The latest bulletin board in the courtyard of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu focuses on the history of the music program with special focus on the Rudolf von Beckerath organ and organ concerts which have been held at the church since 1975. You may or may not know that Carol Langner, whom I call the… Read More Queen of the Bulletin Boards
I am in Washington as I write this … it’s the morning of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral and the Lutheran Church of Honolulu’s chosen candidate for Director of Music and Organist has just announced it on Facebook: Sometimes, life is very clear that it is time to move on. This felt right and a new opportunity… Read More Moving on
At the announcement time last Sunday, Pastor Jeff Lilley asked parishioners to support the new Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra by buying tickets to their concerts and said there would be a group of LCHers going to one of the concerts together. A brochure has been printed and is titled “Lutheran Church of Honolulu celebrates the return… Read More The new Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra and LCH
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
This Sunday it will be Carl Crosier’s turn to address the Adult Forum, and the topic he has been asked to speak on is the history of the liturgical worship at LCH. In an earlier post, I wrote about the beginnings of the church and the influence of Germans Henri Berger and Erich Kahl. Upon reading… Read More History of the LCH music program
Carl and I leave for Chicago tonight, on our way to attend the Bach Collegium Japan’s Mass in B Minor concert, and one book that he’s taking along is “For Beer and the Bible: One Hundred Years at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, 1900-2000” by Sandra Wagner-Wright. That’s because he will be giving a lecture… Read More For Beer and the Bible
I would like to conjecture that if one typed in “Bach” and “Honolulu” that a search engine would direct you to the Lutheran Church of Honolulu website. (In fact, it does!) Over the years, Carl estimates that we have performed over 70 Bach cantatas with orchestra — but that’s just during his tenure, and that’s… Read More Bach : Honolulu = LCH