by Kile Smith | Jul 11, 2014 | Choral music
My friends from the Chicago-area choir Aestas Consort put up this YouTube montage with the a capella chorus from Vespers, Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn (Lord Christ, the only Son of God). This is the one that splits from four to eight to 16 voices and back. They...
by Kile Smith | May 14, 2014 | Anthem, Choral music, church music
Recently received recordings of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern and Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn from Levi Hernandez, baritone extraordinaire and Founder and General Director of the Aestas Consort. These were from the January 31/Feb 1 Aestas performances in...
by Kile Smith | Feb 4, 2014 | Baroque music, Choral music, new music
Had a great time in Chicago—actually, Evanston and River Forest—with the Aestas Consort, who sang two pieces from Vespers, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern and Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn last Friday and Saturday nights. “Herr Christ” is the a...
by Kile Smith | Jan 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m so fortunate to have soprano Sarah Shafer singing my Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins tonight, January 31st, 2014, at 7:30 pm, on Tenth Presbyterian Church’s concert series in Philadelphia. More about that concert here…I probably shouldn’t say it,...