by Kenneth Woods | Jun 30, 2011 | A view from the podium
Nice news here- Bobby and Hans are among the current hot new classical releases on the French iTunes page. ...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 28, 2011 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
A little over a week ago, I conducted the last concert of my 2010-11 season. In most years, I would now just be charging ahead at full speed into summer festival season, but this year, after a couple of projects fell victim to the economy, I’ve decided to allow myself...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 24, 2011 | Mahler, News and Reviews
A new review of our new Orchestra of the Swan Mahler disc in the Birmingham Post by senior critic Christopher Morley. The Post doesn’t have CD reviews on their website, so the complete review is below. MAHLER: LIEDER EINES FAHRENDEN GESELLEN, DAS LIED...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 21, 2011 | Nuts and bolts
Conductor Christopher Zimmerman is Music Director of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. In 1993, he and I were both newly arrived on the campus of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music: Chris as the conductor of the Concert Orchestra, me as a new...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 20, 2011 | A view from the podium
Part II of my look at the ins and outs of conducting Brahms 1. Part I is here. You can follow along on a pdf of the score here. There are whole books written about tempo relationships in Brahms. Many conductors drive themselves to drink trying to make the 8th...
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