by Kenneth Woods | Oct 24, 2007 | A view from the podium, Mahler
I’m enjoying a fairly quiet day between concert sequences- Our redneck Mahler 4 is now history and tomorrow rehearsals start up for the Rose City Chamber Orchestra performance on Sunday. Later today I’ll take the evening to study and make sure I’m focused on the right...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 20, 2007 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
It’s generally accepted that if you want an orchestra to improve, you should rehearse and perform a great deal of Haydn and Mozart. True! However, one thing I’ve been surprised at is what an effective orchestral etude Mahler 4 is. Perhaps it’s not surprising, since...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 19, 2007 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
Friday morning and I’m moving a little slower after a long rehearsal last night. We’ve now got about %95 of the out of town players here, so we’re starting to get a good sense of what the issues are going to be this week. The Fourth may be the hardest Mahler symphony...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 18, 2007 | A view from the podium, Haydn, Performing Life
A few things I’m smiling about this week- 1- Any time you can do Haydn symphonies in consecutive weeks, life is good. How is it that the even the classical music world doesn’t seem to realize just what a badass he was! His music is never what it seems- the...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 18, 2007 | A view from the podium
Just for those of you curious about these things…. It’s now one day short of a week since the wrong edition of Bruckner 7 arrived at the offices of the Rose City Chamber Orchestra. In spite of daily calls and emails to the Schirmer office informing them...
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