Kile Smith

"Spectacular," "sparkling beauty" (Gramophone), "breathtaking" (Philadelphia Inquirer)

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Writings

Broad Street Review articles:

Etta James, At Last

Samuel Hsu

What a Wonderful World

The penalty kick and music

My 15 minutes as a Shakespearan actor

Alexander Gretchaninoff

How I learned to love Milton Babbitt

Are symphonies really dying?

CD mini-reviews for WRTI:

The Vanishing Nordic Chorale

Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, Harvest Home

John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999

Hermann Baumann. Grande Messe de Saint Hubert

Relache. Press Play

Stokowski, Serebrier

The Wanamaker Organ

Jordi Savall

Kronos Quartet

Valentine’s Day: Der Rosenkavalier

J.S. Bach, Monica Huggett, Gonzalo X. Ruiz

John Zorn

Gustavo Dudamel

Chant d’Automne, French Horn music

Charles Ives, Maurice Wright

Lang Lang

Pēteris Vasks

Valentine’s Day: John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, Antonio Vivaldi

Robert Moran

Stile Antico, Music for Compline

Paul Moravec

Cem Duruöz, Contemporary Music for Guitar

American Orchestral Song

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Coming up

11 Mar 2012. Passer invenit sibi domum (Psalm 84). St. Paul Parish, South Philadelphia, Michael Lawrence, Music Director. Noon (Latin) Mass.

18 Mar 2012. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need. St. Peter's Church, Old City Philadelphia, Peter Hopkins, Music Director. 5:00 pm.

24 Mar 2012. Testimony. Solo Piano, Memorial Concerts for Samuel Hsu, Philadelphia Biblical University. 3:00 and 7:00 pm.

Mar 2012. "Penmaen Pool" from Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Nancy Ellen Ogle, soprano, Ginger Yang Hwalek, piano. "America in the Poetic Imagination." Rockford IL, St. Mark's NYC.

21 Jun 2012. Music for Closing Eucharist. Association of Anglican Musicians National Conference, St. Luke and The Epiphany, Philadelphia.

Recent works

  • American Spirituals, Book One (violin, piano)
  • American Spirituals, Book Two (cello, piano)
  • The Best of All Possible Worlds (string quartet)
  • The Bremen Town Musicians (violin, cello, narrator)
  • Diabelli Variation (piano)
  • Exsultet (solo horn, string orchestra)
  • Now ys the tyme of Crystymas (SATB div. or SATB, opt. piano)
  • Plain Truths (baritone, string quartet)
  • This Broad Land (bassoon, piano)
  • Thrice blest (violin, viola, cello)
  • Two Laudate Psalms (high voice, girls’ choir, piano)
  • Vespers (SATB, SATB soloists, Renaissance band or piano)
  • The Waking Sun (SATB, string quintet, theorbo, organ)
  • Where Flames a Word (SATB)
  • CD’s

    Vespers


    “A spectacular work”—Gramophone
    More reviews…
    Audio samples, program notes…
    Piffaro, Crossing Choir & Donald Nally - K. Smith: Vespers

    Where Flames a Word


    “Spellbinding… an important world premiere”—Philadelphia Inquirer
    More reviews…
    Audio samples, program notes…
    Crossing Choir & Donald Nally - It is Time

    Now is the Time

    Feb 26 2012, 10-11pm
    Suites
  • Tomas Svoboda
  • David Lefkowitz
  • Harry Bulow
  • Mark Hagerty
  • Now is the Time, American contemporary music, Sundays at 10 pm. On WRTI-HD2 and on the classical stream at wrti.org, it’s all styles of concert music by living American composers. Here are the recording details and complete schedule, and because you really wanted to know, here’s the theme music and how it was written. Tell me what you think (if I can't take it, I promise to write back), and ask me where to send CDs for broadcast consideration.

    Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection

    Mar 3, 2012, 5-6pm
  • Howard Hanson
  • Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, tenth year on the radio, on the first Saturday of the month, uncovers (and/or rediscovers) treasures from the largest lending library of orchestral performance material in the world. No kidding. Here’s the complete schedule, with descriptions of every show.

