The Song & Slogan Performance Documentary
Celebrating the life and work of poet Carl Sandburg, this Emmy winning performance documentary features a musical adaptation of the poet’s Prairie performed in a natural prairie setting. Opera star Jerry Hadley, who performs the work with an instrumental ensemble, commissioned composer Daniel Steven Crafts to write the new chamber work with voice. (Producer Tim Hartin, Associate producer and cellist Barbara Hedlund).
Links
Two Memorial Services for Jerry Hadley in Illinois
In memoriam to Jerry Hadley (June 16, 1952-July 18, 2007)
NPR Performance Today Special Features:
Remembering Jerry Hadley (aired July 19, 2007)WILL AM 580 Radio News feature and taped
interviews on Jerry HadleySong & Slogan Program Notes from Composer Daniel Steven Crafts
Photos and history from the film set of the PBS Emmy Winning Music/Video/Documentary "The Song & the Slogan"
(featuring four-time Grammy Award winning,
internationally renowned tenor,
Jerry Hadley and cellist Barbara S. Hedlund)WILL-TV's Pressroom Article on The Song and the Slogan
To order a copy of the documentary, click here http://www.will.uiuc.edu/tv/tapecatalog.htm or http://www.will.uiuc.edu/tv/documentaries/documentaries.htm
or contact WILL-TV at
willamfm@uiuc.edu
Tel. 1-800-528-7980
WILL-TV Campbell Hall
300 N. Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
Sound Files
The Illinois Farmer by Daniel Steven Crafts
Performers - Jerry Hadley, Tenor, Eric Dalheim, Piano
The Song and Slogan for Tenor and Chamber Ensemble,
2003 Emmy winner for Best Music composed by Daniel Steven Crafts,
comissioned by four time Grammy Winner and Metropolitan Opera Tenor Jerry Hadley
Performers - Jerry Hadley, Tenor,
Barbara Hedlund, Cello & Documentary Associate Producer,
Eric Dalheim, Piano, a University of Illinois School of Music Faculty Ensemble, Paul Vermel, Conductor
Live Broadcast Premiere of
The Prairie Mother Suite for Cello and Piano
by Daniel Steven Crafts
Roger Cooper, announcer for the WILL FM Radio
"Second Sunday Series", April 14, 2002Performers - Barbara Hedlund, Cello, Eric Dalheim, Piano
The Prairie Mother Suite for Cello and Piano
by Daniel Steven Crafts
Live Performance - March 30, 2003
Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, ILI. Info Babe Answers the E-Mail
II. BSH in her studio late at night with a cup of decidedly not
asddecaffeinated coffee
III. Super Xerox Woman Makes a Midnight Run
IV. Gig Mamma Sets the Schedule
Performers Barbara Hedlund, Cello, Eric Dalheim, Piano
Page last updated on July 30, 2007
