by Kile Smith | Dec 31, 2021 | American music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Orchestral Music, Podcast
It’s debatable how much power 12-tone music held over classical music in the 20th century, but power it certainly had. Then an inside man dropped a bombshell. A look at George Rochberg. George Rochberg (1918–2005). Symphony No. 1 (1949–57) Listen on SoundCloud Listen...
by Kile Smith | Dec 1, 2021 | Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Orchestral Music
On the run for most of his young life, a composer finds a home in America, creates exquisite works of ineffable beauty, and becomes a lasting influence as “the godfather of Chinese contemporary music.” Chou Wen-chung (1923–2019). And the Fallen Petals (1955) Listen on...
by Kile Smith | Nov 2, 2021 | American music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
The world premiere of a piece remembering a tragic day many Novembers ago, and the unlikely but wise choice of its composer. Robert Bernat (1931–1994). In Memoriam John F. Kennedy, Passacaglia for Orchestra (1966) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify Hi everybody,...
by Kile Smith | Oct 1, 2021 | American music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Iowa, Paris, Russian and Ukrainian and German Americans, New York City, a Swiss watch company, a radio station, a library, salvaged reel-to-reel tapes, and a dandy piece for cello and strings: Only in America. Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify Roger Goeb...
by Kile Smith | Sep 2, 2021 | American music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Walter Piston (1894–1976). Prelude and Allegro for Organ and Strings (1943) Piston. Symphony No. 8 (1965) Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Hi everybody, I’m Kile Smith, and this is Fleisher Discoveries. Fleisher Discoveries is a podcast from the Edwin A. Fleisher...
by Kile Smith | Aug 5, 2021 | American music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries
Alexandra Pierce (1934–2021). Behemoth (1976) Listen on Soundcloud and Spotify! Hi everybody, I’m Kile Smith, and this is Fleisher Discoveries. Fleisher Discoveries is a podcast from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music and the Free Library of...
