by Kile Smith | Jan 23, 2015 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
It’s time for some warmth in the midst of winter on Now Is the Time, Saturday, January 24th at 9 pm. From The Crossing’s 2013 Christmas Daybreak CD is Benjamin C. S. Boyle’s Three Carols for Wintertide, holding up for our consideration a rose, holly...
by Kile Smith | Jan 17, 2014 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
We reflect on a legacy of greatness on Now Is the Time, Saturday, January 18th at 9 pm Eastern on the all-classical stream at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Yehudi Menuhin said this: “I look to music to bind and heal. I think the musician can be a trusted object,...
by Kile Smith | Dec 20, 2013 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
We are on the cusp of winter on Now Is the Time, Saturday, December 21st at 9 pm—our new time, every Saturday night at 9 on WRTI-HD2 and the all-classical stream at wrti.org. The Philadelphia new-music choir The Crossing has just released Christmas Daybreak, from...
by Kile Smith | Aug 25, 2013 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
You might call these fantastic lullabies on Now Is the Time, Sunday, August 25th at 10 pm. The birth of a friend’s daughter inspired Rick Sowash’s Lullabye for Kara for cello and piano. Steven Gerber’s Violin Concerto is a rocking to sleep, of sorts,...
by Kile Smith | May 4, 2013 | American music, CDs, new music, Radio
Concertos for low instruments bookend a concerto for orchestra on Now Is the Time, Sunday, May 5th at 10 pm. Gunther Schuller conducts Orchestra 2001 in his Concerto da Camera, a classical-sized work with twists. Carter Brey’s singing tone dives deep into Steven...
