The Hunt for Ready in October

 All the fog and murkiness,

All weather cold and chill,

All things gray and blurry,

The Lord God makes it still.

Porridger’s Almanack (Breakfast of Ganglions)

Seen on Threads:

“Don’t shoot! I’m a pianist!”

“Can you play für Elise?”

“Shoot!”

Our Dark Side of the Dance Floor II program is a week from tonight. and it is not too early to think about what our 14 October program at King’s Chapel will look like. My friends Robert Gross and Kevin Scott are writing pieces for us, so here are my present ideas for the concert:

Charms and Offertories

Robert Gross, Four’s the Charm (première)
Karl Henning, Amorphous and Forward-Looking, Op. 196 (première)
Henning, A Dance Floor for the Introverted, Op. 178 № 2 (*1)
Kevin Scott, Offertories (première) (*2)
Henning, Lamentatio pro sorore sua, Op. 202a (*2)
Henning, Moose on the Loose, Op.165a
Henning, Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used to Be, Op. 191c (*4)

Notes: (*1) unless Peter and Carol would very much prefer launching the Opus 201 duets on this program.
(*2) depending, we might split them up rather than play them all at once (I'd consult the composer on this q. first, of course.)
(*3)  a bass clarinet/bassoon version, as we shall be missing Todd..
(*4) we won’t have Dave on double-bass, so I’m toying with the notion of an all-winds version.