by Kile Smith | Jun 30, 2021 | American music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Virgil Thomson (1896–1989). Symphony on a Hymn Tune (1926–28) Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Hello and welcome to the Fleisher Discoveries podcast! I’m Kile Smith. Fleisher Discoveries is a podcast from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and the...
by Kile Smith | Sep 4, 2015 | American music, Classical music, Fleisher Collection, WRTI
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, September 5th, 5 to 6 pm Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936) Thomson: Filling Station (1937) Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune (1928) If you’re looking for one composer who can be said...
by Kile Smith | Mar 22, 2013 | American music, CDs, new music, Radio
We’re trying to kick-start spring on Now is the Time, Sunday, March 24th at 10 pm. Leaps and Bulls is all funky frogs and swamps, from the group Blob. Yes, Blob. Gary Schocker tempts us out of the house with Out of Doors Duets for two flutes, and Ned...
by Kile Smith | Jun 3, 2008 | CD Reviews, CDs, Classical music, My CD Reviews, Radio
WRTI is getting so busy, what with a growing membership, HD2 and increasing local programming, that they’ve asked me to write some CD reviews for their e-newsletter, to spread the wealth around. I wrote liner notes once, on the Naxos William Henry Fry release, but...
