by Kenneth Woods | Jan 31, 2007 | A view from the podium
I’ve had a couple of requests from both orchestra members and audience members (weren’t you paying attention?! :) Bad audience, bad!) to repost my pre-performance remarks on Beethoven 6, so here they are….....
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 30, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
To the January 2007 incarnation of the Oregon East Symphony- Just a very quick shout out to everyone who played in the last OES concert, from the lifers to the new faces…. It was a tough week, a tough schedule, a tough program, lousy weather, cold building,...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 30, 2007 | A view from the podium, Mahler
After months of worry, possible repertoire changes, concern about personnel and budgets, travel problems, back problems, general irritability….. when Ken is flipping through his score 20 minutes before the first rehearsal and gradually, all around him, players...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 28, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Five years ago, I would never have guessed he would be the one. He was known in the orchestra for his acerbic wit and penchant for practicing Paganini. He knew more about violins than anyone else in the band. He didn’t seem to exude job satisfaction, but he had that...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 27, 2007 | A view from the podium, Mahler
Mahler/Schoenberg • The Song of the Earth Das Lied von der Erde (” The Song of the Earth “) is a large-scale work for two vocal soloists and orchestra by the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler . Laid out in six separate movements, each of them an independent...
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