Henning's Headquarters

[Karl Henning]

My friend Greg has listened to Tooth Fairy. "I have a question, and an irony," he said this morning.  The question was, if I had written the text, to which I readily confessed;  and that was all right, because he said he liked the text.  The irony was (and here it is June) he was listening to the piece with his laptop open, and he had bills organized on the table, and he scarcely believed his ears, because there he was, looking at postage stamps illustrated with children on sleds.  "How did I know?," was my immediate rhetorical query.

[Cato]

My friend Greg... scarcely believed his ears, because there he was, looking at postage stamps illustrated with children on sleds.  "How did I know?," was my immediate rhetorical query.

You are entering that Fifth Dimension "beyond that which is known to Man."

https://www.youtube.com/v/p5GP5uztjkE

[Karl Henning]

I am not alone!

[Karl Henning]

Very close to done:

[Karl Henning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/wDyNDcUxOOg

[Cato]

I sent these comments to Karl after perusing the score:


"Your style is immediately recognizable in the opening bars!  And I really enjoyed bars 5 ff. which are very ear-catching.  The little dialogue with the pizzicato strings was equally intriguing.

And then the hymn-like section started!  I was reminded just a little of some of the Rimsky-Korsakov works with Russian Orthodox chants.

Excellent development and integration of the opening elements: the F# minor/D/A/F minor back and forth (F# minor one of my favorites) catches my ear at least! 

I really like the string responses in Section E, along with the juxtaposition of the clarinet in Section H against the hymnic strings, as if a juggler is performing in a church while the choir sings.  The 32nd-notes in the strings in Section I are smeared by the MIDI, but should stand out with a nostalgic feel in a real performance.

The real "stand out" is Section J!  Brilliant!  The three-part juxtaposition approaches The Surreal, and maybe enters it!  If you have any second thoughts about the work at all, you might want to expand that part somehow: most delicious!

And yes, I think the work concludes well!"

[Karl Henning]

Thanks!  I am shopping it around . . . .

[Rons_talking]

Very close to done:

Karl. That's really a strong piece! The way you use imitation to accentuate the harmonic changes without being abrupt (sec. C, D)  as well as the canonic passages later seep things serene without being static. You have such a subtle touch with overlapping rhythms (I may borrow this!) and chorale-like textures. Nice going!

[Karl Henning]

Many thanks, Ron!

[Karl Henning]

Yesterday afternoon, I played clarinet as part of the No-Name Orchestra, a volunteer community group which serves a very nice local purpose/need.  This rehearsal was the ostensible driver for getting Deep Breath wrapped up, although I think the piece would be more than this group could reasonably manage.

At one o'clock today, I went to the First Parish Church in Billerica where organist Michael Joseph gave an informal demo of the instrument.  He will be giving a recital there in the fall (had originally planned on a recital this spring, decided to push the program out, but wanted there to be an event this side of summer).  It was nicely set up.  The pews face the pulpit, of course, and the organ loft is to the congregation's back;  so they set up a camera, and a view of the organist at the bench was projected onto a screen so that the audience could view in comfort.  He stepped through each of the stops, so (even though I have already compose a bit of music for organ) I learnt much from the demo.

And at 3 o'clock, the Charles River Wind Ensemble gave a concert in neighboring Lexington.  It is a good community group, and I have a fair sense of how to write into their strengths.  Enjoyed a very cordial chat with both one of the clarinetists and the director.  (As a result, of course, I am motivated to get more work done on The Nerves.)

[Karl Henning]

This morning (id est, before shipping off to church) I finished polishing the new Sibelius file of the "Henning classic," Hurricane Relief from 2005.  (The occasion has been, Lux Nova Press are prepping a one-pager with available publications, including bassoon.)

Here is the MIDI:

http://www.youtube.com/v/5xDa27UT-LU

[Karl Henning]

That could be a clerical error. We are investigating, sending the appropriate messages, and is there anything else I can do for you today.

