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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Catching up with Dana Marsh
Today we had lunch with a long-time friend and fellow church musician, Dana Marsh, who happened to be home with his family in California. Dana is no stranger to LCH, having given several duo countertenor recitals with Carl Crosier in … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Crosier, Christ Church Cathedral Indianapolis, Dana Marsh, Peter Hallock, Peter Marsh
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Christmas Eve at LCH
Christmas around LCH takes on the nature of a marathon where endurance and training are the name of the game. I met with former student, Joey Fala, on Friday to review all the music for the three services (two on … Continue reading
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All Saints Christmas Eve, 2011
After researching the options for fine church music in the Los Angeles area, we decided to attend All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills. We had a very leisurely dinner in a local restaurant (wow, what a concept on Christmas Eve!) … Continue reading
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Tagged All Saints Beverly Hills, Casavant, Craig Phillips, Rosales Organ Builders, Schlicker
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Three stages of development
Every day I pass Hawaiian Rent All on Beretania Street, a company which has pithy sayings on its marquee. This month the sign lists the three stages of a man’s life: 1. He believes in Santa Claus. 2. He doesn’t … Continue reading
BC and secco recitative
Last Sunday, I felt a tremendous sense of relief as I finished up the last notes of the postlude, which was Bach’s Fugue on the Magnificat. That was because it was my last service before I get on the plane … Continue reading
Bach to the familiar
I found this excellent performance of Cantata 191 from the J. S. Bach Foundation (http://www.bachstiftung.ch/) on YouTube. Each month, one of Bach’s over 200 cantatas is performed in the town of Trogen, Switzerland. On Christmas Eve at LCH, there will … Continue reading
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Tagged Georgine Stark, Keane Ishii, Mass in B Minor, Renson Madarang, Uns ist ein Kind geboren
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Our fortepiano is famous (maybe and maybe not!)
On October 1-2, 2011, the Lutheran Church of Honolulu’s first Abendmusiken Concerts of the 2011-2012 season featured the music of Mozart and the debut of our fortepiano to the Honolulu community. I posted a picture of our instrument on this … Continue reading
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Tagged fortepiano, Johan Lodewijk Dulcken, Johann Andreas Stein, Philip Belt
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Magnificat, the Song of Mary
Can you believe that this Sunday will be the Last Sunday in Advent?! and traditionally we in liturgical churches have focused on Mary, and the song she sung when she was visited by her cousin Elizabeth, and “the child leaped … Continue reading
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Tagged Magnificat, St. Martin's in the Fields
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Young conductors
Today, the Third Sunday of Advent, the LCH choir sang two motets by German Lutheran composers, “Ich bin eine Stimme eines Rufers” by Melchior Vulpius (1570-1615) and “Ich taufe mit Wasser” by Andreas Raselius (1563-1602). The first motet was sung … Continue reading
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Tagged Andreas Raselius, Melchior Vulpius, Naomi Castro, Nola Nahulu, Renson Madarang
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FROGS on Christmas Eve
The 5:00 pm Family Candlelight Eucharist on Christmas Eve will showcase musical performances by our youth, called F.R.O.G.S. (Families Revering Our God in Song), or FROGS. Years ago when Pastor Fritz Fritschel was an Assisting Pastor on the LCH staff, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Womack, Darel Stark, FROGS choir, Georgine Stark, Teresa McCreary
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