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[Cato]

"Details, details!"   

I understand the desire to have everything "just so" and find it annoying when some little thing slips through to spoil the perfection one desires!   0:)

[Karl Henning]

Well, it's a big piece, and thus will be a challenge for my choir (though I think many of them will be motivated unto the challenge);  I want to make sure the score is completely legible for them!

Then, too, although I wrote the organ part to be within the abilities of the late Bill Goodwin, Lord rest his soul, and thus it ought to be manageable by our organist at HTUMC, I am sure she will need some coaching . . . and again, it wouldn't do to have the notation too small!

And now, the only serious question mark to be addressed is:  a brass quintet!  I am still waiting to be contacted by someone from Gordon College.

A bit of bad news:  the Op.123 has been found to be too difficult for the Framinghamers, and so it has been necessary to drop it from the program.  Still, I thanked Paul for the occasion to write the piece, because the composer is well pleased with the result (though perhaps a little miffed that he wrote it too tough for the group he was ostensibly writing it for . . . .)

My old friend in San Diego has at last listened to the MIDI of [what is presently available of] White Nights, and he is enthused!

[Karl Henning]

First half of the Choral Score which we start reading tonight:

[Karl Henning]

Second half:

[Karl Henning]

Re-post & refresh:

Night of the Weeping Crocodiles, Op.16 (cl/vn/pf)

Night of the Weeping Crocodiles, Op.16a (cl/pf/prc)

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 ].

I Look From Afar, Op.60 for choir, brass quintet, organ & optional timpani

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

Sweetest Ancient Cradle Song, Op.67 for choir, brass quintet, organ & optional timpani 1^st half | 2^nd half

Sweetest Ancient Cradle Song, Op.67 for choir, brass quintet, organ & optional timpani ::  Choral Score 1^st half | 2^nd half

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

Scene 1 from White Nights, Op.75 № 2

Scene 2 from White Nights, Op.75 № 3

Scene 3a from White Nights, Op.75 № 4

Intermezzo I from White Nights, Op.75 № 6

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

Scene 4 from White Nights, Op.75 № 7

Scene 5 from White Nights, Op.75 № 8

Before-&-after, Finale-VS.-Sibelius exhibits from the Op.75 № 8| A | B | C | D

Scene 7 from White Nights, Op.75 № 10

Canzona, Op.77a № 1 (org solo)

Gigue, Op.77a № 2 (org solo)

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

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, Op.80 carol for choir, brass quintet, organ & timpani

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

How to Tell (Chasing the Tail of Nothing), Op.103 (alto flute, clarinet & frame drum); 7 June 2014 performance

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/OnLYQ748aEg

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 № 1 for clarinet & marimba

(very nearly) what everyone was expecting, Op.114 № 5 for bass 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)

http://www.youtube.com/v/AJzV-RxXiIk

Hymtunes Moscow & Te Deum, Op.118 № 6 (handbells)

Musette, Op.118 № 7 (handbells)

Psalm 130, Op.118 № 8 [ I think ] (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 (vc/pf)

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

A Song of Remembrance, Op.123 (mixed chorus SAB & pf)

Tiny Wild Avocadoes, Op.125 № 1 (2 vn/va)

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]

And for my present I shot an arrow into the air moment:  I've sent email to a music professor at Gordon College, enquiring after a brass quintet.

[Karl Henning]

Just out from a wonderfully good rehearsal with Evelyn of The Mystic Trumpeter.  We ran it;  then rehearsed some spots;  then ran it again. We're in very good shape!

[Karl Henning]

And for my present I shot an arrow into the air moment:  I've sent email to a music professor at Gordon College, enquiring after a brass quintet.

The quest for a brass quintet is ongoing!

Separately, yesterday I went to this artisan to take care of a sticking key on my B^b clarinet.

[Karl Henning]

Yo.

[kishnevi]

The game's afoot.
Take precautions.

Although in your case recording equipment will be substituted for what Holmes intended, I presume.

[Karl Henning]

Aye, I shall make sure the battery is full charged!

Meanwhile:  marking the handbell parts for the Op.68b.  (The Op.68a is a version with string quartet, and I am jiggered if I remember what the occasion might have been for it . . . .)

[Karl Henning]

Well, I only missed marking a couple of F4s on one of the parts;  my ringers and I had fun . . . had to have the "why there are only two beats to a bar of 6/8" conversation

[Karl Henning]

The HMMCU (Henning Mobile Music-Capturing Unit) is fully charged.  And we are set to rock the joint.

[Cato]

The HMMCU (Henning Mobile Music-Capturing Unit) is fully charged.  And we are set to rock the joint.

Yay Team!  The excitement builds!

It is high time to send off a Henning Mix CD to NAXOS or some other company willing to push 21st century music.

[Karl Henning]

In short, an excellent performance.

More later . . . .

[jochanaan]

In short, an excellent performance.

More later . . . .

[Karl Henning]

I had not meant to seem to praise myself! Both Evelyn and Peter did a great job and both pieces went very well.

[Karl Henning]

We have been a-tarrying in the Kaatskills, staying in a most cosy suite, although while we are there we enjoy neither phone connectivity nor any wifi. (There are spiritual compensations.) While I have managed to chip away at a little composing, and even more, to mark parts for my handbell ringers, for the most part my work during this trip has been as the guy driving the artists about while we scout for views. (And exquisitely lovely views they have been.)

During one fleeting moment of connectivity, a very nice message came in from Peter Bloom:

Excellent event on Tuesday. Your setting of Whitman is excellent, you sounded terrific, and Evelyn is a terrific musician.  It's a joy to have been involved.

Edit :: typos, dratted auto-something . . . .

[Karl Henning]

Most of the handbell marking I was at, was for bells I had arranged to enhance the John Ferguson arrangement of Lord of the Dance.  (Not that I especially endorse this arrangement of the piece . . . it's the one I found in our file cabinets, and I have not yet formed a final opinion on it.)

My ringers sight-read this yesterday with me, and we got it in good shape very quickly.  On Thursday (in addition to, I hope, quelling the last of the rumblings over Sweetest Ancient Cradle Song), I must get my choir on board with Lord of the Dance, since I am proposing that we perform it for the service on 26 October.  I was absent from this past Thursday's rehearsal, and Charles proposed pushing Lord of the Dance out to 2 November, but it is too cheerful a piece for the character of that All Souls service (that is, the Pastor specifically requested music of a more sober character).

So, we shall see . . . .

[Karl Henning]

Definitely on:  My Island Home for percussion ensemble;  & just what everyone was expecting for clarinet & marimba

Also, one of the following, depending on the pianist's response to the score:  Night of the Weeping Crocodiles or Mirage (both pieces now arranged for clarinet, percussion & piano)

The concert is Tuesday, 11 November: Be there!

Atlanta Update

My Island Home & Mirage remain fixed for the 11 Nov concert.

just what everyone was expecting has been bumped to an as-yet-indefinite concert a day or two later.  May give the Irreplaceable Doodles a fresh airing, and this could be the best performance yet.