Henk Badings

I would like to share my experience with Henk Badings. On my first trip
to The Netherlands Mr. Badings invited me to his home in the Dutch
"countryside" so that he could hear me play a 31-tone ET scale throughout
the range of the bassoon.

He was so happy with the experience that he agreed to compose a new
quartet for the AFMM - flute, bassoon, cello, and guitar. A mistake in
the granting process (outlander rather than inlander) put off the writing
a full year. Mr. Badings explained what had happened and that he would
rectify the situation in the next year - however, he had passed away.

I had been warned about Henk Badings regarding his taking over the
Conservatory leadership after its previous Jewish director was sacked by
Nazi order. As a Jew this is clearly of import. Badings was guilty of
moral cowardice in the service of ambition. He was not, however, a Nazi.

Badings does not have a record that continues in this vein. He worked
hard at his craft with often beautiful results. Unlike Waldheim, Badings
was quite visible and held accountable by his countrymen.

My experience was 100% with him
and I am very happy that I had the opportunity to meet him and his lovely
wife. His music is well recorded on LP. Especially wonderful are his
many Duos for the Lemkes Violin Duo in 31-ET. Sadly, Mr. Lemkes lost the
use of his Bow arm in a traffic accident, silencing Mr. Bading's
strongest musical voice. His music is published by Donemus in Amsterdam.

Johnny Reinhard
Director
American Festival of Microtonal Music
318 East 70th Street, Suite 5FW
New York, New York 10021 USA
(212)517-3550/fax (212) 517-5495
reinhard@styx.ios.com


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