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[Karl Henning]

Here is the Moderato Cantabile agenda for the year, and the Henning Magnificat begins to feature right on 3 May.

[Cato]

Here is the Moderato Cantabile agenda for the year, and the Henning Magnificat begins to feature right on 3 May.

And works by K. Henning are featured in June and in November!  Yay Team!

[Karl Henning]

Okay... Misapprehension is written "too idiomatically" for clarinets, and there can be no simple instrument-for-instrument re-scoring. I think I knew this in the back of my mind, and that is why I adopted the idea of a full(-ish) wind ensemble arrangement. Am simultaneously considering whether an intermediate (say, 20-instrument) version is possible, and wondering if it's worth the bother.

I think the thing is, to go ahead with the "big band" arrangement, and while I am at that task, the back of my mind will decide the question of a 20-instrument version.

[Karl Henning]

And, a start on the new cello-&-piano piece:

[Cato]

And, a start on the new cello-&-piano piece:

The 4th/5th/9th idea combined with the quasi-plainchant opening is most intriguing.  The bell-like octaves in the bass add the right atmosphere.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks!

[Karl Henning]

Re-post & refresh:

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

Journey to the Dayspring, Op.40 on YouTube

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 ].

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

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

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

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

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 ]

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

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

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)

Lutosawski'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 Daves Shed) [Viola Sonata, mvt 2]

MIDI of Suspension Bridge (In Daves 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

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

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

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

These Unlikely Events, Op.104 № 4

These Unlikely Events, Op.104 № 5

Kyrie, Op.106 № 1

Credo, Op.106 № 3

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

Agnus Dei, Op.106 № 5

Organ Sonata, Op.108 :: Mvt 1, Eritis sicut Deus

Organ Sonata, Op.108 :: Mvt 2, . . . scientes bonum . . .

Organ Sonata, Op.108 :: Mvt 3, . . . et malum

In the Artist's Studio, work-in-progress

Thoreau in Concord Jail, Op.109 for clarinet solo

http://www.youtube.com/v/iDY7Dc41vL0

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

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

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

just what everyone was expecting, Op.114 for clarinet & marimba

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

My Island Home, Op.115 for percussion ensemble

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)

Psalm 130, Op.118 № 6 (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 (cello & piano) [work-in-progress]

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

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.

And: Maria appears on the evening news in DC.

[Karl Henning]

Finalizing at last the 9^th Ear concerts for 6 & 7 June.

I had a lovely time at my niece's Confirmation, and visiting with sundry siblings . . . I did make some more progress on the Op.121 . . . will post soon (-ish).

[Karl Henning]

Very nearly confirmed that the New Bedford Symphony Chorus (who will assist at a 10 May performance of Holst's The Planets) will sing the Alleluia in D (women's chorus version) as part of the pre-concert lecture.

[Karl Henning]

The Sibelius file has caught up to my sketches:

[mahler10th]

Sort of feels like I'm on location for the Zeffirelli Hamlet, but that's not at all a bad thing . . . .
http://www.youtube.com/v/TdocQFG9WyE

I listened to this, then your Op.120.  This is a great wee piece.  Great.  And your Op.120 "I Saw People Walking Around Like Trees"  (or is it See People?) very much has me identifying with the strange concept, invoked through the waving-branch-walking-tree peculiarity of it.     Trees with faces.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks, Johnnie!

[Karl Henning]

I wound up adding a brief recapitulatory phrase:

[Karl Henning]

A Danish organist accepted my friend request on Linked In, and has allowed me to send her the Organ Sonata.

We shall see . . . .

[Karl Henning]

Wow, the De profundis has had more than 300 views!

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

[Karl Henning]

Was poking around the thread, and this post gave me a warm smile:

It's awesome - I'll be the first to put some money down if a professional CD of your choral music is released. The setting I most admire is Pärt's, but this is a nice foil to that - the Pärt dirges quite impressively, this floats in a late Renaissance way, but with a more interesting tonality.

It's quite cool how some of your music takes that I like about John Tavener (anti-plush choral music), but not what I dislike (the poppy qualities, the sentimentality).

[Karl Henning]

I've needed to get new music to work on in the handbell choir folders . . . .

[Karl Henning]

Review of the NBSO concert.

Granted, the Alleluia in D was not in the actual concert but part of the pre-concert lecture . . . and how should I complain, when there is no mention of the women's chorus at all?  And Neptune only features in the snarky opening line.

[Karl Henning]

This is not new work . . . I'm "re-building" the score in Sibelius of a number from the ballet which I must have composed, oh, eight years ago.

[Karl Henning]

Another Facebook story:  just reconnected with an old Wooster classmate, who now sings in a 40-voice choir.  This morning, I sent her a passel of sample scores.