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For the next in our First Mondays concert series, we experience musical life at German courts during the eighteenth century.
This concert shows us a glimpse of Weißenfels—one of the most famous German courts of the time. George Frederic Handel began his musical training there, Johann Sebastian Bach received prestigious appointments there during his Liepzig years, and Johann Phillip Krieger served the court as Kapellmeister for nearly 45 years. Others passed through or lived in close proximity, including Schütz and Telemann.
This concert features Naomi Barrett, soprano; Melissa Walker, mezzo-soprano; Karol Nowicki, tenor; Scott Fikse, bass-baritone; and members of the Bach Chamber Orchestra
Selections to be performed include:
Pupus and non-alcoholic drinks will be served before the concert beginning at 6:30.
Free-will donations are welcome.
The 2019–20 series of First Monday Chamber Concerts is free, and all are welcome. Visit our First Mondays Chamber Concerts page for a listing of the concerts in the series and to learn how you can support these concerts.
For the next in our First Mondays concert series, we welcome good friend of LCH music, the Stark Duo.
Known to audiences around O‘ahu, The Stark Duo represents the finest in artistry, virtuosity, and creativity. Since 1991, the duo has performed a widely varied and unjustly-neglected repertoire, including an emphasis on American music. Darel Stark, violin and viola, and Georgine Stark, soprano, will perform songs without words, vocalizes, as well as a few surprises, including works by David Diamond, György Kurtág, Wallingford Riegger, D. Stark, R. Vaughan Williams, Eugène Ysaÿe, and more.
Pupus and non-alcoholic drinks will be served before the concert beginning at 6:30.
Free-will donations are welcome.
The 2019–20 series of First Monday Chamber Concerts is free, and all are welcome. Visit our First Mondays Chamber Concerts page for a listing of the concerts in the series and to learn how you can support these concerts.
For the next in our First Mondays concert series, join us as we seek to explore the human condition—as well as the physical world—for the opposites of each other. What does it mean to be opposite one another? To be diametrically opposed to another way of thinking? Or to be physicall so different from one another? One is starving; the other is abundant. One is overjoyed, the other overwhelmed. One is Native Hawaiian, the other Western European. Are we really that far apart from each other?
This performance is produced by HI Arts Lab, Honolulu’s newest performing arts company, bringing a variety of art forms together to create innovative and collaborative experiences. Visit www.hiartslab.org for more information.
Pupus and non-alcoholic drinks will be served before the concert beginning at 6:30.
Free-will donations are welcome.
The 2019–20 series of First Monday Chamber Concerts is free, and all are welcome. Visit our First Mondays Chamber Concerts page for a listing of the concerts in the series and to learn how you can support these concerts.
Welcome the new year with German Vespers for New Year’s Day, a tradition at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu since 2002. The service honors the church’s heritage as a congregation founded by German immigrants to Hawaii‘i and the the German practice of ushering in the new year with religious celebrations.
This year’s German Vespers features Cantata 122, Das neugeborne Kindelein, by J.S. Bach, Cantate Domino by Dietrich Buxtehude, Magnificat in D by Johann Pachelbel, and hymns auf Deutsch to create a wonderfully unique and culturally rich vespers service.. Music we be performed by the LCH Choir, soloists, and the Bach Chamber Orchestra, all under the direction of Scott Fikse. The sermon will be offered (in German, with translation) by the Rev. Anke Flor.
Join us for this perennial favorite, and ring in the Neues Jahr! The worship service is free, and a freewill offering will be received to benefit the church’s music program.
Organ Plus is a term that has been used to indicate music for organ with instruments. In spite of the organist having the reputation of being a “one person orchestra,” the addition of instruments greatly enhances the listening experience and expands the repertoire.
As part of the First Mondays Chamber Concerts series at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, organists Katherine Crosier and Jieun Kim Newland will present a concert featuring the organ in duets with trombone, oboe, violin and recorder, plus two works for organ duet and organ trios. The program, “Organ Plus,” will also feature instrumentalists Luke Reed, trombone; Sara Ricer, oboe; Darel Stark, violin; and Charles Coldwell, recorder.
