by Kile Smith | Jul 6, 2011 | Choral music, new music
Tom Purdom’s review is here. He likes The Waking Sun a lot, although he thinks that my handling of Seneca doesn’t reflect as integrated a worldview as my recent works on Christian themes (Exsultet, Vespers, and Two Laudate Psalms). But it is inventive and...
by Kile Smith | Dec 30, 2008 | Concerto, New Compositions, new music, Spirituality
2007; hn-str; 18′ Premiered 2 Mar 2007, Jennifer Montone, Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Karl Middleman. Commissioned by the Philadelphia Classical Symphony. Review 1. In the darkness, fire is kindled 2. Procession 3. Exsultet The Exsultet is an ancient chant...
