George Crumb: The Sleeper

George Crumb: The Sleeper

With today’s song, I want to prepare all my SOTD friends for the opening number of the song program I will be performing at Zankel Hall next season.  (You can purchase tickets starting on August 20 here.) I must admit that I sometimes feel discouraged by many of my...
George Crumb:  Beulah Land

George Crumb: Beulah Land

Folk songs written by West Virginians born in the 1920s. Progressive, utopian even, they are visions of an American future. George Crumb, pioneer of sound and music, has become a prolific setter of American folk songs in the last few decades. From the songs he has set...