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SurprisedByBeauty

#760
June 06, 2018, 04:02:32 AM
After Sarge, 2010 at this concert, I have now met my second fellow GMG'er, Wanderer -- alas, not in connection to a concert but over beers at a dive. Capital fellow, indeed.

Karl Henning

#761
June 06, 2018, 04:06:13 AM
If you're ever again in the States, Jens . . . .
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

Wanderer

#762
June 11, 2018, 01:28:27 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on June 06, 2018, 04:02:32 AM
...but over beers at a dive.

A Viennese dive!  8)

(=hardly a dive)

SurprisedByBeauty

#763
June 11, 2018, 02:36:37 AM
Quote from: Wanderer on June 11, 2018, 01:28:27 AM
A Viennese dive!  8)

(=hardly a dive)

Granted, as far as dives are concerned, it's probably upscale.  ;D There are a good many, even in Vienna, that fit the bill better. But it's always good to undersell.

Florestan

#764
June 11, 2018, 05:21:36 AM
Quote from: SurprisedByBeauty on June 06, 2018, 04:02:32 AM
Wanderer... Capital fellow, indeed.

Amen! One of the nicest, most genial and amiable fellows I've ever met in my whole life.
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

J.Z. Herrenberg

#765
August 07, 2018, 10:25:52 AM Last Edit: August 07, 2018, 10:27:44 AM by J.Z. Herrenberg
Nice thread. I have met with Christo (my namesake and fellow Dutchman Johan), Herman, a fellow novelist I got to know on this board (!), Dundonnell (Colin), Brian, Knightxx (forget the number), André, Luke Ottevanger and Vandermolen (Jeffrey), and a John who sometimes appears on the Havergal Brian thread. I treasure the memories!
P.S. I started out with the moniker Jezetha.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

André

#766
August 07, 2018, 11:48:10 AM
My son and I had a meal at the same italian restaurant we went together, Johan  ;). BTW, wasn't that Gatti who conducted the Mahler 5th that night ?  ???

J.Z. Herrenberg

#767
August 07, 2018, 11:55:32 AM
I hope the meal was just as good! And you're right: it was Gatti in Mahler's Fifth!
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

MN Dave

#768
August 09, 2018, 05:21:47 AM
Meeting face to face is overrated.  8)
"The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence." — Arthur Schopenhauer

Karl Henning

#769
August 09, 2018, 05:27:39 AM
We shall see if you say that, after we have met face to face!  8)
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

MN Dave

#770
August 09, 2018, 05:28:16 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 09, 2018, 05:27:39 AM
We shall see if you say that, after we have met face to face!  8)

You have to find me first!
"The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence." — Arthur Schopenhauer

Karl Henning

#771
August 09, 2018, 05:34:23 AM
Fair enough.
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

Harry

#772
August 09, 2018, 05:36:32 AM
Never met any of the posters.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Christo

#773
August 09, 2018, 08:27:33 AM
Quote from: J.Z. Herrenberg on August 07, 2018, 10:25:52 AM
Nice thread. I have met with Christo (my namesake and fellow Dutchman Johan), Herman, a fellow novelist I got to know on this board (!), Dundonnell (Colin), Brian, Knightxx (forget the number), André, Luke Ottevanger and Vandermolen (Jeffrey), and a John who sometimes appears on the Havergal Brian thread. I treasure the memories!
P.S. I started out with the moniker Jezetha.
Quote from: J.Z. Herrenberg on May 09, 2009, 02:53:17 PM
Although I can't furnish you all with a telling picture, I just want to report I had a great evening with Brett Stewart (Catison). It was non-stop talking from 7 PM till past midnight, interrupted only by pizza, coffee and drink (hot chocolate for me, beer for Brett). An incredible amount of topics was touched, from Star Wars to Seinfeld, the merits of Bernard Herrmann vs. John Williams, Aquinas, G.M. Hopkins, Dutch history, brassbands in Texas, the wondrous world of GMG...

I have offered Brett to show him around Amsterdam, which we probably will do next weekend.
;)
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

J.Z. Herrenberg

#774
August 09, 2018, 08:40:49 AM Last Edit: August 09, 2018, 08:45:02 AM by J.Z. Herrenberg
Quote from: Christo on August 09, 2018, 08:27:33 AM
;)
Of course!!!!
Dumb of me. I still miss the guy living here in Delft!

P.S. FYI - my novel (part 1) will be published on 28 August (Nederhalfrond, Uitgeverij Wereldbibliotheek)...
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

Sergeant Rock

#775
August 09, 2018, 12:59:40 PM
Quote from: MN Dave on August 09, 2018, 05:28:16 AM
You have to find me first!

I know where to find you...in the shed!

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Christo

#776
August 09, 2018, 01:25:30 PM
Quote from: J.Z. Herrenberg on August 09, 2018, 08:40:49 AM
P.S. FYI - my novel (part 1) will be published on 28 August (Nederhalfrond, Uitgeverij Wereldbibliotheek)...
On the radar - will pre-order it with my local bookstore. Congrats!  ;D
P.S. My next 'big' book (non fiction) is scheduled for 2020.  8)
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

J.Z. Herrenberg

#777
August 09, 2018, 01:30:24 PM
Quote from: Christo on August 09, 2018, 01:25:30 PM
On the radar - will pre-order it with my local bookstore. Congrats!  ;D
P.S. My next 'big' book (non fiction) is scheduled for 2020.  8)
Excellent (everything)!
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. -- Plato

Karl Henning

#778
August 09, 2018, 02:51:02 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 09, 2018, 12:59:40 PM
I know where to find you...in the shed!

Sarge

That's beautiful.
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

#779
August 09, 2018, 02:51:58 PM
Quote from: J.Z. Herrenberg on August 09, 2018, 08:40:49 AM
- my novel (part 1) will be published on 28 August (Nederhalfrond, Uitgeverij Wereldbibliotheek)...

Smashing!
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
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