San Antonio Rows

[San Antone]

Yes.

Thanks for living.

[North Star]

Thanks for living.

Very much my pleasure. 

[San Antone]

Very much my pleasure. 

Of course I am very glad you are living but I actually meant to write listening.

[Karl Henning]

One lives to listen . . . .

[San Antone]

I am putting the finishing touches on a new work for bassoon, horn, double bass, percussion and choir (male) and fell in love with the ensemble in the process.  This new work lasts right at seven minutes, but I think I am going to write more with this collection of instruments, but featuring different percussion instruments.  This first one uses orchestral chimes.  The next might use a xylophone, and one will definitely use timpani.  I am especially happy with a contrapuntal section, which is odd for me, I don't usually write in such a formalized fashion.

Once I've written them all, probably no more than 3 or 4, I will collate them into a master score.  But who knows, this might be one of those works that goes on and on for the rest of my life ...

[Karl Henning]

Could be the viola in your life . . . .

[San Antone]

Could be the viola in your life . . . .

I haven't forgotten about your gracious invitation; I am waiting on a professor friend at Vanderbilt to free up enough time to do the psalm translation/transliteration into Arabic.  But I will start sketching out something using the other three languages to see how it goes.  If I can't get it working with those three, I'll not need the fourth.  BTW I told you it is psalm 67, which is how I know it in Hebrew, but apparently the psalms are numbered differently and the one I'm using also appears as #66 in many collections.

[Karl Henning]

Splendid!

[San Antone]

https://www.youtube.com/v/i2HUdLCeqQ4&feature=youtu.be

[San Antone]

Another work for bassoon, horn, double bass, percussion and choir.  This one, finds the xylophone filling the percussion chair.

https://www.youtube.com/v/oEsRuhRHMfA

At least two more works are planned; substituing gong/bass drum and another with piano for the percussion part.  I plan on writing as many of these as I continue to be inspired by the group of instruments and any combination of movements could be chosen for performance.

[San Antone]

This work is part of the series for bassoon, horn, double bass, percussion and choir, but for this one, I only used the horn, with gong and bass drum and choir. Most of it takes an early motive, used in the first piece for chimes, but elongated and given to the bass drum, with the gong on the downbeat. The horn has a melody over this pattern. The rhythm of the bass drum motive is slightly modified for the second horn phrase before the choir enters. The work closes out with the horn making shorter statements of a variation of the themes.

https://www.youtube.com/v/CIHWVskdCtM

[Karl Henning]

The parcel landed (a couple of days ago, actually).  Will report in more detail soon!

[Mirror Image]

This work is part of the series for bassoon, horn, double bass, percussion and choir, but for this one, I only used the horn, with gong and bass drum and choir. Most of it takes an early motive, used in the first piece for chimes, but elongated and given to the bass drum, with the gong on the downbeat. The horn has a melody over this pattern. The rhythm of the bass drum motive is slightly modified for the second horn phrase before the choir enters. The work closes out with the horn making shorter statements of a variation of the themes.

https://www.youtube.com/v/CIHWVskdCtM

This is really beautiful, David. I especially love the very last chord. Quite haunting.

[San Antone]

This is really beautiful, David. I especially love the very last chord. Quite haunting.

Thanks!

[San Antone]

https://www.youtube.com/v/JBszcKnaa0E&feature=youtu.be

This is the latest work in the series for bassoon, horn, double bass, percussion, piano and choir. It may be the last one for a while since I have written seven works and am now going back over them and rewriting, usually making them more concise, editing them down.  This work, 2015-28, delays the entrance of choir and instruments until about half way through after a introductory section of melodic content for xylophone and vibraphone over piano, gong and bass drum.

[Karl Henning]

Composer's birth year, for the King's Chapel program?  TIA

[Karl Henning]

Typographically, do you want your name in lower case in the program?

[Karl Henning]

Semi-cross-post:  Peter & I have scheduled our first rehearsal of your piece, this coming Monday evening.  Will report!

[San Antone]

Typographically, do you want your name in lower case in the program?

Originally I did not understand this question, but conform my name (if my piece makes the cut) with all the others.

Semi-cross-post:  Peter & I have scheduled our first rehearsal of your piece, this coming Monday evening.  Will report!

Thanks!

[Karl Henning]

Originally I did not understand this question, but conform my name (if my piece makes the cut) with all the others.

Ah!  I just saw that your headers for the YouTube videos were all lower-case.  How would you want the title to appear in the program?  And please prepare a brief bio & program note, against a very likely chance.