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ibanezmonster

Quote from: karlhenning on January 09, 2014, 05:35:35 AM
Gifts of the Bard (mandolin) Jim Dalton
Who is the bard?
Ah... I see, it is Karl.  ;)

So, I think I've found your new nickname: Spoony Bard!


(a famous quote from the original awkward translation of Final Fantasy IV)

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

So . . . the Credo has been roughly half-finished for quite a while, and I stopped before setting Crucifixus etiam pro nobis.  Chances are, if I had insisted on going forward with that score sooner, I should have found some solution.  Still, there is a fresh idea which I 'discovered' while on this morning's train, and now I think I know where to go with the remainder of the piece.
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

Flyer for the upcoming concerts:
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

TheGSMoeller


Karl Henning

Thanks! It was Charles's doing.
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

Okay, quite a musical evening last night.  Before choir, I rehearsed with Charles, three pieces of his for the Bards, Gazelles, Squirrels & Sonatas concerts:  Dancing With an Angel (which is stressing him out just a bit . . . he marks in fingerings to help execution, and then as we rehearse in real time, he's not registering his own markings), Send Me an Angel (which has two measures up in the clarinetosphere, where the fingerings are queer, which I still need to subdue) and his trio fantasque based on "L'homme armé," Unarmed Man.  That was all good work.

Then, to choir we went . . . I worked the choir hard, and they responded well and faithfully.  And we especially worked hard on my Alleluia in D (which we had not looked at since, oh, probably before Thanksgiving).  We even ran it through sans piano, and held pitch . . . so it is officially on the docket (for, IIRC, 9 Feb).
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

North Star

Quote from: karlhenning on January 17, 2014, 05:01:51 AMSend Me an Angel (which has two measures up in the clarinetosphere, where the fingerings are queer, which I still need to subdue)
Klaus Meine sings in that, Matthias Jabs and Rudi Schenker playing guitar, right?
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Karl Henning

I knew there must be a standard of that name . . . it always makes me think of the Talking Heads song, "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel."
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

#3909
Here we have not only the ornamentation which I had been thinking to add to m.79 ff., but the long-awaited setting of Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato, passus et sepultus est.
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 dunno, a contrapuntal humor just took over, there . . . .
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

#3911
Some housekeeping on the score (lost the barlines connecting the staves, which was a nuisance, interfering typographically with the text);  and further progress, to boot.
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

Cato

Quote from: karlhenning on January 19, 2014, 05:04:19 PM
Some housekeeping on the score (lost the barlines connecting the staves, which was a nuisance, interfering typographically with the text);  and further progress, to boot.

Check out these specific sections and enjoy Karl's brilliance: bars 41-52, 73-79, 90-98, 117-120, and 137-40.  The marriage of the text to the music's expressivity, and the dexterity of how the Latin is perfectly handled with the music's accents, are most impressive!
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Karl Henning

Thank you! (he said, blushing)
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

Cato

Quote from: karlhenning on January 19, 2014, 06:34:05 PM
Thank you! (he said, blushing)

Keep cranking out those masterpieces!   ;)

We all hope that the up-coming concert with Jazz for Nostalgic Squirrels will bring more renown!
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Karl Henning

The sequence of the points of imitation (in the Credo) has, to me, had a bit of a stop-&-go feel . . . which I did not mean, of course.  And in fact, I manage the pitches well enough that there is no good reason not to minimize the seams.

So, that's part of what I've been doing this morning, as well as pressing on.
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

Quote from: Cato on January 20, 2014, 05:32:07 AM
We all hope that the up-coming concert with Jazz for Nostalgic Squirrels will bring more renown!

I have a rehearsal with Peter and Charles this afternoon!
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

#3917
I feel I am likely to resume work when I return from the rehearsal, but this was a good morning's work, I think.
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

#3918
More! Not finished quite yet, but the end is in my sights.
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 had an idea last night just what I wanted to do with Et exspecto... and the Amen.  Having slept on it, that idea has come into sharper focus.  I have paper just enough to do the scribbling I need, and I should get things ready enough that, when I get home after this afternoon's rehearsal with Peter, I just may wrap 'er up.
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