Expand Your Definition of Music!
Come to a
Contemporary Classical Music Recital
with music by Richard Rodney Bennett, Eugene Hartzell, Karl Henning, and Francis Poulenc
performed by
Jochanaan
(John Rasmussen)
Oboe & English Horn
And Friends
7:30pm, September 15, 2007
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
1280 Vine (Vine and Thirteenth)
$10 (Students & Seniors $5)
Tickets at the door
Schedule is clear John....will be a pleasure to hear you play, hear Karl's music, and meet you in person.
Quote from: George on September 09, 2007, 07:55:55 AM
Where is this Church located?
In Denver. :-[ Should have specified that in the OP.
Quote from: jochanaan on September 09, 2007, 07:49:13 AM
Expand Your Definition of Music!
Come to a
Contemporary Classical Music Recital
with music by Richard Rodney Bennett, Eugene Hartzell, Karl Henning, and Francis Poulenc
performed by
Jochanaan
(John Rasmussen)
Oboe & English Horn
And Friends
7:30pm, September 15, 2007
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
1280 Vine (Vine and Thirteenth)
$10 (Students & Seniors $5)
Tickets at the door
This is
terrific!!! But so far away... :(
can you make a recording of the performance? (no need to use any sophisticated methods, a simple digital recorder would do)
Quote from: George on September 09, 2007, 08:27:41 AM
Indeed!
Come to the NE!!! :)
Will you pay my travel fares? :-\
Quote from: MahlerTitan on September 09, 2007, 08:29:19 AM
can you make a recording of the performance? (no need to use any sophisticated methods, a simple digital recorder would do)
I plan to.
Split a reed, John! ;)
Good luck duders. Wish I could be there.
Allan
Quote from: jochanaan on September 09, 2007, 08:12:44 AM
In Denver. :-[ Should have specified that in the OP.
John - good luck w/ the concert - wish I could be there! Dave :D
so far away :'(
i wish i could go
Will Jochanaan play any excerpts from Strauss's Salome as an encore?
Any more questions, George? We're here to help!
Definitely not Heartattack and Vine . . . .
Good luck and have fun. :D
(I heard of one of those composers, Poulenc. Who are the other three? ;D)
ZB
Quote from: zamyrabyrd on September 11, 2007, 09:37:49 AM
(I heard of one of those composers, Poulenc. Who are the other three? ;D)
Richard Rodney Bennett is an Englishman, born in 1936. The Sonata I'm doing was written in 1961 and is challengingly atonal, probably twelve-tone serial although I haven't been able to analyze it. (I'm still just trying to get all the notes!)
Eugene Hartzell was born in Cincinnati in 1932 but spent most of his adult life in Vienna, where he died in 2000. Workpoints 4, for flute and oboe, is one of a series of 10 duets for various wind instruments; it's very atmospheric, a little like some of Varèse's pieces.
Karl Henning you know from here. ;D
I'm also doing a set of unaccompanied oboe pieces by Antal Doráti, the conductor.
Quote from: Larry Rinkel on September 11, 2007, 05:50:53 AM
Will Jochanaan play any excerpts from Strauss's Salome as an encore?
No, I'm NOT doing the Dance of the Seven Veils! ;D
Quote from: jochanaan on September 12, 2007, 12:05:19 PM
No, I'm NOT doing the Dance of the Seven Veils! ;D
Then I'm not going!
Tough crowd, John! 8)
Small world:
So, I am at work today and I mention to a colleague your upcoming concert John. I mention the composers and that one of them is Karl Henning from Boston. This was the dialogue that followed:
My colleague's response: "Oh Henning, I am familiar with his work."
Me: "Really?"
My colleague: "Yes, my husband or others used some of his compositions at CU (University of Colordao) for their 'modern' composer portion of a class in the music department."
Me: (Using DavidW lingo) "Coolness." ;D
(* speechless *)
Quote from: Larry Rinkel on September 12, 2007, 12:59:43 PM
Then I'm not going!
That's all right; I don't think I'm your type. :o ;D
T minus 90 and counting. :)
Woo-hoo! :)
Folks, I believe I just had the pleasure of seeing live the "John Coltrane" of modern classical music. In short, John can just flat out blow.
John opened up, without announcement, with Karl's composition using the English Horn..............................repair to the church roof begins on Monday morning. Services tomorrow will be held in the court yard. After Karl's piece I was amazed that John had anything left, but he was in fact just warming up. The other highlight of the show, for me personally, was the Bennett piece that John played with an incredibly talented piano player (sorry, did not catch her name). Powerful does not begin to describe their performance together. I hope the recording does their playing justice. And on a side note, John had a nice encore waiting in the wings following his ovation: Pan from Britten's Six Metamorphoses After Ovid....it was a beauty.
