Over 30 years ago, Carl and I helped to organize a regional convention in Hawaii for the American Guild of Organists. I was General Chair and Carl was Program Chair, positions we were “volunteered” for before we got married. So we had no idea that it would be so time-consuming and energy-exhausting! For six months… Read More The Three Tenors sing Monteverdi
On Sunday (9/26) on Hawaii Public Radio’s “Business of the Arts,” Carl Crosier, director of music at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, and Ian Capps, host of HPR’s “The Early Muse” and member of Early Music Hawaii, joined Bob Sandla to discuss the monumental task of organizing the Hawaii premiere of Monteverdi’s Vespers for two… Read More Monteverdi on Public Radio
Launching the first-ever in Hawaii performance of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 is probably equal in scope to our 2000 performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and the 2004 performance of Bach’s St. John Passion. Like climbing Mount Everest! To let you know how massive an operation this is, here are some of the things… Read More It’s Monteverdi Time!
We packed our bags and checked out of the hotel before spending the morning at McDonald’s. Our final concert was two more Graupner and Bach cantatas, again sung with stellar soloists, Dorothee Mields, Damien Guillon and Peter Kooij. The chorus was just 12 singers, as before, and Carl says this is the ideal number for… Read More Bach to Paris — a comedy of errors!
Carl wanted to eat seafood so we drove to La Rochelle, a seacoast town on the Atlantic. It was an absolutely gorgeous day and we quickly decided to park the car rather than negotiate all the winding, narrow streets. Without too much trouble, we found the harbor, and the cool ocean breezes were very refreshing… Read More World-Class Collegium Vocale Ghent
We left Paris on Friday morning and took the train to Poitiers, about a two hour ride. Having to schlep all our luggage from the hotel, three blocks to the metro and up and down umpteen stairways was no picnic, especially in all this heat and humidity. We picked up a rental car in Poitiers… Read More Ensemble Huelgas: Choral Perfection