by Kile Smith | Jan 14, 2022 | New Compositions, new music, Piano music, Solo
Beginning at 7:24, the premiere of Thirty Variations on a Theme of Bartók by Kile Smith, Milena Urban, piano, Community Music School of Collegeville, 23 Apr 2022. Thirty Variations on a Theme of Bartók. For piano. 35′. Commissioned by the Community Music...
by Kile Smith | Apr 30, 2014 | Fleisher Collection, WRTI
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday May 3rd at 5 pm Leó Weiner (1885–1960). Prince Csongor and the Kobolde, Introduction and Scherzo, Op. 10 (1913). Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti. London/Decca 443444, Tr 8. 10:35 Leó Weiner. Divertimento...
by Kile Smith | Apr 5, 2012 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
Saturday, April 7th, 2012, 5:00-6:00 Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967). Summer Evening (1906). Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Deutsche Gramophon 447109. 16:26 Kodály. Marosszek Dances (1923/29). Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper. Naxos 550520. 13:20 Kodály....
by Kile Smith | Jan 4, 2012 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
Saturday, January 7th, 2012, 5:00-6:00 Béla Bartók (1881-1945). Two Images, Op. 10 (1910). Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez. Deutsche Grammophon 445825, tr 7-8. 18:28 Bartók. Romanian Folk Dances (1917). Chicago Symphony Orchestra, George Solti. London...
by Kile Smith | Dec 4, 2008 | CDs, Classical music, New Compositions, new music
Here is where I keep the archives of all the Fleisher shows, but until now I haven’t posted any of the descriptions. May start doing that now, it’s just once a month. I was happy at how the Serly CD came out, and as I had written the liner notes for it, I edited them...