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Post by karlhenning on Apr 2, 2014 5:10:08 GMT -5
Plotting (y is the new x) Op.116 in a cracking performance by EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks and Paul Cienniwa:
Cheers, ~k.
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Post by karlhenning on Apr 6, 2014 19:46:39 GMT -5
Kirstin Seitz Peltz and Vytas Baksys, faculty at the Rivers School Conservatory, played the première of Nicodemus brings myrrh & aloes for the burial of the Christ this past Friday evening:
https%3A//soundcloud.com/karlhenning-1/nicodemus-brings-myrrh-aloes
Cheers, ~k.
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Post by karlhenning on Apr 15, 2014 19:00:43 GMT -5
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Post by karlhenning on Apr 16, 2014 7:55:40 GMT -5
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Post by karlhenning on Apr 18, 2014 10:11:32 GMT -5
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Post by karlhenning on Jun 10, 2014 8:16:56 GMT -5
Le tombeau de W.A.G., alto flute, clarinet, double-bass & frame drum
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Post by karlhenning on Jun 10, 2014 17:18:03 GMT -5
How to Tell (Chasing the Tail of Nothing), alto flute, clarinet & frame drum
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Post by karlhenning on Sept 10, 2014 4:50:31 GMT -5
I didn't mean to start a new thread, only none of the prior threads I had created suit this piece.
This past weekend I finished writing a piece for the Framingham State University Chorus. Their director, Paul Cienniwa, has been planning a program on the theme of Peace and, in short, worked with me to sculpt What a Henning Piece for That Concert Would Be Like.
I need to suit up for work, but will post with more details soon.
Cheers, ~k.
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Post by karlhenning on Sept 13, 2014 16:56:31 GMT -5
I've gotten a start on the next piece, for mezzo-soprano and marimba (a duo who plan to arrange a number of concerts in the spring, and who were looking for repertory). For the text, I had the idea of extracting a parable which is one episode in a chapter of a novel in manuscript, written by a friend of mine in Ohio. When I told him of this plan, he asked, "Do you want a poetic version of it?" So that's what I have got: The Mysterious Fruit.
There's no hurry, I told the duo I would send it to them before year's end . . . with any luck, I may have it ready to send them before October.
Cheers, ~k.
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Post by karlhenning on Sept 17, 2014 4:38:35 GMT -5
I've not heard confirmation, but I believe the Framingham State Chorus began rehearsing my piece last night.
Meanwhile, I have been practicing clarinet, as the soprano and I begin rehearsal of The Mystic Trumpeter this Friday.
And as I hope (perhaps a little quixotically) to have my choir in Danvers perform Sweetest Ancient Cradle Song on our December concert, I need to prepare the choral score (a matter of taking the full score, and reducing the brass quintet lines to a grand staff).
Cheers, ~k.
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Post by karlhenning on Sept 22, 2014 9:40:29 GMT -5
My first rehearsal of The Mystic Trumpeter with soprano Evelyn Griffin this past Friday went smashingly. She sings beautifully, in the first place, and was very well prepared, in the second . . . we also have ample time (the concert is 7 October). Indeed, our next rehearsal is this evening.
I am proofing the choral score for Sweetest Ancient Cradle Song (unison choir mixed, brass quintet, optional timpani, organ) today . . . I say proofing, though there is no editorial detail to check, it's only a matter of confirming that the staves are large enough to be legible (I had reduced them slightly in order to make sure that at least two systems can fit on every page. One of my choristers has contacts in the music department of a local college, so I am hoping to recruit the brass quintet thence. Looking forward to starting to teach this piece to my choir this Thursday.
Cheers, ~k.
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Post by karlhenning on Nov 9, 2014 8:57:42 GMT -5
Tue 11 Nov 7:30 pm University of Reinhardt (Waleska) Falany Performing Arts Center Free Admission
My two works on the program will be:
My Island Home for percussion ensemble (ten players), composed for this group -- première Mirage, arranged for clarinet, vibes & piano
Wed 12 Nov 8:00 pm Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery 88 Forsyth Street SW Suggested donation: $5
My three works on the program will be:
Irreplaceable Doodles (clarinet unaccompanied) Thoreau in Concord Jail (clarinet unaccompanied) just what everyone was expecting (clarinet and marimba) -- première
Cheers, ~k.
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Post by karlhenning on Nov 21, 2014 11:13:01 GMT -5
From the October concert!
Cheers, ~k.
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Post by karlhenning on Nov 23, 2014 7:39:57 GMT -5
Here I am playing at Eyedrum.
Cheers, ~k.
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Post by karlhenning on Dec 16, 2014 9:00:54 GMT -5
My choir sang a Christmas concert this past Sunday afternoon. They did bravely and well. It was an ambitious program for them, but their hearts remained strong, and they stayed with me. Certainly there was the occasional mistake, but overall they carried the program; and we had a large and thoroughly appreciative audience.
Put thus succinctly, it’s going to give the impression that the concert was The Karl Henning Show, but in fact I was complimented by many for the balance and mix of the program . . . the Henningmusick on the concert was:
Le tombeau de W.A.G., Op.122 (original version for low brass trio, and a première) The Allegro grazioso closing section of the Sinfonietta, Op.38 (brass quintet) In the shadow of the kindly Star, Op.126 ? 2 (violin solo and handbells, première) Musette, Op.118 ? 7 (handbells) Sweetest Ancient Cradle Song, Op.67 (choir, brass quintet & organ, première of the piece in its entirety) The Snow Lay on the Ground, Op.68b (children’s choir, mixed choir, handbells, violin solo & organ, première of this version)
Anne Bennett (also an alto in my choir) is the director of the children’s choir, and they did smashingly. In fact, they stole the show (earlier in the program than my Op.68b, they had a set of three numbers they sang on their own). The handbells were of course a hit, as well. And the brass (although there was the odd clam or missed note – they’ve had a lot of music to blow this weekend) did splendidly; and they all warmly complimented the composer.
Even with the imperfections of execution, I am elated to have brought the Op.67 to an audience (and to so large an audience!) at last.
Cheers, ~k.
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