Happy Ives 150! My father Philip Carey recorded on the Gregg Smith Singers' Ives albums for Columbia—but in 1970 he also produced what would've been (to my knowledge) the first multi-day Ives festival, at CSU Long Beach. (The event was unfortunately canceled one day before it began when Ronald Reagan ordered the closure of all CSU campuses due to antiwar protests.) In honor of Ives' 150th I've gathered some of the materials he put together for the event, including letters about Ives from notable Americans ranging from John Cage to Lou Harrison to Joan Baez to Norman Rockwell. Check it out: https://www.strangeartofphilipcarey.com/a-charles-ives-holiday-1970
Yes, that was an art piece in itself (and very eloquent about Ives' value). I've been enjoying checking out some of the other figures like Ingolf Dahl and George Rochberg. I can't imagine what a letdown it must have been when the event was canceled—people had flown in, rehearsals done, etc. BTW Sony just released a collection of many of the long out-of-print Columbia Ives albums (including some of the Gregg Smith ones) called The Anniversary Edition.
Happy Ives 150! My father Philip Carey recorded on the Gregg Smith Singers' Ives albums for Columbia—but in 1970 he also produced what would've been (to my knowledge) the first multi-day Ives festival, at CSU Long Beach. (The event was unfortunately canceled one day before it began when Ronald Reagan ordered the closure of all CSU campuses due to antiwar protests.) In honor of Ives' 150th I've gathered some of the materials he put together for the event, including letters about Ives from notable Americans ranging from John Cage to Lou Harrison to Joan Baez to Norman Rockwell. Check it out: https://www.strangeartofphilipcarey.com/a-charles-ives-holiday-1970
I just looked through all those letters with a lot of interest! The highlight is Lou Harrison, of course, and his beautiful script.
Yes, that was an art piece in itself (and very eloquent about Ives' value). I've been enjoying checking out some of the other figures like Ingolf Dahl and George Rochberg. I can't imagine what a letdown it must have been when the event was canceled—people had flown in, rehearsals done, etc. BTW Sony just released a collection of many of the long out-of-print Columbia Ives albums (including some of the Gregg Smith ones) called The Anniversary Edition.
Please note Brooklyn's own Simone Dinnerstein has just released The Eye Is the First Circle, Ives' Concord Sonata @ https://www.simonedinnerstein.com/
Her 18th album.
Nice! I am seeing Dinnerstein and Awadagin Pratt play together at Miller on Thursday night.