By Daniel Hathaway
HAPPENING TODAY:
At noon, organists Jonathan Moyer & Oziah Wales will play a Halloween program at the Church of the Covenant in University Circle. You can watch via livestream. For details, visit our Concert Listings.
Or enjoy a private, 3 hour and 52 minute concert of Halloween selections curated by the folks at Spotify.
INTERESTING READS:
About yesterday’s N.Y. Times review:
The online review of Apollo’s Singers’ performance of Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Jeannette Sorrell that we referenced in Monday’s Diary appeared in the paper’s print edition today. One small detail was still missing: any reference to Cleveland!
How California Became America’s Contemporary Music Capital:
“On the eve of a sprawling new festival, John Adams, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel and others recount how the state reinvigorated classical music.” Read Joshua Barone’s article in the New York Times here.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
George Crumb’s Ancient Voices of Children received its first performance on this date in 1970 at the Library of Congress by the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, featuring pianist Gilbert Kalish, mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani, and boy soprano Michael Dash.
Commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation, the work sets texts by Federico Garcia Lorca scored for soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, amplified piano, toy piano, and percussion (three players).
The following year, Ancient Voices was recorded by the same forces on the Nonesuch label and eventually sold more than 70,000 LPs. Listen here.
