Tonight is our first full rehearsal with “The Company” for the upcoming Monteverdi Vespers of 1610. Up to now, we have just held rehearsals with the seven vocal soloists — one rehearsal was just the basses (Nicholas Walters and Keane Ishii); another rehearsal was just the sopranos (Georgine Stark and Mihoko Ito). In… Read More We are in Rehearsal!
The time slots for the Monteverdi segments on HawaiiNewsNow’s Sunrise program tomorrow (November 4th) have changed. At 7:15 am, Richard Savino, theorbo player, will perform and at 8:50 am, The Whole Noyse (period brass ensemble) will play. If you can’t get near a television at that time, the two segments will be archived on the HawaiiNewsNow… Read More Sunrise HawaiiNewsNow Update
“Pulling out all the stops” — isn’t it great that an organ term is in the mainstream? It means to make every effort, and we have certainly tried to use every avenue to “get the word out” about this monumental undertaking. In mid-September we published and distributed our season brochure, and the day after our… Read More Pulling out all the stops for Monteverdi
In one of my earliest posts, I talked about our friendship with composer Peter R. Hallock going way, way back, and how, in 1986, we formed a company called Ionian Arts. The first (and biggest) project was the publication of the Ionian Psalter, a collection of 212 psalm settings for choir, organ and congregation which… Read More The Ionian Psalter
This Sunday, October 31st, is Reformation Day and it’s always a big deal in the Lutheran Church. This year, let’s just say that the music at the 10:30 service might be different from what you’d expect! I don’t know if I could even put a label on it—some people might call it “avant-garde;” certainly it’s… Read More Reformation Day 2010
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