by Kile Smith | Jan 2, 2018 | Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
In the cold of the new year, warm up to Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection and the music of the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas on Saturday, January 6th, 5 to 6 pm. The music of Silvestre Revueltas is infused with the sounds of Mexico, whether actual or...
by Kile Smith | Nov 26, 2017 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
Volkmar Andreae (1879–1962). Kleine Suite (1917) Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959). Uirapurú (1917) Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953). Symphony No. 1 “Classical” (1917) On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, December 2nd, 5–6 pm… We celebrated...
by Kile Smith | Oct 3, 2017 | Baroque music, Classical music, Radio, WRTI
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, Oct. 7th, 5 to 6 pm… Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) is the “Father of the Symphony” in the same way that George Washington (born the same year) is the “Father of our Country.” Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration...
by Kile Smith | Sep 19, 2017 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
Coming up on Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, September 2nd, 5 to 6 pm: Part of the joy of producing Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection is in the finding of connections. We’ve seen, for instance, how the German-English Frederick Delius became...
by Kile Smith | Jun 25, 2017 | American music, Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Orchestral Music, Radio, WRTI
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection July 1, 5–6 pm: Charles Ives (1874–1954). Variations on “America” (1891), arr. William Schumann Ives. Symphony No. 2 (1901) Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection starts the Independence Day weekend with that...
by Kile Smith | May 12, 2017 | Broad Street Review, Classical music, Radio
[First published in the Broad Street Review 8 May 2017 as How to Write a Theme Song] By throwing everything out, that’s how. Anyway, that’s the answer I don’t give when I’m asked how I compose. Though it’s true, it sounds facetious, so here’s a recent example, if only...
