by Kile Smith | Mar 24, 2012 | new music, Piano music
My first thought was to call this short piano work Elegy, my second, not to. We were all saddened by the tragedy of Sam Hsu’s death, but anyone who knew Sam could not stay sad for long. Elegy, though, seemed to lock me into sadness, however peaceful or resigned...
by Kile Smith | Mar 24, 2012 | CDs, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
Coming up Sunday, 10–11 pm: Crooning Braxton Blake. Dorothy Parker Songs Andrew Bishop. Crooning Gloria Coates. Symphony No. 15 Now is the Time, American contemporary music, Sundays at 10 pm. On WRTI-HD2 and on the classical stream at wrti.org, it’s all styles of...
by Kile Smith | Mar 19, 2012 | Choral music, church music, new music
Thanks to St. Peter’s Choir and director Peter Hopkins for a beautiful rendition yesterday of My Shepherd Will Supply My Need. Lovely concert built around the music of Victoria, ending with Robert Maggio’s grand “Because of the Joy.” Hopkins...
by Kile Smith | Mar 18, 2012 | CDs, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
Coming up Sunday, 10–11 pm: Chameleon Music Robert Dick. Fish are Jumping Dan Welcher. Chameleon Music Paul Richards. Falling on Lobsters in the Dark Dennis Báthory-Kitsz. RatGeyser Brooke Joyce. toydogmusic Christopher Rouse. Wolf Rounds Now is the Time, American...
by Kile Smith | Mar 16, 2012 | Choral music, church music, new music
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (1980/2003), SATB, org, 4′. Text: Isaac Watts (1674–1748), based on Psalm 23. Tune: Resignation, from Southern Harmony, 1855.