I think I'll go back and emend it to Unattended.

To review:  Out From the Unattended Baggage was a one-minute trio (fl/cl/bn) submitted to a call from the Fifteen Minutes of Fame set.  Lux Nova Press is presently compiling a one-pager Music for Bassoon sheet, and thus, Mark asked me about making this too-brief bagatelle the core of a short suite.  Which I think an excellent idea, although (a) I'll let it wait until after 1. The Nerves, 2. Heart So White, and 3. the Rapido project; and (b) as a result, I should re-cast the Opus number.

[Karl Henning]

Chipping away at The Nerves (so to speak):

[Karl Henning]

Here come Triad (and, featuring my Agnus Dei):

[Karl Henning]

Thanks!  I am shopping it around . . . .

I expect that "graduation season," and the Memorial Day weekend approaching, are contributing to the non-response as yet.

OTOH, I can probably send 'refresher' messages on Saturday morning . . . .

[Karl Henning]

Re-post & refresh:

Variations on Wie lieblich est, S.10 (oboe & organ)

Time Was, Op.4 (pf solo)
№ 1: Prelude (Charlottesville)
№ 2: Dance (Barefoot Amid Dandelions)
№ 3: The Myth of Motion II:  Toccatina (on the Ekaterininsky Canal)

Pictures Only I Can See, Op.11 (pf solo)
№ 1: Spring in Her Step
№ 2: The Bronze Girl's Spilt Milk
№ 3: The Myth of Motion I:  Chorale
№ 4: The Sleep-Pavane at the Foot of Frozen Niagara
№ 5: Petersburg Nocturne || MIDI on YT

Little Towns, Low Countries, Op.18 (pf solo)
№ 1: Invention (Mt Hope Avenue, Rochester)
№ 2: Aubade (Lake Canandaigua)
№ 3: Gigue (Glasgow Street, Cornhill)

Night of the Weeping Crocodiles, Op.16 (cl/vn/pf)

Night of the Weeping Crocodiles, Op.16a (cl/pf/prc)

To Melt From a Distance, Op.21 (pf solo)

Gaze Transfixt, Op.23 (pf solo)

Lutosławski's Lullaby, Op.25a (organ solo)

Lutosławski's Lullaby, Op.25 (pf solo)

Fancy on Psalm 80 from the Scottish Psalter, Op.34 № 3, performed by Carson Cooman, on YouTube.

O Beauteous Heavenly Light, Op.34 № 2, performed by Carson Cooman, on YouTube.

The Allegro grazioso from the Sinfonietta, Op.38 for brass quintet (some shaky moments)

Journey to the Dayspring, Op.40 on YouTube

'Tis Winter Now (Danby), Op.45a (mezzo-soprano, flute & organ) at Amazon

Initiation of Barefoot on the Crowded Road, the former Op.41 (now the Discreet Erasures, Op.99, below)

Danse antique, Op.44

The Wind, the Sky, & the Wheeling Stars, Op.46 for orchestra

http://www.youtube.com/v/als-l2BI0xs

O Gracious Light, Op.50c (two-part choir, piano & organ)

The original Born on Earth to Save Us, Op.52 for Bill Goodwin.

Born on Earth to Save Us, Op.52a for HTUMC.

Joseph and Mary, Op.53a for HTUMC.

Score of The Wind, the Sky, & the Wheeling Stars, Part I

Score of The Wind, the Sky, & the Wheeling Stars, Part II

Counting Sheep (or, The Dreamy Abacus of Don Quijote), Op.58a for Pierrot-plus ensemble [ score, part I ].

Counting Sheep (or, The Dreamy Abacus of Don Quijote), Op.58a for Pierrot-plus ensemble [ score, part II ].

I Look From Afar, Op.60 for choir, brass quintet, organ & optional timpani

Blue Shamrock, Op.63 for clarinet unaccompanied, at Amazon.

