Jul 30 Featured Album Featured Album: Nasty Women It started with the discovery of a notice for a three-day music festival in 1925 in Washington D.C.: a festival featuring all women composers. Pianist Dr. Joanna Goldstein’s new album, Nasty Women, is a collection of, largely, unknown women composers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Listen to my conversation with Dr. Goldstein […] By Daniel Gilliam Jul 30 Featured Album Featured Album: Nasty Women By Daniel Gilliam
Jul 09 Featured Album Featured Album: To Brahms, with Love Cellist Amit Peled‘s new album “To Brahms, with Love” isn’t just another album of Brahms sonatas. The cello used in this recording belonged to Pablo Casals, the legendary Spanish cellist from the early 20th century. It just so happens that Casals played for Johannes Brahms himself on the very instrument featured in this new recording. By Daniel Gilliam Jul 09 Featured Album Featured Album: To Brahms, with Love By Daniel Gilliam
Jun 15 Featured Album Featured Album: Circles Simone Dinnerstein explores the past and the present, connecting Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 7 with Philip Glass’ Piano Concerto No. 3, written for her in 2017. I only started playing [Philip Glass’] music about maybe three years ago two and half years ago, where I created a recital program which juxtaposes his music with Schubert’s […] By Daniel Gilliam Jun 15 Featured Album Featured Album: Circles By Daniel Gilliam
Mar 27 WUOLive WUOLive: Rob Simonds Violinist Rob Simonds returns to WUOLive with a program of living composers, including Missy Mazzoli, Alexis Bacon, Louisvillians Jeremy Beck and Luke Cissell, and more. Monday, April 2 at noon. This concert is free and open-to-the-public. LPM members can reserve a lunch from City Cafe by calling (502) 814-6565 (by Friday, March 30 at noon). […] By Daniel Gilliam Mar 27 WUOLive WUOLive: Rob Simonds By Daniel Gilliam
Feb 01 audio Audio: Florence Price’s “Negro Folk Songs in Counterpoint” Negro Folk Songs in Counterpoint by Florence Price Performed by violinists Rob Simonds and Kimberly Tichenor, violist Meghan Casper, and cellist Allison Braid Olsen, recorded live at the Muhammad Ali Center on July 13, 2017 by Eric Matthews and Kojin Tashiro. Score made available by Douglas Shadle. By Daniel Gilliam Feb 01 audio Audio: Florence Price’s “Negro Folk Songs in Counterpoint” By Daniel Gilliam
Dec 21 Featured Album Featured Album: Winter Songs Over the past decade, Ola Gjeilo has quickly become one of the most performed choral composers in the United States. He has been the composer-in-residence with the Phoenix Chorale, and is currently working with Voces8. His latest album is a long-time idea coming to fruition: a collection of music about winter and, Advent and Christmas. By Daniel Gilliam Dec 21 Featured Album Featured Album: Winter Songs By Daniel Gilliam