Henning's Headquarters

[Luke]

Yes, that's something where, again, I'd have my own ideas, cello-founded, and I'm sure Guido would have more sophisticated ones too, but they're really something you should consult with Dana about first. My own inclination, as I said, with the harmonics in the last movement, would be to keep them all as fundamental+4th harmonics, either artificial or natural (but mostly the former), but this might be way off the mark.

[karlhenning]

It sounds reasonable to me . . . there's no great reason why I haven't seen to that yet, apart from having gotten some work done already in the evening, and wishing to power down for the night (can't quite decide if that is sloth or energy husbandry).  I guess my timely priority was to get the piece to Dana by today, with sufficient compositional integrity that details such as the harmonics can be tweaked at ease . . . .

I've got the wav file . . . I'll compress that to an mp3 and upload tonight.

[karlhenning]

Well, as long threatened . . . mp3 of MIDI Tango in Boston.

[karlhenning]

I was thinking of doing an arrangement for this call; but I am inclined instead to write something new.

Just got home from the museum, so I'll have a bite to eat . . . and then I'll see about applying myself musically . . . .

[karlhenning]

Got something of a start laid in last night, of itself not much to look at, probably.  Even that modest act, though, was a seed, and I've got some four ideas which I'll set to paper, and putter with.  Could be all the source-material I need for so compact a piece.

[karlhenning]

As I say . . . it's a start.

[Cato]

As I say . . . it's a start.

And quite a start it gave me!   

A marimba appears!      

Immediately this came to mind:












Fortunately, I recovered!   0:)

Especially excellent are the last several bars with the bass clarinet, the flute in its lower register, and the violin muted, with a trembling cello!

[karlhenning]

Thanks!

The Baja Marimba Band . . . I remember hearing the name. Heaven alone knows if I've actually heard a note of their recordings . . . .

[Cato]

Thanks!

The Baja Marimba Band . . . I remember hearing the name. Heaven alone knows if I've actually heard a note of their recordings . . . .

No doubt they were before your time!   

Again, great ensemble!

[karlhenning]

In all events, glad you recovered! : )

As I say . . . it's a start.

I may re-open the top two systems on the last page there, for a couple of discreet piano (and/or marimba) accents . . . is it too static for too long?  Or, is the stasis good?

[karlhenning]

For balance — if it's balance — I've been playing the listen-to-destruct game with the viola sonata.  Cannot really say whether it's genuinely good, or if I've just allowed myself to get used to it.  One way or the other, I do like it.

[karlhenning]

Got quite a bit of sketching for Tempus fungus done on the bus this morning.  By next week, I think, I may have this one in the tin.

[karlhenning]

Got quite a bit of sketching for Tempus fungus done on the bus this morning.  By next week, I think, I may have this one in the tin.

Got some work done last night; section needs more, so I'll spare you a document today. ; )

Wound up burning discs to send to a chap in upstate New York who proposes to do a radio show featuring my music. (I mean, he does a weekly hourlong show, and smoe fine Saturday a few weeks hence, my music will be the topic.) Scrambled to get that done last night, as tonight and tomorrow night are museum shifts.

[karlhenning]

Just finished preparing the track-lists for the aforementioned discs; not sure if I've made it easier for him by furnishing so much material, or if I've made it harder. (Maybe he'll be inspired to feature Henningmusick for two weeks? . . .)

Staggering thought is, that the four discs carry just under four hours and a half of music.  Many of the performances and/or recordings could stand to be better, of course. (Some of them could stand to be much better.) But I blush to think what a lucky sod I am that I have so much in the way of recorded work.  (And these discs do not include the Passion, which I knew would be much too long a work for such a show.)

[Cato]

Great news on the radio show!

Will it be possible to listen to it via the Internet?  Most radio stations are broadcasting or "webcasting" these days.

