Henning's Headquarters

[Cato]

Orlando Cela & Wei Zhao gave a smashing and sweet performance of Neither do I condemn thee.  Peter H Bloom & I played the Op97 duos the best we have yet, though perfection continues to elude me.  I am counting on Matt's audio being better (his mic was up at center stage, and mine was back behind the audience . . . the occasional bit of audience noise);  and there is video.

Enthusiastic crowd?  Conservatory students, like my niece at Berklee (Sic) ?  Always good news to have a recording!

[Karl Henning]

Pretty good audience, arguably mostly people who already "follow us";  and a Columbia Threadneedle co-worker brought his wife to come hear us.

Check your PM!

[Karl Henning]

And: we made $40 each!  Mind you, we were one of four "acts";  and the "door" was split among us all.  So that was a haul  0:)

[Cato]

And: we made $40 each!  Mind you, we were one of four "acts";  and the "door" was split among us all.  So that was a haul  0:)

"Dig deep and make it hurt!"  0:)  Glad to hear that a small profit was made!

[Karl Henning]

At the start of the pre-service rehearsal yesterday, I expected that the de Victoria would get off to a rough-ish start (to begin with, early-in-the-day neurons, and the usual inconsistencies in the accompanist).  But we settled into it, and it went "well enough" in the service (one parishioner made very generous comment afterward).  I have not checked the audio yet.  We shall sing it again (and, I expect, a bit better) in mid-April.  I love our pastor, Larry, who said to me after the service, "I see the brilliance of it now, everything else will seem easy!"


A bit of snow out there, though quite a bit less than some of the earlier forecasts had threatened.  Still, I must get out and move the cars.

[Karl Henning]

Future Henningmusick dates at King's Chapel:  21 June and 18 October 2016.

Peter Bloom signed on to the Advent event this past Friday, even though he also had a concert to play the next day, with their "Debussy trio" group, Ensemble Aubade —

http://www.youtube.com/v/LqOkr0Hrxow

— and in the course of our chatting while on the Red Line train, Peter mentioned that the violist, Francis Grimes, really likes The Mousetrap.  So I am reaching out to Frank to see if he thinks it practical to work the Henning Op.92 up for the 21 June concert.

[Karl Henning]

Word is that the Troy University Clarinet Choir will indeed play the Saltmarsh Stomp both 28 March and 2 April.

Well, this will actually not happen.  The demands of the independence of the voices are too great for the group to master, in as few rehearsals as they have.

[Karl Henning]

Last night, twelve of us from Triad took part in an open rehearsal of Nono's Das atmende Klarsein at Tufts. (The concert is this Saturday morning at 10, free admission.)  The piece — for bass flute, small choir with each singer individually mic'ed, and real-time electronic treatments — has been a great surprise to me, in its arresting beauty;  and taking part in the performance is highly gratifying.  Yesterday was my first opportunity to meet the bass flutist, Claire Chase, who is extraordinarily affable.  And she has even permitted me to send her stars & guitars (here's hoping!)

[Cato]

Last night, twelve of us from Triad took part in an open rehearsal of Nono's Das atmende Klarsein at Tufts. (The concert is this Saturday morning at 10, free admission.)  The piece — for bass flute, small choir with each singer individually mic'ed, and real-time electronic treatments — has been a great surprise to me, in its arresting beauty;  and taking part in the performance is highly gratifying. Yesterday was my first opportunity to meet the bass flutist, Claire Chase, who is extraordinarily affable.  And she has even permitted me to send her stars & guitars (here's hoping!)

Great opportunity!  And I will inform my Music major niece of the concert!

[Karl Henning]

Excellent!  (I did not know until last night that it is an open event, or I had notified you sooner.)

[Karl Henning]

Nuria Schoenberg-Nono was there.  GMG's own Paolo was seated near her.  (I did not meet her.)

[bhodges]

Last night, twelve of us from Triad took part in an open rehearsal of Nono's Das atmende Klarsein at Tufts. (The concert is this Saturday morning at 10, free admission.)  The piece — for bass flute, small choir with each singer individually mic'ed, and real-time electronic treatments — has been a great surprise to me, in its arresting beauty;  and taking part in the performance is highly gratifying.  Yesterday was my first opportunity to meet the bass flutist, Claire Chase, who is extraordinarily affable.  And she has even permitted me to send her stars & guitars (here's hoping!)

Very cool that you're doing the Nono (which I do not know), and terrific that you got to meet - and are performing with - Claire, who is marvelous (and a MacArthur Fellow, among her other lauds). Wishing you the best for Saturday!

--Bruce

[Karl Henning]

Very cool that you're doing the Nono (which I do not know), and terrific that you got to meet - and are performing with - Claire, who is marvelous (and a MacArthur Fellow, among her other lauds). Wishing you the best for Saturday!

--Bruce

Not surprising that you don't know the Nono; word on the street is that we are performing the North American première.

[Karl Henning]

Here we are, concert imminent

[Karl Henning]

Had a fantastic time, singing this Nono, and especially collaborating with Claire Chase and Hans Tutschku.

[Karl Henning]

Just a bit of fun, really.  I don't know, either that it's "done," or that I want to do much else with it —

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

[Karl Henning]

Just a bit of fun, really.  I don't know, either that it's "done," or that I want to do much else with it —

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

Having "slept on it," I am not sure quite what I think of this. Beyond the arguably inconsequential facts, I mean, that I had fun in the tinkering, and I do seem to find that listening to it is a kind of exercise in relaxation.

[Karl Henning]

Visited my old high school yesterday, and over the past two days met up and enjoyed catch-up with three schoolmates.  Lots of warm feelings.

[Karl Henning]

And another schoolmate (my Clarinet 1 stand partner, in fact) is singing in a New Hampshire performance of the Dvořák Stabat Mater this evening. I am planning to go.

[Cato]

And another schoolmate (my Clarinet 1 stand partner, in fact) is singing in a New Hampshire performance of the Dvořák Stabat Mater this evening. I am planning to go.

When I first visited a friend in graduate school in Boston in the early 1970's, I discovered that New Hampshire was actually "just a suburb" of the city!