by Kile Smith | Feb 7, 2010 | CD Reviews, Choral music, church music, Spirituality
A very thoughtful essay by Thomas Lloyd appears in the February 2010 Choral Journal. It casts an eye on David Lang’s Pulitzer-winning the little match girl passion, Phil Kline’s John the Revelator, and my Vespers. Here’s a bit of it: These three premiere recordings of...
by Kile Smith | May 24, 2009 | CD Reviews, CDs, Lutheran, Music Criticism
Comparing Vespers to a CD by another over-50 Lutheran composer, David Patrick Stearns makes me smile and go Hm at the same time, here, in the Philadelphia Inquirer. As usual, he invites me to think. Phil Kline’s John the Revelator is the other CD, and both come in for...