[karlhenning]

Disc 1

Tr 1   Prelude, Evening Service in D (Opus 87 № 1) 6:01
Tr 2   Preface to O Gracious Light (Opus 87 № 3) 2:43
Tr 3   Preface to Nunc dimittis (Opus 87 № 2:47
Tr 4   Nunc dimittis (Opus 87 № 9) 3:22
Tr 5   Suffrages (Opus 87 № 10) 2:07

Steve Bonsey, officiant
Choir of the Cathedral Church of St Paul, Boston
Dylan Chmura-Moore, tenor trombone
Chris Monte, bass trombone
Karl Henning, director
19-Mar-06

Tr 6   Pascha nostrum (Opus 62a) 5:11

Choir of the Cathedral Church of St Paul, Boston
Karl Henning, director
16-Apr-06
             
Tr 7   Nuhro (Opus 74) 10:53
Tr 8   Song of Mary (Opus 39b) 2:35
Tr 9   Song of Simeon (Opus 71) 3:24

Choir of the Cathedral Church of St Paul, Boston
Mark Engelhardt, director
16-Nov-03
             
Tr 10   Alleluia in A-flat (Opus 33) 3:48               
Tr 11   Hodie Christus natus est (Opus 76) 3:35

Choir of the Cathedral Church of St Paul, Boston
Karl Henning, clarinet
Mark Engelhardt, director
9-May-04
               
Tr 12   I Sang to the Sky, and Day Broke (Opus 55) 8:16

NEC Wind Ensemble
Charles Peltz, director
28-Feb-02

Tr 13   Out in the Sun (Opus 88) 16:15

University of Michigan Wind Ensemble
Rodney Dorsey, conductor
5-Nov-09

Total duration of disc:   71:03
               
Disc 2
               
Tr 1   Heedless Watermelon (Opus 97 № 1) 6:04
Tr 2   All the Birds in Mondrian's Cage (Opus 97 № 2) 5:12
Tr 3   Swivels & Bops (Opus 97 № 3) 3:26

Nicole Chamberlain, flute
Karl Henning, clarinet
21-Jun-10

Tr 4   Lunar Glare (Opus 98) 16:57

Karl Henning, clarinet
Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord
21-Jun-10

Tr 5   Lutosławski's Lullaby (Opus 25) 3:47
Tr 6   Gaze Transfixt (Opus 23) 12:34

Eric Mazonson, piano
21-Jun-10

Tr 7   Mirage (Opus 79) 6:02
Tr 8   Night of the Weeping Crocodiles (Opus 16) 10:04

Karl Henning, clarinet
Alexey Shabalin, violin
Eric Mazonson, piano
21-Jun-10

Total duration of disc:   64:09

Disc 3

Tr 1   The Mousetrap (Opus 91) 25:30

Karl Henning, clarinet
Peter Lekx, viola
18-Jun-08

Tr 2   Irving's Hudson (Lost Waters, Opus 27 № 1)  4:33
Tr 3   Thoreau's Walden (Opus 27 № 2) 2:03
Tr 4   Whitman's Ontario (Opus 27 № 3) 1:33
Tr 5   Carlos Williams's Passaic (Opus 27 № 4) 4:59

Mary Jane Rupert, harp
24-Jun-09
               
Tr 6   stars & guitars (Opus 95) 23:50

Peter H. Bloom, bass flute
Mary Jane Rupert, harp
24-Jun-09

Tr 7   The Angel Who Bears a Flaming Sword (Opus 94a) 11:49

Peter H. Bloom, alto flute
24-Jun-09

Total duration of disc:   74:20

Disc 4

Tr 1   Castelo dos anjos (Opus 90) 13:35

Tapestry
1-Dec-07

Tr 2   Three Things that Begin with 'C' (Opus 65a) 9:10
i. Cats
ii. Clouds
iii. Canaries

Karl Henning, clarinet
Peter Lekx, viola
18-Jun-08

Tr 3   De profundis (Opus 78) 7:42

Ad hoc choir (Jaya Lakshminarayanan, organizer)
Paul Cienniwa, organ
26-Feb-10

Tr 4   Irreplaceable Doodles (Opus 89) 7:34

Karl Henning, clarinet
7-Mar-07

Tr 5   Square Dance (Opus 72) 13:44

Ezra Clarinet Quartet
19-Oct-03

Tr 6   Murmur of Many Waters (Opus 57) 7:32

Ithaca College Percussion Ensemble (Gordon Stout, director)
11-Dec-01

Total duration of disc:   59:19

[karlhenning]

Great news on the radio show!

Will it be possible to listen to it via the Internet?  Most radio stations are broadcasting or "webcasting" these days.

Yes, we can listen live while the show broadcasts; I don't believe there are "podcasts" for later listening.

More info as I gets it!

[karlhenning]

If only he'd used his music for niceness instead of evil!

[Luke]

The box set! I love it! This all looks fabulous, Karl!

[karlhenning]

The box set! (*chortle*)