by Kenneth Woods | Jan 18, 2011 | Repertoire Reports
Repertoire Report season is nearly at it’s end. A number of you have emailed recently to say you are working on a report- it’s now or never, my friends! Meanwhile, we thought it might be interesting to compare the reports of four of this year’s conductors side by...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 17, 2011 | Nuts and bolts
Usually, studying the score of a great work is like a revelation, even when you know the piece well as a player or listener. However cool you thought the piece was before you opened the score, you can’t help but be amazed and astounded by what you discover when...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 16, 2011 | Repertoire Reports
Next up in the Repertoire Reports for 2010 is conductor Semyon Bychkov, who was previously featured in 2008. Maestro Bychkov seems to favor carrying a relatively small number of pieces in a year, 50 this year and 30 in 2008 when he was doing even more opera. Anyone...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 15, 2011 | News and Reviews
It’s great to see the granddaddy of classical mags waving the flag a bit for Hans Gal. This little shout-out comes from page 66 of the current issue, which you can see below. I’ve been listening to the first edits of the new Gal/Schumann disc this week,...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 12, 2011 | Mahler
In the course of my exhaustive research on Mahler 6, which I’m conducting next month, I stumbled upon a nice post on an excellent blog by Gene De Lisa that I hadn’t previously come across. It’s well worth a read for a good synopsis of the history of...
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