Three Things That Begin With "C", Op.65, clarinet & horn :: Original | Revised

Sweetest Ancient Cradle Song, Op.67 for choir, brass quintet, organ & optional timpani 1^st half | 2^nd half

Sweetest Ancient Cradle Song, Op.67 for choir, brass quintet, organ & optional timpani ::  Choral Score 1^st half | 2^nd half

14 Dec 2014 performance of Sweetest Ancient Cradle Song, Op.67

14 Dec 2014 performance of The Snow Lay on the Ground, Op.68a

Timbrel and Dance, Op.73 [ St Paul's choir plus ].

21 Nov 2015 Triad performance of Nuhro, Op.74:  https://www.youtube.com/v/ftFJdcXz7lg

23 Nov 2015 Triad performance of Nuhro, Op.74.

Scene 1 from White Nights, Op.75 № 2

Scene 2 from White Nights, Op.75 № 3

Scene 3a from White Nights, Op.75 № 4

Intermezzo I from White Nights, Op.75 № 6

Intermezzo I from White Nights, Op.75 № 6, arr. for saxophone choir

Scene 4 from White Nights, Op.75 № 7

Scene 5 from White Nights, Op.75 № 8

Before-&-after, Finale-VS.-Sibelius exhibits from the Op.75 № 8| | [url=http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,92.msg815368.html#msg815368 B | [url=http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,92.msg815369.html#msg815369 C | [url=http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,92.msg815370.html#msg815370 D

[url=http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,92.msg816086.html#msg816086]Scene 7 from White Nights, Op.75 № 10

Scene 8 from White Nights, Op.75 № 11

Scene 9 from White Nights, Op.75 № 12

Scene 10 from White Nights, Op.75 № 13

Intermezzo II from White Nights, Op.75 № 14

The White Nights playlist on YouTube

Canzona, Op.77a № 1 (org solo)

Gigue, Op.77a № 2 (org solo)

26 February De profundis, Op.78 [ Jaya Lakshminarayan & friends ]

Mirage, Op.79a (alto fl, cl, pf)

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, Op.80 carol for choir, brass quintet, organ & timpani

Moonrise, Op.84 for brass quintet. And MIDI

Moonrise, Op.84a for flute choir in six parts. And MIDI

15 March Passion rehearsal A [ Sine Nomine ]

15 March Passion rehearsal B [ Sine Nomine ]

15 March Passion rehearsal C [ Sine Nomine ]

Conclusion of the 19 Mar 2010 performance by Sine Nomine of the St John Passion, Op.92:

http://www.youtube.com/v/8netMuAHFkI

12 May recital [ k a rl h e nn i ng Ensemble (Bloom/Henning/Cienniwa) ]

18 May recital [ Bloom/Henning ]

23 May pre-concert rehearsal [ Sine Nomine ]

22 June recital [ N. Chamberlain/B. Chamberlain/Henning ]

Love is the spirit of this church, Op.85 № 3

Nicodemus brings myrrh and aloes for the burial of the Christ, Op.85 № 4 for cello & piano | Recording on SoundCloud

For God so loved the world, after Op.87 № 9 {Would you like the Doxology with that?} Yes | No | Recording on SoundCloud

The Passion According to St John, Op.92 (on MediaFire, courtesy of Johan)

Lutosławski's Lullaby, Op.96a № 1 (string quartet)

Marginalia, Op.96a № 2 (string quartet)

Après-lullaby, Op.96a № 3 (string quartet)

Score of Fair Warning [Viola Sonata, mvt 1]

MIDI of Fair Warning [Viola Sonata, mvt 1]

Score of Suspension Bridge (In Dave's Shed) [Viola Sonata, mvt 2]

MIDI of Suspension Bridge (In Dave's Shed) [Viola Sonata, mvt 2]

Score of Tango in Boston (Dances with Shades) [Viola Sonata, mvt 3]

