 5 pm, at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, soprano Georgine Stark will be giving a free concert of spirituals in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Here’s the program: Give me, Jesus (arr. Moses Hogan) Let us break bread together (arr. Moses Hogan) Deep river (arr. Moses Hogan) Walk together, children (arr. Moses Hogan)… Read More Hogan’s spirituals
I didn’t get a chance last weekend to write about some of the other music we did for Transfiguration, because we have been so busy with a kitchen renovation. But I did want to say something about last Sunday’s opening hymn which was a concertato by Carl Crosier on “Oh wondrous type! o vision fair.”… Read More It’s Lent, but . . .