A wonderful evening of wonderful music. Thank you John. It was a pleasure meeting you and seeing you perform.
Thank you for the enthusiastic review of a roof-raising concert by our very own Jochanaan, a GMG member I never met personally yet know him to be a very sensitive and caring human being. We might have a chance to listen to the concert, I hope, but nothing compares with being right there in person.
Splendid, Bill, splendid! Bravo, John, bravo! :)
*whew* Thanks, Bogey! Apparently nobody but I noticed all the flubs. :o :-[ But for some reason, they liked me--they really LIKED me! ;D
As soon as the recording artist gets the goods to me, I'll post a few clips--if I can figure out how. ???
I'm sure there are very musical reasons why they REALLY liked you, John! Bravo ancora!
Quote from: Bogey on September 15, 2007, 09:29:15 PM
...with an incredibly talented piano player (sorry, did not catch her name)...
She is Keiko Haneda, a fine pianist and piano teacher from Boulder.
Keiko and I go way back ........
Quote from: jochanaan on September 16, 2007, 02:55:23 PM
As soon as the recording artist gets the goods to me, I'll post a few clips--if I can figure out how. ???
PULEEZE!!!
Quote from: D Minor on September 16, 2007, 06:56:11 PM
Keiko
i love that name....
Quote from: jochanaan on September 16, 2007, 02:55:23 PM
As soon as the recording artist gets the goods to me, I'll post a few clips--if I can figure out how. ???
can't wait :D
Will there be a chance to buy the recording? PLEASE, PURTY PLEASE? ???
Quote from: jochanaan on September 12, 2007, 12:04:23 PM
Richard Rodney Bennett is an Englishman, born in 1936. The Sonata I'm doing was written in 1961 and is challengingly atonal, probably twelve-tone serial although I haven't been able to analyze it. (I'm still just trying to get all the notes!)
Eugene Hartzell was born in Cincinnati in 1932 but spent most of his adult life in Vienna, where he died in 2000. Workpoints 4, for flute and oboe, is one of a series of 10 duets for various wind instruments; it's very atmospheric, a little like some of Varèse's pieces.
Karl Henning you know from here. ;D
I'm also doing a set of unaccompanied oboe pieces by Antal Doráti, the conductor.
Doráti, very interesting! What type/style of pieces are those?
And which Henning did you play? ;)
Wish I could have seen that, do post a recording if you're able!
Quote from: Greta on September 28, 2007, 12:12:56 PM
Doráti, very interesting! What type/style of pieces are those?
Modernistic but not atonal, and very very challenging. They were written for Heinz Holliger. :o :D
Quote from: Greta on September 28, 2007, 12:12:56 PM
And which Henning did you play? ;)
Studies in Impermanence, arranged for solo English horn.
Quote from: Greta on September 28, 2007, 12:12:56 PM
Wish I could have seen that, do post a recording if you're able!
As soon as I get it from the guy who recorded it for me.
Just a note that I haven't forgotten my promise to post sound clips. The recording artist ran into an unexpected snag: the music-only portions of the recital (aside from spoken program notes and pauses to catch breath) was 40 seconds too long for a single CD! :o :-[ So he's redoing the recording by including my program notes etc. I expect it in the next few days...
Looking forward to it, jochanaan!
Quote from: jochanaan on October 27, 2007, 07:00:44 PM
I expect it in the next few days...
We're pacing the floors in anticipation .......... fingernails bitten to a pulp ......... fretting beyond the point of consolation.........
Wildfang the Inconsolable . . . .
........ Soon, Jochanaan will pluck me from my depths of despair .........
I´m very interrested! But here in Copenhagen, were I live now, are just so many concerts (almost every day :o), and I have little time besides the practice. And my bike has just been stolen, so I don´t want to walk 10.000 miles to get to a concert. ;D
Well, Mikkel, you'll just have to buy plane tickets to Denver for my next one. ;D Or listen to the sound clips once I've put them up...
Haste, oh haste, jochanaan! There is despair from whose depths Wildfang would be plucked! 8)
Hurry ...... hurry .......
(http://www.hayinart.com/hurry.jpg)
Our friend jochanaan here, too, is One Who Waits, mon vieux
In Copenhagen, if your bike is stolen, isn't it legal to steal a bike from somebody else?
