by Kile Smith | Nov 20, 2019 | CDs, Choral music
Received texts of “Congrats” this morning, which puzzled me, as I didn’t know what I was being congratulated for. But then the news started slipping out that The Crossing received two nominations for Best Choral Performance for the 2020 Grammy...
by Kile Smith | Nov 1, 2019 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Orchestral Music, Podcast
Now we’re on Spotify! Check out Fleisher Discoveries on Spotify and on SoundCloud! Ulysses Kay (1917–1995). Sinfonia in E (1950) Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass (1930) [Theme] Hi and welcome to another Fleisher...
by Kile Smith | Oct 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen to the podcast here. Peter Mennin (1923–1983). Moby Dick (1952) Frederick Converse (1871–1940). Song of the Sea (1923) [Theme] It’s Fleisher Discoveries and I’m Kile Smith. Today we hear two works celebrating the 200-year anniversaries of two of America’s...
by Kile Smith | Oct 1, 2019 | Choral music, new music
The Dawn’s Early Light. SATB, Cello, Four Guitars, 19′. Text: Life Among the Piutes (1883), Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (c.1844–1891), ed. K.S., and “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814), Francis Scott Key (1779–1843). Commissioned for Conspirare and Craig Hella...
by Kile Smith | Sep 7, 2019 | CD Reviews, CDs, Choral music
Laurence Vittes praises The Arc in the Sky, the CD The Crossing, directed by Donald Nally, released this summer on Navona, in a thoughtful October 2019 Gramophone magazine review. My description of the work as a “65-minute pilgrimage for unaccompanied...
by Kile Smith | Sep 2, 2019 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Listen to the podcast here. Franz Schubert (1797–1828). Symphony No. 9 in C Major, “The Great,” D. 944 (1826) [Theme] Welcome to Fleisher Discoveries. I’m Kile Smith. Fleisher Discoveries is a podcast produced by the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at...
by Kile Smith | Aug 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Smith has set a new standard for himself … at various times rocks, rolls, mourns, murmurs, laments, and glorifies. Masterful … exhilarating … a new top-notch, emotionally charged choral work. Strongly recommended listening for anyone.”...
