by Kile Smith | Feb 26, 2018
Solo with band and orchestra: 2003, medium voice, violin, piano, 3 Latin perc, double bass-2.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-str. 6′ Choral: 2017, arr. for 2-pt choir, pno, opt. Latin perc, bass, instr solos. Premiered Central High School Choirs 25 May 2017, Jacqueline...
by Kile Smith | Feb 26, 2018
Stationen auf dem Wege zur Freiheit (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) 1998; soprano, tenor saxophone, piano; 15′ 1. Zucht (Discipline) score example 2. Tat (Deed) score example 3. Leiden (Suffering) score example 4. Tod (Death) score example Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) wrote...
by Kile Smith | Feb 24, 2018
Trio for soprano, tenor, baritone, with piano, 4 min. Text: William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, 5, 1. Mark the Music was written as the closing piece for concerts entitled “Much Ado about Shakespeare.” Though I did lecture on Viennese lieder on...
by Kile Smith | Feb 23, 2018
Vespers selections: (1) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, (7) Psalm 113, (10) Magnificat, (13) Deo gratias. Re-orchestrated for the instrumentation of the J. S. Bach Cantata No. 1, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern: 2 Oboes da caccia, 2 Horns, Organ, Strings....
by Kile Smith | Feb 9, 2018
There Is No Great and No Small. Mezzo-soprano, piano, 3′. Text by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Premiered Philadelphia: 8 Oct 2016, the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 9 Oct 2016, the Academy of Vocal Arts. For Lyric Fest’s opening concert of the 2016/17...