Here’s just a sampling of the many cards, emails and other letters of congratulations and thanks to Carl Crosier on his retirement after 38 years at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu: Your zest for living and for honoring the important moments in our lives have given all of us the opportunity to celebrate your retirement… Read More A thousand thanks
Dear People of LCH, This day, one long anticipated, has finally come. What a wonderful journey these past 38 years have been for me. When I think back to the countless regular and special worship services and the many church concerts that I have been involved in, I thank God for this wonderful opportunity to… Read More A message from the Cantor
Today is August 21st, 2011 — a day we knew about fifteen months ago when Carl wrote a letter to the congregation “Journeys come to an end.” Today was Carl’s last service at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu as its Cantor. Rather than being a day of sadness, it was a time of celebration and… Read More A day of rejoicing
Tonight was Carl’s last Thursday night choir rehearsal, even though ordinarily we don’t have Thursday night rehearsals in the summer time. We sure didn’t get much sleep last night because although we went to bed about 9:30 pm, we got up at 2:30 AM (!) to finish typing the bulletin before going off to work.… Read More Second Haydn Rehearsal
Today is Easter Sunday 2011 and the morning services are over, with Easter Compline yet to go. Allen Bauchle and I arrived at 7 am this morning to rehearse the trumpet and organ music for the 8 am service. In addition to the Trumpet Concerto in D (for the prelude) and Sinfonia in D (for… Read More Easter Day at LCH
It’s the week before Holy Week, and Allen Bauchle and I always look at each other, and ask the question, “Well, what are we going to play this year?” He and I have performed together on trumpet and organ every Easter Sunday for the last twenty years. It was over 20 years ago that Carl… Read More Allen Bauchle, Assistant Choirmaster
Last Sunday morning we attended the service at the Chapel of the Resurrection, having attended the Bach Collegium Japan’s performance of the Mass in B Minor the night before. We were quite surprised to see that the configuration of the building had changed, with the pews facing a small altar near the back. Apparently a crew… Read More Sunday at Valpo
It never fails — we cannot go anywhere without meeting up with people we didn’t know were going to be there! Going to the Bach Collegium Japan’s performance of the Mass in B Minor was no exception. In an earlier post, I already wrote about meeting Bill Beermann (organist) and Craig Mueller (Lutheran pastor) at Lorraine… Read More It’s a small world, AGAIN!
There was a private reception with the Bach Collegium Japan after the concert. I’m so glad Carl bought the type of ticket which allowed us entrance into the private reception after the Bach Collegium Japan’s Mass in B Minor concert! He had brought along his copy of their Bach B-Minor CD and was able to… Read More VIP Reception with the Bach Collegium Japan
We do so many things on “automatic pilot” that when you stop and think about it, what goes into a service like our upcoming Bach Vespers on February 20th takes a heap of preparation. 1. It begins usually, with Carl ordering a CD recording. Carl’s favorite group to sing the Bach cantatas is the Bach… Read More Bach Vespers: Behind the scenes