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Looking for a recording

For what it’s worth, here’s something on my wish list: Edward Elgar “The Dream of Gerontius” with Jon Vickers singing Gerontius. Sir John Barbirolli conducting. Radio broadcast from Italy. Was reprinted by Arkadia in the mid 90s. If some kind soul sees this and doesn’t acknowledge the genius of Elgar and Vickers together, please let me take it off your hands.

American Moms & Dads, Pay Attention

This story about a Greek family shows how a parent can and should deal with a child who commits horrible crimes:
“All these days I have been praying … for God to reveal the truth, for the guilty ones to be revealed. God has done his miracle. The police did their job well. The truth was revealed and the guilty ones were revealed. And I am happy for this, even if my own children were involved. Whoever did something must pay. Everyone must pay, either here or in the next life.”
Exactly the opposite of John Walker-Lindh’s dad, and the parents of that idiot college kid who was trying to draw a smiley face across America with mailbox bombs.

Yet another trip to the Shrine

I took in another wonderful organ recital at The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception yesterday afternoon. One of my favorite composers of organ music, Jean Langlais, was on the program as was some fantastic music by Marcel Dupre. I left the program at home but will post it later. I’ve got more pictures but I’m sure if any are worth posting.