by Kile Smith | Sep 1, 2023 | Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Ulysses Kay (1917–1995). Concerto for Orchestra (1948) Kay. Six Dances for String Orchestra (1954) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify When Kay’s mother asked her uncle, famed jazz cornetist Joe “King” Oliver, if young Ulysses should take trumpet...
by Kile Smith | Nov 1, 2019 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Orchestral Music, Podcast
Now we’re on Spotify! Check out Fleisher Discoveries on Spotify and on SoundCloud! Ulysses Kay (1917–1995). Sinfonia in E (1950) Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass (1930) Hi and welcome to another Fleisher Discoveries, a...
by Kile Smith | Jan 18, 2016 | WRTI Arts Desk
[First published in WRTI’s Arts Desk 18 Jan 2016.] It’s an odd name for an odd work that almost wasn’t written. But it premiered 72 years ago this week, and as WRTI’s Kile Smith reports, this piece by Paul Hindemith is one of the most popular orchestral works of the...
by Kile Smith | May 5, 2012 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
Saturday, May 5th, 2012, 5:00-6:00 Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). Five Pieces for String Orchestra, Op. 44, No. 4 (1927). Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Werner Andreas Albert. CPO 999783. 12:00 Hindemith. Trauermusik (1936). Dmitri Jakubovsky, viola, St. Petersburg...