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Monthly Archives: February 2012
The new Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra and LCH
At the announcement time last Sunday, Pastor Jeff Lilley asked parishioners to support the new Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra by buying tickets to their concerts and said there would be a group of LCHers going to one of the concerts together. … Continue reading
Posted in Honolulu Symphony musicians
Tagged Erich Kahl, Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Henri Berger, Honolulu Symphony
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The Great Litany and new Gospel Acclamations
Today was the first Sunday in Lent, and for the last twenty-five years, we have begun the service with “The Great Litany” by Peter Hallock. Carl Crosier and I first heard this setting at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, and … Continue reading
It’s Lent, but . . .
I didn’t get a chance last weekend to write about some of the other music we did for Transfiguration, because we have been so busy with a kitchen renovation. But I did want to say something about last Sunday’s opening … Continue reading
Ash Wednesday 2012
Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Today is Ash Wednesday and all over the world, these words will be spoken as ashes are imposed upon the foreheads of the faithful. They are a reminder that … Continue reading
Posted in Carl Crosier, Katherine Crosier
Tagged a cappella music, Ash Wednesday, ashes, death
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Elijah Rock
Tomorrow the offertory anthem will be the spiritual, “Elijah Rock,” a piece in a new genre for the LCH Choir. It was written by Moses Hogan (1957-2003), an African-American composer who published over seventy choral anthems and who tragically died … Continue reading
Posted in Carl Crosier
Tagged Allen Bauchle, Elijah Rock, Georgine Stark, Moses Hogan, spiritual
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The organ prelude
Yesterday, our long-time friend from the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, Randy Knutson, sent me this cartoon and it reminded me about what I wanted to write about for a long time — the organ prelude. Now, if we were … Continue reading
Posted in Katherine Crosier
Tagged joie et clarte, les corps glorieux, Olivier Messiaen, organ prelude
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Christmas in February
You won’t believe this, but two nights ago we just looked at the Christmas cards we received in December! Our Christmas was soooo busy and even though we were away in California, the cards have just been sitting in a … Continue reading
Gustav Leonhardt, early music pioneer
Today after church, one of our ushers, Chuck Pearson, handed me the obituary of Gustav Leonhardt (1928-2012), as he thought I might be interested in it. Little did he know that Leonhardt had an indirect influence on the LCH music … Continue reading
Posted in Carl Crosier, J. S. Bach
Tagged Gustav Leonhardt, Joseph Pettit, Max van Egmond, St. Matthew Passion
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“Unforgettably beautiful”
From the ridiculous to the sublime . . . as I transition from my last post on cell phones in church to something more cerebral . . . As I may have mentioned before, I subscribe to an electronic mailing … Continue reading
Posted in Choral Music
Tagged Deep River, Duruflé Requiem, Gerre Hancock, Paul Emmons, St. Thomas Church
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Cell phones in church
A former chorister, Annette Rossi, shared this YouTube video via FaceBook, and I thought blog readers would get a kick out of it. As it started to play, I thought, my goodness, that church looks so familiar, and then when … Continue reading
Posted in Katherine Crosier
Tagged Annette Rossi, Burbank, CA, cellphones in church, Westminster Presbyterian Church
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