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[Brahmsian]

My dear fellow, I am honored.

[Cato]

Oh, I think it may be done:

Check out the triplet in bar 237!

And look carefully at that last chord: to preserve the piquant harmony heard throughout the piece, one "B" has sneaked in to party with all those A's and E's!   

[Karl Henning]

MIDI's up!

[Cato]

Check out the triplet in bar 237!

And look carefully at that last chord: to preserve the piquant harmony heard throughout the piece, one "B" has sneaked in to party with all those A's and E's!   

Raves and 7-stars out of 5 for this work!

Marvelous little touches everywhere: the triplet in bar 237,  the extra quarter-note rest in bar 129, the dialogue in bars 54-57, and on and on! 

[Karl Henning]

Thank you, heartily.

[Karl Henning]

Those first-space F's I added to the violin in m. 28 . . . there's nothing wrong with them, but I like that entrance better without that inaugural flourish;  will strike them out.

[Cato]

Those first-space F's I added to the violin in m. 28 . . . there's nothing wrong with them, but I like that entrance better without that inaugural flourish;  will strike them out.

"Down Eros, up Mars!"   

[Karl Henning]

. . . and this morning, I scribbled some more material for those nostalgic squirrels!

[Brahmsian]

First-Listen Friday! 

Henning

Plotting (y is the new x), Op. 116

Fantastic work, Karl!  Quite eerie and macabre feel.  I did not envison what Sarge did, but perhaps more of opening a door to a room of a beautiful old abandoned mansion, that is cobwebbed, dusty, very cold...taken over by the years of neglect, and has a haunted presence.

Just loved it, Karl!! 

[TheGSMoeller]

First-Listen Friday! 

Henning

Plotting (y is the new x), Op. 116

Fantastic work, Karl!  Quite eerie and macabre feel.  I did not envison what Sarge did, but perhaps more of opening a door to a room of a beautiful old abandoned mansion, that is cobwebbed, dusty, very cold...taken over by the years of neglect, and has a haunted presence.

Just loved it, Karl!! 

Yeah, what Ray said. 

Very nice description of a very fine piece. Thanks for sharing, Karl, and keep 'em coming, I always enjoying seeing a new MIDI file to download. 

[Karl Henning]

Thanks, lads!

Our Sarge was alluding to (IIRC) Beecham, who dismissed the harpsichord with some such disdain

[Cato]

. . . and this morning, I scribbled some more material for those nostalgic squirrels!

Pining for the pines!  Yearning for the yews!  Longing for lawns!

[Karl Henning]

I have heard from the violinist. Quotha: "It looks great!"

I was grateful for her corrigenda (a few notes which I had notated as [artificial] harmonics, which are impossible to play as harmonics).  And as yet, no suggestion that any of the double- or triple-stops are bothersome.

[jochanaan]

Thanks, lads!

Our Sarge was alluding to (IIRC) Beecham, who dismissed the harpsichord with some such disdain

I believe Sir Tommy's description was "Two skeletons copulating on a tin roof."

[Karl Henning]

Aye, viz. [ link-a-roo ]

[Karl Henning]

I'm all about the Squirrels this morning.  Saw a couple of them loping along the top of a chain-link fence, offering neighborly inspiration.

[Brahmsian]

I'm all about the Squirrels this morning.  Saw a couple of them loping along the top of a chain-link fence, offering neighborly inspiration.

Speaking of squirrels.  A co-worker has had to put an auto insurance claim, due to a pesky squirrel.  The squirrel, I gather, to shield itself from the cold, snuggled in underneath the vehicle hood, and chewed through the fuel line, rendering the car unusable. 

[Karl Henning]

Okay:  the conductor has acknowledged, and is looking at the sax choir version of Intermezzo I.

[Karl Henning]

I've had a sort of conversation with the director of the percussion ensemble who recently performed Journey to the Dayspring, and today I promised her an mp3 of the current state of My Island Home, just as a "taste," you understand.


Of course (and, the Good Thing, mind you), I wound up tinkering with it.  Some of you have a link in your e-mail . . . .


I think I am near the end.  Near enough, that I may go ahead and wrap that up today, and proceed with the Squirrels tomorrow . . . .

[Brahmsian]

First listen to My Island Home, Op. 115 (incomplete torso)

Great piece, Karl!  Very colourful.