The Sunday after Easter is sometimes referred to as Low Sunday. One website described it this way: The word “low” may serve to contrast it with the “high” festival of Easter on the preceding Sunday. Or, the word “low” may be a corruption of the Latin word laudes, the first word of a sequence used in… Read More The week after Easter
To say that I have survived a big weekend is an understatement! I got up at 4:45 am on Friday morning to catch an early Hawaiian Airlines flight to Lihue, Kauai, where I was met at the airport by my student, Daniel Welch. We drove straight to All Saints Episcopal Church in Kapaa, where I… Read More Big weekend!
That’s how I would describe tonight’s Kauai Chorale concert—never has there ever been a sing-along concert on the island of Kauai where a sold-out audience sang so loudly and enthusiastically, accompanied by a real pipe organ. And did they ever raise the rafters and sing their hearts out! The concert opened with Dan Forrest’s celebratory… Read More We raised the rafters!
Ah, you probably don’t even know what I’m talking about. A few years ago, I found a cartoon about the music of Olivier Messiaen that I “Liked” on Facebook and perhaps even copied. I thought perhaps I had saved a copy in my Photos on my phone, but as I laboriously looked through years 2000-2015… Read More The lost is found!
Sweet melancholy. That’s how I would describe last night’s Early Music Hawaii concert by Les Voix Humaines Consort of Viols whose program featured John Dowland’s “Lachrimae.” They were in Hawaii after finishing a series of concerts in Japan, and would Early Music Hawaii host them for a series of concerts here? They gave a concert… Read More Sweet melancholy
Do you remember Blue Light Specials at K-Mart? Here’s a description to refresh your memory: Kmart® is a discount department store best known for its iconic blue light special sales gimmick, consisting of surprise announcements when price-cuts were offered for a limited time on specific merchandise. At the beginning of each random sales blitz, the phrase “Attention Kmart® shoppers…”… Read More Attention, K-Mart Shoppers… !