Classical Music, Composers, Concerts, Contemporary Classical

Don’t Stop Believin’

by Jerry Bowles

It’s Daniel Gilliam’s turn to be S21er in the spotlight this weekend.  If you happen to be near Louisville, Kentucky at 4 pm this Sunday, drop by Central Presbyterian Church for the world premiere of Daniel’s Song of the Universal, a cantata for soprano solo, choir and piano, based on the text by Walt Whitman.  Lacey Hunter Gilliam, Daniel’s wife, will be the soloist. 

Also on the program will be the premiere of O for Such a Dream for choir, soloist and piano, by Daron Aric Hagen, as well as new music by Louisville composer Fred Speck, and anthems by John Leavitt and Paul Halley.  The church is located at 318 West Kentucky Street (corner of Fourth and Kentucky), in Louisville. No admission, but there might be a donation plate.

Daniel has a terrific radio program of contemporary classical music called Brave New World on WUOL in Louisville.  Which provides an obvious segueway to David Toub whose  intentionally left blank will be programmed on Richard Friedman’s Music from Other Minds on KALW-FM, 91.7 in San Francisco. tomorrow evening, and again on Monday.  This is a recording of a  live performance of the piece, as arranged by Paul Bailey and performed on 5/9/07 by the Diverse Instrument Ensemble conducted by Lloyd Rogers.  Catch it either tomorrow (Friday, June 15th) at 11 PM PST and again on Monday at 11 PM PST on KALW-FM or, more sensibly for most of us,  you can also listen to it for one week after the Friday broadcast on the MFOM website.
Today’s topic:  Diegetic versus non-diegetic music in the Sopranos.  Discuss.