If you’ve seen any of our publicity for the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, you’ll notice that we list Richard Savino as the theorbo player, and you’re probably wondering, what the heck is a theorbo? A theorbo is a bass lute (forerunner of the guitar) and is visually striking because of its long neck. (I’m wondering… Read More What is a theorbo?
Tonight is the first of two presentations about the upcoming Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 by Ian Capps, host of Hawaii Public Radio’s The Early Muse, at the station’s Atherton Studio, 738 Kaheka Street. Ian’s one-hour program on KHPR airs on Sunday nights at 9 pm and focuses on music before 1700. You probably heard Ian’s… Read More Ian Capps, The Early Muse
The first Honolulu performance of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 will take place at St. Theresa’s Co-Cathedral, a new location for many Honolulu concert-goers. It is located at 712 North School Street, on the mauka side of the H-1 Freeway. It will be on Friday, November 5th at 7:30 pm. The program will be repeated… Read More Spacious St. Theresa’s Co-Cathedral
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!
This Sunday at LCH we will observe Children’s Sabbath, a national celebration of “children as sacred gifts of the Divine, and (an) opportunity for houses of worship to renew and live out their moral responsibility to care, protect and advocate for all children,” according to the Children’s Defense Fund official website. We have done this… Read More Children’s Sabbath at LCH, Oct. 17th
For the last week or so, Carl and I have been rehearsing for our first Abendmusiken concert of the season, which will be on Monday, October 11th at 7:30 pm. It’s a program similar to one we did eight years ago for our 25th wedding anniversary, “25 Years of Making Music.” This time, though, we… Read More If music be the food of love
This week I’ve been working on Bach’s choral prelude on “Nun danket alle Gott” for the organ prelude at the 10:30 service. When I first started to play the organ at age thirteen, my teacher mentioned the term “choral prelude” to me nearly at the beginning, but I really didn’t understand it in the context… Read More A Bach Choral Prelude
At tomorrow’s 10:30 am service, Oct. 3rd, I will be playing music by 19th century composer, Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847. The organ prelude and postlude will be from the Sonata No. 2 in C minor, a piece I first learned in high school, and the second movement of which is unusual in that it is written… Read More Mostly Mendelssohn