by Kile Smith | Jan 14, 2022 | New Compositions, new music, Piano music, Solo
33′. Commissioned by the Community Music School of Collegeville, in honor of its Thirtieth Anniversary. Premiered there by Milena Urban, 23 April 2022. The theme is “Children at Play,” No. 1 from Vol. 1 of For Children (1908-09) by Béla Bartók. In our...
by Kile Smith | Dec 31, 2021 | American music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Orchestral Music, Podcast
It’s debatable how much power 12-tone music held over classical music in the 20th century, but power it certainly had. Then an inside man dropped a bombshell. A look at George Rochberg. George Rochberg (1918–2005). Symphony No. 1 (1949–57) Listen on SoundCloud Listen...
by Kile Smith | Dec 1, 2021 | Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Orchestral Music
On the run for most of his young life, a composer finds a home in America, creates exquisite works of ineffable beauty, and becomes a lasting influence as “the godfather of Chinese contemporary music.” Chou Wen-chung (1923–2019). And the Fallen Petals (1955) Listen on...
by Kile Smith | Nov 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Singing Guitar grabs a 2022 Best Choral Performance GRAMMY nomination for Conspirare! Along with music by Nico Muhly, Reena Esmail, and Craig Hella Johnson, who created all this in love, it’s an honor for my work The Dawn’s Early Light to be included....
by Kile Smith | Nov 15, 2021 | Brass Music, Chamber Music, New Compositions, new music
Intrada, for Six Horns. 2’45”. For the Curtis Institute of Music Horn Studio. Premiered 1 Dec 2021, the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. Composed spring 2021 at the request of Jeffrey Lang and Jennifer Montone, who teach horn at Curtis and who...
by Kile Smith | Nov 2, 2021 | American music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
The world premiere of a piece remembering a tragic day many Novembers ago, and the unlikely but wise choice of its composer. Robert Bernat (1931–1994). In Memoriam John F. Kennedy, Passacaglia for Orchestra (1966) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify Hi everybody,...
by Kile Smith | Oct 1, 2021 | American music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Iowa, Paris, Russian and Ukrainian and German Americans, New York City, a Swiss watch company, a radio station, a library, salvaged reel-to-reel tapes, and a dandy piece for cello and strings: Only in America. Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify Roger Goeb...
