by Kile Smith | Feb 28, 2013 | Chamber Music, New Compositions, new music
Sharon Torello is an active observer of Philadelphia’s music scene, a great booster for all things music here. She points out that this is not a “critical review,” but rather “the viewpoint of a ‘regular member’ of the audience. I...
by Kile Smith | Feb 27, 2013 | Chamber Music, Early Music, New Compositions, new music
“The second premiere presented the results of the creative process that composer Kile Smith has described in four BSR essays. (Click here.) As Smith has explained in his essays, Red-tail and Hummingbird depicts an encounter between a hawk and an angry...
by Kile Smith | Feb 26, 2013 | Chamber Music, New Compositions, new music
“an excellent (but short) new Kile Smith piece… Red-tail and Hummingbird, was played by both ensembles in separate performances. The Piffaro version had particularly intellectual passion clearly outlining the memorable thematic basis of the piece and...