Henning's Headquarters

[Karl Henning]

I chanced (and quite possibly the same way — via a Facebook event) upon this year's call.  Obviously, I was not beginning the symphony with this in mind, but . . . since I cannot resubmit Discreet Erasures, it seems only appropriate to submit the Allegro molto this year.

Hey, you never know.

So I need to refresh my list of works . . . will have time to see to it all by the 12 Dec deadline.

[Karl Henning]

I called WJFF first thing this morning. The station's standard practice is to have the show available at the site for two weeks, but the show's host can request that this period be extended. So we shall see just what powers of persuasion Gandalf has.

[Karl Henning]

Again:  T minus 3h 34'

http://www.wjffradio.org/wjff/

[Karl Henning]

Half an hour to showtime!

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[Karl Henning]

I had a blast.  And I have been invited back (date t/b/a).

The podcast signals are mixed (in fairness, it is an all-volunteer station).  A recording will definitely be sent to me.  And (it seems certain) the show will be on the station's website for at least two weeks.  When I've got a link, I'm sharing it . . . .

Thanks to all who listened in!

[Sergeant Rock]

And (it seems certain) the show will be on the station's website for at least two weeks.  When I've got a link, I'm sharing it . . . .

I'll keep an eye out for it. As I said in the Listening thread, I missed the last hour (just as the percussion piece began). I do wish he'd quizzed you more on your background. For example, he could have asked where and how did you meet your very talented wife. Okay, I'm filling in for the host now: how did you meet Maria? (Maybe we should move this to the dating thread  )

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Thanks!

[Mirror Image]

I'm really looking forward to hearing this interview, Karl. It will be nice to hear a voice behind those glasses and beard.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks, gents.

[Karl Henning]

Well...it is my other than pleasure to have to report a bit of bad luck: the station's archiving (device? software? gewgaw?) failed, and no recording was made of the show. (Shame on me for counting on that, and not trying to make a backup.)

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[Mirror Image]

Well...it is my other than pleasure to have to report a bit of bad luck: the station's archiving (device? software? gewgaw?) failed, and no recording was made of the show. (Shame on me for counting on that, and not trying to make a backup.)

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I'm really sorry to hear about this, Karl. I really am. I was so looking forward to hearing your thoughts and views.

[Cato]

[Sergeant Rock]

Well...it is my other than pleasure to have to report a bit of bad luck: the station's archiving (device? software? gewgaw?) failed, and no recording was made of the show. (Shame on me for counting on that, and not trying to make a backup.)

Son of a bitch... I'm happy I caught the first half (with the Dave and Cato shout-outs) but feel devastated that I missed the second half. I've been watching old Newhart episodes. WJFF's failure reminds me of Dick Louden's troubles with his local station and show.

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Thank you, I'm touched by your disappointment! It's the breaks, I guess.

[Mirror Image]

It just seems like you have the worst luck in the world, Karl. I don't mean this in a derogatory or negative way as you can't help what transpired at that station, but it seems that right when you're about to gain even greater exposure, somehow, a door closes right in front of your face. I genuinely want to see good things happen in your own career as a composer. You've spent your life writing music. The payoff, at least from where I'm sitting, would be getting your name out there so more people are more aware of what you're doing and it seemed this radio program was a part of that ticket.

Special edit: Plus...I WANTED to hear you talk about your life and music. Damn, this whole thing just sucks.

[Karl Henning]

The host of the show left me a msg (in reply to a msg I left with him) and he sounds devastated by news of the lack of a recording, and he's assured me he wants to do a "re-take"; so, we'll work out details.

[Mirror Image]

The host of the show left me a msg (in reply to a msg I left with him) and he sounds devastated by news of the lack of a recording, and he's assured me he wants to do a "re-take"; so, we'll work out details.

Sounds like a plan, Karl. Look forward to it.

[Karl Henning]

Long-delayed plans for the Metropolitan Opera to present a new opera by Osvaldo Golijov, a celebrated composer whose output has slowed in recent years, have fizzled.

The opera house and the composer were circumspect about why the project, which was more than a decade in the making, had been called off. The Met said in a statement this week that it had parted ways with Mr. Golijov because of "conflicting schedules" but would not elaborate. Mr. Golijov declined a request for an interview; his publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, cited an unspecified "difference in artistic vision" for the demise of the project.

Mr. Golijov, 55, has become known for missing deadlines. A violin concerto that he was supposed to write for Leonidas Kavakos in 2011 was not finished in time for planned performances in Los Angeles, Berlin, Philadelphia and London, and remains uncompleted. In a 2012 interview with The New York Times he acknowledged being late with commissions. "Composers shouldn't be judged by being late," he said at the time, "but by being good."

Commissioning a new opera by Mr. Golijov, whose "Pasión Según San Marcos" was a major success when it had its premiere in 2000, was one of the first initiatives Peter Gelb announced in 2006 as he prepared to become the Met's general manager.

But the project soon ran into difficulties. The director Anthony Minghella, who was tapped to write the opera's libretto and direct it, died in 2008 at the age of 54. Deadlines were pushed back several times, and rumors about proposed subject matters swirled, including, at one point, that it would be based on Stephen Hawking's science book "A Brief History of Time." In 2013 the Met announced that Mr. Golijov's new opera would be based on the Euripides play "Iphigenia in Aulis," and that it would have its premiere in the 2018-19 season.

The Met said that it would fill the gap that season by moving up the premiere of another new opera that had been scheduled for the following season: Nico Muhly's "Marnie," based on the 1961 Winston Graham novel that was adapted for the screen by Alfred Hitchcock.

Let me state for the record that A) I write my own music and B) I meet my deadlines.

[Karl Henning]

I am still on a sort of vacation (would call it a "stay-cation," save for the jaunt to Jeffersonville which — lack of a recording of the show aside — was so gratifying).  HTUMC Choir rehearsal tonight, and back in the office tomorrow.

Yesterday, I mistook a message from Paul, and prepared a fresh edition of the Op.3 (!) for clarinet and organ, a free arrangement of both "Aberystwyth" (often used for the Advent hymn "Watchman, Tell Us of the Night") and "O Come, Emmanuel."  When I had this ready and sent to Paul, he clarified his request . . . he had been thinking of my arrangement of "The Snow Lay on the Ground," which we had done at First Church years and years ago — but he had forgotten that it was a choral arrangement.  "No problem," says I (knowing how "minimalist" the arrangement is), "I'll reduce it for clarinet and organ."

I see I got ahead of myself in the story . . . Paul had previously asked if I was available to sing in his Christmas Eve service.  And since his service gets out at 7, which leaves me (God willing) ample time to be in Danvers for our own nine o'clock Christmas Eve service;  and because it is always a musical pleasure to work with Paul;  and because (well) the church will pay me as a chorister . . . there was every reason to commend this action.  And also, as a result, we'll play a little Henningmusick for the prelude.

[Karl Henning]

We are also very close to ready on the rehearsal edition of the Schulte Exaudi Me.