by Kile Smith | Apr 17, 2020 | Broad Street Review
[First published in the Broad Street Review, 14 April 2020. Reprinted by permission.] When we began staying home in 2020 to combat the pandemic, the Metropolitan Opera began offering free Nightly Met Opera Streams from their popular Live in HD series. It was the seven...
by Kile Smith | Dec 12, 2019 | Classical music, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827). “Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?” and “Komm Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern” from Fidelio (1814) Richard Wagner (1813–1883). “Einsam in trüben Tagen” (Elsa’s Dream) from Lohengrin (1848) Maurice...
by Kile Smith | Sep 28, 2016 | Fleisher Collection, WRTI
On the next Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday October 1st, 5–6 pm on WRTI: Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Die Meistersinger, Procession of the Masters (1862-67) Wagner: Das Liebesverbot, Overture (1835) Wagner: Symphony in C (1832) Looking over the...
by Kile Smith | Aug 3, 2016 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
On the next Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, July 2nd, 5–6 pm on WRTI-FM: Richard Wagner (1810-1883): Die Meistersinger, Prelude (1862) Victor Herbert (1859-1924): Cello Concerto No. 2 (1894) Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Love...
by Kile Smith | Mar 4, 2015 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, March 7th, 5-6 pm. Karl Goldmark (1830–1915). Overture to Penthesilea (1879) Goldmark. Violin Concerto No. 1 (1877) Continuing our survey of the year 1915, we find one of the few people of the time—composers,...
