Summer Recitals at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

The schedule of organ and carillon recitals is here. Guest artists are featured most every weekend, most of them from the Washington Metro area, some from abroad. Some of the standard repertoire is being repeated by a few of the artists but what the hey - they probably get one chance to play at the Shrine - they may as well play what they like. I attended the recital this past Sunday and took some pictures beforehand. The program was great - but I can't remember any of it now. I'll have to find it and post it.

Here are some reductions of the photos I took.

This is the canopy above the altar. It was taken just beneath the stunning mosaic called "Christ in Majesty" that scares Emily Stimpson, small children, and hardened sinners.

I'd be happy to email some of the good ones to readers but they are huge - almost 1 MB a piece. You'd have to have a fast connection to the net or it would take all day to get them. Please email me if interested. The originals make good desktop wallpaper for pious pilgrims!

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