Category Archives: Peter Hallock

New (to us) Gospel Acclamations

In the Lutheran liturgy, the Gospel Acclamation, once known as the Alleluia, comes right after the second reading and precedes the reading of the Gospel. Verses are appointed for the day, which are sung after the Alleluia refrain. Over the … Continue reading

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Compline Underground

Not too long ago, we were contacted by Ken Peterson, a singer in the Seattle Compline choir, for information about the Compline service at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. Ken writes an excellent blog, Compline Underground, and he is beginning … Continue reading

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Post-Advent Procession

For those of you who are not FaceBook users, I would like to share a couple of pictures taken by Jean Lilley at last night’s Advent Procession. (FaceBook users can view the pictures on LCH’s FaceBook page). When people came up … Continue reading

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Hallock’s music for Advent

Last night at choir rehearsal we began rehearsing Peter Hallock’s processional for Advent, “From lands that see the sun arise,” a piece which the choir will sing to open the 37th Advent Procession on November 27th. Over these many years … Continue reading

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Music for “The Last Judgment”

In the month of November, the lectionary focuses on The End of Time. and I couldn’t help but think about the music last season. Just about this time last year, we gave two ground-breaking performances of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 … Continue reading

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Just one more day to go!

This afternoon we had the final dress rehearsal with orchestra for the Haydn ‘Lord Nelson Mass,” the last major work Carl will conduct as Cantor of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. We started off by rehearsing the three hymns for … Continue reading

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Rehearsal, then Party!

This afternoon the choir had the first read-through on the Haydn “Lord Nelson Mass” which will be sung as the Ordinary for Carl Crosier’s last Sunday, August 21st. I was telling someone that when we heard it sung as the … Continue reading

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Easter Day at LCH

Today is Easter Sunday 2011 and the morning services are over, with Easter Compline yet to go. Allen Bauchle and I arrived at 7 am this morning to rehearse the trumpet and organ music for the 8 am service. In … Continue reading

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Preparations for Easter Vigil

I read online that in India among Orthodox Christians, the Easter Vigil actually starts in the evening after the service on Good Friday. In the Crosier household, we actually began our Easter Vigil preparations on Good Friday itself, because that … Continue reading

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The marathon begins

Today is Maundy Thursday, the beginning of our four-day marathon (The Three Days plus Easter Day). The choir will meet tonight for rehearsal at 6:15, followed by the service at 7:30 pm. For some reason, it doesn’t seem like it … Continue reading

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