This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday (Sunday of the Passion), and the service begins outside in the courtyard. The choir will sing a setting of “Hosanna to the son of David,” (this year by Hutchings) and I’m always amazed at how resonant they sound outdoors. Then the whole congregation will walk around the outside of… Read More Palm Sunday Parade
For next Sunday’s Joint Evensong with St. Andrew’s Cathedral Choir, I wasn’t planning to do anything other than sit in the congregation and take a few photos. But then, on Monday Carl suggested to Cathedral Musician, John Renke, that perhaps I could be “persuaded” to play Bach’s “Aus tiefer Not” (Out of the depths have… Read More Out of the depths
Sooner or later, nearly everyone gets to Hawaii. We’ve said that for family, friends, relatives, and organists. We at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu are especially fortunate to have hosted some of the great organists of the world, and I’m positive that what put us on the map is the presence of the Beckerath organ.… Read More Famous organists visit LCH
We are so incredibly blessed to have the Rudolf von Beckerath organ in our church. The instrument is now 35 years old and it’s as good as new, having undergone a complete restoration and cleaning in 2008. A year ago there was incident in which the doors fell off due to metal fatigue in the… Read More The Rudolf von Beckerath Organ, 1975