by Kile Smith | Feb 5, 2020 | American music, Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Listen to the podcast on SoundCloud and Spotify! William Grant Still (1895–1978). Darker America (1924) Still. Danzas de Panama (1948) [Theme] Hi, it’s Kile Smith, and it’s the Fleisher Discoveries podcast, from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and...
by Kile Smith | Jan 27, 2020 | CDs, Choral music
Texts were flying in from the Grammys in L.A. last night while we watched Nellie, on Baroque cello, at Forest and Main in Ambler, play an energetic concert with Musicivic Baroque. While The Arc in the Sky with The Crossing did not win for Best Choral Performance...
by Kile Smith | Jan 18, 2020 | new music, Orchestral Music, String Orchestra
Jubilate Deo, for string orchestra. 2020, 5’30”. Premiered 9 May 2020 by the strings of the Temple University Music Preparatory Division, Temple University Performing Arts Center, Aaron Picht conducting. This is a transcription for string orchestra of my...
by Kile Smith | Jan 7, 2020 | Classical music, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Louis Gesensway (1906–1976). Four Squares of Philadelphia (1948–51) [Theme] Hi, it’s Kile Smith, welcome to the Fleisher Discoveries podcast, and Happy New Year from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and the Free...
by Kile Smith | Dec 30, 2019 | CDs, Choral music, Radio
The Arc in the Sky is receiving more and more airplay from around the country and even internationally! At the end of the year, these are the stations we know about so far. A big Thank-You from me, The Crossing, and Navona Records to the hosts, program directors, and...
by Kile Smith | Dec 12, 2019 | Classical music, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827). “Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?” and “Komm Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern” from Fidelio (1814) Richard Wagner (1813–1883). “Einsam in trüben Tagen” (Elsa’s Dream) from Lohengrin (1848) Maurice...
by Kile Smith | Nov 20, 2019 | CDs, Choral music, Spirituality
Canticle helps propel Blanton Alspaugh to a 2020 Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year, Classical. Canticle is a 65-minute work setting The Spiritual Canticle of St. John of the Cross. For chorus, three cellos, and percussion, it is listed with seven other CDs...
