by Kenneth Woods | Jul 12, 2011 | News and Reviews
Critic and blogger Gavin Plumley has a new review of the new Orchestra of the Swan/KW recording of the 3rd Symphonies of Hans Gal and Robert Schumann on his blog, Entartete Musik. Plumley previously reviewed our Mahler disc for SOMM Records here. Here is a sample...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 11, 2011 | News and Reviews
From the Surrey Advertiser, published on 8 July, 2011 Success of Bold Programme Three Symphonies, Electric Theatre, Guildford, June 18, 2011 THIS was a bold programme. On Saturday, June 18 at Guildford’s Electric Theatre, the Surrey Mozart Players presented us...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 7, 2011 | A view from the podium
Whenever I play or conduct the music of Hans Gal, I get asked a lot of questions about his experiences during World War II. As part of the Bobby and Hans project, we thought it would be good to gather some of the excellent web resources in one place to help readers...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 1, 2011 | A view from the podium
Just this morning we learned that the barbarians and vandals are attacking music education in Scotland, with a 50% funding cut ordered for the wonderful National Youth Orchestras of Scotland. Here is a sample of their work. NYJOS and Strings Collaboration from...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 1, 2011 | News and Reviews, Performing Life
There is a nice interview with recordings editor Phil Sommerich in the current (July 2, 2011) issue of Classical Music Magazine. We talked about Schumann as humorist, a facet of his music often overlooked, and the joys of playing his music with a virtuoso chamber...
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