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'''Dennis Hennig''' (28 February 1951{{spaced ndash}}17 January 1993) was an [[Australia]]n pianist.
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'''Dennis Hennig''' (28 February 1951{{spaced ndash}}17 January 1993) was an Australian pianist.


==Biography==
==Biography==
At an early stage of his career he was one of the [[The Australian Ballet|Australian Ballet]]'s rehearsal class pianists, and later performed live music for ballet performances such as ''Signatures'', ''An Evening'', ''Seven Deadly Sins'' and ''Nearly Beloved''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qpac.com.au/education/classroom_resources/grand_study_note.pdf |title=QPAC: Grand |access-date=2009-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912063158/http://www.qpac.com.au/education/classroom_resources/grand_study_note.pdf |archive-date=2009-09-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also taught at the [[Sydney Conservatorium of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.macarthursingers.org/md.html |title=Macarthur Singers: Kelvin Russell |access-date=2009-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727051825/http://www.macarthursingers.org/md.html |archive-date=2011-07-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
At an early stage of his career he was one of the [[The Australian Ballet|Australian Ballet]]'s rehearsal class pianists, and later performed live music for ballet performances such as ''Signatures'', ''An Evening'', ''Seven Deadly Sins'' and ''Nearly Beloved''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qpac.com.au/education/classroom_resources/grand_study_note.pdf |title=QPAC: Grand |access-date=2009-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912063158/http://www.qpac.com.au/education/classroom_resources/grand_study_note.pdf |archive-date=2009-09-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also taught at the [[Sydney Conservatorium of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.macarthursingers.org/md.html |title=Macarthur Singers: Kelvin Russell |access-date=2009-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727051825/http://www.macarthursingers.org/md.html |archive-date=2011-07-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


[[Ross Edwards (composer)|Ross Edwards]] dedicated his Piano Concerto (1982) to Hennig,<ref>[http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/piano-concerto-2 AMC]</ref> who was soloist at the premiere performance in 1983 with the [[Queensland Symphony Orchestra]] under [[Werner Andreas Albert]].<ref>[http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/piano-concerto-5 AMC]</ref> He also recorded the work with the QSO under [[Myer Fredman]].<ref>[http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/australian-piano-concertos AMC]</ref> He made numerous other recordings, and at his death he was engaged on a project to record all of [[Cyril Scott]]'s piano works, but he had completed only 2 CDs. He wrote on the music of [[Charles-Valentin Alkan]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7o6ps01rGxYC&pg=PP15&lpg=PP15&dq=dennis+hennig+pianist&source=bl&ots=NTIY0c65Tb&sig=woJ1nMEIrOBC12p1VOSQXVJTefo&hl=en&ei=NeDSSZr4LKXW6gP1m8WVBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result William Alexander Eddie, Charles-Valentin Alkan]</ref>
[[Ross Edwards (composer)|Ross Edwards]] dedicated his Piano Concerto (1982) to Hennig,<ref>[http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/piano-concerto-2 AMC]</ref> who was soloist at the premiere performance in 1983 with the [[Queensland Symphony Orchestra]] under [[Werner Andreas Albert]].<ref>[http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/piano-concerto-5 AMC]</ref> He also recorded the work with the QSO under [[Myer Fredman]].<ref>[http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/australian-piano-concertos AMC]</ref> He made numerous other recordings, and at his death he was engaged on a project to record all of [[Cyril Scott]]'s piano works, but he had completed only 2 CDs. He wrote on the music of [[Charles-Valentin Alkan]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7o6ps01rGxYC&dq=dennis+hennig+pianist&pg=PP15 William Alexander Eddie, Charles-Valentin Alkan]</ref>


