As of yesterday, there were only 17 Preferred Seats left on Friday, and 16 Preferred Seats left for Saturday, of our performances of Bach’s Mass in B Minor! General seating is still available, though, so if you don’t have your reservations in, please go to our website: www.lchwelcome.org/music2010. The church office is also taking reservations,… Read More Going, going, GONE!
Tomorrow, April 12th at 10:00 am, host Gene Schiller will have two guests in the studio: Ian Capps, host of Hawaii Public Radio’s The Early Muse, and Carl Crosier, cantor of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, during HPR’s semi-annual fund drive. You’ll hear Carl and Ian pitching LCH’s upcoming performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor, and they… Read More LCH and Public Radio
We bought a new computer last week — but for anyone who has gone through this “process,” you know that we’re in a period of transition. It’s a little like moving — first of all there’s all the sorting — determining what you don’t need anymore. Then there’s the packing into boxes, then the actual… Read More Moving right along
“I was much encouraged by the rehearsal tonight,” Carl said on the way home last night after our 5th choral rehearsal on the Mass in B Minor. For openers, almost everyone was present, which is a big part of the equation! That reminds me of a joke that is floating around the internet: A community band… Read More Week 5 – Bach on target!
Last weekend, we were in heaven listening to the Bach Collegium Japan’s performance of Bach’s “Mass in B Minor.” Last night, we came crashing back to earth with a giant THUD when several key singers were absent from the fourth choral rehearsal of this same work. But why did they all have to be from… Read More Bach to reality — THUD!
How can I possibly describe a concert that was so filled with musicality, with spirituality, with beauty, with so much JOY?! The Bach Collegium Japan’s performance of the Mass in B-Minor was utter perfection in so many ways. The choir was pure heaven, with just four per part, and incredibly well-blended. Every section of the… Read More The experience of a lifetime
Tonight was the third choral rehearsal for the Bach Mass in B Minor, and Carl says that the choir now has gone through every piece at least once. Even though there were a number of people missing, Carl still had to remind people not to oversing. “We only have continuo accompaniment in many sections, and… Read More Week 3: It’s coming together
After last week’s rehearsal of the Bach Mass in B Minor, I would have said the score was: Bach 1, Choir 0 especially because we had some key singers miss the rehearsal due to the opera and other conflicts. This week, I can happily say that we’ve evened the score — Bach 1, Choir 1.… Read More Week 2: the score is even
So proclaimed Carl Crosier yesterday, in reminding choristers about the next Mass in B Minor rehearsal which is tomorrow night (March 8 at 7:00 pm). Some people have already found that the “tessitura” (vocal range) of the work is very high and have asked to be put in a lower voice part. “Everyone will be… Read More The B-Minor Mass isn’t sightreadable!
If you asked Carl Crosier today who his favorite interpreter of Bach’s choral music he would say it is the widely-acclaimed Bach Collegium Japan, under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki. In fact, Carl has ordered multiple copies of the Bach Collegium Japan’s CD of the Bach “Mass in B Minor” for the choir to study. A… Read More Bach Collegium Japan