Crudblud's Craptacular C(r)ompositions

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Crudblud

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

It's got a bassoon and a bass clarinet, what more could you want? Probably a lot, but this is all I got.

Karl Henning

Quote from: Crudblud on February 25, 2020, 12:10:45 AM
https://www.youtube.com/v/YZMqnKvZbws

It's got a bassoon and a bass clarinet, what more could you want? Probably a lot, but this is all I got.

This is a beauty, a perfect miniature.  Good to see you back in the saddle!
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

Crudblud

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on February 25, 2020, 06:01:13 AM
This is a beauty, a perfect miniature.  Good to see you back in the saddle!
High praise indeed! Thanks Karl, your kind words are most appreciated.

Crudblud

https://www.youtube.com/v/cIqjNh1di44

A short one. I haven't decided how to release this yet so there are no downloads. Possibly it will end up as part of a loosely related series of similarly titled works.

Karl Henning

Quote from: Crudblud on March 20, 2020, 05:32:47 AM
https://www.youtube.com/v/cIqjNh1di44

A short one. I haven't decided how to release this yet so there are no downloads. Possibly it will end up as part of a loosely related series of similarly titled works.

Lovely!
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

Uhor

It's always interesting to hear what you come up with, I can imagine a slow gestural dance to this one.

Crudblud

Thanks guys. Sorry for the delayed response, I held off posting here because I was expecting to have this next one ready to go sooner, but here it is now.

https://www.youtube.com/v/OMJvs1eJitY

This is not part of the potential series (no news yet!) I mentioned earlier, rather an offshoot of Offering. I really like the way this ensemble sounds and I wanted to do at least one more thing with it before moving on to something else.

Mahlerian

I hope that you don't stop using this ensemble now, as it really has potential for something larger than the two pieces you've produced so far. Keep it up!
"l do not consider my music as atonal, but rather as non-tonal. I feel the unity of all keys. Atonal music by modern composers admits of no key at all, no feeling of any definite center." - Arnold Schoenberg

Crudblud

Quote from: Mahlerian on April 23, 2020, 04:28:27 AM
I hope that you don't stop using this ensemble now, as it really has potential for something larger than the two pieces you've produced so far. Keep it up!
Oh, don't worry, there's more to come, I'm just not sure what it is yet. At the moment I have another project for a different ensemble I'm eager to get started with, I've been planning stuff for it for a while, but it's not quite there yet.

Karl Henning

Quote from: Crudblud on April 23, 2020, 02:39:04 AM
Thanks guys. Sorry for the delayed response, I held off posting here because I was expecting to have this next one ready to go sooner, but here it is now.

https://www.youtube.com/v/OMJvs1eJitY

This is not part of the potential series (no news yet!) I mentioned earlier, rather an offshoot of Offering. I really like the way this ensemble sounds and I wanted to do at least one more thing with it before moving on to something else.

Beauty!
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

Crudblud


Crudblud

Well well, my good sirs and madams, it is time for more of this, whatever this is! In fact, "this" is a substantial new piece called To the Wild and Hidden Spaces, written for a sixteen piece ensemble consisting of winds, brass, strings, keyboards, synthesisers, and mallets.

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

Liner notes featuring a moderately detailed essay on the composition can be found in the download versions, available free of charge (as ever) in mp3 and FLAC if you are so inclined.

Thanking you kindly, and in advance, for your attention.

Mahlerian

Quote from: Crudblud on May 22, 2020, 07:40:51 AM
Well well, my good sirs and madams, it is time for more of this, whatever this is! In fact, "this" is a substantial new piece called To the Wild and Hidden Spaces, written for a sixteen piece ensemble consisting of winds, brass, strings, keyboards, synthesisers, and mallets.

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

Liner notes featuring a moderately detailed essay on the composition can be found in the download versions, available free of charge (as ever) in mp3 and FLAC if you are so inclined.

Thanking you kindly, and in advance, for your attention.

The influence from Eastern music genres such as Gagaku blends into your style wonderfully, and this music has a wider sense of space than I've heard in your earlier work. I love both the subtle play of timbres and the way the melodic lines have become ever more distinctive while remaining within your own idiom. Beautiful.
"l do not consider my music as atonal, but rather as non-tonal. I feel the unity of all keys. Atonal music by modern composers admits of no key at all, no feeling of any definite center." - Arnold Schoenberg

Crudblud

Quote from: Mahlerian on May 22, 2020, 08:41:35 AM
The influence from Eastern music genres such as Gagaku blends into your style wonderfully, and this music has a wider sense of space than I've heard in your earlier work. I love both the subtle play of timbres and the way the melodic lines have become ever more distinctive while remaining within your own idiom. Beautiful.
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you like it.

Karl Henning

Quote from: Crudblud on May 22, 2020, 07:40:51 AM
Well well, my good sirs and madams, it is time for more of this, whatever this is! In fact, "this" is a substantial new piece called To the Wild and Hidden Spaces, written for a sixteen piece ensemble consisting of winds, brass, strings, keyboards, synthesisers, and mallets.

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

Liner notes featuring a moderately detailed essay on the composition can be found in the download versions, available free of charge (as ever) in mp3 and FLAC if you are so inclined.

Thanking you kindly, and in advance, for your attention.

Beautiful, exquisite and dynamic, Dan. Bravo!
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

Crudblud

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on May 23, 2020, 04:13:51 PM
Beautiful, exquisite and dynamic, Dan. Bravo!
Thank you for the kind words, Karl!

Karl Henning

I meant to tell you, Dan, that before the contest's starting gun, when I was turning general musical notions, the models I was keeping in view were your own pieces, and Zappa's (e.g) "Igor's Boogie, Phases 1 & 2" and "Project X"
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

Crudblud

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 13, 2020, 05:31:06 AM
I meant to tell you, Dan, that before the contest's starting gun, when I was turning general musical notions, the models I was keeping in view were your own pieces, and Zappa's (e.g) "Igor's Boogie, Phases 1 & 2" and "Project X"
An honour, on both counts. Thanks. Wishing you the best of luck!

Karl Henning

Dan, I have been taking delight in revisiting your Henningssonate.  Eager to win my way back to the clarinet, so I might play this.
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