He played the piano for the music for [[Jane Campion]]'s first film ''Two Friends''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.milestonefilms.com/pdf/2FriendsPK.pdf |title=Two Friends |access-date=2009-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829162335/http://www.milestonefilms.com/pdf/2FriendsPK.pdf |archive-date=2008-08-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He played the piano for the music for [[Jane Campion]]'s first film ''Two Friends''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.milestonefilms.com/pdf/2FriendsPK.pdf |title=Two Friends |access-date=2009-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829162335/http://www.milestonefilms.com/pdf/2FriendsPK.pdf |archive-date=2008-08-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==Recordings==
==Recordings==
His recordings include:
His recordings include:
* [[Ross Edwards]]: Piano Concerto ([[Queensland Symphony Orchestra]] under [[Myer Fredman]]) - world premiere recording
* [[Ross Edwards (composer)|Ross Edwards]]: Piano Concerto ([[Queensland Symphony Orchestra]] under [[Myer Fredman]]) - world premiere recording
* [[Franz Liszt]] arr. [[Carl Tausig]]: symphonic poems ''[[Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo (Liszt)|Tasso]]'', ''Hamlet'', ''[[Les préludes]]'', ''[[Orpheus (Liszt)|Orpheus]]'' – world premiere recordings<ref>[http://www.piano.ru/scores/liszt/liszt-prel-2h.pdf Liszt: Les préludes, score]</ref>
* [[Franz Liszt]] arr. [[Carl Tausig]]: symphonic poems ''[[Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo (Liszt)|Tasso]]'', ''Hamlet'', ''[[Les préludes]]'', ''[[Orpheus (Liszt)|Orpheus]]'' – world premiere recordings<ref>[http://www.piano.ru/scores/liszt/liszt-prel-2h.pdf Liszt: Les préludes, score]</ref>
* [[Bohuslav Martinů]]: ''Sinfonietta giocosa'' for piano and orchestra ([[Australian Chamber Orchestra]] under Sir [[Charles Mackerras]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/15/arts/recordings-martinu-can-now-be-more-than-a-name.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all New York Times, 15 October 1989]</ref>
* [[Bohuslav Martinů]]: ''Sinfonietta giocosa'' for piano and orchestra ([[Australian Chamber Orchestra]] under Sir [[Charles Mackerras]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/15/arts/recordings-martinu-can-now-be-more-than-a-name.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all New York Times, 15 October 1989]</ref>
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* Scott: ''In the Garden of Soul Sympathy''<ref>[http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2005/Mar05/Cyril_Scott_composer_pianist.rtf Leslie De’Ath, Cyril Scott as Composer-Pianist and Author, with some Recent Perspectives]</ref>
* Scott: ''In the Garden of Soul Sympathy''<ref>[http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2005/Mar05/Cyril_Scott_composer_pianist.rtf Leslie De’Ath, Cyril Scott as Composer-Pianist and Author, with some Recent Perspectives]</ref>
* [[Richard Wagner]] arr. Tausig: excerpts from ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' and ''[[Die Walküre]]''; ''Kaisermarsch''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=955702 |title=hb direct |access-date=2009-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929024200/http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=955702 |archive-date=2011-09-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Richard Wagner]] arr. Tausig: excerpts from ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' and ''[[Die Walküre]]''; ''Kaisermarsch''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=955702 |title=hb direct |access-date=2009-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929024200/http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=955702 |archive-date=2011-09-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Felix Werder]]: ''Banker''<ref>[http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/banker-bach-toccata-in-d-minor-transcribed-for-solo-percussion AMC]</ref>
* [[Felix Werder]]: ''Banker''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/banker-bach-toccata-in-d-minor-transcribed-for-solo-percussion |title=AMC |access-date=1 April 2009 |archive-date=3 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003230615/http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/banker-bach-toccata-in-d-minor-transcribed-for-solo-percussion |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* "Pianistic Peccadilloes: selected pieces from the repertoire of Miss [[Arabella Goddard]], [[Eileen Joyce]], [[Percy Grainger]], [[Teresa Carreño]] and others":
* "Pianistic Peccadilloes: selected pieces from the repertoire of Miss [[Arabella Goddard]], [[Eileen Joyce]], [[Percy Grainger]], [[Teresa Carreño]] and others":
** [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]: [[Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565|Toccata and Fugue in D minor]]
** [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]: [[Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565|Toccata and Fugue in D minor]]
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 22 November 2024

Dennis Hennig (28 February 1951 – 17 January 1993) was an Australian pianist.

Biography

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At an early stage of his career he was one of the Australian Ballet's rehearsal class pianists, and later performed live music for ballet performances such as Signatures, An Evening, Seven Deadly Sins and Nearly Beloved.[1] He also taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.[2]

Ross Edwards dedicated his Piano Concerto (1982) to Hennig,[3] who was soloist at the premiere performance in 1983 with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra under Werner Andreas Albert.[4] He also recorded the work with the QSO under Myer Fredman.[5] He made numerous other recordings, and at his death he was engaged on a project to record all of Cyril Scott's piano works, but he had completed only 2 CDs. He wrote on the music of Charles-Valentin Alkan.[6]

He played the piano for the music for Jane Campion's first film Two Friends.[7]

Dennis Hennig died of an AIDS-related condition[8] in early 1993, aged 41. A medal in his memory is presented at the Sydney International Piano Competition.[9]

Recordings

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His recordings include:

References

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  1. ^ "QPAC: Grand" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Macarthur Singers: Kelvin Russell". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  3. ^ AMC
  4. ^ AMC
  5. ^ AMC
  6. ^ William Alexander Eddie, Charles-Valentin Alkan
  7. ^ "Two Friends" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  8. ^ Music Web International
  9. ^ "SIPCA 2008". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  10. ^ Liszt: Les préludes, score
  11. ^ New York Times, 15 October 1989
  12. ^ "Cyril Scott: Discography". Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  13. ^ Leslie De’Ath, Cyril Scott as Composer-Pianist and Author, with some Recent Perspectives
  14. ^ "hb direct". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  15. ^ "AMC". Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  16. ^ Australian Music Centre (AMC)
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