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Karl Henning · January 10, 2017, 03:56:51 PM

. . . a bit

Karl Henning · January 11, 2017, 03:37:16 AM

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on January 10, 2017, 03:56:51 PM
. . . a bit

I may refine, reconsider, or reconsider those last eight measures. (Or, what I compose immediately following will simply redeem them. It happens.)

Karl Henning · January 11, 2017, 07:01:11 AM

Who knew?—Mellophonia

Karl Henning · January 11, 2017, 09:25:11 AM

Blame it on Stan Kenton if you like—but there will be lip trills.

Karl Henning · January 11, 2017, 02:59:57 PM

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on January 11, 2017, 03:37:16 AM
I may refine, reconsider, or reconsider those last eight measures. (Or, what I compose immediately following will simply redeem them. It happens.)

Well, I did not refine, reconsider, or reconsider . . . though whether the continuation is redemption, remains to be mulled

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Karl Henning · January 12, 2017, 03:22:09 AM

My one nagging thought yesterday was that, in my outline (—and yes, "the outline be damned" is a not inconsiderable possibility—) I had the remark lyrical brass for this section; and I have in mind a more lyrical idea, which I did not "get to" here, in comparison to which this homophonic chorale does not feel lyrical.

This morning, though:

(1) I think I like the chorale right there, just fine.
(2) The other idea can probably fit in, better still, later on.
(3) Belay that outline . . . .

Karl Henning · January 12, 2017, 09:50:03 AM

(Well, and if I had only paid heed to my outline . . .)

I planned on more for the brass . . . so, here we are going to find out if I can make the outline work, musically, or if I need to smack the outline around.

Choir rehearsal tonight, so the jury will not return a verdict until tomorrow night.

Karl Henning · January 14, 2017, 10:24:19 AM

Well, for good or ill, I have (a) written out the brass chorale to the extent that my outline indicated and (b) pursued the more properly lyrical (I believe) material which I had in mind. I do think I like it, and I am probably taking a short break before picking up where this leaves off.

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Karl Henning · January 15, 2017, 03:30:21 AM

The Young Lady Holding a Phone in Her Teeth, in Bedford, Mass.

https://soundcloud.com/karl-henning-756715731/the-young-lady-holding-a-phone-in-her-teeth-op130

Karl Henning · January 15, 2017, 05:16:40 AM

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The Young Lady Holding a Phone in Her Teeth, in Bedford, Mass.

https://soundcloud.com/karl-henning-756715731/the-young-lady-holding-a-phone-in-her-teeth-op130

I've sent The Young Lady in to an ACF call: https://composersforum.org/program/acf-connect-0

Hey, you never know. They specifically say "MIDI recordings strongly discouraged," so having a recording of Real Musicians may be an especial asset.

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Karl Henning · January 15, 2017, 08:21:40 AM

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on January 14, 2017, 10:24:19 AM
Well, for good or ill, I have (a) written out the brass chorale to the extent that my outline indicated and (b) pursued the more properly lyrical (I believe) material which I had in mind. I do think I like it, and I am probably taking a short break before picking up where this leaves off.

I did make further progress yesterday, but some of that work needs some cleaning up. More after lunch . . . .

Karl Henning · January 15, 2017, 02:03:17 PM

Okay, this looks like enormous progress, but some of it was work from yesterday afternoon which I need to "repair" today (the original version of the string accompaniment (fifth m. of [ I ]) was too abrupt at first, and the wind stuff at [ J ] didn't work where I first placed it . . . I like it where it is, though, so I'm glad I did not just toss it out.

So I may putter more tonight, or I may rest and just plunge back in first thing in the morning.

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Karl Henning · January 15, 2017, 06:08:27 PM

I did, I did putter more, and the next maybe 20 measures are very close to what they need to be. Which practically brings the movement to 3:30 plus, roughly 70% done.

I'll work more in the morning, then take most of tomorrow off. Not planning (realistically) to finish tomorrow--that would be an exhausting day, and then go in to the office Tuesday, oof. But I can get the movement to within sight of the end, so that I can chip away at it each day, and aim for completion next weekend. It all feels right & good.

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Karl Henning · January 16, 2017, 05:08:22 AM

This is basically my work from last night, polished this morning. I approve it entirely.

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Karl Henning · January 16, 2017, 07:33:13 AM

I did, actually, rather more work this morning than I had anticipated. (Part of the work was acting on a suggestion of Cato's—he wanted to have the rich brass chords sound a bit longer, for aural savoring . . . and while I did not want to alter the passage which had provoked the suggestion, it was certainly a good suggestion . . . and I felt that just the right place for it was ahead of the retransition

I can indeed just about see my path to the final double-bar, but I also feel that if I push myself to it, today, it will be rushed, and will just want repair, anyway; where, if I let my musical mind rest, the natural and "perfect" solution will appear to mine ears over the course of tomorrow.

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Karl Henning · January 16, 2017, 07:46:03 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/-ghyDro0fg8

Karl Henning · January 17, 2017, 09:28:47 AM

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on January 17, 2017, 08:04:57 AM
Holmboe
Symphony № 5, Op.35/M.145 (1944)
Aarhus Symphony
Owain Arwel Hughes

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Thoughts, in approximate order of thinkage:

It is an age since I first listened to this.
I owe it to Jeffrey's Fifth Symphonies thread for the occasion to revisit this
It is a bit of a shock (but only a bit) to consider that today may be only the second time I have listened to it.
Excellent, quasi-folksy music.
The folksy element should not have surprised me so much; I think that was just an accident of (a) knowing how much I enjoy Holmboe's music whenever I listen to it, and (b) my recent preoccupation with my own symphony.
I am delighted to find that, regarding content, my own piece is not much like the Holmboe.
I am tickled, though, at the surface similarities:
- Both symphonies are 25 minutes in duration.
- Both symphonies are in three movements.
- The shortest movement for both symphonies is a lively finale.

Cato · January 17, 2017, 09:57:50 AM

Marvelous handling of the orchestra: bars 137-158 and their cousins at bars 173-188 are delightfully mysterious, like playing hide-and-seek in a candy store inside a castle of unknown intent.

Karl Henning · January 17, 2017, 10:17:25 AM

Thanks!

I've taken some mental stock of the final stretch of the movement today, will perhaps set to some work this evening.

Karl Henning · January 17, 2017, 02:44:25 PM

And so, with (so to say) 45 seconds remaining of my outline to be composed through, I have become intrigued with the idea of sculpting the ending of the movement, 18 bars per day. Allowing for my day off for HTUMC choir rehearsal on Thursday, that projects a finish to the movement (and the symphony) on Friday. (Or, a kind of finish, subject to refinement, of course, of course.) And this afternoon, I drew up both verbal plans, and some notes . . . so we shall see.