At tomorrow’s 10:30 am service, the LCH choir will be singing a “chestnut,” Ralph Vaughan Williams’ exquisite O taste and see, a beautiful motet based on Psalm 34. Apparently the piece was composed for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in 1953. There are a number of performances on YouTube, but I… Read More O taste and see
When I opened my email this afternoon, there was more than a lump in my throat as I read this breaking news alert: “Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died.” Oh, everyone knew that he had recently resigned from the company due to poor health, but I was absolutely shocked to read of his… Read More Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
Here’s what Miguel Felipe wrote to the Concert Committee members: I was just by the church this afternoon and you can still feel the energy in the air: this weekend was a huge success! This past weekend we welcomed nearly 320 audience members into our sanctuary for a beautiful concert with many notable elements: a fine… Read More A huge Mozart success
This afternoon was the second all-Mozart Konzert and I feel that after today’s program, the fortepiano redeemed itself by staying mostly in tune. For one thing, the air conditioning went off after the Sunday morning services, and we left the fortepiano’s cover on. Carl came to tune the piano about 2:45. We changed the order… Read More Finally, redemption
We have just finished the opening Mozart Konzert and it was a night of spectacular singing and playing, especially from Darel Stark (Mozart’s Violin Concerto in A major) and Georgine Stark (soprano in Exsultate jubilate) who with her extreme agility and vocal pyrotechnics, got the biggest applause of the night. But what we learned the… Read More Live and learn
This morning when we opened the Star Advertiser paper, we eagerly looked for Steven Mark’s article about the fortepiano — and were not disappointed. Click the link here to read the story. As usual, Mark’s article was filled with many quotes from Carl — all 100% accurate. “It’s time to debut the fortepiano,” Crosier said.… Read More Fortepiano hits the mainstream
It’s often been said that the Lutheran Church of Honolulu is the best-kept secret in town. Hopefully that is no longer the case, especially since we have been working hard to publicize the upcoming Mozart Konzerts on Saturday, October 1st (7:30 pm) and Sunday, October 2nd (4:00 pm). So what do we do to get… Read More Covering the bases
In the midst of practicing for Mozart for the concerts this Saturday night (October 1) and Sunday afternoon (October 2), we’ll be having a mini-festival of early 20th century French composers at the 10:30 service this Sunday, with music by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) and Jehan Alain (1911-1940). The Gospel reading for this Sunday is the parable of… Read More Celebrating Francis Poulenc and Jehan Alain
For this weekend’s all-Mozart concerts, we have advertised the fact that it will be the debut of our fortepiano, built by Philip Belt. You may be wondering what the heck is a fortepiano anyway, and why do some people call it a pianoforte? The fortepiano was the precursor of the modern piano, and was invented… Read More What is a fortepiano, anyway?
Last week when we started putting the program together for our upcoming Mozart Konzert (October 1, 7:30 pm; October 2, 4:00 pm) Miguel Felipe suggested that we try something new, and that is to have the performers directly speak to the audience. He would like to personally welcome people to LCH, the Abendmusiken Series, and… Read More Program notes, something new!