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Karl Henning

Well, how'd it go, lad? : )
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

madaboutmahler

Quote from: karlhenning on March 01, 2012, 05:02:13 AM
Well, how'd it go, lad? : )

Well, Karl - we couldn't rehearse that breaktime, but she very wonderfully waited for me as I was let out of school assembly really late... We rearranged the rehearsal to Friday (tommorow!!!!! :) :) :) :) ) but I gave her the score of the sonata which she seemed really happy to recieve! :) Wonderful moment. Thanks for asking Karl, I'll post an update about the rehearsal tommorow. Am really really excited, as you can tell! :)

Good news about the Chesham Arts Festival Prizegiving: My performance of the Chopin C Minor Nocturne seemed to go down really really well, and I was given the composition class trophy, a piano class trophy and also the trophy and bursary for the most promising senior performer! :) Was very pleased! :)
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

ibanezmonster

Quote from: madaboutmahler on March 01, 2012, 10:44:48 AM
Was very pleased! :)
8 smilies in a 2-paragraph post... I can tell.  ;)

madaboutmahler

Quote from: Greg on March 02, 2012, 10:04:47 AM
8 smilies in a 2-paragraph post... I can tell.  ;)

haha ;)

Scarlet and I met up today ( :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) there are the 8 smilies for that sentence alone!) We didn't play through any of the sonata, but just talked about it together. We talked about the difficulties of the piece and agreed to start off with the slightly easier parts. A full performance may be further away. But she'll manage all the difficulties I'm sure. She is amazing, and I could think of many more positive adjectives to describe her! She said that she had looked at the piece and said it looked beautiful. :) :) :) :)

:) :) :) :)
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

ibanezmonster

Well, I'm looking forward to hearing it!  8)

madaboutmahler

Quote from: Greg on March 02, 2012, 02:43:41 PM
Well, I'm looking forward to hearing it!  8)

Thank you, Greg!
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

madaboutmahler

Good news about the sonata:

Showed to my former composition teacher, who is a now a good friend who's opinion I trust extremely highly. He loved it fortunately, and said it was a beautiful, daring, excellent work! :) Scarlet also seems to like it, and said that she had been showing it to her teachers who had been 'really impressed by it'. :)

Scarlet and I shall start playing it soon! :)

Next work will hopefully be: "Fantasies for Viola and Chamber Orchestra'. Bound to be a very dreamy, and romantic piece. Looking forward to writing it! :)
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

John Copeland

Quote from: madaboutmahler on March 02, 2012, 12:57:04 PM
haha ;)
Scarlet and I met up today ( :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) there are the 8 smilies for that sentence alone!) We didn't play through any of the sonata, but just talked about it together. We talked about the difficulties of the piece and agreed to start off with the slightly easier parts. A full performance may be further away. But she'll manage all the difficulties I'm sure. She is amazing, and I could think of many more positive adjectives to describe her! She said that she had looked at the piece and said it looked beautiful. :) :) :) :)
:) :) :) :)

Ach!  We're all gagging to hear it still!  Lets hear it!  Soon!

madaboutmahler

Quote from: Scots John on March 08, 2012, 02:15:00 PM
Ach!  We're all gagging to hear it still!  Lets hear it!  Soon!

haha :) Sorry, John. And thank you for the interest! :)
Scarlet and I shall be practicing it soon, and hopefully there will be a recording in a few months... I can post the computer playback first if you want to hear it? Not the best quality though. Scarlet will give the most beautiful performance. :) :)
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

Karl Henning

I'm waiting for Scarlet!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

madaboutmahler

Scarlet....  0:) ...erm... yes.

Well, if anyone wants to hear the computer playback, please just let me know and I'll send it to them via personal message perhaps.
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

John Copeland

Quote from: madaboutmahler on March 09, 2012, 12:47:11 PM
Scarlet....  0:) ...erm... yes.

Well, if anyone wants to hear the computer playback, please just let me know and I'll send it to them via personal message perhaps.

A few months????????????
:o
Oh well...can I get to hear the digitized version then?

ibanezmonster

Yeah, me too. A few months is just too long to wait.

madaboutmahler

Thanks John and Greg, I shall send you the audio tommorow through personal message. I look forward to your opinions, and thank you for your interest!

Anyone else? :)
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

Lisztianwagner

You can count me as well, although I would prefer to listen to the live performance (I'm very curious to listen to Scarlet). :)
"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." - Gustav Mahler

Karl Henning

Will you PM me a score, Daniel?
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

AndanteCantabile

Quote from: madaboutmahler on March 09, 2012, 01:16:18 PM
Thanks John and Greg, I shall send you the audio tommorow through personal message. I look forward to your opinions, and thank you for your interest!

Anyone else? :)

Can I hear it too?

(I am a composer myself, so I'm very interested in things like this. ;))

madaboutmahler

Quote from: Lisztianwagner on March 09, 2012, 01:25:36 PM
You can count me as well, although I would prefer to listen to the live performance (I'm very curious to listen to Scarlet). :)

Ok, sure. :) Me too... I can't wait to hear her play it! It is written for her, (it was written with her completely in mind), so I am sure she will give it a beautiful performance. I better start practicing my piano part, it is rather difficult! :)

Quote from: karlhenning on March 09, 2012, 03:40:46 PM
Will you PM me a score, Daniel?

Will do tommorow morning, Karl. Thank you for the interest!

Quote from: AndanteCantabile on March 10, 2012, 05:19:32 AM
Can I hear it too?

(I am a composer myself, so I'm very interested in things like this. ;))

Of course, thank you for your interest.

Will send out the audios very soon. I just need to make a few adjustments.

Thank you all! :)
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

madaboutmahler

Feels a mass coming on!!!!  :o :)
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

madaboutmahler

Started a new piece this evening! Not quite sure what it is yet... but it's a very romantic piece, showing much desire and subtlety. The piece does start with a fortissimo organ solo however, but what follows is very peaceful... A massive climax in mind for later in the piece though. So far, it is based on just four chords, with many harmonies floating around them accompanied by very impressionistic orchestration.

Looking forward to continuing it! :)

Will get the violin sonata out soon, by the way! :)
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven