In the beginning

[calimac]

All right, this is it. Thanks to a concert I attended today, I have an absolute champion for my all-time favorite classical art song. You'll understand why when you hear it. "In the beginning," music by Jake Heggie, lyrics by Gavin Geoffrey Dillard. Here's the best YouTube performance. Take it away, Hayley Tevelow and Daniel Hopkins ...

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[sturgeonslawyer.livejournal.com]

finally had time-and-place to look at/listen to this. It's jazz, you know...

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

No, it isn't. For one thing, there's not a speck of improvisation in it.

It's modern classical with a certain amount of jazz influence, considerably less than some. I don't mind that.