    My CD Reviews

  • Musik Ekklesia, The Vanishing Nordic Chorale
  • Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, Harvest Home
  • John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999
  • Hermann Baumann. Grande Messe de Saint Hubert
  • Relache. Press Play
  • Stokowski boxed set, Serebrier
  • The Wanamaker Organ
  • Jordi Savall, Jerusalem
  • Kronos Quartet, 25 Years
  • Valentine’s Day: Der Rosenkavalier
  • J.S. Bach, Monica Huggett, Gonzalo X. Ruiz
  • John Zorn, The Gift
  • Gustavo Dudamel, Fiesta
  • Chant d’Automne, French Horn music
  • Charles Ives, Maurice Wright
  • The Magic of Lang Lang
  • Pēteris Vasks, Message
  • Valentine’s Day: John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, Antonio Vivaldi
  • Robert Moran, Mantra
  • Stile Antico, Music for Compline
  • Paul Moravec, Tempest Fantasy
  • Cem Duruöz, Contemporary Music for Guitar
  • American Orchestral Song
  • My Broad Street Review articles

  • Etta James, At Last
  • Samuel Hsu
  • What a Wonderful World
  • The penalty kick and music
  • My 15 minutes as Shakespeare
  • Alexander Gretchaninoff
  • How I learned to love Milton Babbitt
  • Are symphonies really dying?
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        • Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn
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        • Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
        • Vespers Press
        • Where to buy the Vespers CD
      • Choral
        • Anthems
        • Choral concert music
          • Now ys the tyme of Crystymas
          • Psalm 46
          • Two Laudate Psalms
          • Vespers
            • Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn
            • Psalm 113
            • Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
            • Vespers Press
            • Where to buy the Vespers CD
          • The Waking Sun
          • Where Flames a Word
        • Other church music
        • Hymns
      • Instrumental
        • Orchestra
          • Exsultet
          • Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
          • Psalm 46
        • Chamber
          • American Spirituals
          • The Best of All Possible Worlds
          • The Bremen Town Musicians
          • The Nobility of Women
          • Plain Truths
          • This Broad Land
          • Thrice blest
        • Solo
          • Diabelli Variation
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      • Vocal
        • Plain Truths
        • Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
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    • Calendar 2012
      • About the guy carrying the log
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    • Music
      • Vespers
        • Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn
        • Psalm 113
        • Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
        • Vespers Press
        • Where to buy the Vespers CD
      • Choral
        • Anthems
        • Choral concert music
          • Now ys the tyme of Crystymas
          • Psalm 46
          • Two Laudate Psalms
          • Vespers
            • Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn
            • Psalm 113
            • Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
            • Vespers Press
            • Where to buy the Vespers CD
          • The Waking Sun
          • Where Flames a Word
        • Other church music
        • Hymns
      • Instrumental
        • Orchestra
          • Exsultet
          • Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
          • Psalm 46
        • Chamber
          • American Spirituals
          • The Best of All Possible Worlds
          • The Bremen Town Musicians
          • The Nobility of Women
          • Plain Truths
          • This Broad Land
          • Thrice blest
        • Solo
          • Diabelli Variation
        • Band
      • Vocal
        • Plain Truths
        • Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
      • Program notes
    • Listen
      • CDs
    • Radio
      • Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection
      • Now is the Time, 2012
        • Now is the Time, 2011
        • 2010
        • 2009
        • 2008
      • My CD reviews for WRTI
    • Writings
      • Broad Street Review articles
      • My CD reviews for WRTI
    • Press
      • Vespers Press

    Places I go

    • About Last Night
    • American Composers Forum
    • American Music Center
    • ASCAP
    • Auricolae
    • Boston Musical Intelligencer
    • Broad Street Review
    • ChoralNet
    • Chorus America
    • Church Music Association of America
    • Condemned to Music
    • Crossing Choir
    • Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection
    • Fleisher Collection
    • Fragmented Obsessions
    • Hemidemisemiquaver
    • Hotbed of Intrigue
    • James Primosch
    • Kenneth Woods
    • Lyric Fest
    • Musical Fund Society
    • Navona Records
    • Network for New Music
    • New Music Box
    • Newburyport Chamber Music Festival
    • Pennsylvania Girlchoir
    • PianoMorphosis
    • Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
    • Priscilla Smith
    • Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music
    • Sandow
    • Sibelius
    • Stephen Hough
    • The Rest is Noise
    • think denk
    • Victor Herbert Source
    • WRTI 90.1 FM, Philadelphia
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