by Kile Smith | Nov 16, 2011 | Chamber Music, Dance Music, new music
This Broad Land, my work for soprano saxophone and piano, will be featured in three performances Thursday to Saturday, Nov 17-19, by The Ursinus College Dance Company. This will explain its relation to Lincoln, Clapton, and Puccini, I think. New works from Ursinus...
by Kile Smith | Nov 15, 2011 | Radio, WRTI
OK, here’s the photo. My glasses reflect the two computer monitors—on the left, holding pre-recorded spots and such, and on the right, holding all the documents to be read live, weather reports, and other items. The two pieces of paper on the desk are the...
by Kile Smith | Nov 13, 2011 | Radio, WRTI
Subbing on WRTI’s Friday midday shift, I had the unexpected pleasure to chat in the studio with Yannick Nézet-Séguin. This photo on the Philadelphia Orchestra Facebook page captures us. (I’m the one with glasses. Just so you know.) WRTI played many of his...
by Kile Smith | Nov 3, 2011 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
Saturday, November 5th, 2011, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Lili Boulanger (1893-1918). D’un matin de printemps (1918). The Women’s Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta. Koch 3-7603-2. 5:05 Vivian Fine (1913-2000). Concertante for Piano and Orchestra (1944). Reiko Honsho, piano, Japan...
by Kile Smith | Nov 2, 2011 | CD Reviews, CDs, Classical music, My CD Reviews, Radio, WRTI
My latest CD mini-review for WRTI, including podcast. You can read all my CD reviews here. Harvest Home: Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, Nashville Chamber Orchestra “Classical music” is not a single style, but an ever-widening variety. Because of this, classical audiences...
