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Haydn's Symphonies, First and Last

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)....

Prokofiev Moves Back to Russia

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...

Edvard Grieg discovers Norway

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,...

How Delius fell in love with music in Florida

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...

Percy Grainger

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...

Three Dances re-orchestrated for string orchestra

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...
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Recent & Upcoming Highlights

2 Mar. Where Flames a Word. Madison Choral Project, Albert Pinsonneault, Luther Memorial Church, Madison, WI

PREMIERE 9 Mar. Jubilate Deo for chorus and orchestra. Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, Sheldon Bair, Bel Air, MD

PREMIERE 14 Mar. Endless Morn of Light. Sylvan Viol Consort, Variant 6. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia

15 Mar. Endless Morn of Light. Sylvan Viol Consort, Variant 6. First and Central Presbyterian, Wilmington, DE

16 Mar. Endless Morn of Light. Sylvan Viol Consort, Variant 6. Levering Mill Tribute House, Bala Cynwyd, PA

29 Mar. In the Midst of Life. Richmond Concert Chorale, Ryan Tibbetts

PUBLISHED 9 Apr. America, the Beautiful. SSAA, piano, 4′, ECS Publishing, Craig Hella Johnson Choral Series

10 Apr. Sometimes It Happens So. Benjamin Flanders, baritone, Sonya Szabo-Reynolds, piano. Skald Festival, Northern Kentucky University

12 Apr. I Want to Write a Book of Praise, from The Arc in the Sky. Wheaton College Men’s Glee Club, John Swedberg

PREMIERE 26 Apr. Even the Grass Must Sing, plus “To One Coming North” from Northland. The Choristers with orchestra, Lansdale, PA, David Spitko

10 May. The Consolation of Apollo. Apollo Chorus of Chicago, Stephen Alltop

17 May. The Waking Sun. Back Bay Chorale, Stephen Spinelli. Sanders Theater, Harvard Memorial Hall

RELEASED 23 May. my son my son. On the album Across the Open Spaces, Khorikos, Alec Galambos

14 Jun. my son my son. Release party, Across the Open Spaces CD Khorikos, Alec Galambos, including performance of this and Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn from Vespers

12 Jul. O Thou Who Camest from Above. Csehy Summer School of Music Chamber Choir, Floyd Rawleigh, Langhorne, PA

24 Jul. Northland. Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Joshua Habermann. Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, NM

27 Jul. Northland. Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Joshua Habermann. Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, NM

1 Aug. Northland. Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Joshua Habermann. Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, NM

PREMIERE 18, 19 Oct. Let All the Strains of Joy (Tagore) plus Where the Mind Is Without Fear (Tagore). The Crossing, Donald Nally. Philadelphia

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PREMIERE. 25, 26 Apr. New Work, Dolce Canto, David Edmonds, Missoula, MT

Recent CDs

The Bremen Town Musicians. English Symphony Orchestra, Gemma Whelan, narrator, Kenneth Woods, conductor. Fiddles, Forests, and Fowl Fables.

The Arc in the Sky. The Crossing. 2020 Grammy nomination, Best Choral Performance

Canticle and Alleluia. Vocal Arts Ensemble. 2020 Grammy, Classical Producer of the Year, Blanton Alspaugh

In This Blue Room, other songs. Lyric Fest

A Child’s Afternoon. Fantasmagoria. Anna K. Meyer, flute, & Erik Meyer, organ

The Nobility of Women. Mélomanie

The Stars Shine, from The Consolation of Apollo. The Same Stream

Vespers. Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, and The Crossing

Where Flames a Word. The Crossing

Where Flames a Word. Voces Tallinn. 2020 Estonian Recording of the Year

Where Flames a Word. Khorikos

Where Flames a Word. Chicago Chamber Choir

Selected publications

The Star-Spangled Banner. SATB, piano, opt. cello, 5’30”. Hal Leonard

Alleluia. SATB, 6′. Hal Leonard

The Consolation of Apollo. SATB, perc, 35′. MusicSpoke

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. SATB, bells, 3′. Hal Leonard

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. SATB, org, 3′. Concordia.

From the blog

  • America the Beautiful
  • Jubilate Deo, for SATB and orchestra
  • Bob Perkins, R.I.P.
  • Endless Morn of Light
  • Jesus Stood on the Shore
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