by Kile Smith | Feb 6, 2016 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
Lines point every which way on Now Is the Time, Saturday, February 6th at 9 pm. Mathew Rosenblum starts us off with Sharpshooter for orchestra, and then we scale it way back to Steven Stucky’s Dialogs for solo cello from Caroline Stinson’s CD Lines. Van...
by Kile Smith | Jan 24, 2014 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
It’s music for different duos on Now Is the Time, Saturday, January 25th at 9 pm Eastern on the all-classical stream at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Charles Knox’s Suite for Piano Four-Hands is puckish and not a little bold: its six movements take four minutes...
by Kile Smith | Sep 29, 2013 | CD Reviews, My CD Reviews, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
My latest CD review for WRTI; you can hear the podcast with musical examples below. All my CD reviews are here. https://kilesmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/201309thrumcd.mp3 Minneapolis Guitar Quartet: Thrum (Innova 858) Daniel Bernard Roumain: Ghetto Strings...
by Kile Smith | Jul 19, 2013 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
Heat isn’t all there is to summer on Now Is the Time, Sunday, July 21st at 10 pm. Gao Hong not only composed Guangxi Impressions, but also plays the pipa, or Chinese lute, on her work, along with the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet. It includes Summer Cicada and...
by Kile Smith | Aug 4, 2012 | CDs, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
Whether it’s light or dark or exotic, it’s hot on Now is the Time, Sunday, August 5th at 10 pm. Sainte-Croix takes us to a Central American jungle; Vierk, to the desert with multi-tracked cellos. Korean-American Yoon is recorded live, with water bowls and...