by Kile Smith | May 29, 2013 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Music Composition, Radio, WRTI
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection broadcasts Saturday, June 1st, 2013, 5-6 pm on WRTI and wrti.org. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Symphony No. 107 (A) (c.1758). Kevin Mallon, Toronto Chamber Orchestra. Naxos 572130 Tr 5-7. 13:32. Haydn. Symphony No. 1 (c.1759)....
by Kile Smith | May 2, 2013 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Music Composition, Radio, WRTI
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection broadcasts Saturday, May 4th, 2013, 5-6 pm on WRTI and wrti.org. Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953). Summer Day, Children’s Suite for Small Orchestra, Op. 65b (1935/41). San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Donald Barra. Koch 7042, Tr...
by Kile Smith | Apr 4, 2013 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Music Composition, Radio, WRTI
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection broadcasts Saturday, April 6th, 2013, 5-6 pm on WRTI and wrti.org. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Two Norwegian Airs (1869). Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset. Naxos 572403, Tr 12-14. 11:07 Grieg. Old Norwegian Romance (1891,...
by Kile Smith | Mar 6, 2013 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Music Composition, Radio, WRTI
Broadcasting Saturday, March 9th, 2013, 5-6 pm (2nd Saturday this month!) on WRTI Frederick Delius (1862-1934). Life’s Dance (1898/1901/12). Royal Philharmonic, Charles Groves. Angel 63171, Tr 1. 15:21 Delius. Appalachia (1896/1903). Alun Jenkins, Baritone, Hallé...
by Kile Smith | Jan 30, 2013 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Music Composition, Radio, WRTI
Broadcasting Saturday, February 2nd, 2013, 5-6 pm on WRTI Percy Grainger (1882-1961). Hill-Song No. 1 (1902, rev. 1921/23). Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon. Koch 7003, Tr 3. 13:12 Grainger. The Warriors (1916). City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon...
by Kile Smith | Dec 19, 2012 | Composition, Music Composition, New Compositions, Orchestral Music, String Orchestra
Just finished a new piece. Well, it’s an old piece that I can’t seem to leave alone. For a performance in the spring of 2013, it’s my third take on Three Dances. That’s me, to the left, after hitting the double bar. Three Dances was originally...