Another BIG weekend filled with music is coming up, and right on the heels of the Monteverdi Vespers! On Saturday afternoon, November 13th at 4:30 pm, members of the Bach Chamber Choir will perform John Rutter’s “Requiem,” in memory of Marilyn “Lyn” Klein, wife of long-time Compline Choir member, Bud Klein. The concert will be… Read More Rutter “Requiem” and Hallock “Last Judgment”
In 1979, the Hawaii Chapter of the American Guild of Organists hosted a regional convention in Hawaii. I had been appointed General Chair and Carl was appointed Program Chair long before we got married, so we had no idea that 18-hour days for two whole years would become the norm. Carl wrote to Peter Hallock asking… Read More Peter Hallock — The Hawaii Connection, Part II
Inspired by the Compline Service at St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, Carl Crosier gathered eight men from different churches to sing the first LCH Compline on August 1, 1976. The short service has been sung every Sunday at 9 pm ever since, interrupted only by occasional concerts and New Year’s Eve fireworks. We have the program… Read More The First LCH Compline
Anyone who has attended LCH for any length of time has surely noticed the name of Peter R. Hallock in the Sunday bulletin. Outside of St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, where Peter Hallock was the cathedral musician for forty years, the Lutheran Church of Honolulu is probably the church which performs Peter’s music the most. Actually,… Read More Peter Hallock — The Hawaii Connection, Part I