Thursday night was our one and only rehearsal with the percussionists for Peter Hallock’s “The Last Judgment,” which will take the place of the sermon at both 8 and 10:30 am services on Sunday, November 14th. The three percussionists are Stephen Dinion (timpani and vibes), Ira Wong (chimes and tamtam) and Travis Kaneshiro (bass drum… Read More We are in rehearsal–Again!
Another BIG weekend filled with music is coming up, and right on the heels of the Monteverdi Vespers! On Saturday afternoon, November 13th at 4:30 pm, members of the Bach Chamber Choir will perform John Rutter’s “Requiem,” in memory of Marilyn “Lyn” Klein, wife of long-time Compline Choir member, Bud Klein. The concert will be… Read More Rutter “Requiem” and Hallock “Last Judgment”
We are continuing to receive thanks and accolades for our recent performances: If you did NOT attend the Monteverdi, you missed one of the most amazing musical events to take place in Hawaii since statehood! Kudos to Carl Crosier for outdoing himself by putting together all the right people and for undertaking to do such… Read More Accolades for Monteverdi
One event the Hospitality Committee kept pushing for was a reception for the artists, especially those who had come from the mainland for the Monteverdi concerts. The biggest proponent of this idea was Carl Crosier, and if you know Carl, every production always has food associated with it. So immediately after we had cleaned up… Read More It’s Party Time!
One of the “gimmicks,” if you will, about the Monteverdi Vespers, is the use of echo — that is, the repetition of a musical phrase by another soloist in another location. At St. Theresa’s we took advantage of the rear gallery and positioned Matthew Tresler, (one of the tenors) for the Audi Coelum, with a… Read More How did they do that?
The Monteverdi Choir (we’ve already renamed the group!) and The Whole Noyse brass group was asked to come to St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Sunday at 2:45 pm for a sound check, since we had never rehearsed in the space before for this piece. Naturally in a different church with different architecture and acoustics, the setup… Read More Magnificent Monteverdi at St. Andrew’s
Here’s another endorsement for the Monteverdi Vespers from Hawaii Public Radio’s Judy Neale: Congratulations to Early Music Hawaii and the Lutheran Church of Honolulu for a phenomenal performance of the Monteverdi Vespers at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa last night (and now I even know what a co-cathedral is!). Carl Crosier and his cohorts have… Read More More Monteverdi
At last night’s historic performance of the Monteverdi Vespers, about five minutes before we were to begin, a worried Carl Crosier came over to me at the organ and asked, “Do you know what’s going on? The bridge on Richard Savino’s theorbo has fallen off because of the humidity!” It was a rainy and humid… Read More Broken theorbo!
Last night was the last dress rehearsal before tonight’s Monteverdi Vespers performance at St. Theresa’s Co-Cathedral. It was the first time we went straight through the work, stopping after No. 10 Lauda Jerusalem,where in the concert there will be a 20-minute intermission. The first half lasts nearly an hour, but the second half is shorter, about… Read More Monteverdi Dress Rehearsal
You’ve probably noticed that in our publicity for the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 that we’ve called The Whole Noyse a “period brass ensemble.” And in our season brochure, we said that our upcoming Bach Mass in B Minor would be the first historically-informed performance of the work in Hawaii. First of all, the use of… Read More Period Instruments on TV!