At Christmas time I stayed two nights on the island of Kauai, where I played a concert with the Kauai Chorale, under the leadership of Shane Morris Wise. I told you about my rude awakening at 3 am in the morning when roosters began crowing. Go back and read my post, “No paltry amount of… Read More As if on cue …
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG2oT89aclQ?rel=0&w=640&h=360] We decided to attend the Palm Sunday service at St. James Episcopal Church (also called “Saint James’ in the City”) on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and not to our surprise, the service began outdoors in the school courtyard next door. Luckily, the weather was absolutely beautiful, cool and crisp. After the opening… Read More A Korean Palm Sunday procession
This Sunday it’s the Sunday of the Passion, or Palm Sunday, meaning that the end of Lent is upon us — and it’s going to be the end of my Lenten discipline of getting up early to practice Bach’s Great Eighteen Chorales, also called The Leipzig Chorales. I sometimes have felt like “a thief in… Read More Like a thief in the night
A couple of posts ago, when I said that it had never rained on our Palm Sunday parade, I was corrected by my dear husband, Carl. He wrote me, “You are wrong about not being rained out. It has happened twice during my 36 Palm Sundays at LCH (2 others were spent in Boston). One… Read More Apologies! a Palm Sunday correction
Over the past few days I’ve been extensively interviewed by the local Star-Advertiser on how Lutherans celebrate Holy Week. (Look for the article in this Saturday’s paper.) I guess last year they interviewed the Catholics and this year they decided to do Lutherans. Even though I am merely the organist (and do a few other things… Read More Palm Sunday 2012, old and new