Henning's Headquarters

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Karl Henning

This afternoon is the first rehearsal of the Henning Ensemble since the dawn of COVID.
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

aligreto

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 02, 2022, 06:54:33 AM
This afternoon is the first rehearsal of the Henning Ensemble since the dawn of COVID.

Hope it goes well, Karl. It will feel great to be back in the seat.

Karl Henning

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

JBS


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Karl Henning

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

aligreto

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 02, 2022, 02:47:15 PM
A very good rehearsal.

So, well ensconced back in the seat! Good news, Karl.

krummholz

Congrats Karl, good to hear!

Since I first started here as the pandemic was beginning, exactly what is the Henning Ensemble?

Karl Henning

Quote from: krummholz on April 03, 2022, 04:04:07 AM
Congrats Karl, good to hear!

Since I first started here as the pandemic was beginning, exactly what is the Henning Ensemble?

A number of colleague/friends who are generous to yours truly with their time and talents, reliably ready to read a fresh Henning score. Present makeup:

Ellen Allen, violin
Peter H Bloom, flutes
Carol Epple, flutes
Pam Marshall, composer & horn


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


krummholz

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 03, 2022, 01:35:21 PM
A number of colleague/friends who are generous to yours truly with their time and talents, reliably ready to read a fresh Henning score. Present makeup:

Ellen Allen, violin
Peter H Bloom, flutes
Carol Epple, flutes
Pam Marshall, composer & horn


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

Quite a blessing for you!

Karl Henning

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

Karl Henning

On one hand, I'm not the only church musician in the Boston area feeling that Holy Week somehow crept up on us. On t'other, my choir & I feel that we're in a pretty good place.
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

Karl Henning

#8592
I was very pleased with our recital today at King's Chapel: http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html?fbclid=IwAR05IA-sjFxdT7UOfiyq_G6mIkW6VxLQQARd88XWN4SOhns3551Vmw8sn0E
We're the second Play Widget down.


Starts with some dead air: advance it to the 15-minute mark.
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

krummholz

Nice! Thanks for sharing, Karl.

Karl Henning

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

Mirror Image

So what has been going on with your music, Karl? There hasn't been a post in this thread since April.

Karl Henning

#8596
Thanks for asking, John. Not very much: The March Triad concerts went well, and at some point the videos will get uploaded to YouTube. We were happy, too with the Henning ensemble performance at King's Chapel in April. The only news since (which is shy of actual news) is that the m.d. of the Charles River Wind Ensemble and I have again met face to face, and he sounded genuinely impressed when I spoke of my Symphony for Band. I've sent him PDFs of the first two mvts, so now the waiting has begun. I need to clean up (typographically) the score of the third mvt, and (optimistically) should have that ready, if Matt gets back to me on the piece. First, more immediately practically, I need to proof afresh the two new scores for Ensemble Aubade: Swiss Skis and Feel the Burn (Bicycling Into the Sun) ... they have so faithfully championed Oxygen Footprint, it will nice to have them perform the troika. Once I get those mechanical tasks done, I should return to the string symphony.
We will start talking about rep for the November Triad concerts soon. At the moment, I don't really feel like writing anything more for choir. Perhaps I'll propose returning to one of the numbers from my Mass. I don't believe the Sanctus has been sung yet.
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

Mirror Image

Thanks for the update, Karl. 8) I hope you get more performances soon!

Karl Henning

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

Karl Henning

I've repaired Bicycling Into the Sun (Feel the Burn) ... Mysteriously, when I exported the flute and viola parts, Sibelius moved a couple of rehearsal marks to other measures. It seems that this ought not to happen, but it now seems not to be impossible. Just spoke to Peter, who did not say, "there was no problem with Swiss Skis," but, "I forget what the problem with Swiss Skis was." If I were to hazard a guess, it has to do with all the double-stops in the viola. I am hoping that, rather than it being any matter of the part being "impossible," it's just that it's a part that Frank will have to work up, and that the "problem" when they got together to read, was that Frank was faced with a part which it was in no way practical to sight-read. We Shall See.
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