Deus ex ocarina.
We are the champignons, my friend.
— Postcards From Red Squirrel Trail
Courtesy of my friend Joe Barron:
There’s a story about a concert in Los Angeles that included one of Copland’s more progressive pieces. Among the Hollywood notables in attendance was Groucho Marx, who told Copland he was surprised the piece sounded nothing like the scores the composer was writing for MGM.”I have a split personality,” Copland said, to which Groucho replied, “As long as you split it with Mr. Goldwyn.”
Hooch at the Hop?, the thirtieth performance by the Karl Henning Ensemble, was a great musical success yesterday and therefore a highly gratifying experience. It is fitting that the composer note his profound gratitude both to those of his colleagues who not only performed the music so well, but have repeatedly expressed how highly they regard the work, and to Heinrich Christensen for the warm welcome he has extended to Henningmusick dating back to 2009.
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