Works to be performed include Bach’s “Concerto in C major, BWV 595,” “Sinfonia from Cantata 12,” “Sinfonia from Cantata 156,” “Concerto in A minor after Vivaldi”; Johann Krebs’ “Fantasia on ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’”; Tomaso Albinoni’s “Adagio in G minor” and “Trio Sonata in B minor”; and Claudio Monteverdi’s “Laudate dominum.”
Katherine Crosier provides lots of details on the performers, in the post “The PLUS in Organ PLUS+” from her blog Another Year of Insanity.
Pupus and non-alcoholic drinks will be served before the concert beginning at 6:30.
Free-will donations are welcome.
The 2019–20 series of First Monday Chamber Concerts is free, and all are welcome. Visit our First Mondays Chamber Concerts page for a listing of the concerts in the series and to learn how you can support these concerts.
Lutheran Church of Honolulu ushers in the season with the 45th annual Advent Procession of lessons and carols. First presented in 1975, this festival service has become a beautiful Honolulu tradition and perennial favorite. Join in singing familiar carols accompanied by the Beckerath organ while our choirs share some of the finest choral works inspired by Advent texts.
Freewill offering accepted. All are welcome!
O Radiant Dawn: James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Tomorrow Go Ye Forth: Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962)
O Day Full of Grace: F. Melius Christiansen (1871–1955)
Magnificat, Collegium Regale: H. Howells (1892–1983)
and others
The LCH Choir
Rev. Jeffrey Lilley, pastor
Scott Fikse, conductor
Mark Wong, organist
Come by for a free night of contemporary soul, gospel, and singer-songwriter music for the newest installment of our First Mondays Chamber Concert series.
Stephanie Anne Johnson is a multifaceted vocalist who enjoys singing handwritten acoustic soul music, performing with regional musical theater companies, and serving communities as a teaching artist. In the past few years, they have performed with Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Actor’s Theater of Louisville, The Village Theater in Hairspray and numerous venues in Seattle including the Tractor Tavern, the Royal Room, and the Triple Door. They were a lounge singer for Holland America Cruise Line, a member of the Seattle area Dickens Carolers, and a Top 20 Finalist on Season 5 of NBC’s Emmy Award Winning The Voice. Their final song “Georgia on My Mind,” rose to the #4 spot on iTunes R&B and Soul charts.
Accompanying Stephanie Anne will be Maika‘i Nash, a Hawaii-born pianist with an illustrious solo career, and the Co-Artistic Director of HIArts Lab.
Pupus and non-alcoholic drinks will be served before the concert beginning at 6:30. Meet the members of your local music community, and enjoy an electrically soulful program. You won’t want to miss this!
Free-will donations are accepted.
The 2019–20 series of First Monday Chamber Concerts is free, and all are welcome. Visit our First Mondays Chamber Concerts page for a listing of the concerts in the series and to learn how you can support these concerts.
Mourning into Dancing is a ceremony in honor of All Saints and All Souls, featuring beautiful choral and instrumental music, inspiring text, and time to come together for a collective and personal moment of reflection and remembrance.
Joined by harp, organ, and cello, the LCH Choir will present stunning works by contemporary and Renaissance composers that seek to guide us on a journey out of the darkness of grief and into the light of joy. All are welcome. Donations to the music program welcome.
Selections include:
LCH Choir
Jeffrey Lilley, pastor
Scott Fikse, conductor
Mark Wong, organ
Tugce Bryant, cello
Megan Bledsoe Ward, harp
Renowned organist, composer, and improviser Maurice Duruflé held the post of titular organist at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris from 1929 until his death in 1986.
Duruflé composed the majority of his relatively small output of works during this time. He was a perfectionist by all accounts, and all of his surviving compositions are gems of the repertoire.
Tonight’s program features:
LCH Choir & Men’s Schola
Scott Fikse, conductor
Mark Wong, organist
The 2019–20 series of First Monday Chamber Concerts is free, and all are welcome. Visit our First Mondays Chamber Concerts page for a listing of the concerts in the series and to learn how you can support these concerts.