The Armed Man

July 30, 2019

Two of today’s four performances made a huge impact on me—the first was Karl Jenkins’ “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace,” performed by the Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir; the Philharmonia Players, Gregory Bannan, baritone; and Samuel Hudson, conductor. The work begins with a military march and drumbeat and the singing of the 15th… Read More The Armed Man

— Organists and Organ Playing —

The Haydn little organ

June 24, 2017

There will be one moment in tomorrow’s Thirteenth Annual Hawaii Vocal Masterworks Festival concert where I’ll get a chance to “shine” (either that, or be a flop!), and that is in the Benedictus movement of Haydn’s Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo, nicknamed “The Little Organ Mass.” The work was written about 1775 for the Convent Church… Read More The Haydn little organ

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Musings from the Organ Bench

Tag: Benedictus

The Armed Man

The Haydn little organ