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The future in Philly

by | Oct 31, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media

An interesting follow-up, one of what I assume will be hundreds, as the Philadelphia Orchestra begin looking to the future.  I don’t know Eschenbach’s work there at all, and wouldn’t comment on it anyway, but I do think music director search issue is...

Score Marking

by | Oct 31, 2006 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts

I thought I might wade in and try to slightly de-mystify the question of score marking by conductors. Orchestral players and audiences alike can often be quite overwhelmed by, and even suspicious of, the complex systems of red and blue, circles, highlights and so on...

Nottingham Philharmonic: Review

by | Oct 29, 2006 | A view from the podium

From the Nottingham Evening Post   NOTTINGHAM PHILHARMONIC    Albert Hall -Peter Palmer  The Nottingham Philharmonic have long been an orchestra to be reckoned with, but on Saturday there were signs that American guest conductor Kenneth Woods could give a new...

Audio goodies

by | Oct 27, 2006 | A view from the podium

There are few new audio items spread around my website, including the mock mini metal-opera “Mr. Potatohead” and the Berio Serenata for Flute and 14 Instruments. I can’t imagine anyone has ever put those two works in the same sentence before....