by Kile Smith | Feb 20, 2014 | Broad Street Review
[First published in the Broad Street Review, 19 Feb 2014, as “Provocation or Creation?” Reprinted by permission. To read Bob Levin’s essay in BSR on Tony Matelli’s “provocative” work at Wellesley, click here.] What’s the artist’s...
by Kile Smith | Jan 12, 2012 | Choral music, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music, Spirituality
David Patrick Stearns compares Monteverdi and me. He went to recent performances of a “Vespers” (not 1610), put together from later Monteverdi works by the Green Mountain Project, and my Vespers, and believes that both the master and I resolve dichotomies...
by Kile Smith | Mar 1, 2010 | CD Reviews, My CD Reviews, new music, String Quartet
My latest CD mini-review for the WRTI E-newsletter. You can read all my CD reviews here. Kronos Quartet: 25 Years various composers Nonesuch It’s been twelve years since this was released, but as we pull further away from the 20th century, we may consider just what...
