by Kile Smith | Dec 23, 2020 | Broad Street Review, Classical music, Vocal music
[First published in Broad Street Review 21 Dec 2020 and reprinted here by permission.] About the best advice for composers I’ve heard comes from Mac Sledge, Robert Duvall’s washed-up country singer who finds redemption in 1983’s Tender Mercies. When word gets out he’s...
by Kile Smith | Nov 2, 2020 | American music, Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Orchestral Music
Charles Ives (1874–1954). Holidays Symphony (1887-1913) Washington’s Birthday Decoration Day The Fourth of July Thanksgiving and Forefathers’ Day (Autumn) Listen to the podcast on Soundcloud and Spotify! Hi, and welcome to Fleisher Discoveries! I’m Kile Smith....
by Kile Smith | Oct 2, 2020 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Leoš Janáček (1854–1928). Sinfonietta (1926) Hi, and welcome to Fleisher Discoveries! I’m Kile Smith. Fleisher Discoveries is a podcast from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and the Free Library of Philadelphia....
by Kile Smith | Sep 1, 2020 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries
Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Ernest Bloch (1880–1959). Symphony in C-Sharp Minor (1902) Hi, it’s Kile Smith, and welcome to Fleisher Discoveries, a podcast from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and the Free Library of Philadelphia. Gary Galván...
by Kile Smith | Aug 1, 2020 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries
Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958). Symphony No. 3 “A Pastoral Symphony” (1921) Hi, it’s Kile Smith, and it’s the Fleisher Discoveries podcast, from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and the Free Library of...
by Kile Smith | Jul 3, 2020 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977). Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra (1953) Hi, it’s Kile Smith, and it’s the Fleisher Discoveries podcast, from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and the Free Library of...