Or am I thinking of Amsterdam? 8)
Definitely not Italy
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51REDNY031L._AA240_.jpg)
Quote from: karlhenning on November 02, 2007, 03:52:44 AM
Our friend jochanaan here, too, is One Who Waits, mon vieux
I'm asking him to modify his passive role, and become an active catalyst for change .......
No, the koan is: Don't do something, just stand there 0:)
Quote from: jochanaan on October 27, 2007, 07:00:44 PM
The recording artist ran into an unexpected snag **** I expect it in the next few days...
Give me this dude's cell phone # ....... and I promise I won't phone him more than once per half-hour .......
As far as I know, Wildfang, he doesn't have a cell phone. And I still don't have the recording! Aaack! :-X It's not as if I don't have a chance to ask, either; he's the guitar player in one of the bands I'm with. But he works out of his home and I guess his work load is heavy right now, so I can't exactly nag him... :-\
Quote from: jochanaan on November 02, 2007, 06:37:39 PM
And I still don't have the recording! Aaack!
AY me, to whom shall I my case complain,
That may compassion my impatient grief?
Or where shall I unfold my inward pain,
That my enriven heart may find relief?
Shall I unto the heavenly powres it show?
Or unto earthly men that dwell below?
Quote from: jochanaan on November 02, 2007, 06:37:39 PM
And I still don't have the recording! Aaack!
Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there
Weep our sad bosoms empty.
Quote from: jochanaan on November 02, 2007, 06:37:39 PM
And I still don't have the recording! Aaack! *** I can't exactly nag him... :-\
Wail - O desolate gale
Bring upon me your bitter winds
and wail through heart, wail so cold
Take my life, reap my soul
Vanish grief and inner pain
O why hast thou forsaken me?
O why hast thou not heard my cry, my anguished bitter cry?
Please hear the poster formerly known as Wildfang's cry
Remember John, I want the edition with the bonus tracks that is only being sold within the Denver city limits.
Good news! I have the recording! :D It's really not too bad--lots of missed notes, but the tone and style is good.
Now if I can just figure out how to rip the tracks and post clips here... ???
Quote from: Bogey on November 09, 2007, 04:12:49 PM
Remember John, I want the edition with the bonus tracks that is only being sold within the Denver city limits.
:D
Quote from: jochanaan on November 09, 2007, 05:31:27 PM
Good news! I have the recording! :D It's really not too bad--lots of missed notes, but the tone and style is good.
O frabjous day! :)
Quote from: jochanaan on November 09, 2007, 05:31:27 PM
Good news! I have the recording! :D It's really not too bad--lots of missed notes, but the tone and style is good.
Now if I can just figure out how to rip the tracks and post clips here... ???
Rejoice, rejoice,
rejoice, give thanks and sing.
Quote from: jochanaan on November 09, 2007, 05:31:27 PM
Good news! I have the recording! :D It's really not too bad--lots of missed notes, but the tone and style is good.
Now if I can just figure out how to rip the tracks and post clips here... ???
My PC really didn't like this ripper, but many people think it's good (and it's free): http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/?q=download
Once you have the files, they can be uploaded to a site like www.mediafire.com or www.rapidshare.com - these both have filesize limits of 100mb, so unless the CD has them all in one track, it will be easy to divide the tracks into two zips (or many seperate single file uploads) if the total size of them ends up over 100mb.
If you are stuck on 56k, somebody could volunteer to rip it at a high bitrate and upload it somewhere, if it's mailed to them, perhaps. Although I don't know if US internal mail is as affordable as I am used to in my small country.
i know i'm over 5 months too late, but Dm's comments on page 2 and 3....... golden! ;D
What's the word, jo? :)
Quote from: karlhenning on May 18, 2008, 03:07:22 PM
What's the word, jo? :)
Do you always operate with a six-month lag,
Karl?
Just found this. Have you had a chance to upload your music yet, John? It was torture reading through this thread without the payoff at the end! ;D
Quote from: Dm on May 18, 2008, 07:01:27 PM
Do you always operate with a six-month lag, Karl?
Sometimes a nine-month lag ;D
Quote from: Dm on May 18, 2008, 07:01:27 PM
Do you always operate with a six-month lag, Karl?
Quote from: karlhenning on August 01, 2008, 03:34:24 AM
Sometimes a nine-month lag ;D
He was just pregnant, that's all.....
TTT
Well, I tried to upload the clips a couple of times, but it didn't work; I think my connection is just too slow. :-X Maybe someday I'll try from a different computer...