An overflow crowd attended our Bach Vespers last Sunday night, the last one Carl Crosier conducted as Cantor of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. True to form, we didn’t pick up the worship booklets until 2 pm Sunday afternoon, and were surprised to be waited on by LCH parishioner, Jaime Garcia, at our local FedEx… Read More Big crowd for Bach
It’s Friday night, the beginning of a three-day weekend, and guess where the choir was tonight? At LCH, of course, where we had a dress rehearsal with orchestra for Sunday’s Bach Vespers! As I wrote in earlier posts, this is Carl’s final Bach cantata, and he made a point to thank the choir and especially… Read More Friday night Dress Rehearsal
There was a story about Max Reger (1873-1916) which I learned in graduate school and still remember to this day. In answer to a music critic, Reger wrote: “I am sitting in the smallest room of my house. I have your review before me. In a moment it will be behind me!” Here’s another quote… Read More Reger and Cornelius this week