by Kenneth Woods | Oct 27, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
I’m happy to call your attention to a new blog, My Second Act, especially as the author had the good sense to use one of their first posts to call attention to my post on Mendelssohn- Felix Rocks. The Balance of All Things Just as nature is said to abhor a...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 25, 2006 | A view from the podium
“To be truly contemporary we must use the best of the past to influence the present, not mindlessly disregard it.” Horn player Julian Baker, principal Royal Opera at Covent Garden...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 24, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media, Nuts and bolts
Sticking with the idea of “organic” music, here is a link to the website of the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra in London. I’ve had the great pleasure of getting to know their playing in concert and they are definitely on to something. Their tale is both inspiring and...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 24, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
I want to share some interesting thoughts from Greg Sandow via email on my analogies of orchestras and organics…… “Ken, Those are really good points… I love the organic food analogy. Made me ruminate a bit, and I came up with two thoughts. 1. If the...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 22, 2006 | A view from the podium
This just in- Christoph Eschenbach has resigned as Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra and will be concluding his tenure at the end of the 2007-8 season. More thoughts to follow. UPDATE- This from Adam Shatzman suggests that Eschenbach has goten a raw deal...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 20, 2006 | A view from the podium
Just a quick reminder that I’ll be performing tomorrow, October 21st, with the Nottingham Philharmonic at the Albert Hall in Nottingham. I’ve heard from quite a few of you around the Nottingham area who’ve found out about the blog from the NPO website or their press...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 20, 2006 | A view from the podium
I was just writing this morning in another venue about the rewards of learning to love music you hate. I believe any great work of art has to have aspects which get under our skin, which frustrate us, which piss us off. That’s part of the difference between...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 19, 2006 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Music and Media
I’ve been a bit surprised to find how totally polarizing the whole electroacoustic issue has been- it’s been more controversial than anything I’ve dealt with before. I have to admit I spent much of last weekend wishing I’d never thought of posting on...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 18, 2006 | A view from the podium
Is it possible for a piece of music to be so effective that you can no longer tell that it is a great piece of music?Sounds like a contradiction in terms? Perhaps you might remember Ravel’s comment about Bolero: “I have only written one masterpiece, and unfortunately,...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 17, 2006 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Upcoming Concert Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra Kenneth Woods, guest conductor Daniel de Borah, pianist 7:30 Saturday, Oct 21st, 2006 Albert Hall, Notthingham Sibelius- Symphony No. 5, Finlandia, Prokofiev- Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Grieg- Wedding Day at...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 14, 2006 | A view from the podium
It’s a busy day for me here in Pendleton, with a rehearsal and concert to get through, but I want to take a few lines to clarify what I said about classical music as acoustic music. Robert Gable at Aworks is quite right to point out that there are certainly important...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 13, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
I would like to call your attention to a post from A.C Douglas at Sounds and Fury. I think this is part ofa very, very important question, and we’d be smart to think through the wisdom of the path towards a multimedia concert experience before it becomes an...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 10, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
I’ve had a few email requests for a post-mortem on my concert/recording project for Discovering Music with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales last week. It’s nice to know readers are paying attention, and it was a project that left me with a lot to think about. It’s...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 9, 2006 | A view from the podium
If you go into a coffee shop and order your latte or cappuccino, and they ask you “would you like any flavor with that?” decisive action is called for. You have two honorable courses of action. 1- Leave 2- Politely and calmly inform them that….COFFEE IS A...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 9, 2006 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Upcoming Concert- October 14, 2006 Oregon East Symphony and Chorale Annette Vogel, violin Gershwin- An American in Paris, Rimsky-Korsakov- Capriccio Espagnol, Ravel-Tzigane, Sarasate- Zigeunerweisen From the official OES press release- Oregon East Symphony Opens...
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