Henning's Headquarters

[Karl Henning]

For me personally, the funniest item orbiting around this review is . . . When Peter Bloom and I were chatting after our King's Chapel recital, something Peter mentioned triggered an amusing Wooster memory.

For my very last jury at Wooster, there were only two jurors:  my clarinet instructor, and the flute instructor (an adjunct faculty member who came onto campus two days a week to give lessons).  I played something which not long before I had played (and played quite well) for my senior recital.  My clarinet instructor, Nancy, was entirely satisfied with my playing for the jury.  The other juror's comments on the sheet were brief, and went thus:  You played fast, you played slow. So what?

Happily, my own teacher was there to put this into context, so that my spirit was not shattered.  But, as I say, I felt I had played very well, and my instructor felt the same.

Now, I have not yet listened to the Petrenko account of the Op.43 . . . and probably, especially as a result of this meh review, I should wait until I can give the piece undivided attention, this Sunday or Monday.  But I can easily envision a case where the performance and recording are excellent, and Dan Morgan's 650-word review boils down to:  You played fast, you played slow. So what?

[jochanaan]

...The other juror's comments on the sheet were brief, and went thus:  You played fast, you played slow. So what?

S/he must not have liked the clarinet as a species.

[Karl Henning]

When the crowd is both tough and select . . . .

[Karl Henning]

The Don is coming back.

[Karl Henning]

Scary thing is, I am even retaking ownership of the full wind ensemble arrangement . . . definitely need to make some adjustments, though.

[TheGSMoeller]

The Don is coming back.

Is this new, Karl? I'm always interested in anything using Quixote as a reference. Score looks great btw. 

[Karl Henning]

It's old and it's new . . . will post more later. Thanks for taking a look!

[Karl Henning]

More progress with this arrangement.

[Karl Henning]

A bit about this piece here.

[Karl Henning]

Well, and there I am.

[TheGSMoeller]

Well, and there I am.

The Famous Mr. Henning. 

Were Andriessen and Wuorinen at U. of Buffalo at the same time?

[Karl Henning]

Curious to say, yes!

[Karl Henning]

Louis was there just for the one year (my first at UB). Charles was there all the while I was doing time in Buffalo, too . . . .

[Karl Henning]

I'm taking it to The People!

[Karl Henning]

Further progress, though apparently slight.

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[Karl Henning]

Progress on this project is section-by-section, and the next section was brief (and this morning is the only time I have to work on 't), so here we went:

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[Cato]

Progress on this project is section-by-section, and the next section was brief (and this morning is the only time I have to work on 't), so here we went:

A fun work!  Listen not just for 5-note chords, but also listen to how many of the motifs have 5 notes!

[Karl Henning]

Getting close to the musical cornerstone of Quijote, a balletto quasi flamenco . . . a lot of notes, and this will be a learning opportunity in Sibelius, in which I don't think I've used "additive time signatures" before . . . .

[jochanaan]

Did I detect a low written D for clarinet, Karl?  How many keys does your clarinet have?

[Karl Henning]

Score in C!