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Lutheran Church
John Dornenburg will be one of the soloists performing
"St. Matthew Passion." He'll play the viola d' gamba,
which is like a cello with six strings, fretted like a
guitar. It was used in the Renaissance and
early Baroque periods.
Two hundred years ago, Johann Sebastian Bach was writing massive pieces to be performed with musicians and singers on opposite sides of a church, audience in the middle, and music all around.
At 7 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday, the Lutheran Church of Honolulu will replicate that surround-sound effect with a performance of "St. Matthew Passion," the way Bach would've done it.
"It'll be a real stereophonic experience," promises Carl Crosier, music director of the church, who has been working for two years to bring the production about.
A cast of nearly 100 is involved, including two small orchestras, two adult choirs, a children's choir and soloists from across the country, some of them performing on instruments of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
The church's 1,604-pipe organ has been called into service, and a second pipe organ -- about the size of an upright piano -- has been shipped in from New York. "This is the type of organ that would've been played by Bach himself," Crosier says.
He's gone to all this trouble because it is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the church -- and the 250th anniversary of Bach's death.
"This is the way Bach originally performed this work," he says. "Nowadays, most of the time this piece is performed in a concert hall, where it's not possible to do this. You don't get this real antiphonal kind of effect."
Once the singers and musicians take their places, the church will be able to hold an audience of about 300, and few seats are left. Reserved seats are $35; general admission is $25. Extra parking is available at the Punahou School lower field. Call 941-2566.
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