Supper Was Ready

 Ezekiel saw the wheel,

His equal saw the eel.

— Postcards From Red Squirrel Trail

That’s the damndest example of good citizenship I’ve ever seen.

Peter Falk to perp Louis Jourdain: In an episode directed by Jno. Demme, who would later direct Stop Making Sense

Last night, we heard/saw the legendary Steve Hackett play in the Cabot Theatre in Beverly, Mass. It was the least comfortable seating of any musical event I have ever attended in my life, but the company and musical experience were of such surpassing excellence, that trivial consideration mattered not in the least. After a medley commemorating the 50^th anniversary of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Hackett and his crack ensemble concluded the concert with “Supper’s Ready,” “Firth of Fifth” and a delightfully transmogrified “Los Endos.” I’ve seen Genesis live twice, but after the point at which Hackett had exited. So, a “Bucket List” kind of concert, hearing the man himself present those definitive Genesis DNA numbers.

That was after an excellent Henning Ensemble rehearsal in the afternoon. We have modified Tuesday’s program somewhat, and although it was not the prime consideration, we have inserted a satisfactory buffer between the two elegiac works:

Charms & Memorials

Karl Henning (1960) Lamentatio pro sorore sua, Op. 202a (2025. première)
Henning, Peace! The Charm’s Wound Up, Op. 204 (2025, première)
Kevin Scott (1956) Min’khah: In Remembrance Shoshanna C. Winson (2025, première)
Henning, A Dance Floor for the Introverted, Op. 178 № 2 (2025)
Robert Gross (1973) Four’s the Charm (2025, première)
Henning, Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used to Be, Op. 191c (2024)

Peter H Bloom, C Flute, Alto Flute
Carol Epple, C Flute
Greta Rosen, Bassoon
Dan Zupan, Bass Clarinet