by Kile Smith | Oct 12, 2023 | Choral music
In German, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, this transcription of the second movement from the original Vespers is for SATB and organ with optional violin and theorbo, 4’30”. This was premiered, in English, 23 Sep 2023 by Transept, Timothy Campbell,...
by Kile Smith | Oct 12, 2023 | Choral music
This transcription of the first movement from the original Vespers is for TTBB and organ, 2′. This was premiered 23 Sep 2023 by Transept, Timothy Campbell, Founder and Artistic Director, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Sioux Falls, SD. Aaron Cates, Nicholas...
by Kile Smith | Apr 28, 2021 | American music, Classical music, Composition, New Compositions
Dear Jim, I didn’t know you well. That isn’t quite true; I knew you better than many other composers I know. I didn’t know you as well as I would’ve liked. Yes. That is true. It’s a hazard of the profession, not knowing other composers....
by Kile Smith | Jan 13, 2021 | new music, Orchestral Music
Chorale Fantasias from Vespers, for small orchestra Steht auf, ihr lieben Kinderlein! Triple Canon: Nun danket all und bringet Ehr O süßer Herre Jesu Christ In dir ist Freude 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings. 10’. Commissioned by the Southeastern Pennsylvania...
by Kile Smith | Jan 19, 2018 | church music
I’m now a contributor to the Augsburg Fortress Prelude Music Planner blog; my first effort is up now, about the writing of my (now 10-yr-old!) Vespers, how Epiphany and Lutheran chorales are behind it all, and how Bach eventually taught me a thing or two in...
