by Kile Smith | Mar 5, 2019 | Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries
Listen to the podcast here. Lili Boulanger (1893–1918). D’un matin de printemps (1917–18) Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991). The Crystal Lake (1946) Joelle Wallach (b.1946). Shadows, Sighs and Songs of Longing (1991) Gloria Coates (b.1938). Symphony No. 7, 2nd...
by Kile Smith | Feb 28, 2019 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, new music, Organ music
Jubilate Deo. 5:30. 2019. SATB, organ. Psalm 100. Commissioned by Ursinus College and dedicated to Dr. John French, on the occasion of his 40th anniversary of service to Ursinus College. Premiered 28 April 2019, Ursinus College Choir and Meistersingers, Alan...
by Kile Smith | Feb 26, 2019 | Broad Street Review
[Published 26 Feb 2019 in the Broad Street Review and reprinted here by permission.] Scene 1 The only way I was leaving this house was feet-first. Jackie didn’t like that kind of talk, but I’d resolved that I was finished with moving: I wanted to get through life...
by Kile Smith | Feb 1, 2019 | Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries
Listen to the podcast here. Julius Bittner (1874–1939). Symphony No. 1 in F minor Hi, this is Fleisher Discoveries, the podcast, a production of the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music in the Free Library of Philadelphia. I’m Kile Smith. Today we’ll...
by Kile Smith | Jan 1, 2019 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries
Listen to the podcast here. William Henry Fry (1813–1864). Santa Claus: Christmas Symphony Hi, this is Fleisher Discoveries, a production of the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music in the Free Library of Philadelphia. Gary Galván is Curator of the...
by Kile Smith | Dec 29, 2018 | new music, Solo
Mazurka for guitar. 3′. 1984, rev. 2018. MIDI recording: A transcription of the Mazurka for piano from 1983. I mention Mazurka in a peripatetic ramble here about my guitar composing. I believe I wrote it for Bill Ghezzi as my first try at writing for guitar. My...
by Kile Smith | Dec 29, 2018 | new music, Solo
Totentanz for guitar. 5′. 1994, rev. 2005. Premiere recording: Written for Bill Ghezzi and premiered by him at the George Antheil Music Festival, Trenton, NJ, in 1994. I mention Totentanz in a fairly peripatetic ramble here about my composing for guitar. What I...
