“Vinikour makes a concert an experience, in the very best sense of the word. His playing excites the ear.” (Christian Science Monitor) If you are a Hawaii Symphony subscriber, you know that harpsichordist and conductor, Jory Vinikour, is in Honolulu to perform movements from Handel Messiah and the Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 this weekend,… Read More Jory Vinikour, harpsichordist and conductor
“I hate this piece!” That’s what one of my organ students told me at her lesson yesterday, not just once, but several times.”I hate this piece! It’s just so hard!” Yes, this is a difficult piece for an organist to play, but one of those “must learn, must do” pieces for organists, since so many… Read More “Hallelujah” Chorus
If there is any way you could spend an hour (really, 59 minutes and 10 seconds!) between now and Christmas, I invite you to watch this fascinating BBC video about how George Frideric Handel composed Messiah to raise money to support the Foundling Hospital. Based on my offhand comments in my last post on Handel being… Read More The story behind Messiah
One of the stories in the news today is an article on how music can affect you in such a way as to give you chills. Quoting from the article, “Musical chills, write the authors from the University of North Carolina, are “sometimes known as aesthetic chills, thrills, shivers, frisson, and even skin orgasms [who… Read More Messiah gives you chills?