by Kenneth Woods | Dec 31, 2010 | cello, Performing Life
2010 January January 23rd was always destined to be the most important date of the first month of 2010. It was to be the day that I once and for all liberated myself from my fear of the Dvorak Cello Concerto. As a young cellist, the Dvorak had been my favorite piece...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 20, 2010 | Explore the Score
Béla Bartók- Concerto for Viola (1945) completed by Tibor Serly William Primrose, maybe the most important violist of modern times, asked the then-ailing Bartók to write a concerto for his use in 1945. Since emigrating from Hungary to the US in 1940, Bartók had...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 19, 2010 | Explore the Score
The Verein für Musikalische Privataufführungen (Society for Private Musical Performances) was founded by Arnold Schoenberg and his friends and students in the second decade of the 20th century to provide composers an opportunity to hear important scores of the day in...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 16, 2010 | Music and Media
A few months back, I was asked by a music writer for an e-interview on “music I couldn’t live without.” I thought it turned out pretty well, but never got published, so here it is…. What are the pieces you couldn’t do without? It depends a lot on how you...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 14, 2010 | Music and Media
Thanks to Tom Service at the Guardian for pointing out Vice Magazine’s classical reviews. Many are spot on and most are hilarious, including the best review of a Schumann disc I’ve ever seen: ROBERT SCHUMANN PERFORMED BY VARIOUS ARTISTS Chamber Music EMI...
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