by Kile Smith | Jan 19, 2012 | Choral music, new music, Radio, WRTI
Live performances of Vespers, The Waking Sun, and Where Flames a Word will be on the radio this weekend: Sunday, January 22, 2012 3:00 – 5:00 PM WRTI – 90.1FM, Philadelphia and online anywhere: www.wrti.org From The Crossing: “Vespers, the work that...
by Kile Smith | Jun 13, 2011 | Choral music, New Compositions, new music
6. While on such beauty the lover gazes While on such beauty the lover gazes, her cheeks suddenly glow with rosy blush. Snowy wool turns crimson thus when bathed in purple flood; so gleams the waking sun when the shepherd, wet with the dew of the dawn of the day,...
by Kile Smith | Jun 11, 2011 | Choral music, New Compositions, new music
5. A king is he A king is he who has no fear; a king is he who naught desires. Such kingdom on himself each man bestows. —Thyestes If you can have a fuguing tune without the fuguing part, “A king is he” is that piece. I started to write the imitative...
