by Kile Smith | Apr 28, 2009 | CDs, Choral music, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
Vespers is now released. It’s on the Navona label, where it’s available on download; the CD is also available from Piffaro and Amazon, and Navona has distribution through Naxos. It will be available other places, which I’ll let you know as I find out. It has already...
by Kile Smith | Apr 24, 2009 | CDs
I neglected to get to this until now, but our oldest daughter, who not only plays in Piffaro but is something of a blogging correspondent for them, wrote this on their website last month. Apart from the sweet things Priscilla says about Vespers, it’s an expert...
by Kile Smith | Apr 21, 2009 | CD Reviews, Choral music, church music, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music
This reviewer must know what it’s like to be a composer; he knows all about harmonic calamities! Jeff Simon in The Buffalo News writes: What a beautiful and remarkable thing this turns out to be… altogether gorgeous and haunting. And when, out of some necessity of...
by Kile Smith | Apr 5, 2009 | Radio, WRTI
In my seat before a concert, chatting with a friend. A fellow in the seat in front of us turns around and says, to me, “You…you’re an organist, right?” Odd question, that. No. The answer’s No. Can’t just say, “No,” though, sounds rude.… I’m married to an organist,...
