by Kile Smith | Oct 30, 2010 | Choral music, new music
The Virginia Chorale sang this on their concerts last weekend, and we were able to drive down to hear the first one. So glad we could, as it was a wonderful evening, beautifully programmed by Scott Williamson. We enjoyed it all, and the chance to meet the singers and...
by Kile Smith | May 24, 2010 | new music, Piano music
In conjunction with their 25th Anniversary and Diabelli project, Network for New Music videotaped a couple of us with our greetings. Here’s mine, taped in the Fleisher Collection, with a little bit about the Diabelli Variation I wrote: Anna Weesner’s tribute is...
by Kile Smith | May 20, 2009 | CDs
Since the CD of Vespers is now available I’m not keeping track of all the hits of the video excerpts from the premiere and am officially removing it from the sidebar (okay, last time I peeked there were over 26,000 hits… let’s see, if my math’s right, if everyone of...
by Kile Smith | Aug 2, 2008 | CDs, Classical music, liturgical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
David Patrick Stearns of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Jim Cotter of WRTI’s Creatively Speaking put last week’s radio segment together with this film (just over 5 minutes). Great shots with some raw takes of Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn, Wie schön leuchtet der...
by Kile Smith | Feb 1, 2008 | Classical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions
The beginning of Vespers on YouTube, “Veni Sancte Spiritus” and “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern”: There’s a duplicate of that, plus the encore of “Wie schön leuchtet” also on YouTube (this will get you there). Thanks,...