MIDI of Tango in Boston (Dances with Shades) [Viola Sonata, mvt 3]

Cato's analysis of the Viola Sonata

Johan's MediaFire folder, including the whole of Dana's première performance of the Viola Sonata

Discreet Erasures, Op.99 for orchestra

Angular Whimsies, Op.100a (bass clarinet, percussion [two players] & piano)

Whimsy brevis, Op.100b (bass flute & piano)

http://www.youtube.com/v/OAp3w15ISl4

How to Tell (Chasing the Tail of Nothing), Op.103 (alto flute, clarinet & frame drum); 7 June 2014 performance

These Unlikely Events, Op.104 № 4

These Unlikely Events, Op.104 № 5

Kyrie, Op.106 № 1

Gloria, Op.106 № 2

Rehearsal take of the Gloria

http://www.youtube.com/v/X0RIh--9uR4

Credo, Op.106 № 3

Sanctus, Op.106 № 4

(The Sanctus, arranged for tuba quartet)

Agnus Dei, Op.106 № 5 || Première by Triad

Brothers, If They Only Knew It, saxophone quartet (after Op.106 № 5)

In the Artist's Studio, Op.107, for 17 winds & harp

http://www.youtube.com/v/hwMLLajT_jw

Organ Sonata, Op.108
Mvt 1: Eritis sicut Deus
Mvt 2: . . . scientes bonum . . .
Mvt 3: . . . et malum

Thoreau in Concord Jail, Op.109 for clarinet solo

http://www.youtube.com/v/OnLYQ748aEg

http://www.youtube.com/v/Fa_q4yX9CIs

http://www.youtube.com/v/JYfkHcTI25s

Airy Distillates, Op.110 for flute solo

Annabel Lee, Op.111 for vocal quartet

http://www.youtube.com/v/tN3aMOrzEb8

Misapprehension, Op.112 for clarinet choir

Misapprehension, Op.112a for strings

The Mystic Trumpeter, Op.113 № 1 for soprano & clarinet

Après-mystère, Op.113 № 2 for flute & clarinet And MIDI

http://www.youtube.com/v/7RhH161HhlA

just what everyone was expecting, Op.114 № 1 for clarinet & marimba

(very nearly) what everyone was expecting, Op.114 № 5 for bass clarinet & marimba

just what everyone was expecting, Op.114a for clarinet, mandocello & double bass

http://www.youtube.com/v/PukHe2RswrY

My Island Home, Op.115 for percussion ensemble

http://www.youtube.com/v/hlh61D6COvU

Plotting (y is the new x), Op.116 for violin & harpsichord

http://www.youtube.com/v/2vKGfppo0o8

Jazz for Nostalgic Squirrels, Op.117 (fl, cl in A, gtr & cb) [ and at Soundcloud ]

When the morning stars sang together, and the sons of God shouted for joy, Op.118 № 1 (shakuhachi, drum & handbell choir)

http://www.youtube.com/v/79tPHWpH3UI

Divinum mysterium, Op.118 № 2 (choir unison & handbells)

http://www.youtube.com/v/MPr7NhE2-Bs

Easter Stikheron, Op.118 № 3 (choir SATB & handbells)

Welcome, Happy Morning!, Op.118 № 4 (handbells)

My Lord, What a Morning, Op.118 № 5 (choir & handbells)

http://www.youtube.com/v/AJzV-RxXiIk

Hymtunes Moscow & Te Deum, Op.118 № 6 (handbells)

Musette, Op.118 № 7 (handbells)

Psalm 130, Op.118 № 8 [ I think ] (clarinet & bass voice) [work-in-progress]

The Crystalline Ship, Op.119 № 1 (mezzo-soprano & baritone saxophone)

I Saw People Walking Around Like Trees, Op.120 (flute, clarinet, double-bass & frame drum)

http://www.youtube.com/v/E0_-CTvtSS8

... illa existimans quia hortulanus esset ...., Op.121 (vc/pf)

