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...
by Kile Smith | Sep 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
A Child’s Afternoon. Two characteristic pieces for flute and organ, 9′. In two movements: (1) No one to play with, (2) Someone to play with. Commissioned by Anna Meyer. Premiered Anna Meyer, flute, and Erik Meyer, organ, 2018–19...
by Kile Smith | Sep 6, 2018 | Choral music, new music
my son my son. Text by Robert Lax SATB, 5′. Commissioned by Khorikos. Premiered 3 Nov 2018, Shrine Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, 154 Sullivan Street, New York City. Except for the last movement, “The Arc,” I stayed away from Robert Lax’s most recognizable,...
by Kile Smith | Aug 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
[Originally published in the Broad Street Review 20 Aug 2018. Reprinted by permission.] To say the elk doesn’t care would be a disservice to the animal, but I don’t know what else to call it. The person who leaves the car at a busy gas station’s pump to buy chips in...
