by Kile Smith | Jan 8, 2015 | Choral music, new music
In the Chestnut Hill Local, Michael Caruso calls The Consolation of Apollo “lyrical, even at its most dramatic and dissonant, ” saying that it is “theatrical” with “an ethereal quality that give the voices the sound of truly coming to...
by Kile Smith | Nov 22, 2014 | Choral music, new music, Radio
WRTI broadcasts The Crossing’s recent premiere of The Consolation of Apollo on Sunday, November 23rd at 3 pm, with David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion. Conducted by Donald Nally, this was recorded October 12th at the Church of the Holy Trinity,...
by Kile Smith | Oct 13, 2014 | Choral music, new music
Still soaring from the premiere performances of The Consolation of Apollo over the weekend, but in the meantime, kind words about it this morning from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Donald Nally led The Crossing in the three concerts at two very different-sounding venues,...
by Kile Smith | Sep 17, 2014 | Choral music, New Compositions
The Consolation of Apollo, SATB, Crotales, Bass Drum, 35′ Commissioned by Eric Owens for The Crossing, Donald Nally, conductor, The Consolation of Apollo premiered at Princeton University, Wolfensohn Hall, on October 10th and 11th, 2014, and at The Church of the...
by Kile Smith | Sep 11, 2014 | Choral music, new music
Ross Amico surveys the opera/choral/vocal season in and around Trenton, mentioning The Crossing’s two concerts at Princeton’s Wolfensohn Hall October 10 and 11 of David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion and my new work, The Consolation of...