Steve Young at St. Anthony of Padua Church

Steve Young was our organist at Old South Union Church for many years,  and we all admired and miss him.  He moved on, but Susan and I try to get to his recitals, at which he is a master.  I believe I played with the New Bedford Symphony in this massive and imposing church, which does Italian Baroque proud. (I remember the piece was "The Huns" by Liszt, with prominent organ part;  The organ was at about A-420 or so, and the orchestra couldn't tune up to the organ.  We wound up hiring a guy on a Moog, and he couldn't count.  I don't know which could be worse.)
The organ is an older Casavant, and sounded pretty marvelous in that acoustic. Steve's recital included:
Felix Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in C minor
Cesar Franck: Pastoral
Aloys Claussmann: Scherzo
Jean Langlais: Plainte
Thierry Escaich: Verset #1
Josef Rheinberger: Sonata XI
Rachel Lauren: Douze courtes Pieces
William Bolcom: Prelude on Sweet Hour of Prayer
John Weaver: Toccata

I assume this is the largest church in New Bedford.

St. Anthony of Padua Church

The stonework reminds one of Sienna.

A small organ up front, probably for smaller worship services.

The large Casavant, up a flight of 52 steps.

The concert was broadcast on a large screen near the altar. The screen flickered and blinked throughout the

performance which was pretty annoying.  One stopped looking after a while.

I asked Steve how he felt about sharing the stage with the Virgin Mary,  and he said

he was quite comfortable with it.

I've never seen a 32' flute in the pedal division before.

Like most organs of its time, it was more grand than glorious, more

glowing rather than Fiery.  But Steve did a wonderful job of letting the organ

showcase the program.  Bravo, Steve!

Yellowstone//Tetons Fial Blog

A true "Bucket-list" trip in every sense,  with some of the most beautiful mornings of my life.
Here are the last several days.

The iconic barn on Mormon Row.

This is from the Oxbow Bend turnout.  Again, there were dozens of photographers there, waiting for the sunrise.

This is Mount Moran

This is from the Snake River overlook, where Ansel Adams took his

very famous black-and-white photo.

Not an especially good photo, but it is a Red-naped Sapsucker, uncommon.

Clark's Nutcracker

Rough-legged?

When David Ludlow kindly solidifies the identification, I will edit.

I am guessing Cooper's.

Mountain Bluebird

The whole range, briefly lit in the AM

Final morning, facing a 1:00 PM flight.

Last photo, on the road to the airport. 

Las

Yellowstone/Tetons Blog 5 Schwabacher Sunrise, Tramway

I had been told that Schwabacher's Landing was one of the great places to get a sunrise on the Tetons, so I dutifully got up at 6:00 AM, drove down the dirt Wilson-Moose road, and arrived to find about 50 other photographers waiting.  But what a spectacle.  It would be possible to say that I have never, ever, seen anything more beautiful. 
And then later that day, Susan and I took the Granite Canyon trail, one of the more rewarding hikes I've taken.  No great views, but the woods all turning to gold.

I apologize for the repetition, but the sequence of four pictures

took about 15 minutes.  It was about 35 degrees cold.

This was taken with my iPhone on pano.

The start of the Granite Canyon Hike

This is one of the wonderful birds, an American Dipper.  He loves to swim under water

in mountain streams, and he is very acrobatic. 

The Tramway up to 10,450 feet/ 

I found myself a bit dizzy with lack of oxygen, and the little restaurant on top (which sold mostly pancakes)

had a special, hot chocolate wth Jameson's  which was like gluwein, it turned shivering into sweating.

And as I sat there drinking the hot chocolate (with Jameson's), a woman came up to me and said,

"Doug?  Doug Wauchope".  This is Mrs. Douglas, whose son played bass clarinet for me in the

Satuit Band.  WASW!

Yellowstone/Tetons Blog 4 National Wildlife Art Museum, Birds

What a treasure the National Wildlife Art Museum is.  The skills of some of these artists are jaw-dropping.  I have been to dozens of museums, but enjoyed none more than this.
And, a few birds photographed, some a life-list bird.

Western Meadowlark

Green-tailed Towhee

American Kestrel (not a life-list bird)

Greater Sage-Grouse

Black-billed Magpie

On the Wilson-Moose road

Lobby

National Wildlife Art Museum

Jackson, Wyoming

A Georgia O'Keefe

And finally, a photo showing the developing Fall colors.