by Kile Smith | Dec 16, 2017 | Baroque music, Choral music, new music, Orchestral Music, Vocal music
Vespers selections: (1) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, (7) Psalm 113, (10) Magnificat, (13) Deo gratias. Re-orchestrated for the instrumentation of the J. S. Bach Cantata No. 1, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern: 2 Oboes da caccia, 2 Horns, Organ, Strings....
by Kile Smith | Oct 3, 2017 | Baroque music, Classical music, Radio, WRTI
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, Oct. 7th, 5 to 6 pm… Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) is the “Father of the Symphony” in the same way that George Washington (born the same year) is the “Father of our Country.” Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration...
by Kile Smith | Sep 28, 2016 | Baroque music, Broad Street Review, Classical music
[First published 27 September 2016 in the Broad Street Review. Edited and reprinted here by permission.] A while back I considered three things I learned from Bach. I’ve wanted to add to them ever since, partly because there are more, and partly because I just saw a...
by Kile Smith | Jan 8, 2015 | Baroque music, CDs, Chamber Music, new music
The Baroque/New music group Mélomanie is featured in the current Chamber Music America magazine, coinciding with the release of their new CD Excursions. The CD includes my work for them, The Nobility of Women (with guest-artist Priscilla Herreid), and the article...
by Kile Smith | Dec 3, 2014 | Baroque music, church music, Classical music, liturgical music, Lutheran, Radio, WRTI
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, December 6th, 5-6 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211, “Coffee Cantata” (c.1735) Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (1716, rev. 1723), excerpts...
by Kile Smith | Oct 29, 2014 | Baroque music, Fleisher Collection, WRTI
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday November 1st, 2014 at 5 pm Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Concerto for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044. Andrew Manze, violin (conductor), Rachel Brown, flute, Richard Egarr, harpsichord, Academy of...
