Henningmusick

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu May 20, 2010 7:56 am

Well, and I feel great about having re-aired the Brahms. I probably feel better than I strictly have any right to . . . .

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu May 20, 2010 8:10 am

Bulletins arrived in yesterday's mail attesting to the use of my Three Short Pieces for organ at a parish in Newton, Mass on Saturday the 15th.

And I shall have lunch today with the conductor who created the première of Out in the Sun.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu May 20, 2010 8:48 am

Nice e-mail message just in from a friend here in Boston, who is an assistant director at a Unitarian parish (chap named Dan). I sent him the setting which I had written for Paul and the FCB choir (and who have performed the motet very nicely) of a classic Unitarian text ("Love is the spirit of this church . . .") Dan is sure they will make use of it (far better than the dippy setting that we currently have, he writes).

As always, my music has legs in a small, obscure way.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Sat May 22, 2010 11:44 am

Guest in Woburn.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Sat May 22, 2010 1:04 pm

Playing at King's Chapel.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Sat May 29, 2010 6:45 pm

Here be brief video snippets.

Cheers,
~Karl

piston · Post by **piston** » Sat May 29, 2010 7:01 pm

Is this of your own composition, Karl? If so, one can only be impressed by your creative versatility. To be creative in a many century-old traditional idiom is a remarkable achievement, IMHO.

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Sat May 29, 2010 7:09 pm

Many thanks, Jacques! Yes, that's a piece I wrote some ten years ago. I managed somehow to imbue it with a kind of 'folkloric' quality which many fellow musicians over the years have commented on.

Delighted that you enjoy it, mon cher!

Cheers,
~Karl

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Sun May 30, 2010 5:18 am

Simple and simply lovely Karl!

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:09 am

Thanks, Fergus!

There's more: The ladies of the FCB choir will sing the Alleluia in D this Sunday. The service streams live on the radio, WERS 88.9FM Boston, and begins at 11AM (Eastern).

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:37 pm

And here's this past Sunday's performance of the Alleluia in D.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:25 am

Behind the scenes.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:13 pm

Monday, 21 June 2010, 7:30pm

VOLCANIC AIRBORNE EVENT

The k a rl h e nn i ng Ensemble
& Special Guests in Concert

Nicole Chamberlain, flute
Brian Chamberlain, guitar
Alexey Shabalin, violin
Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord
Eric Mazonson, piano
Karl Henning, clarinet

First Congregational Church
322 Main Street, Woburn, MA 01801

Nicole Chamberlain, Toxicodendron (fl/cl/gtr) – première
N. Chamberlain, Maraschino (fl/cl) – première
Karl Henning, three for two, Opus 97 (fl/cl)
N. Chamberlain, Smörgåsbord (fl solo)
Brian Chamberlain, Chasing the Storm – III. The Storm (gtr solo)
B. Chamberlain, Lost Hollow Road – II. Reflections (fl/gtr)
Henning, Mirage, Opus 79 (cl/vn/pf)
Henning, Night of the Weeping Crocodiles, Opus 16 (cl/vn/pf)
Henning, Lunar Glare, Opus 98 (cl/hpschd)
Henning, Lutosławski’s Lullaby, Opus 25 (pf solo)
Henning, Gaze Transfixt, Opus 23 (pf solo) – première
Henning, Nastenka’s Story, Opus 75 № 10, Scene vii from the ballet White Nights, (sextet) – première

Free-will donation: All proceeds to benefit the Building Fund

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:25 am

Notes on the program.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 6:36 pm

First Bops are up.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:36 am

At this point I do not expect that Eric Mazonson will wish me to make the Brahms Sonatas available publicly. So rather than create an event at Instant Encore just for the encore we played that Sunday (the Tropes on Parasha's Aria from White Nights), I have added that mp3 to my ReverbNation profile.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:17 pm

I should probably fear to publish these performances, rough as they are in (many) spots . . . but we played enough events these past two months, that I can let a few roughs stride alongside the smooth. Audio from the 18 May event is up.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:21 am

Audio from 22 June at the BPL is up.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:50 pm

A virtual acquaintance who is finishing a degree in viola performance at the Eastman School remembered with generous kindness a sketch I was working on a couple of years ago for viola and piano. He's asked me to finish it for a viola sonata, with an eye to including it on his September recital.

So . . . I've been working at it.,

Watch This Space . . . .

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:17 am

The bus this morning was a little more rumbly than usual. And my pen was starting to dry up. Still got some music written, though.

Cheers,
~Karl

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:55 pm

karlhenning wrote:A virtual acquaintance who is finishing a degree in viola performance at the Eastman School remembered with generous kindness a sketch I was working on a couple of years ago for viola and piano. He's asked me to finish it for a viola sonata, with an eye to including it on his September recital.

So . . . I've been working at it.,

Watch This Space . . . .

Cheers,
~Karl

A slightly unusual one for you Karl?
I love the sound of the viola and I hope that your muse is kind to you.
Would you take a different approach when writing for strings as opposed to wind instruments?

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:01 am

Fergus wrote:A slightly unusual one for you Karl?
I love the sound of the viola and I hope that your muse is kind to you.
Would you take a different approach when writing for strings as opposed to wind instruments?

I've actually written quite a little chamber music including violin or viola (and even cello). Not much of it has been performed recently . . . although we did two of my cl/vn/pf trios in June, and hopefully we'll have audio of that soon.

My musical language won't change, but certainly the writing for the viola must be idiomatic. Piece is cooking nicely.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:00 am

MIDI of Fair Warning, the first movement of the viola sonata.

Cheers,
~Karl

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 4:05 am

karlhenning wrote:MIDI of Fair Warning, the first movement of the viola sonata.

