Category Archives: Monteverdi Vespers

Magnificent Monteverdi at St. Andrew’s

The Monteverdi Choir (we’ve already renamed the group!) and The Whole Noyse brass group was asked to come to St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Sunday at 2:45 pm for a sound check, since we had never rehearsed in the space before … Continue reading

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More Monteverdi

Here’s another endorsement for the Monteverdi Vespers from Hawaii Public Radio’s Judy Neale: Congratulations to Early Music Hawaii and the Lutheran Church of Honolulu for a phenomenal performance of the Monteverdi Vespers at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa last night … Continue reading

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Broken theorbo!

At last night’s historic performance of the Monteverdi Vespers, about five minutes before we were to begin, a worried Carl Crosier came over to me at the organ and asked, “Do you know what’s going on? The bridge on Richard … Continue reading

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Monteverdi Dress Rehearsal

Last night was the last dress rehearsal before tonight’s Monteverdi Vespers performance at St. Theresa’s Co-Cathedral. It was the first time we went straight through the work, stopping after No. 10 Lauda Jerusalem,where in the concert there will be a 20-minute … Continue reading

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Period Instruments on TV!

You’ve probably noticed that in our publicity for the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 that we’ve called The Whole Noyse a “period brass ensemble.” And in our season brochure, we said that our upcoming Bach Mass in B Minor would be … Continue reading

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We are in Rehearsal!

    Tonight is our first full rehearsal with “The Company” for the upcoming Monteverdi Vespers of 1610. Up to now, we have just held rehearsals with the seven vocal soloists — one rehearsal was just the basses (Nicholas Walters … Continue reading

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Pulling out all the stops for Monteverdi

“Pulling out all the stops” — isn’t it great that an organ term is in the mainstream? It means to make every effort, and we have certainly tried to use every avenue to “get the word out” about this monumental … Continue reading

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What is a theorbo?

If you’ve seen any of our publicity for the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, you’ll notice that we list Richard Savino as the theorbo player, and you’re probably wondering, what the heck is a theorbo? A theorbo is a bass lute … Continue reading

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Ian Capps, The Early Muse

Tonight is the first of two presentations about the upcoming Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 by Ian Capps, host of Hawaii Public Radio’s The Early Muse, at the station’s Atherton Studio, 738 Kaheka Street. Ian’s one-hour program on KHPR airs on … Continue reading

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Spacious St. Theresa’s Co-Cathedral

The first Honolulu performance of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 will take place at St. Theresa’s Co-Cathedral, a new location for many Honolulu concert-goers. It is located at 712 North School Street, on the mauka side of the H-1 Freeway. … Continue reading

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