by Kenneth Woods | Jan 7, 2012 | Repertoire Reports
Now in his sixth season as Music Director of the Seven Hills Sinfonietta in Cincinnati, OH, Maestro Michael Wheatley has established a reputation as a builder of orchestras. During his tenure with this ensemble the orchestra has nearly doubled in size, relocated to an...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 4, 2012 | Repertoire Reports
Happy New Year, VFTP Friends and Fans The old year is out and the new one has arrived, which means it is Repertoire Report season at VFTP. Our crack research team has spent literally minutes upon minutes combing through my programs for the year now past, assembling...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 19, 2011 | Repertoire Reports
Well, just when we thought Repertoire Report season was winding down, Anthony from New York took the initiative to get one last report in under the wire, for recently appointed New York Philharmonic conductor Alan Gilbert. Thanks, Anthony. When Anthony emailed me, the...
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 9, 2011 | cello, Repertoire Reports
Alan, a cellist from Cleveland, has been a big Alban Gerhardt fan for a long time, so he was happy to assemble a repertoire report for his favourite cellist. Alban must be about the busiest cellist on the planet- certainly nobody I know carries more repertoire or is...
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