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Ballad and March for Organ

by Kile Smith | Jul 3, 2019 | new music, Organ music

Ballad and March for Organ. 5′. Premiered 19 Aug 2017, Margaret Harper, Central Congregation Church, Newburyport, MA, Newburyport Summer Music Festival. Transcribed for solo organ from Plain Truths, a song cycle for baritone and string quartet or piano. “Annie...

Fleisher Discoveries: A Great American Symphony… by Paul Hindemith

by Kile Smith | Jul 1, 2019 | American music, Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries

Listen to the podcast here. Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). Symphony in E-flat (1940) [Theme] It’s Fleisher Discoveries, a podcast produced by the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia. I’m Kile Smith. All the Fleisher...

Fleisher Discoveries: Ricardo Castro, Oithona, and Romanticism

by Kile Smith | Jun 1, 2019 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries

Listen to the podcast here. Ricardo Castro (1864–1907). Oithona (1885) It’s Fleisher Discoveries, and I’m Kile Smith. Fleisher Discoveries is a podcast produced by the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music in the Free Library of Philadelphia. But you knew...

Fleisher Discoveries: Ricardo Castro

by Kile Smith | May 3, 2019 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Podcast

Listen to the podcast here. Ricardo Castro (1864–1907). Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1887) Allegro Moderato Andante. Allegro appassionato. Poco più mosso Mazurka Polonaise: Allegro moderato [Theme] Thanks for joining me on Fleisher Discoveries, a podcast...

Weary, with empty throat, stands Tantalus

by Kile Smith | Apr 29, 2019 | Uncategorized

From the exquisite 13 Apr 2019 performance of The Waking Sun by the Cornell University Chamber Singers with Baroque orchestra of strings, theorbo, and organ, conducted by Stephen Spinelli, movement 4: Weary, with empty throat, stands Tantalus; above his guilty head...

Sing, Choirs of New Jerusalem

by Kile Smith | Apr 21, 2019 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, new music, Organ music

Sing, Choirs of New Jerusalem. SATB, organ, opt. brass quintet, timpani (also opt. 2 violins and brass quartet). 4′. Commissioned by the Presbyterian Church of Barrington, Kirsten Hedegaard, Chorus Director, for Easter Sunday, April 21st, 2019. Premiered there...

Reflections on Easter Vigil

by Kile Smith | Apr 20, 2019 | liturgical music, Lutheran

The end of Lent, Good Friday behind, not yet Easter, and the strangest liturgy of the Church Year: Easter Vigil. There is nothing remotely like the Vigil…. Here’s the essay on the Prelude Music Planner blog of Augsburg Fortress: Reflections on Easter...

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26 Jun. Where Flames a Word. Broadcast on Classical Discoveries, Marvin Rosen, WPRB 103.3 FM Princeton NJ, 5–11 AM

28 Jun. The Arc in the Sky. The Crossing. Chorus America 2019 Annual Conference, Philadelphia

29 Jun. Where Flames a Word. Voces Musicales, David Puderbaugh, Keila, Estonia, 2:00

29 Jun. Where Flames a Word. Voces Musicales, David Puderbaugh, Nissi, Estonia, 6:00

30 Jun. Where Flames a Word. Voces Musicales, David Puderbaugh, Talinn, Estonia

30 Jun. “I know you, you are the deeply bowed” from Where Flames a Word, Iowa Public Radio, Barney Sherman

1 Jul. A Child’s Afternoon. Pre-premiere. Anna Meyer, flute, Erik Meyer, organ. Mid-Atlantic AGO Regional Convention, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Moorestown NJ

8 Jul. “Before your late face” from Where Flames a Word, Iowa Public Radio, Barney Sherman

13 Jul. Poems of Stephen Berg from In This Blue Room CD, broadcast on Mark Pinto’s New Releases, WRTI 90.1 FM Philadelphia

13 Aug. The Consolation of Apollo. National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, Robert Hollingworth, cond. Snape Proms, Snape Maltings Concert Hall

15 Sep. The Heavens Declare. Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral Food Pantry Benefit Concert

4 Oct. A Child’s Afternoon. Premiere. Anna Meyer, flute, and Erik Meyer, organ. Christ Church, Philadelphia

12 Oct. Where Flames a Word. Chicago Chamber Choir, Christopher Windle. St. Ignatius Church, Rogers Park

13 Oct. Where Flames a Word. Chicago Chamber Choir, Christopher Windle. St. Ita Catholic Church, Edgewater

2 Nov. New Work. Conspirare, L.A. Guitar Quartet, Craig Hella Johnson. Austin TX

20 Dec. The Consolation of Apollo. The Thirteen, Matthew Robertson. Episcopal High School Chapel, Alexandria, VA, 7:30

21 Dec. The Consolation of Apollo. The Thirteen, Matthew Robertson. First Congregational UCC, Washington, DC, 7:30

22 Dec. The Consolation of Apollo. The Thirteen, Matthew Robertson. Bradley Hills Church, Bethesda, MD, 5:00

12 Jan 2020. The Arc in the Sky. Vocal Arts Ensemble Cincinnati, Craig Hella Johnson

Feb 2021. Vespers. Virginia Chorale, Piffaro.