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...
by Kile Smith | Dec 23, 2018 | Broad Street Review, Composition
[First published in Broad Street Review, 23 Dec 2018. Reprinted by permission.] Sports, sports numbers, and sports records consumed the attention of my youth, I’ll admit. If I’d known I’d be going into music in a few years, I would’ve applied myself more assiduously...
by Kile Smith | Nov 19, 2018 | Chamber Music
Spirituals for Piano Trio. 11′. Commissioned and premiered by the Arcadian Trio, Igor Szwec, violin, Vivian Barton Dozor, cello, Diane Goldsmith, piano. Premiered 20 Jan 2019, Abington Presbyterian Church, Abington, Pa. The Arcadian Trio asked me for settings of...
by Kile Smith | Oct 24, 2018 | Broad Street Review
[First published in Broad Street Review 23 Oct 2018, and reprinted here by permission.] I wasn’t prepared for the reaction—my reaction, that is. This was the second time our German men’s choir would sing the national anthem at the Phillies. I wrote about it two years...
by Kile Smith | Oct 23, 2018 | Anthem, Brass Music, church music, hymn, Organ music
Of the Father’s Love Begotten. SATB, Organ, Congregation, opt. Brass, Percussion (3 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Suspended Cymbal). Text: Corde natus ex parentis, Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (348–c.413), Verses 1–4 trans. John Mason Neale...
by Kile Smith | Oct 19, 2018 | Anthem, Choral music, church music
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. SATB, Bells, Bass Drum. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). 3′. Commissioned by Red Shift, Trey Davis, conductor, and premiered 15, 16 Dec 2018, St. Joseph Cathedral, Baton Rouge, La. (Crotales, Glockenspiel, Handbells, Organ...
