My long-time friend, Edith Ho, formerly of the Church of the Advent in Boston, passed along this video of the recently-rebuilt organ at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in the world of organs and organists. Although the video is narrated in French by… Read More The organ of Notre Dame Cathedral
Today was our first full day in Paris after a welcome dinner with our GoAhead tour last night. The tour has 15 people in it, with a great mix of people, young and old, a much more manageable number than we had in Iceland. Pilar is our guide—she is Scottish, but Spanish is her… Read More All the Paris highlights … In one day!
Since my last post, I have received an outpouring of support and thanks, for which I am most encouraged and grateful. When I read the letter to the choir on Thursday night, I told them that I always had dreams that I would die at the organ, but I guess that is not going to… Read More Death at the organ
Here’s a cartoon that was posted to Facebook recently. It’s Pentecost this Sunday, a day I have always thought of as a “bookend” to the church music season — in spite of the fact that I have one more Sunday to play after that before going on vacation. For the prelude, I’ll be playing “Apparition… Read More Mysterious Messiaen
With a complete change of weather from yesterday’s mugginess and rain, we woke up to clear blue skies and a huge drop in the humidity. Our hotel room overlooks the treetops of the Montmartre Cemetery and it was absolutely gorgeous this morning. What a relief, since we had a very full day of activities planned.… Read More The Sacraments in St Sulpice and Notre Dame