14 Dec 2014 performance of Le tombeau de W.A.G., Op.122

Le tombeau de W.A.G., Op.122a (flute, clarinet, double-bass & frame drum) Audio

A Song of Remembrance, Op.123 (mixed chorus SAB & pf)

http://www.youtube.com/v/kU682jFNG4w

The Mysterious Fruit, Op.124 (mezzo-soprano & marimba)

The Mysterious Fruit, Op.124a (mezzo-soprano & pf)

Tiny Wild Avocadoes, Op.125 (2 vn/va)
№ 1 "Children's Song"
№ 2 "Autumn Leaves (Wind Effect)"
№ 3 "Scampering Squirrels"
№ 4 "Pond at Twilight"
№ 5 "The Gnomes (Paul's Garden)"
№ 6 "Cheerful Song on the Wing"
№ 7 "The Avocado in Winter"

In the shadow of the kindly Star, Op.126 № 1 (violin solo and handbell choir)

I Want Jesus to Walk With Me, Op.126 № 2 (choir SATB unaccompanied) NEW & IMPROVED !! [ Version for brass quintet ]

Variations on a Basque Carol, Op.126 № 3 (clarinet unaccompanied)

Variations on a Basque Carol, Op.126 № 3 (flute unaccompanied)

Beach Balls (Red) , Op.126 № 5 (org solo)

Pat-A-Pan, Op.126 № 6 (handbell choir)

Gabriel's Message (Basque Carol), Op.126 № 7

Little Suite, Op.127 (vc & pf)
№ 1 "Summer Song"
№ 2 "Valentine"
№ 3 "Sparrows Hopping on the Wet Sidewalk" || MIDI on YT

Notebook for Elaina & Anna, Op.128 № 1 "Out for a Walk" (fl/a sx)

From the Pit of a Cave in the Cloud, Op.129, soprano & chamber group

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

The Young Lady Holding a Phone in Her Teeth, Op.130 (double wind quintet) || The première on SoundCloud

Visions fugitives de nouveau, Op.131 (pf solo)
№ 1: One Leaf
№ 2: Versuch eines Milonga
№ 3: Beneath the Clear Sky
№ 4: That Tickles!
№ 5: Stephen Goes to California
№ 6: Kay's Blue Crabs
№ 7: Questionable Insistence
№ 8: Morning Prayer

https://www.youtube.com/v/FfL_20Sksc8

№ 9: Bunny Keeping Still
№ 10: Gamboling Squirrels
№ 11: The Street Musician
№ 12: The Shade of an Oak
№ 13: "Could you change one more thing?"
№ 14: Waiting
№ 15: Bicycling in Boston Common
№ 16: Mist on the Harbor
№ 17: Peter Moves to Montréal
№ 18: Seeing a Long-Since-Cancelled Stamp
№ 19: ... but his mind is elsewhere
№ 20: Starless Summer Night || MIDI on YT

Neither do I condemn thee, Op.132 for flute duet

Sleepyheads, Wake Up!, Op.133 № 2 for brass quintet

A whimsical Canon:

http://www.youtube.com/v/B6xeqrcavUQ

Mussing Beethoven's hair:

http://www.youtube.com/v/3Oz5PbcpghY

Saltmarsh Stomp, Op.134 for clarinet choir in 15 parts

http://www.youtube.com/v/7DCc2sD2KAk

Ear Buds (The dream of a young man in the woods, listening), Op.135 for symphonic band

http://www.youtube.com/v/ZSMo90L5xJA

Darkest Doings {work-in-progress} ... or not

Clarinet Sonata, Op.136, movement 1: Another Think Coming

Clarinet Sonata, Op.136, movement 2: « Boulez est mort » (Wounding Silence)

