Even though I am admittedly not a very well-rounded musician, I did know that Vivaldi’s Four Seasons are considered “programmatic,” music which tells a story. What I didn’t know is that Vivaldi wrote sonnets to accompany not only each concerto but even each movement. At the concerts this weekend (Saturday, 7:30 and Sunday, 4:00) the sonnets… Read More Four Seasons sonnets
Next Sunday at the 10:30 service the LCH choir will sing two pieces by Igor Stravinsky. I know that we have the reputation of singing only Renaissance and Baroque music, but the truth is that the choir sings in a wide range of musical styles. The offertory anthem will be “The dove descending” which is… Read More Stravinsky at LCH
Supposedly this past New Year’s was the last one in which Honolulu would celebrate with fireworks, all mostly illegal. We live on the 35th floor and had a spectacular view of the aerials which popped up all over the city. Now that the City Council has passed a law banning consumer fireworks, it’s anyone’s guess… Read More Vocal and Instrumental Pyrotechnics
Next weekend (Saturday, Jan. 15, 7:30 and Sunday, Jan. 16, 4:00) is the third concert in our Abendmusiken series, “The Starks Go for Baroque,” a play on the phrase “Go for Broke.” “Go for broke” came from the world of professional gambling and is over one hundred years old. It means to risk everything, no matter what… Read More The Starks Go for Baroque
Okay . . . I admit it, I was COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED after this past Christmas and New Year’s season of services. Even though I only played continuo organ for last Sunday’s German Vespers, the fact remains that we were still stapling programs at 2:00 pm (we had a rehearsal at 3:00 and the service started at… Read More January breather
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