For more than 40 years, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., has welcomed visitors to its annual summer organ recital series, providing a unique ...

With age, the big pipe organ at downtown Jacksonville's Basilica of the Immaculate Conception has become more than a little persnickety. So if an organist unaccustomed to this instrument should play ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, DC) has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2015 Ceremony. The year ...

(RNS) — The glass mosaic atop the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the final architectural element of the church, a shrine to Mary visited by nearly 1 million people a ...

A few minutes after 1 this Friday afternoon, Paul Jacobs will sit down at the organ of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and begin to play music by Olivier Messiaen.

Held on Sunday evenings throughout July and August, the series features performances on the basilica’s renowned chancel and gallery organs — together comprising more than 9,600 pipes. For more than 40 ...