Every Tuesday, Carl Crosier walks to a downtown sandwich shop and orders the same tuna salad sandwich every week. But this week when he went to pay, they told him, “You’re a celebrity!” and refused to take any money! They apparently had seen the article in the newspaper. about Carl’s retirement concert. The next day… Read More “You’re a celebrity!”
There’s no question that the Lutheran Church of Honolulu is blessed with many talented musicians, artists, and scholars. Among them is Carol Langner, who has sung in the choir for over 30 years, and is now retired from the Art Department of the University of Hawaii. In recent years, Carol has become “The Queen of… Read More Cantate Domino
Dear Bach B minor Choristers, I hope you are all still feeling the “glow” after spending an incredible week of preparation and two performances (three if you count Wednesday night) of this truly great masterwork. As I told the people who attended the luncheon on Sunday, the choral singing you did in the B minor… Read More Open Letter to the Bach B-Minor Choir
We are continuing to receive notes of thanks and accolades for our two performances of Bach’s Mass in B Minor last weekend. And I must admit I still have some of those choruses running through my head! I believe that phenomenon is called an “earworm.” It’s when a melody gets stuck in your brain, replays… Read More Still abuzz about Bach
Some time ago, Carol Langner came to us and said, “We have got to have a PARTY after the Bach!” So today 43 of us gathered at the Hale Koa hotel for a fun luncheon. It was good to trade war stories about the B-Minor and relive all its glorious moments, hear about people’s summer… Read More Post-Bach Party
Never one to miss an opportunity, Carl Crosier programmed a full slate of music at today’s 10:30 am service, figuring we would have a lot of visitors which we did. We began with a concerto for strings and organ by Archangelo Corelli as the prelude, then Psalm 23 from the Becker Psalter by Heinrich Schütz.… Read More No rest for the weary
A standing-room only crowd basked in the brilliance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor last night, Carl Crosier’s last concert as cantor of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. At 3:43 pm, LCH webmaster, Bill Potter, sent an email saying the last available ticket had been sold, so people who came to the door last night… Read More Total triumph
It’s been said that you never find mistakes in your work until 1000 copies are printed. That adage was certainly true of the program booklet I designed for the Bach Mass in B Minor. No matter how many times Carl and I looked at it, we didn’t catch the mistakes until after the books were… Read More Bach Program Book
Aside from a chair falling over in between movements, last night’s opening performance of Bach’s monumental Mass in B Minor was perfect in every way. Maestro Carl Crosier set the pace with a grand opening Kyrie followed by a series of fast, joyful choruses contrasted with expressive solos and duets. The final Dona nobis pacem… Read More A new high
Hey, I bet you didn’t know what “friggatriskaidekaphobia” was —right? It’s “fear of Friday the 13th !” Today is Friday, May 13, and tonight is the opening night of Bach’s Mass in B Minor at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. It’s Carl Crosier’s “swan song,” if you will, his final concerts as Cantor after 38… Read More No “friggatriskaidekaphobia” for us!