In my last post, “A leap of faith,” I wrote about the beginnings of our Annual Organ Concert series, and how it all started with the concert with Paul Jacobs in 2006. Since then we have hosted twelve more annual organ concerts of “rising stars” — you can see a list of the artists here.… Read More Meet Adam Pajan
“The sackbuts are coming!” is a post I wrote back in 2015 and should tell you everything you need to know about the early trombone. That’s when I wrote: The sack . . . what? Is that kind of a joke? Can you imagine your kid coming home from school and saying, “Mom and dad,… Read More The sackbuts are coming … Round 3!
Tomorrow night’s Early Music Hawaii features music by Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613), a musician whose chromatic style was not seen again until the 19th century — a musician ahead of his time. What he’s famous for, outside of the music, though, is the story about how he killed his wife and her lover — and got… Read More Scandalous murder
These days, we think nothing of getting onto an airplane and flying across the ocean for a vacation. This past year I traveled to Europe on three separate trips (Amsterdam, Austria, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, England and Switzerland) and I’ve just booked my 2019 travels with again three trips to Europe (England, Greece, and… Read More Telemann’s Holiday in Paris
So observed Ian Capps at last night’s Early Music Hawaii concert, “Treasures of the French Baroque.” Here is the letter Ian wrote to last night’s performers: Congratulations, you did it again! Our faithful audience… was introduced to a completely new repertory and loved it. Not a soul left at the intermission, as far as I… Read More No one left at intermission!
Last Sunday morning I was in my Zürich hotel getting ready to go to the airport when I got a text message from United Airlines saying that my flight would be delayed by 85 minutes. That meant that I would have missed my connection in San Francisco, but luckily I was able to rebook a… Read More Treasures of the French Baroque
While I am home for sixteen days between European trips, I have a long “to do” list besides the obvious—doing laundry and repacking my suitcase! I did tell you of my desktop computer debacle (“A glutton for punishment”) and at this moment, the restore process has taken four whole days! While the files were being… Read More A new role
Last month when I published the newsletter for my condo association, I listed the following checklist before going on vacation: Filling out a Resident Vacation Form to let the office know how long you’ll be gone. Putting your mail on hold. Putting a vacation stop to the daily newspaper. Unplugging electronics. Getting someone to water… Read More Vacation checklist
It was another of those crazy weekends requiring me to shift gears quickly for the music at hand: A rehearsal with the Early Music Hawaii ladies for their dress rehearsal for “Triumph Against the Odds;” a concert with the Iolani School Chorus and Hokuloa Singers (John Alexander, director) in which I played a Mozart orchestral… Read More Three choirs in three days … and more!
This coming Saturday night is the final concert of the season for Early Music Hawaii, May 19 at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, 7:30 pm. I thought I was going to be “off the hook” for this concert, but as it turns out, I’ll be playing for the opera by Francesca Caccini—the first known opera… Read More Triumph Against the Odds 2