Cheers,
~Karl

I gave it a listen Karl and although I do not pretend to understand the musical language I did find the piece both challanging and interesting

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:29 am

I owe you double-thanks, Fergus, for your neighborly courage in listening firstly; and on top of that, for your kind reponse!

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:23 am

Almost finished with Suspension Bridge, the second movement of the Viola Sonata. I meet with the violist on Friday, so it will be nice to have this ready (as it looks like I shall) to show him and discuss . . . mostly, make sure I haven't demanded the impossible. He responded very nicely to the first movement, Fair Warning . . . and I was relieved to find that all that movement is manageable, even when quite tricky.

Then, of course, I need to wrap up the final movement, Tango in Boston . . . which I had begun some four years ago, and for whose completion this request for a full-blown sonata has been the happy occasion.

The whole piece will run some 25 minutes.

Cheers,
~Karl

Trilogy · Post by **Trilogy** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:23 pm

karlhenning wrote:MIDI of Fair Warning, the first movement of the viola sonata.

Cheers,
~Karl

(in a heavy metal voice) Woah! Dude, yer into Van Halen??? Right on, man!

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 6:36 pm

Hey! A band named after US President Martin Van Halen! Who knew?

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:16 pm

Just got a call from my publisher . . . seems that someone in Bisceglie has placed an order for the string orchestra version of The Canticle of St Nicholas. There's a piece I haven't thought about in a long while.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:00 am

Anyone in the vicinity of Rochester, NY? Violist Dana Huyge will play the première of my Sonata for Viola & Piano at the Eastman School on 28 September.

Cheers,
~Karl

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:06 pm

I wish all concerned the very best of luck for that premier

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:32 pm

Thanks, Fergus!

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:20 am

Hard to believe, really. Music which I only started plotting in July, and quite challenging technically, Dana is going to play to an audience tonight.

On a less sublime note: hard to believe that I'm flying to Newark. (I'm not really, only flying through.)

At the airport, just waiting to board.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:07 pm

The Viola Sonata was a smashing musical success.

Cheers,
~Karl

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:11 pm

Congratulations Karl and well done to all concerned

Werner · Post by **Werner** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:40 pm

Congratulations, Karl!

We look forward to your rescheduled radio program, courtesy Lance - and hope it will fall on a date when we're home to hear it.

In the meanwhile, regsards and all the best, Werner

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:47 pm

Thanks, gents!

Cheers,
~Karl

Sergeant Rock · Post by **Sergeant Rock** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:07 am

karlhenning wrote:The Viola Sonata was a smashing musical success.

Cheers,
~Karl

I'm happy to hear it went well, Karl. I'm anxious to hear the piece properly (the midi version provided a good taste but a rather distorted taste, if you know what I mean). Was the performance recorded?

Sarge

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:58 am

Sergeant Rock wrote:
karlhenning wrote:The Viola Sonata was a smashing musical success.
I'm happy to hear it went well, Karl. I'm anxious to hear the piece properly (the midi version provided a good taste but a rather distorted taste, if you know what I mean). Was the performance recorded?

Sarge

Oh, full agreement on the limitations of the MIDI, Sarge!

The concert was recorded, but I have been cautioned that Eastman is in no institutional hurry to furnish it. Our wait may be measured in months rather than weeks.

But when we do get it, it will be excellent.

Cheers,
~Karl

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:22 am

I also look forward to hearing that recording Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:34 pm

Tuesday, 26 October 2010 | 12:15PM

KING’S CHAPEL PRESENTS (http://kings-chapel.org/music2.html)
Music of Karl Henning

Karl Henning, clarinet
Heinrich Christensen, organ

King’s Chapel
Corner of School & Tremont Streets, Boston, MA 02108

Karl Henning: Prelude on Kremser, Opus 66 (2002)
Henning: Handeliana, Opus 83 (2005)
Henning: Canzona & Gigue, Opus 77 (2004)
Henning: Fantasy on a Tallis Hymn, Opus 30 (1997)

A suggested donation of $3 is requested at the door. These programs are supported by individual donations.

Cheers,
~Karl

piston · Post by **piston** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:54 pm

Clarinet and organ. I have got to say that it is imaginative! Can one think of any other classical work featuring such a duo?

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:28 am

Thank you for the kind thought, Jacques! But I must deny any imaginativeness on my part for that combination . . . it was sheer practicality. One of the first friends we made on arriving in Boston was an organist. It was his idea, you might say . . . when he learnt that I am a composer who plays the clarinet, he suggested that I write something which the two of us might play as the prelude for a service.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:56 am

For them what may takes an interest:

My friend and colleague Luke has kindly uploaded mp3s of the three movements of my Viola Sonata (performed by Dana Huyge, va & Carolyn Ray, pf on 28 Sep 10):

I. Fair Warning
II. Suspension Bridge (In Dave’s Shed)
III. Tango in Boston (Dances with Shades)

Some folks have reported momentary difficulties with downloading, but most (I believe) have succeeded one time or another. Thank you for listening!

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:18 am

Composer at rest.

Cheers,
~Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:58 am

Viola in Space

Cheers,
~Karl

Fergus · Post by **Fergus** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:05 am

I really like that music of yours Karl

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:37 pm

Thank you, Fergus!

Cheers,
~Karl

MaestroDJS · Post by **MaestroDJS** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:03 am

Fergus wrote:I really like that music of yours Karl

Agreed! My own compositional efforts have declined due to other demands (better too busy than not enough), but Audible Books used some of my music in their audio versions of my wife's latest 4 books. Meanwhile, I can enjoy the composition process vicariously through Karl's fine works. More please, Karl.

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:05 am

Thanks, gents!

Cheers,
~Karl

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