If you find yourself in the middle of Virginia this Saturday night, check out the Garth Newel Piano Quartet concert: they are playing a piece of mine from 2004 called What Happened. What Happened was premiered in Paris by the Atlantic Ensemble; it is in three movements: Gathering, Congregation and Scattering. The second movement carries a delicious Daniel DeFoe quote from 1703:
Wherever God erects a house of prayer
The Devil builds a chapel there
And ’twill be found, upon examination
The latter has the largest congregation
And if you want to know What Happened but can’t make it to Warm Springs, Virginia, check out this splendid recording with Benjamin Hochman and the Daedalus String Quartet:
