by Kile Smith | Sep 1, 2023 | Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Ulysses Kay (1917–1995). Concerto for Orchestra (1948) Kay. Six Dances for String Orchestra (1954) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify When Kay’s mother asked her uncle, famed jazz cornetist Joe “King” Oliver, if young Ulysses should take trumpet...
by Kile Smith | Feb 5, 2020 | American music, Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Listen to the podcast on SoundCloud and Spotify! William Grant Still (1895–1978). Darker America (1924) Still. Danzas de Panama (1948) Hi, it’s Kile Smith, and it’s the Fleisher Discoveries podcast, from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and the...
by Kile Smith | Nov 1, 2012 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012, 5-6 pm on WRTI William Grant Still (1895-1978). Danzas de Panama (1948). Serafin String Quartet. Centaur 3050, Tr 1–4. 14:12 Still. Dismal Swamp (1936). Richard Fields, piano. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Jindong Cai. Centaur 2331, Tr...
by Kile Smith | Feb 9, 2009 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Music Composition, Radio, WRTI
On the first Saturday of the month (but on the 2nd Saturday this month because of last week’s fund drive), Jack Moore and I host Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection on WRTI 90.1 FM. You can hear us in the Philadelphia area or online at wrti.org. We also broadcast...