Henning's Headquarters

[Karl Henning]

There can be no denying that the fun continues. (And continues on.)

[Karl Henning]

At this point, a full minute with only this perfect fifth.  Well, I've already added the third note, in the tubular bells.  I certainly want that note to spread through the band a bit;  I am just waiting to discover the right point.  Maybe not until after I've introduced the piccolo.

Well, all right, maybe I added that third note too soon.  Sometimes, I need to be patient and trust myself . . . .

[Karl Henning]

More . . .

[Karl Henning]

More still . . .

[Karl Henning]

I've composed another 40 seconds of Ear Buds.  In some ways, the chief challenge for me in this piece is deciding just how long the piece should be, and composing into "the soft landing."


(I should note though, that having decided that half of the percussion is to be optional, I shall fill those bits in afterwards.)

[Karl Henning]

I do feel I am close to the end.

[Karl Henning]

Or, perhaps, since the now-"optional" percussion is such an afterthought, why not strike them entirely?  The marimba, snare & tenor drums are utterly superfluous . . . we'll retain the bass drum.

Should think about some more (not a great deal more) employment for the glock.

[North Star]

Or, perhaps, since the now-"optional" percussion is such an afterthought, why not strike them entirely?  The marimba, snare & tenor drums are utterly superfluous . . . we'll retain the bass drum.

Should think about some more (not a great deal more) employment for the glock.

So you want to strike the percussion instruments ... or not? 

[Karl Henning]

Three strikes, and they're out!

[Karl Henning]

I think it is done (now with wee layout tweaks):

[Karl Henning]

Okay:

The late Ray Heller's son suggested that perhaps the Rutherford Community Band might play Ear Buds.

Charles has a clarinetist friend in Chicago to whom he has forwarded Misapprehension.

Orlando will play Neither do I condemn thee at the Church of the Advent Library series concert on 18 March.

And in a few hours, we start rehearsing the Op.129!

[North Star]

Excellent news, all! Ear Buds sounded promising in MIDI.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks!

[Karl Henning]

Smashingly successful first rehearsal. The piece has made a strong positive impression on all my colleagues.

This music will conquer!

[Karl Henning]

Carol (flutist) is my liaison with Kammerwerke, the double quintet for whom I began writing The Young Lady Holding a Phone in Her Teeth.  There was an email exchange early on which was roughly equal parts confusion and mixed messaging, but no matter:  she is now in undissuadable agreement that The Young Lady (as From the Pit...) is chock full of melody.  Last night, she needed to brace me for, not bad news, but news of a delay;  the conductor is a teacher, and what with the start of the semester, his attention has been insufficient to study the Henningmusick score, so the group will not be reading the nascent piece this Saturday (the 3^rd) but on their next rehearsal, the 30^th.  Carol is solidly behind The Young Lady, just as she is all in for Fr. the P..., and assured me that she is strongly advocating on my behalf for a commission of the Op.130.

[Karl Henning]

In celebration of the positive feedback from Carol viz. the Op.130-in-progress, I feel motivated to make some further progress on the piece . . . in preparation whereof, I must have listened anew (not having visited with the score for, oh, months, it seems . . . probably in fact, and not merely seems) five or six times.  Damn, but I do like it.

http://www.youtube.com/v/d8h6g1gEb9k

[jochanaan]

Pam has repented ... she has been practicing, and finds that everything lies well, and is working fine.

That's what I thought at my first glance too.

[Karl Henning]

Triad rehearsal imminent.

[Karl Henning]

Not at all surprisingly, the Triad folks will sing Nuhro two or three notches better than the old St Paul's performance (itself, quite a creditable undertaking).  Tonight was sectionals, and we bassi are sounding mighty fine. Three different singers at several points in the course of the evening told me how much they like Nuhro.

[Karl Henning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/ZSMo90L5xJA