by Kile Smith | Nov 18, 2016 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
Now Is the Time jumps into the Giving Thanks for Philadelphia weekend on WRTI Saturday, November 19th at 9 pm. All the composers and many of the performers live in and around Philadelphia, or studied here. Retired Haverford College professor Harold Boatrite’s music is...
by Kile Smith | Jan 10, 2015 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
Everything’s coming up threes on Now Is the Time, Saturday, January 10th at 9 pm. Childlike simplicity is deceptive in creativity but Brian Belet achieves that goal in Drei Kinderstücke for solo piano. John Corigliano fascinatingly pairs soprano with flute for...
by Kile Smith | Feb 14, 2014 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
We hope it’s not too late for Valentines on Now Is the Time, Saturday, February 15th at 9 pm Eastern on the all-classical stream at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. We start with soprano and guitar, and with an orphan’s dream of an angel in Romance by William Ortiz....
by Kile Smith | Feb 9, 2013 | American music, Chamber Music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
My latest CD mini-review for WRTI, podcast with musical examples below. You can read all my CD reviews here.https://kilesmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thomasdbpaths.mp3 Listeners look for categories, but artists freely create, and David Bennett Thomas is, first...
by Kile Smith | Sep 15, 2012 | CDs, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
It’s horns French, English, and other on Now is the Time, Sunday, September 16th at 10 pm. Andrew Violette’s Trio is for French horn, bass trombone, and piano. Philadelphia’s David Bennett Thomas composed his Short Suite for the luscious alto flute,...