by Kile Smith | Feb 20, 2010 | CD Reviews
Another Top Ten list does Vespers make, and the most catholic of them all (small c); in there with David Lang and Lady Gaga. Dave Allen, in his blog. Don’t say he didn’t warn you about the other C. And, oh my, the R: A Philly-centric recording and the most capital-C...
by Kile Smith | Dec 27, 2009 | Choral music, new music
The premiere of Where flames a word lands in Dave Allen’s Hotbed of Intrigue, amid his list of ten favorite concerts of the year. The Crossing (who performed it) pops up twice, with special mentions also of David Shapiro and Joby Talbot. Delightful company!
by Kile Smith | Jun 16, 2009 | Choral music, Music Criticism, new music
Dave Allen, Hotbed of Intrigue, 10 Jun 2009 Kile Smith’s Where flames a word, the final world premiere in the Celan Project, and the first to incorporate a prose work by Celan. Gives a sense of immanence and of tremendous, overwhelming size and the struggle to...
