by Kile Smith | Mar 16, 2013 | Choral music, New Compositions
[First published 16 Mar 2013 in the Broad Street Review and reprinted with permission.] Because Donald Nally and The Crossing have performed my music, anything favorable I write about them might be read as biased. But I wanted to describe the effect of Thomas Lloyd’s...
by Kile Smith | Dec 4, 2012 | CDs, Choral music, church music, Early Music, new music
From Vespers, my Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern was performed this evening at Northwestern University, in a new version for two oboes, cello, and keyboard. Thank you, Donald Nally, the Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble and all of the musicians! The English...
by Kile Smith | Jan 19, 2012 | Choral music, new music, Radio, WRTI
Live performances of Vespers, The Waking Sun, and Where Flames a Word will be on the radio this weekend: Sunday, January 22, 2012 3:00 – 5:00 PM WRTI – 90.1FM, Philadelphia and online anywhere: www.wrti.org From The Crossing: “Vespers, the work that...
by Kile Smith | Jan 13, 2012 | Choral music, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music, Spirituality
In “Masterpiece brings packed house Sunday to Hill church,” Michael Caruso called the 2008 premiere of Vespers “a masterpiece of composition within the context of religious devotion,” singling out as “most impressive” my...
by Kile Smith | Jan 9, 2012 | Choral music, new music
Christian Carey writes about Monday’s concert of Vespers Jan. 9th, here. It’s Piffaro and The Crossing at Park Avenue Christian Church, 7:30. Pre-concert lecture with Donald Nally, Robert Wiemken, and me, at 6:45.
