Next week I’ll be hosting organist Jonathan Dimmock who will be here from San Francisco to play the organ part of the Duruflé Requiem performance on November 1st. Jonathan, along with Dana Marsh (who was in Hawaii recently to conduct the Early Music Hawaii concert), is someone we met years ago through our common friend of Peter… Read More Jonathan Dimmock, concert organist
On Christmas Eve at the late night service, you may have noticed mezzo-soprano, Laurie Rubin, being led by the other soloists whenever she got up to sing. That is because Laurie has been blind from birth but it hasn’t stopped her from pursuing a musical career. A fascinating article about Laurie recently appeared in The… Read More Do you dream in color?
Here’s a letter Carl wrote to the choir: Dear LCH Choir, Words really can’t express the joy I felt last Sunday as we presented the Haydn “Lord Nelson” Mass during my final service at LCH. I will admit I had some “real fire in the belly” in some sections, taking them faster than we had… Read More Thank you to the Choir
This afternoon we had the final dress rehearsal with orchestra for the Haydn ‘Lord Nelson Mass,” the last major work Carl will conduct as Cantor of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. We started off by rehearsing the three hymns for tomorrow: Christ is made the sure foundation (sung to the tune EDEN CHURCH in a… Read More Just one more day to go!
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
There are just four days left before Carl Crosier’s final service and the countdown has begun! You’ll never guess what we’re doing? Yup, typing the final bulletin and since Friday is a holiday this week (Admissions Day in Hawaii), it means that everything has to be finished by tonight so that the church office can… Read More Four days to go and counting
This afternoon the choir had the first read-through on the Haydn “Lord Nelson Mass” which will be sung as the Ordinary for Carl Crosier’s last Sunday, August 21st. I was telling someone that when we heard it sung as the Ordinary as Christopher Robinson’s last Sunday at St. John’s, Cambridge, during most of the service… Read More Rehearsal, then Party!
When I told Carl I was going to start writing about the Lord Nelson Mass, he protested. “But it’s too early!” That’s the major work he is planning for his final service at LCH for the Ordinary. Hey, Carl, if it’s too early, how is it that you started studying the score the very next… Read More Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass