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[Karl Henning]

Quickly for the moment: we did lead the tenors back onto the path of pitch righteousness on p.9, and Nuhro was even better last night.  Shar Ki Ri went a fair bit better, as well.  I had my device recording the concert;  and New Alto Liz had a video camera running, too . . . so we have aural and visual docs of both events.

[North Star]

Quickly for the moment: we did lead the tenors back onto the path of pitch righteousness on p.9, and Nuhro was even better last night.  Shar Ki Ri went a fair bit better, as well.  I had my device recording the concert;  and New Alto Liz had a video camera running, too . . . so we have aural and visual docs of both events.

Excellent!

[Karl Henning]

Cheers, Karlo!

I almost feel I'm already on holiday . . . full day at the office, abbreviated church choir rehearsal this evening (since we cannot have rehearsal this Thursday . . . they want the whole day off, I suppose), and then early dismissal from the office tomorrow in anticipation of Thanksgiving.

[Karl Henning]

Well, so we sang last night at the final resting place of the second and the sixth Presidents of the United States, and their wives.  (Sorry I got that one so blurry.)

[Karl Henning]

I knew to expect some holiday-related absentees, but we had a very good turnout for last night's abbreviated HTUMC choir rehearsal, and got good work done.

Shortly heading in to Boston for a similarly holiday-driven abbreviated workday . . . .

[Karl Henning]

Yes, I think so.

http://www.americancomposers.org/2015/10/06/unmr-submission-guidelines-2016/

Deadline is 11 Dec, and I have just about got my ducks in a row.

[Cato]

Deadline is 11 Dec, and I have just about got my ducks in a row.

You deserve to have the gears of the universe working in your favor!  0:)

[Karl Henning]

Thanks!

I should hesitate to overcommit myself for this holiday weekend . . . I should at last post music from the HTUMC Christmas Concert; I need to prepare parts for the flute and violin for the upcoming Christmas Concert; I should break out the audio from both Triad concerts into tracks, and upload "teasers"; should decide if I really am going to arrange the Basque Carol for this Christmas Concert, and how;  definitely submitting my application for the American Composers Orchestra call; and I owe it to Jack to draw up at last a proper review of his magisterial Symphony № 2 « Ascendant » . . . but probably none of that until the bird is in the oven.

That's not a crazy to-do list;  but I am going to take it on the easy side, too.

[Karl Henning]

Nuhro this past Monday:

https://soundcloud.com/triad-boston/05-henning-nuhro-op74-23-nov-15

[Karl Henning]

Deadline is 11 Dec, and I have just about got my ducks in a row.

I've completed the submission.

[Karl Henning]

Can you even believe it?  Audio from last December's Christmas concert, at last:

A little shaky at first: Le tombeau de W.A.G.


The Allegro grazioso from the Sinfonietta for brass quintet (some shaky moments, too)


Sweetest Ancient Cradle Song


The Snow Lay on the Ground

[Karl Henning]

Thanks!

I should hesitate to overcommit myself for this holiday weekend . . . I should at last post music from the HTUMC Christmas Concert; I need to prepare parts for the flute and violin for the upcoming Christmas Concert; I should break out the audio from both Triad concerts into tracks, and upload "teasers"; should decide if I really am going to arrange the Basque Carol for this Christmas Concert, and how;  definitely submitting my application for the American Composers Orchestra call; and I owe it to Jack to draw up at last a proper review of his magisterial Symphony № 2 « Ascendant » . . . but probably none of that until the bird is in the oven.

That's not a crazy to-do list;  but I am going to take it on the easy side, too.

Cooking away at the Basque Carol arrangement.

[jochanaan]

And the whole group

An impressive-looking group!  It really does look like a group of excellent musicians--but of course, since you've told me about some of them, I am probably prejudiced.  Especially about the bald guy in the middle.

[Karl Henning]

 

And, this is now ready:

[North Star]

Nuhro this past Monday:

https://soundcloud.com/triad-boston/05-henning-nuhro-op74-23-nov-15

Beautiful.

[Karl Henning]

Thank you!

[Karl Henning]

And, this is now ready:

Only MIDI, but:  https://soundcloud.com/karlhenning-1/op126-no7-gabriels-message-basque-carol

[Karl Henning]

Thanks!

I should hesitate to overcommit myself for this holiday weekend . . . I should at last post music from the HTUMC Christmas Concert; I need to prepare parts for the flute and violin for the upcoming Christmas Concert; I should break out the audio from both Triad concerts into tracks, and upload "teasers"; should decide if I really am going to arrange the Basque Carol for this Christmas Concert, and how;  definitely submitting my application for the American Composers Orchestra call; and I owe it to Jack to draw up at last a proper review of his magisterial Symphony № 2 « Ascendant » . . . but probably none of that until the bird is in the oven.

That's not a crazy to-do list;  but I am going to take it on the easy side, too.

Okay, the only items yet to be addressed are:

1. Audio from the Saturday Triad concert (and since that concert was professionally recorded, my redundant recording is less urgent).

Which leave me perfectly free for:

2. Writing a proper review of Jack Gallagher's Symphony № 2 « Ascendant ».  Second order of business in the morning, after walkies!

[Cato]

More praise from a relative of mine for From the Pit of a Cave in the Cloud:

I did watch and listen to the Henning piece based on your poem.  I like the selection of instrumentation, along with the soprano, of course, it all yields a very disturbing composition, both in tone and texture.  There's definitely a Henning-signature sound — and the text I believe enveloped around the music as much as the music wove through the text.

https://www.youtube.com/v/H1GX6gAmom8

[Karl Henning]

And, this is now ready:

Minor layout corrigenda.