Clarinet Sonata, Op.136, movement 3: Unanticipated Serenity

Clarinet Sonata, Op.136, movement 4: Ambiguity and Overlap (Something or other, if not something else entirely)

Clarinet Sonata, Op.136, movement 5: After a reading of "The Mysterious Stranger"

Op.137: A Sheaf of Bliss

Things Like Bliss, version 1, Op.137 № 1a

Things Like Bliss, version 2, Op.137 № 1b

Considering My Bliss Options, Op.137 № 2 (clarinet & horn in F) work-in-progress

Liv Plays Scrabble, Op.137 № 3 (shakuhachi & toy piano)

Out From the Unattended Baggage, Op.137 № 4 (flute, clarinet & bassoon)

sand dance, Op.137 № 5 (flute  & harp)

Oxygen Footprint, Op.138 (flute, viola & harp)

Brightest and Best, Op.139 № 1 (mixed choir)

Precious Lord, Op.139 № 4 (mixed choir and organ)

Paschal Carillon, Op.139 № 5 (handbell choir)

What Wondrous Love, Op.139 № 6 (mixed choir and handbells)

http://www.youtube.com/v/dXMra6BvZew

Mistaken for the Sacred, Op.141 (percussion solo & fixed media)

http://www.youtube.com/v/dcofMh91_7M

In dulci jubilo, Op.142 № 1 (fl, hn, handbell choir, youth and adult choirs, organ)

In dulci jubilo, Op.142 № 1a (2 fl, ob, cl, hn, ta, handbells, glock, strings, youth and adult choirs)

New Year's Carol, Op.142 № 2 (unison choir & organ)

O Traurigkeit, Op.142 № 7 (clarinet, choir SATB & organ)

Song of the Empty Tomb, Op.142 № 8 (flute & handbell choir)

I Want Jesus to Walk With Me, Op.142 № 9 (unison choir, pf, optional fl or vn obblig.)

Pavane (Memories of Packanack Lake), Op.142 № 10 (handbell choir)

Symphony № 1 (mercy!), Op.143

i. Allegro molto

http://www.youtube.com/v/-WCZ77mt2aE

ii. Larghetto

http://www.youtube.com/v/JpI9Zr8rqW4

iii. Vivo assai

Nun of the Above, Op.144 (cl/gtr/db)

Kurosawa's Scarecrow (Memories of Packanack Lake), Op.145 (2 fl, cl, hn & fixed media)

Just a Smoother Glide With Thee, Op.146 № 6 (cl unaccompanied)

http://www.youtube.com/v/20G-C9qxUMA

Paschal Carillon Games, Op.146 № 9 (handbell choir)

http://www.youtube.com/v/Rw_foQ0FeD4

Deep Breath, Op.147 (clarinet & strings)

http://www.youtube.com/v/wDyNDcUxOOg

The start of The Nerves | in progress
Score

http://www.youtube.com/v/xAu8jmII5rk

Down Along the Canal to Minerva Road, Op.149 (C fl, alto fl, cl, hn)

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

A Heart So White, Op.150 (2 vv, 3 winds, fixed media) | in progress)

http://www.youtube.com/v/lGwbobnHhDE

Wistful Weed Whacker, Op.151 № 1 (brass quartet | in progress)

http://www.youtube.com/v/pbbDOtIzuH0

8 Oct 2013 recital at King's Chapel

Henningmusick at ReverbNation.

Henningmusick at Instant Encore.

About an hour's worth of Henningmusick, too, at SoundCloud

The 9^th Ear at SoundCloud.

http://www.youtube.com/v/Ehy8k3cRLXM

And: Maria appears on the evening news in DC.

Maria's harpsichord

[Karl Henning]

Significantly more Nerve:

[Karl Henning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/bIDYbgrOQM0

[Karl Henning]

Be honest:  you knew to expect more.

http://www.youtube.com/v/jdRUsec1HgA

[Karl Henning]

And the score: