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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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Live and learn

We have just finished the opening Mozart Konzert and it was a night of spectacular singing and playing, especially from Darel Stark (Mozart’s Violin Concerto in A major) and Georgine Stark (soprano in Exsultate jubilate) who with her extreme agility … Continue reading

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What is a fortepiano, anyway?

For this weekend’s all-Mozart concerts, we have advertised the fact that it will be the debut of our fortepiano, built by Philip Belt. You may be wondering what the heck is a fortepiano anyway, and why do some people call … Continue reading

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The Mozart Konzert

Yesterday I sent out the press releases on the first Abendmusiken concert of the season, The Mozart Konzert, scheduled for Saturday, October 1st at 7:30 pm and repeated on Sunday, October 2nd at 4:00 pm. Miguel Felipe designed this concert’s … Continue reading

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A new era

Tomorrow night we are looking forward to the first Thursday night choir rehearsal with Miguel Felipe and already it’s been a jumpstart into the 21st century! He sent out the following message: I can’t fully express how excited I am to … Continue reading

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Another six concerts

This morning we got up early to attend a keyboard mini-festival and what was interesting was that artists we have heard previously are playing different instruments. We began with a harpsichord concert by Peter Sykes whom I have heard as … Continue reading

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