by Kile Smith | Jul 23, 2008 | CDs, Classical music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
Four more sections recorded, including Vater unser, which we knew would be difficult, mainly because of tempo. It’s a long piece (nine verses), and although I mix the ensemble up to keep changing the landscape, it’s still a lot of music to get through. The choral...
by Kile Smith | Jul 22, 2008 | CDs, Classical music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
The first day was very successful, and everyone was patient and professional. It’s delightful to work with these folks. Decided to change Grant’s two notes, um, two more times. He smiles wryly each time. Looks like we’re keeping the original harp and theorbo notes in...
by Kile Smith | Jul 20, 2008 | CDs, Classical music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
Start recording Vespers tomorrow, with Piffaro and The Crossing. Time to go over the checklist from the last couple of months since the premiere: Compose new instrumental piece, Nun danket all und bringet Ehr, to insert before Deo gratias Why not make it a triple...
by Kile Smith | Jul 3, 2008 | hymn, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
The new Sunday night 10 o’clock [update: beginning 2 Nov 2013, Saturday night at 9 pm] show on WRTI (HD2 and streaming) ought to have theme music, I thought, so I started looking through works of mine, as with the theme for Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, to...
by Kile Smith | Jul 1, 2008 | CD Reviews, CDs, Classical music, My CD Reviews, new music, Radio
WRTI’s e-newsletter just came out, and my second CD review is in there. Excellent playing from Cem Duruöz. You can read all my CD reviews here. Kile Smith recommends… Contemporary Music for Guitar Cem Duruöz. Centaur 2563 The Turkish-born guitarist Cem (pronounced...
