by Kile Smith | Dec 29, 2009 | CD Reviews, Choral music, church music, liturgical music, Lutheran, New Compositions, Spirituality
The Rev. Paul J. Cain reviews Vespers in the Liturgy, Hymnody, and Pulpit Quarterly Book Review, whose motto is: Critical reviews (by Lutheran pastors and church musicians) of books and other resources for Christian worship, preaching, and church music from a...
by Kile Smith | Dec 27, 2009 | Choral music, new music
The premiere of Where flames a word lands in Dave Allen’s Hotbed of Intrigue, amid his list of ten favorite concerts of the year. The Crossing (who performed it) pops up twice, with special mentions also of David Shapiro and Joby Talbot. Delightful company!
by Kile Smith | Dec 25, 2009 | CD Reviews
From the newsletter of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians: … Vespers is an hour-long tour de force with the Lutheran chorale at its heart; classic melodies provide the basic material for ethereal hymn settings, Stravinskian psalms and striking instrumental...
by Kile Smith | Dec 19, 2009 | Choral music, New Compositions, new music
It’s thrilling to be included in the year’s Top Ten list—two years running—of the Philadelphia Inquirer’s David Patrick Stearns. His survey of things musical in the area lists events I wished at the time I could have gotten to, now even more so, as I read about them...
by Kile Smith | Dec 18, 2009 | CD Reviews
It’s not really a Christmas piece, and it’s not jazz at all, but C. Michael Bailey reviews Vespers in All About Jazz: …Smith’s musical settings are crafted in such a way that techniques and practices from different periods dissolve into one another in the solution of...
