by Kile Smith | Jul 2, 2014 | Fleisher Collection, WRTI
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday July 5th at 5 pm Aaron Copland (1900–1990). Our Town (1940). London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland. CBS/Sony 42429, Tr 1. 11:01 Charles Ives (1874-1954). Holidays Symphony (1887-1913). Chicago Symphony Orchestra...
by Kile Smith | Oct 16, 2012 | American music, Art songs, new music, Vocal music
What a program Sunday afternoon! Lyric Fest’s “Old City—New Song II” at The Academy of Vocal Arts was a straight-up no-foolin’ art song recital, a heliotrope bouquet of tunes brand-new, kind of new, and new. They were all 20th- and 21st-century...
