It’s New Year’s day! 1/1/11! And the Crosiers are down to the wire again on the worship booklet for tomorrow’s German Vespers. No copy shops are open today, so I think we’re going to have to find an alternative place to make the copies. And wouldn’t you know it, all this time the copy machine… Read More Down to the wire
No, we didn’t sing any Monteverdi during the six Christmas services the past three days, but I thought I’d share what I gave Carl for Christmas. It was a photo memory book of our Monteverdi Vespers performances, with lots of photos and the “behind-the-scenes” story. You can actually see the book here, and order one… Read More Christmas and Monteverdi
Today’s morning services were in the Lessons and Carols format focused on St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr. At the 8:00 am service, the carols were all congregational, but even though we woke up at 5 am this morning, and found ourselves trying to finish up the worship booklet for tonight’s Vespers, I was very hard… Read More St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr
It’s early Christmas morning, and it was a long day and very late night after a 5 pm Family Candlelight service, and the 10:30 pm Baroque Christmas Eve at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. We didn’t get home until well past 1 a.m. The children of LCH were the stars at the 5… Read More Over the top! Two down, four to go
It’s Christmas Eve! and in the Crosier household we have a tradition of eating breakfast and listening to the annual broadcast of the Lessons and Carols service from Kings College. The local broadcast is on Hawaii Public Radio, KHPR 88.1 FM and will air at 8:30 am. For more than twenty years now, the LCH… Read More Lessons and Carols from Kings College
Today is December 22nd and for the last two weeks, it seems like Carl and I have spent every free moment typing the bulletins for this coming weekend. There are SIX bulletins/booklets to be prepared, and as of now, only three of them are finished. At this time on Monday, Carl was wailing, “Kathy —… Read More The clock is ticking . . .
On Sunday after church, the trebles (sopranos and altos) had their first rehearsal on the Christmas Day music. They will be singing Gabriel Fauré’s Messe Basse for the ordinary, plus the French carol, Il est né. (They’ll also be singing O magnum mysterium by Gerald Near for the communion, and I’m afraid I don’t know… Read More A French Christmas
A few days ago, the local Star-Advertiser newspaper ran an editorial which caught my eye. The headline was “This town needs symphony” and decried the loss of this precious cultural asset in our community. I can’t tell you how dependent we at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu have been over these many years on professional… Read More Symphonic Music at LCH
We are starting to rehearse the Praetorius Christmas Mass for Christmas Eve . . . and if you liked Monteverdi, you are going to LOVE Praetorius! Like the Monteverdi, no instructions were given by the composer as to which parts are covered by soloists and which are sung by choir. So Carl has spent many… Read More Praetorius Christmas Mass
Tomorrow morning, December 11th at 11:45 am the Lutheran Church of Honolulu Choir will give its annual Christmas concert at the Hawaii State Library. We’ve given this concert annually for many years now, ever since David Del Rocco, in the bass section, used to work there. Even though David now teaches at Punahou School, we… Read More Music in the Stacks