Charles Ives, Maurice Wright
by Kile Smith | Jun 30, 2009 | CD Reviews, CDs, My CD Reviews, WRTI
My latest CD mini-review for the WRTI E-newsletter. You can read all my CD reviews here. Charles Ives / Maurice Wright / Marc-André Hamelin Charles Ives Sonata No. 2 “Concord, Mass. 1840-1860”; Maurice Wright Sonata New World Records 378-2 The “Concord” Sonata is the...News
11 Apr. PREMIERE. I Love You Truly from Wireless. Chor Leoni, Erick Lichte
21 Apr. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, premiere of 2-pt, org version. Martin Luther Chapel, Pennsauken, NJ, Jacqueline Smith
10 May. PREMIERE. Wireless. Chor Leoni, Erick Lichte
11 May. Wireless. Chor Leoni, Erick Lichte
12–14 May. Wireless. Recording. Chor Leoni, Erick Lichte
23–25 May. Descant for hymn tune Gardiner, Annual Synod and Missions Conference, Anglican Diocese of the Living Word
8 Jun. Monstra te essem matrem (SSA, harp) and Psalm 113 (SSAA, harp). iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp. Berkeley Festival, Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, San Jose, CA
10 Jun. Monstra te essem matrem (SSA, harp) and Psalm 113 (SSAA, harp). iSing Girlchoir, Jennah Delp. Berkeley Festival, First Church Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
27 Jun. Jerusalem, from The Arc in the Sky, and Conversation in the Mountains, from Where Flames a Word. The Crossing, Donald Nally, Month of Moderns 2, Awbury Arboretum, Germantown, Philadelphia
6 Jul. “Why Did They All Shout?” from The Arc in the Sky, Reading Bach Choir, Daniel Mahoney, Caversham, Reading, Great Britain
11 Jul. PREMIERE Arise, O Lord, Psalm 132 for SATB, org, 10′. Psalm Festival of the 2024 Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Institute for Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music, Seward, Nebraska, the Bellevue Singers and organist Jacob Weber, conducted by A.J. Reimer.
7 Dec. The Consolation of Apollo. New version, with string orchestra. Plus PREMIERE of new Christmas carol. Bethlehem Bach Choir, Christopher Jackson
8 Dec. The Consolation of Apollo. New version, with string orchestra. Plus PREMIERE of new Christmas carol. Bethlehem Bach Choir, Christopher Jackson
2025
28 Feb. PREMIERE. New 15′ Work. Choir and organ, on the life of St. Peter. Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Michael Plagerman
22 Mar. PREMIERE. New 12′ Work. Sylvan Viol Consort, Variant Six. Market Street Music, Wilmington, DE
12 Apr. PREMIERE. Even the Grass Must Sing, 15–20′ Work. The Choristers with orchestra, Lansdale, PA, David Spitko
Recent CDs
The Bremen Town Musicians. English Symphony Orchestra, Gemma Whelan, narrator, Kenneth Woods, conductor. Fiddles, Forests, and Fowl Fables.
The Arc in the Sky. The Crossing. 2020 Grammy nomination, Best Choral Performance
Canticle and Alleluia. Vocal Arts Ensemble. 2020 Grammy, Classical Producer of the Year, Blanton Alspaugh
In This Blue Room, other songs. Lyric Fest
A Child’s Afternoon. Fantasmagoria. Anna K. Meyer, flute, & Erik Meyer, organ
The Nobility of Women. Mélomanie
The Stars Shine, from The Consolation of Apollo. The Same Stream
Vespers. Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, and The Crossing
Where Flames a Word. The Crossing
Where Flames a Word. Voces Tallinn. 2020 Estonian Recording of the Year
Where Flames a Word. Khorikos
Where Flames a Word. Chicago Chamber Choir
Selected publications
The Star-Spangled Banner. SATB, piano, opt. cello, 5’30”. Hal Leonard
Alleluia. SATB, 6′. Hal Leonard
The Consolation of Apollo. SATB, perc, 35′. MusicSpoke
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. SATB, bells, 3′. Hal Leonard
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. SATB, org, 3′. Concordia.