by Kile Smith | Jul 23, 2008 | CDs, Classical music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
Four more sections recorded, including Vater unser, which we knew would be difficult, mainly because of tempo. It’s a long piece (nine verses), and although I mix the ensemble up to keep changing the landscape, it’s still a lot of music to get through. The choral...
by Kile Smith | Jul 22, 2008 | CDs, Classical music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
The first day was very successful, and everyone was patient and professional. It’s delightful to work with these folks. Decided to change Grant’s two notes, um, two more times. He smiles wryly each time. Looks like we’re keeping the original harp and theorbo notes in...
by Kile Smith | Jul 20, 2008 | CDs, Classical music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions, new music
Start recording Vespers tomorrow, with Piffaro and The Crossing. Time to go over the checklist from the last couple of months since the premiere: Compose new instrumental piece, Nun danket all und bringet Ehr, to insert before Deo gratias Why not make it a triple...
by Kile Smith | Jul 3, 2008 | hymn, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
The new Sunday night 10 o’clock [update: beginning 2 Nov 2013, Saturday night at 9 pm] show on WRTI (HD2 and streaming) ought to have theme music, I thought, so I started looking through works of mine, as with the theme for Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, to...
by Kile Smith | May 16, 2008 | hymn, Lutheran, Music Composition, New Compositions
A recent hymn, O Lord, Our Lord, Your Excellent Name, my versification and setting of Psalm 8, has been selected for publication in the next Lutheran Forum, summer of 2008… speaking of hymns, we just sang on Pentecost Sunday the newest collaboration with Rev. Michael...
by Kile Smith | Jan 10, 2008 | church music, hymn, liturgical music, Lutheran
First published in Lutheran Forum, Fall 2003 Out of all the questions Gordon A. Beck asks in “Questions About Current Lutheran Music Practices” (Lutheran Forum, Easter/Spring 2003), he’s really asking only one: “What do we desire?” His answer is: “Let’s do that.” For...
