by Kile Smith | Oct 31, 2013 | Broad Street Review, Lutheran
[First published in the Broad Street Review 29 Oct 2013 as What do artists want?] Whenever artists pick up pens or brushes or instruments, or jab fingers at computer keyboards, they start a reformation. They are—whether they realize it or not—closer to Martin Luther,...
by Kile Smith | Jan 7, 2012 | Choral music, Lutheran, Music Composition, new music
A few hours before the first of three concerts, here are my notes to Vespers from four years ago… I have loved the Lutheran liturgy from childhood, even before I was aware of the concept of classical music. So I was thrilled when, during discussions with...
by Kile Smith | Oct 25, 2011 | Choral music, church music, Fleisher Collection, hymn, Lutheran
An exhilarating Sunday night at Holy Trinity Lutheran, where we held our Hymn Festival, exploring Martin Luther’s Seven Marks of the Church, through Lutheran hymns—so many hymns, and A Mighty Fortress nowhere in sight. Jackie once again put together a fantastic...
by Kile Smith | Dec 31, 2007 | Music Composition, new music, Orchestral Music
2003; 3*.2.2.2*-4.2.3.1-timp.3perc-str; 20′ Commissioned and premiered 22 Feb 2003, Musica 2000, Rosalind Erwin. Further performances Musica 2000, Sofia Philharmonic. Score Short Program Notes This work is based on the vision of the prophet Ezekiel, as...
