by Kenneth Woods | Apr 5, 2016 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
Originally published in 2010: I finally managed to make it to one of the Mahler in Manchester concerts this past weekend (in spite of my blog project, I’ve had concerts of my own every previous concert night). Happily, this time I had a rehearsal in Manchester, so I...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 4, 2011 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
Guest blogger Peter Davison will be a symposium speaker at the 29th annual Colorado MahlerFest on Saturday the 21st of May. The MahlerFest Orchestra will be performing Mahler’s 7th Symphony under their newly-appointed Artistic Director Kenneth woods on...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 25, 2011 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
The Mahler in Manchester Festival, in which the BBC Philharmonic, the Halle and Manchester Camerata teamed up to present all of the symphonies (including Das Lied von der Erde) of Gustav Mahler at The Bridgewater Hall over six months, has won the South Bank Show...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 30, 2010 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective, Nuts and bolts
You can call it the best program you’ve never heard in your life. You can call it the almost revelatory program that almost happened- what you can’t call it is the program for the final concert of the Harlech Orchestral Summer School, which I’m now preparing for....
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 9, 2010 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
Many, many years ago, as a young teenager, I became completely obsessed with Mahler’s music. Back then, living in the Midwest, there was far less material on Mahler about- I ended up scouring libraries and compulsively hunting through record stores, trying bit by bit...
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