Henning's Headquarters

[North Star]

I recall seeing this video before somewhere, with the applause (with the composer onstage) included. And a talk before, too..

[Karl Henning]

I recall seeing this video before somewhere, with the applause (with the composer onstage) included. And a talk before, too..

I had a feeling I had shared it . . . but I didn't find it in my YouTube channel, and as a result thought that I had misremembered sharing it.

I'll post the pre-performance chat separately . . . I met up again with two members of Tapestry at Vanya's concert last night, and wanted a video of just the piece available for them.

[Karl Henning]

(I wonder now if maybe Sylvie had posted it as a unlisted video, and that's how we first saw it.)

[Karl Henning]

https://www.youtube.com/v/rD6j7QU6SfE

[Bogey]

I do not post here much as I used to.  However, to see all this collaboration come together was quite a joy.  Thank you both, and to the performers as well, for continuing to bring some joy and hope into our world through your artistic gifts.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks for the word, Bill!

[Karl Henning]

My choir and our accompanist have complained about all the page turns, and they have had a point.

[Karl Henning]

Dress rehearsal for Triad tonight . . . rehearsing the pieces in concert order, but in each case, the conductor has latitude to spot-rehearse as desired, only we must run every piece start-to-end at least once, and each conductor has 10 minutes (except, I suppose, for Nuhro, which itself runs 12 minutes).

The piece I am conducting, Shar Ki Ri, runs 5 minutes, so I shall get just one solid run-through . . . and I should go over a couple of spots which may still be giving the ladies trouble.

I'll try to record as much of the rehearsal as I can, without being disruptive . . . .

[Karl Henning]

To all appearances, my device recorded the full rehearsal without incident.  For my colleagues in the group, and not only for our purposes here, I should break it out into separate mp3s this evening.

Both Nuhro and Shar Ki Ri went generally very well, but with the odd flaw which either we could not go back and fix (so that I contented myself with noting it to the singers), or which we could fix, but there was not then time to do a second take of the full piece.  In most contexts, I should be discontented that we've not had a "clean" rehearsal take prior to the concert.  With the Triad lot, though, and even without another rehearsal between here and Saturday, the performance will be an improvement . . . if it chances, not yet quite right, we do have the second performance on Monday.

That said, the program overall is in very good shape, and this group sound excellent.

Meanwhile, in Danvers . . . now that I have choral scores of the Opp.52a & 53a done, I need to prepare the handbell part for the latter, and the violin and flute parts . . . and I am working on the concert order for 13 Dec.  I may not absolutely need to finalize that before Thanksgiving . . . but that is my preference.

[Karl Henning]

Well, I've been listening to yesterday's rehearsal take of Nuhro, and while there is the odd bit which wants repair (as mentioned) the principal take-away is, how pleased I am that Thomas keeps the tempo held back, and how much I like the expansive ease of the piece.

[Karl Henning]

https://soundcloud.com/karlhenning-1/op74-nuhro-rehearsal-16-nov-2015

[Karl Henning]

Breaking news: an acquaintance on Facebook has broken the Op.131 ice!  The video is presently unlisted, use discretion.  Thanks!

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

[Cato]

Breaking news: an acquaintance on Facebook has broken the Op.131 ice!  The video is presently unlisted, use discretion.  Thanks!

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

Excellent idea to play this in reference to Paris! 

Of course, it is always an excellent idea to play one of Karl's works!   0:)

[Karl Henning]

Hmm ... Discreet Erasures?

http://www.americancomposers.org/2015/10/06/unmr2016/

[Karl Henning]

Hmm ... Discreet Erasures?

http://www.americancomposers.org/2015/10/06/unmr2016/

Yes, I think so.

http://www.americancomposers.org/2015/10/06/unmr-submission-guidelines-2016/

[Cato]

From a young relative:

I downloaded From the Pit of a Cave in the Cloud and was extremely emotionally riveted by it! I can't understand why the previous soprano would have elected not to sing it -- Supreme emotion is essential to all superlative music! Is there any recording where I could hear the piece from the concert? If not, I will have to make one!

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

[Karl Henning]

Very nice!


Nuhro tonight and Monday!

[Karl Henning]

The Triad concert last night was professionally recorded, both audio and video. Also, I made my own redundant audio recording, which I haven't yet broken out into tracks. More on this later.

This is not a sob story, I was up early to mark handbell parts for the two pieces of mine on the Christmas concert. Handbell choir rehearsal after church was very good.

By way of (very pleasantly) returning a favor, I took part this afternoon in a piece by my friend Pam Marshall, a sort of guided improvisation for any number of players, in the present case, three: clarinet, horn, piano. More on that tomorrow.

Another Triad concert tomorrow evening.

[Karl Henning]

From Friday's pre-concert warm-up

[Karl Henning]

And the whole group