For the upcoming Early Music Hawaii concert, “The Golden Age of Spanish Culture,” the ensemble has rehearsed online over Zoom, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, and last night, in my bedroom! All because rehearsal space at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu has not been available. When we remodeled our condo in 2012, I am glad… Read More A bedroom rehearsal hall
If you are an organist, you’ve probably run across an organ stop called “Vox Humana,” which in Latin means “human voice.” According to Wikipedia, “The Vox humana is a short-resonator reed stop on the pipe organ, so named because of its supposed resemblance to the human voice. As a rule, the stop is used with… Read More Les Voix Humaines
I just put clean sheets on the bed for a houseguest this week, Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba player, who is coming to Honolulu as part of the trio called Chatham Baroque. The players also include Andrew Fouts, baroque violin; and Scott Pauley, archlute and baroque guitar. Sponsored by Early Music Hawaii, the concert will be Saturday, May… Read More One of Pittsburgh’s greatest treasures
I just finished sending the program off to the printers for this Saturday night’s Early Music Hawaii program at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. It’s a group called Ostraka, and they will be performing a program called “Leaving Parnassus: French Baroque refinement,” and will play music by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marin Marais, Louis… Read More Don’t miss Ostraka