by Kenneth Woods | Nov 21, 2006 | A view from the podium
This Saturday, the Surrey Mozart Players and I had the privilege of being one of the first orchestras to perform in the nearly brand-new Menuhin Hall, a beautiful 300-seat concert hall that just opened its doors in January. It’s always nice to test drive a car you...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 20, 2006 | A view from the podium
From “Essential Reading,” November 19, 2006 The Concert with Kenneth Woods And Bobby Chen Piano The American conductor Kenneth Woods offers a mature and thoughtful reading of another giant in music, namely Mozart. Working without baton, Kenneth Woods...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 19, 2006 | A view from the podium
At a late hour, post concert, a few last minute thoughts on Haydn (again!). With 104 symphonies to choose from, it would be easy to think that there is such a thing as a “Haydn Symphony.” That is, it musicians and audiences seem to think that there is a general...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 16, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
If the world was a reasonable place, and our society was one that had a well-rounded sense of values, then all orchestras could rehearse Haydn to their heart’s content. Haydn’s music is so spectacularly good, so amazingly fresh, so outrageously original, so endlessly...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 14, 2006 | A view from the podium
Some random pontifications taken from recent podium chats…. On Scott Joplin- The history of 20th Century popular culture is really the history of American popular music, and the history of American popular music is really the history of black music. The musics that...
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