by Kile Smith | Apr 4, 2024 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971). Symphony of Psalms (1930) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify As success followed success, especially in the three ballets he wrote for the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, Stravinsky lived the life of a world-famous composer and pianist....
by Kile Smith | Apr 2, 2020 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971). Ragtime (1918) Stravinsky. The Soldier’s Tale, Suite (1918) Hi, it’s Kile Smith, and welcome to the Fleisher Discoveries podcast, from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and the Free...
by Kile Smith | Jul 14, 2015 | Classical music, Radio, WRTI
[First published in WRTI Arts Desk, June 8, 2015.] In June of 1912, Igor Stravinsky premiered the piano version of his daring new work The Rite of Spring, a year before its orchestral unveiling. His piano-playing partner was none other than Claude Debussy. Classical...
by Kile Smith | Feb 2, 2012 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
Saturday, February 4th, 2012, 5:00-6:00 Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). Symphony No. 1 (1907). Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson. Chandos 8345, CD1, Tr 1-4. 33:14 Stravinsky. Capriccio (1929). Geoffrey Tozer, piano, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme...
by Kile Smith | Jan 7, 2011 | CDs, Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
On the first Saturday of the month Jack Moore and I host Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection on WRTI 90.1 FM in Philadelphia and on the all-classical webstream at wrti.org. We also broadcast encore presentations of the entire Discoveries series (now nine years and...